Mark Schaub Email & Phone Number

Charleston, South Carolina Area

• NLC was instrumental in Lincoln Electric's (a $4B company) start up of a new Business Segment, “Additive Solutions”, which uses robots to 3D print large scale metal parts. NLC was the driving force on setting up a $22M Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory to jointly develop this technology. We also discovered and help set up the acquisition of Tucker Innovations, Inc., and their proprietary path planning software tool, “SculptPrint”, to drive the robot’s motion directly from a digital CAD model. Finally, we helped win $5,000,000 in funding through an America Makes awarded R&D Project sponsored by the Office of Naval Research. Consequently, Lincoln Electric has made a $100,000,000 investment in starting this new business segment and has opened a new facility located in Euclid, Ohio.• NLC worked with Wolf Robotics’ (a $50M robotic welding automation company) on the development of CAR-W, a revolutionary new software tool (Computer Aided Robotic Welding) that uses digital CAD model data and eliminates the need for robot programming. This breakthrough approach has broken down the barriers to use robotic welding technology in low volume market applications that were never before possible. NLC road-mapped this software product’s incubation from the ground up, teamed the project, architected and won three National Shipbuilding Research Projects totaling $15,000,000 in funding to offset development costs, and helped manage and stand up the base technology in a two year period.• Operational centered projects during this time included work to implement a level loaded production system at MacLean Fogg, Inc., as well as work with a Steel Fabrication & Erection Company on Growth & Profit Improvement. Working with NLC, the client company grew from sales of $3.9 million to $7.6 million in its first year and reached $10.2 million by the end of the second year. Net Profits improved from 1% to 8.25%, and 9.4% accordingly.

Ladson, Sc

In late 2009 I suspended the operation of Next Level Consulting after 15 years to pursue experience in the international marketplace. Over a two and half year period I spent 13 months working in the United Kingdom on a major turn-around of a US to UK supply chain.Responsible for $45,000,000 in aftermarket spares sales and execution to Foreign militiary customers. I was the Key Account Manager and Customer Facing Executive to the United Kingdom and Canadian Governent's Ministries of Defense, as well as France, Italy, other foreign allies.• Grew UK aftermarket sales by 480% from $5M in 2009 to $24M in 2010 at 40+% margin• Took over and managed $45M in annual sales of Foreign Military Aftermarket Accounts• Developed channel for “technology transfer” between the United Kingdom and the US • Served as the Key Customer Facing Executive with UK Ministry of Defense for Spares Supply• Lead turnaround management of a failed supply link in the UK and restored customer confidence• Built UK MoD confidence over a 21 month period supporting 750 vehicles with 27 variants… full customer confidence supported new vehicle - new program award of 300 trucks• Strengthened strategic alliance with NP Aerospace, stopped outsourcing & helped build “commercial” channel for US to UK sales• Supported IST joint venture and Force Protection Europe start-up in the UKLeft the company as part of the General Dynamics buyout.

Charleston, South Carolina Area

Consulting Firm specializing in Business & Manufacturing Strategies for Profitability & Growth… ran all aspects of the Company including Business Development, Finance and Consulting Operations. During this time, I formed a number of strategic partnerships and alliances and accepted roles within companies when the tasks at hand could not be handled otherwise.• General Manager – WaterTree Properties, Charleston, SC 2006 – 2008• Director of Consulting Services – Phoenix Consulting, Dayton, OH 1999 – 2003• Vice President of Operations – Hazco Services Inc., Dayton, OH 1996 – 1998• Worked with the Board of Directors of Gem City Engineering on a plan to position their Continuous Metal Insert (CMI) division for a successful sale.• Planned, managed and moved the CMI division from an off-site facility owned by the company to the corporate manufacturing complex. This allowed for the sale of the former facility real estate to generate significant cash for the corporation.• Re-engineered the CMI division’s capacity planning, scheduling, and inventory management practices to reduce inventories, improve on time deliveries, and increase profitability.• Operational improvements effectively positioned the division for sale, which occurred after implementations.Other consulting highlights include:• Product rationalization studies at Formica, level loaded scheduling applications at Frigidaire, lean plant layout and work flow optimization at multiple Trane facilities, etc..• Completed the lean design and layout of new “green-field” facilities for Downing Displays and the Paxar Corporation. Managed the operational merger of Monarch / Paxar Corporation merger as well as the physical moves into their new facility.

