Mark Sumner Email & Phone Number

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

San Jose, Ca. Usa

Business Management, Estimations and Planning

San Jose

Setting up ERP System and Qualifing NTL for ISO

Santa Clara

CNC Machining, Sheet Metal, Fixtures, Mechanical Assembly

Estimation and scheduling for over 200 Employees

R@D Manager, Estimator,Sales

Responsible for all estimations from prototype to production. Manage all R&D projects, work to resolve all engineering issue's to make a smooth transition from prototype to production. Red-Line all drawings with engineering question using acrobat and PowerPoint. Work with engineering to make parts more manufacturable, work with tolerances and features to obtain the most manufacturable process. Create the POR process in the R&D environment.Manage the R&D Department with up to 20 employees and in a 4000 square foot building. Equipment ranged from 2 each 20" swing CNC lathes, 3 each 20 X 40 CNC Mills, 3 each EZ Track Mills, 3 each tool room lathes, 2 each engine lathes, along with subcontracted support, includes all purchasing of materials and outside processes.Manage all reverse engineering projects.

Responsible for all material stock and inventory. Managed all purchasing, estimation, shipping and receiving. Managed all subcontracting of outside processes, sheet metal, and machine overflow work.

Responsible for all aspects of forging success with a start-up firm that delivers outsourcing expertise and value-added solutions services in the areas of Machining, Sheetmetal, Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM), Injection Molding, and Metal Stamping as well as other manufacturing methods.Coordinated the flow of information and resources between clients and a network of over 50 reliable vendors and subcontractors working in most every industrial manufacturing specialty.Extensive experience in all phases of project development and execution including project management, estimation, proposal creation, vendor selection, order tracking, quality control, sales and post-job customer service follow-up.Saved a fiber optics firm approximately 12% per unit with outsourcing and bid on manufacturing of between 10,000 to 100,000 devices per quarter for Cisco Systems; units required coordination of Injection Molding, Metal Stamping, Wire forming and assembly subcontracting specialist.

Collaborated with Ownership, General Manager, Manufacturing Manager, Sales Manager, Clients, Programmers, Engineers and Team Leads in planning, estimating, proposals, Oversee Purchasing, scheduling and manufacture of goods made for medical, telecom, semiconductor and consumer goods section.Business operating system (Smartshop)Delivered hands-on leadership and problem solving to a team of buyers, estimators and administrative personnel in support of this $15 million per annum manufacturing company with 150 employees operating 65 Computer Numeric Control (CNC) machining centers and horizontal pallet loading cells.Gathered and organized all data necessary for quotation development and presentation, including pricing of materials, outside services, special processes and internal manufacturing costs.Demonstrated ability to achieve competitive pricing in such diverse areas as clean room assembly, prototype, short run production, high volume production, circuit boards, mechanical assembly and machining through sourcing in the Far East, Latin America, and Europe.Devised and implemented a system of vendor delivery, quality tracking and new vendor auditing that enabled requirement of 98% time and quality compliance for "preferred" status.Consistently negotiated a profit margin of 35% on outsourced processes and overflow work, well in excess of the firm's 15% target; outsourced goods typically generated an average of $100,00 per month as a result.Achieved an overall average return of 45% on all new quotations, in excess of True-Tech's 35% standard.

Recruited to streamline operations and increase profitability of this prototyping, production, sheetmetal and large format machining company with as many as 50 employees.Increased throughput with outsourcing of all overflow and activities outside of the core process set.Replaced a completely manual operation with a computerized system (Jobboss) that delivered real-time integrated receiving, inventory control, process tracking, order flow and shipping information through bar coding.

Grew sales revenues of this previously owner-operated business from $60,000 to $500,000 per year while managing all personnel, task scheduling, purchasing, estimating and customer service.Hired, trained and supervised eleven employees brought in to facilitate the company's growth.Planned and directed seamless move from 2500 to an 8000 square foot production facility.Purchased capital equipment to facilitate company's growth.

Managed personnel and operations of sales, Estimation, Shop Planning and Purchasing departments for this medium sized manufacturing firm that specialized in CNC milling and Turning on two shifts.Business operating system (Unix)Instituted a team-based efficiency improvement program that challenged and modified process flows and quality initiatives at every stage of production on every project.Successfully expanded production areas and equipment placement in order to facilitate growth.Successfully expanded and diversified the client base to achieve revenues of $100,000 to $200,000 per month.

Launched this semiconductor, medical, telecom and private sector manufacturing firm with two partners.Business operating system (Vista)Delivered leadership in all aspects of sales, purchasing, and estimatingImproved operational efficiency with implementation of the Vista business software package.Critical role in growth of this company from just three owners to an addition of 15 employees in two years.

Launched this semiconductor, medical, telecom and private sector manufacturing firm with two partners.Business operating system (Vista)Delivered leadership in all aspects of sales, purchasing, and estimatingImproved operational efficiency with implementation of the Vista business software package.Critical role in growth of this company from just three owners to an addition of 15 employees in two years.

Demonstrated track record of success with steady series of promotions from entry level Warehouseman to Foreman, while developing and nurturing all milling, lathe, grinding and other manufacturing skills necessary for recognition as one of the company's premiere machinists. Skilled in planning and estimation of parts and projects for the semiconductor, medical, aerospace and defense industries.

1 Year, Business

Business Administration

Science & Business Management

Spherion Workforce Architects 2001 Completed program of courses in: Action Plans, Convergent, Elements for growth and change.

Science & Business Management

Spherion Workforce Architects 2001 Completed program of courses in: Action Plans, Convergent, Elements for growth and change.