Michael Lanham Email & Phone Number

Brampton, On, Ca

Lancaster, Kentucky, Us

Overall leadership of privately held specialty abrasives manufacturer in the United States. Global provider of abrasive cutoff wheels for processing a variety of metals, castings, pipe, and specialty alloys. Focus is on sales and earnings growth, developing a world class business, and creating value for our customers in a variety of metals markets. Leading improvements in quality and productivity through Manufacturing Excellence focused on Lean concepts. Improving value to a growing customer base with superior performing products.

Restored positive EBITDA and cash flow for this financially indebited fiberglass business, positioning it for owner to successfully sell the business. This business was a niche provider of direct rovings, specially wovens and non-wovens for the composites markets, including reinforced pipe, trucking, and wind energy.Sold in July 2013.

Toledo, Oh, Us

Thermoplastics Technical Operations Director for chopped strand facilities in China, S.Korea, Japan, Italy, France, and South Carolina. Received award for profitability improvement in manufacturing. Operations Support Mgr - interim plant mgr assignments in woven fabric and thermoplastics glass filament facilities, led international teams through facility product conversions and startups, drove Lean Sigma initiatives at multiple facilities globally.

Courbevoie, Île-De-France, Fr

Managed $350MM, 300Million pound, 700 employee glass fiber manufacturing operation providing direct rovings and non-wovens for thermoset markets, chopped strands for thermoplastics markets, and specialty products. Utilized Lean and 6 sigma in operational improvements.

Parsippany, New Jersey, Us

Facility manager for GAF's only glass fiber production. Grew glass fiber production by 33% without adding furnaces. Gains were made by efficiency and productivity improvements, which also contributed significantly to profitability over 5 1/2 years. GAF is a major supplier into the Building Materials markets, especially roofing.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Operations Superintendent – Furnace and Fabrication, multiple engineering assignments, led start-ups of multiple new operations in thermoset fibers, thermoplastic chopped Strands, wovens and non-wovens, utilization of SPC, 6 Sigma and other tools to improve manufacturing.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Supervised Smelting Department, engineering prior to that

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General