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Owatonna, Mn

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Albert Lea, Mn

Lacrosse, Wi

Best Team of metal fabricators in North America

La Crosse, Wisconsin Area

Mid-City Steel is a profitable, technology driven metal fabrication operation providing structural steel, plate work, gallery steel and custom weldments to the power, mining, industrial and commercial market segments across continental USA and Canada. General Management and Executive Leadership◆ Executive leadership in Operations and Business Development with increased revenue from $6.4 to 30 million◆ Developed custom product, protected by IP and negotiated supply agreement for $25,000,000 project in Saudi Arabia◆ Established supply relationship for 4 OEM products to different clients, resulting in repeat orders v.s. solely project based salesSafety: Managed employee involvement, reduced injuries and accomplished workers compensation modification factor of 0.68 down from 1.01 and DART rate of zero down from high of 4.76 all while increasing employment from 46 to 122.Quality: Accomplished industry recognized quality standard AISC and CWB. Integrated Continuous Improvement & Mistake-proofing processes, resulting in zero defects and then expansion of geographic regions, market segments and client base.Financial: Generated increased revenue and utilization of capital, EBITDA results provided for reduction of debt. Business Development: Prospected and developed new relationships, diversified client base across multiple market segments. Developed and negotiated supply agreement with clients that assured future work was executed in cost effective and timely manner. Established opportunities to supply proprietary OEM products to clients with unique products.Innovation: Implementation of leading edge 3D modeling technology across organization and all processes, resulting in increased profitability, reduced lead times and favorable shift in cash conversion cycle.

La Crosse, Wisconsin Area

◆ Directed engineering operations, resulting in engineering and manufacturing cost reductions of 12%◆ Harbor development including marina expansion - total infrastructure investment $9.9 million◆ Construction manager for relocation and expansion of marine manufacturing facilities

Kasota, Mn

Custom thermoplastic single-shot and multi-shot injection molder for automotive, medical and gaming market segments Operations Manager◆ Directed manufacturing and support functions for increased utilization of equipment and improved quality systems ◆ Revenue growth from $5 to $7.8 million in this 28,000 square foot, 24 four machine family owned business ◆ Developed and implemented Quality systems for automotive and medical firms

Hopkins, Mn

Thermoplastic injection molder with secondary operations, clean room assembly and tool/die making capability Responsible for operations and quality control in a 45,000 Sq Ft facility with 37 molding machines, 10 insert stakers, paint booths and pad printing/hot stampers◆ Applied leadership measurement tools to increase effectiveness of team by measuring key factors by team and shift ◆ Increased annual sales for 1994 to more than $25,000,000; 100 team members across three departments ◆ Developed and implemented real time statistical process control and monitoring that provided feedback of critical process parameters (cavity pressure) and inherent process variation - product produced when process parameters were outside tolerances were automatically separated and dispositioned

Stillwater, Mn

Precision injection molded thermoplastic parts for medical, automotive and other OEM clients. Over period of 9 years gained experience in various business processes from the following work assignments:Development Molding Manager – 1993 to 1993◆ Prototype and development molding, short run production, 9 machines 35 team membersProduction Supervisor, River Falls Molding Facility – 1992 to 1993◆ 36 Machines, 22,500 SqFt, 25 Team members, 12 hour work scheduleManager of Corporate Manufacturing Engineering – 1986 to 1992◆ Implementation and Management of MRPII system, Engineering Change Control, Documentation Control, Capital Equipment Justification, Facilities Engineering. Audit team for GM Targets for Excellence, Productivity Team Leadership for cost reductionManager of Cost Estimating - 1985 to 1986◆ Developing costs for tooling and manufactured products/assemblies. Implemented cost accounting approach to estimatingManufacturing Engineer – 1984 to 1985◆ Process improvement and manufacturing engineering, equipment installation, bills of material and routing, engineering standards

Mendota Heights, Mn

GNB manufactured lead acid batteries for automotive and industrial applications with multiple facilities across the USAFacilities engineering projects in the manufacturing plants in Memphis TN, Dallas TX, and Dunmore PA. The projects ranged from product conveying and assembly systems to casting of battery plates and systems to store and distribute sulfuric acid. Projects were most often time critical during holiday shutdown periods where on time start-up was critical

Mba, Finance

Mmse, Manufacturing Engineering Systems

Masters Thesis - Improving Adpatability in Manufacturing through Effective Implementation of Manufacturing Engineering Systems

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Manufacturing Engineering