Mike Zais Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis Minnesota

Responsible for development and maintenance of material standards, labor standards, process specification, procedures and quality system used to manufacture Xerxes products. Report to VP of Operations located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.* Lean Manufacturing: 5S, visual management, standard work, leaders standard work, and value stream mapping.* Maintained quality systems for UL listed underground fuel storage tanks including : quality plan, qualified materials, test methods, work instructions and quality records.* Represented Xerxes on industry association committees for regulatory and technical interests. Chairman of subcommittee responsible for ANSI standard UEF-1. * Manufacturing lead for startup of Microsoft AX2009.* Procurement - Managed the Senior Buyer (corporate level) between 2002 - 2012, purchasing $20-30 million per year.* Public contact and investigator for corporate compliance program setup to promote ethical business practices and meet legal and regulatory requirements from 2008 to 2012.* Co-inventor on patents: US7229233 B2, US20050205580 A1 and US6558535 B2.

Minneapolis, Mn

Responsible for improvement initiatives supporting the manufacture of fiberglass fuel storage tanks and fiberglass barge covers.* Triple-wall tank - new product manufacturing process and establishment of material and labor standards.* Manage industrial engineering project on short interval scheduling for barge cover molding.

Twin Falls, Idaho

Responsible for all manufacturing operations in 100,000 SF facility through staff of six department managers. Reported to President.

Lakeland, Florida

Responsible for developing staff and manufacturing systems that meet corporate requirements for: safety, quality assurance, manufacturing, staffing and scheduling, accounting, purchasing, order entry and field service. Manage 40+ employees in shop and office. Reported to President/CEO.

Lakeland, Florida

Responsible for Florida operation reporting to Regional Manager in Maryland.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Responsible for product design, manufacturing engineering, developing material and labor standards, quality control, safety, sales support and customer service. Directed staff of four professionals. Reported to VP of Manufacturing.

Mendota Heights, Minnesota

Positions of increasing responsibility involved in the design of automated assembly equipment including: Section Leader, Senior Project Engineer, Project Engineer and Design Engineer.

Mba, Operations Management

Bs, Industrial Technology