• Developed a network of land brokers throughout the entire state as well as engineering and construction service providers for the execution of work.• Helped manage a multi-million dollar budget for land acquisitions, planning and design, and infrastructure development of residential communities.• Particiapted in the negotiations for the purchase price and contractual content of 3 land acquisitions with properties ranging in value from five to thirteen million dollars.• Built working relationships with corporate representatives of the state’s largest land holders, the Mead Westvaco Corporation and International Paper.• Managed the media and environmental groups interests associated with sites, including the Coastal Conservation League and the Nature Conservancy.• Entitled two properties through the municipal planning and zoning process.• Handled all legal affairs for the office related to purchase agreements, titles, and subcontractor arrangements.

Dayton, Ohio Area

Held the title of Director of Consulting Services for Phoenix Consulting under a Next Level Consulting strategic agreement. Phoenix was a $5,000,000 Dayton, Ohio based process control consulting firm serving the automotive, appliance and steel industries.• Expanded the consulting business as key account manager from a one plant, $300,000 project at DaimlerChrysler, to projects at 9 Chrysler facilities averaging in excess of $2,000,000 annually. • Developed and established relationships with Senior Level Chrysler Management, maintained an office at their corporate center in Auburn Hills, MI., and worked with executives on developing objectives for each plant. • Helped implement a strategic alliance between Phoenix Consulting and AK Steel in the area of customer cost reduction to increase annual revenues by 15%.• Staffed, managed and lead lean six sigma improvement initiatives that saved Chrysler in excess of $40M annually across 9 plants through inventory reductions, outsourcing reductions, technology improvements, manpower reductions and improved through-put and efficiencies .• Provided Chrysler’s 3 largest stamping plants a complete lean layout of production and assembly technologies, material storage and staging, all inventories, aisles, and shops over a ten year new model planning horizon.• Held key roles in an $11,000,000 and $60,000,000 plant expansion projects at two of Chrysler’s facilities.• Helped Implement automated guided vehicles (AGV’s) into Chrysler’s largest stamping plant to reduce man-power and expanded FIFO inventory management techniques via technology applications throughout the division.• Re-engineered the layout of Chrysler’s Toledo Machining Plant to avoid a $9,000,000 capital expansion project, significant outsourcing, and the need for off-site warehousing. Negotiated with the Union and and worked with outside vendors to reduce new model assembly footprints and implement technologies to reduce required assembly manpower.

Dayton, Ohio Area

Took an active role as joint Vice President of Operations for Hazco Services under a Next Level consulting contract, a $15,000,000 repair and distribution center of environmental field test equipment. • Successfully lead the company’s operations through a significant period of growth and change into a lean, DFT industry leader.• Consolidated two separate production facilities into a new multi-million dollar “green-field” facility.• Supported the closure of nationally disbursed satellite repair stations and incorporated their volumes of repairs into the new central facility to significantly reduce overhead costs for the company.• Helped position the highly successful company for sale to Total Safety, a much larger entity headquartered in Houston, and assisted with the ownership / management transition of the sale.• Implemented an electronic kanban - pull production system for repairs and fulfillment of customer orders at Hazco Services and reduced inventories by 90% through demand driven leveling and kanban implementations.• Made significant improvement in quality of repairs through the implementation of visual, standardized work instructions with quality control touch points for Hazco, and implemented a real time andon measurement board for production performance visibility on the floor benchmarked against “standard” repair times to measure results. Productivity gains were in excess of 100%

Cincinnati, Ohio Area

• Within two years after founding the firm’s industrial consulting division, drove sales to $1.8 million and increased staff to ten engineers. • Helped manage Department of Defense (DoD) supplier development contacts for the U.S. Navy and Air Force• Led the development of the a lean tool kit and co-instructed a lean training series for local industry.• Established strategic alliances between Cincinnati (Cinergy) and Dayton Power & Light with industrial energy efficiency programs improved overall revenues by $1.0 million annually.

Long Beach, Ca

• Progressed to Senior Engineer and directed the design and implementation of manufacturing work cells for improved productivity, quality, and reduced costs.

Certificate In Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

Mba, Marketing - Operations

Received 1 of 5 full academic scholarships to the University's MBA program Received a stipend to do Undergraduate Student Teaching.

Bsie, Industrial Engineering

Activities and Societies: Institute of Industrial Engineers Received Professional Practice Performance Certificate Completed Core.

Certificate In Lean Manufacturing - Demand Flow Technology