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Fremont, Oh

Since 1957, Quality Steel Corporation has been delivering superior products, on-time and exceeding customer’s expectations. Our attention to detail runs deep! We manufactures a variety of ASME Section VIII Division 1 pressure vessels, built for both above and underground applications. We specialize in domestic propane tanks, anhydrous ammonia tanks for agricultural use, autogas dispensers, refrigerant recovery and odorant tanks, but can also produce other specialty vessels to meet your applications’ needs. In 2013 Quality Steel Corporation acquired American Welding & Tank LLC and we are excited about what this means for our consumers. We take great pride in using only the finest materials and that is why you will only find U.S.A. made in everything that we produce. Thanks for supporting U.S.A. manufacturers.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

U.S. Refractory Products mission is to be the leader in the precast monolithic ceramic industry. Started at the low point of the U.S. recession in 2009, USRP understands how to generate customer value in today’s competitive landscape. Hard work, integrity, dedication, pride, creativity and innovation are all qualities we build into each of our products. USRP works every day to understand our customer’s needs and the role our products play in our customer’s operation. We strive to form collaborative partnerships by investing time and resources in our customer’s processes as well as our own.

Mentor, Oh

In my position as the Director of Continuous Improvement I was responsible for leading the planning, direction, and coordination of new efficiency techniques and support justification for alternate methods to improve on time delivery, reduce costs, and lead time in all areas of the business. I worked with all functional teams to improve and develop the people, processes and products; and most importantly raise the level of awareness for continuous improvement. Some of my key responsibilities were:•Provide leadership that builds commitment and understanding required to accomplish the improvement goals for the organization. •Utilize lean concepts to build sustainable organization capabilities by looking at all aspects of capability building including people, work processes, systems, and work environment.•Create and oversee process improvement teams to help them achieve business goals.•Ensure that process improvement objectives, specific goals, measures, and metrics are established.•Communicate and document lessons learned and best practices to ensure sustainment of process improvements.Some of my key focus areas were:•Established and cultivated employee-owned metrics in key processes and executed actions to make quantifiable improvements to those processes.•Leader of problem-solving exercises and kaizen events, executing hundreds of corrective and preventive actions for operations and administrative functions.•Building a Workforce Development Program for recruiting, on-boarding, skills assessments, and employee development. •Driving a P&L Improvement Initiative aimed at reducing Cost of Goods Sold. I also served as the Operations Manager for two satellite facilities, Roll-Kraft Northern in Frankfort, IL and Roll-Kraft Texas in Houston, TX. In this capacity, I had P&L responsibility for all aspects of their operations.

Fremont, Ohio

Wahl Refractory Solutions was founded by Oscar C. Wahl in 1921. Since then, the company has grown to be a recognized leader in manufacturing of refractory castables, mortars, plastics, and pre-cast shapes.As the Director of Operations, I had P&L responsibility for all manufacturing, maintenance, quality, process engineering, supply chain and continuous improvement activities of the Precast Shapes & Monolithics facility in Fremont, OH. During this period of time, Wahl’s primary focus was on improving product quality and the company’s market reputation regarding product quality. To accomplish this goal, Operations launched two concurrent initiatives – implementing Lean Mfg. and overhauling the Quality Management System to be compliant to ISO 9000-2015. These efforts paid quick dividends by reducing customer complaints by 29% and scrap costs by 60% from 2014-2015. We were also successful in passing all internal quality audits using the ISO 9000-2015 standard.

Warren, Oh

Founded in 1946 and headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, RESCO Products employs over 600 people at operating sites across North America as well as a subsidiary Resco-UK, Leicestershire, England. RESCO is a leading producer of value-added refractory solutions. Its diversity of products range from refractory raw materials to finished products used in sophisticated processes. RESCO designs and manufactures both brick and monolithic refractories in various silica, alumina, magnesite and chrome compositions for metals processing, general industry, and minerals applications.As the Operations Manager, I was responsible for all manufacturing and maintenance activities of the Precast Shapes facility in Warren, OH. During this time, RESCO had a strong focus on developing and growing their precast shapes presence, especially in the Non-Ferrous markets. Because of this, I worked very closely with the Quality and R&D groups to develop new products, the manufacturing procedures with which they were produced, and product standards by which they were judged. As a result of this effort, the Warren facility was responsible for the successful completion of the largest single precast shapes project in company history. In addition to the drive to grow, RESCO was also driving to implement Lean Mfg. elements to all of their locations, including the Warren Precast Shapes facility. We were successful in putting 5S and Lean Daily Management elements in use.

Bedford, Oh

I. Schumann & Co. are producers of copper alloy ingot and pellets, consumers of non-ferrous scrap metals and suppliers of crucibles, refractories, plastics and cements to the foundry industry. As the Melt Shop Manager, I was responsible for all manufacturing, maintenance, supply chain, and personnel activities of a copper alloy melt shop operation.

Fremont, Oh

Wahl Refractory Solutions was founded by Oscar C. Wahl in 1921. Since then, the company has grown to be a recognized leader in manufacturing of refractory castables, mortars, plastics, and pre-cast shapes.As the Plant Manager & Operations Leader, I had P&L responsibility for all manufacturing, maintenance, process engineering, quality and continuous improvement activities of the Precast Shapes & Monolithics facility in Fremont, OH. During this period of time, I was focused primarily on creating and developing a stable workforce. To do this, I led many employee relational and business oriented initiatives, such as creation of a uniform and consistent Hourly Wage Scale, an annual salary comparison with the market, Job Descriptions, strategic job and employee assessments and realignments, hiring plan to meet key operational needs, Comprehensive Training & Development Procedure and Plan, Performance Assessments with numeric scoring, Skills Assessment and Development Matrix, Years of Service Rewards Program, Pay for Performance Incentive Plan, Employee Development Incentive Plan, and SMART Objectives. This period of time also saw the largest capital investment in equipment and facilities with ten projects costing nearly $1MM, better positioning Wahl to increase capacity and grow the business.

Dover, Oh

Minteq, the premier supplier of engineered refractory lining systems, metallurgical wire products, bulk calcium and calcium alloy products, refractory measurement systems, and advanced carbon products. Minteq also manufactures monolithic refractories for the iron, steel, non-ferrous metals, minerals processing and glass markets. Minteq is a wholly owned subsidiary of Minerals Technologies Inc., a New York Stock Exchange-traded company with revenues of nearly one billion dollars.As the Plant Manager, I had P&L responsibility for all manufacturing, maintenance, supply chain, personnel, and continuous improvement activities at the Monolithics facility in Dover, OH. During my time at Minteq, the company undertook an all-encompassing and very aggressive Lean Mfg. implementation corporate-wide. As a result of our local efforts in this area, the Dover facility was recognized as a finalist in the annual Chairman’s Operational Excellence Award in both 2008 and 2009. A more quantitative measurement of this success could be found in a scrap cost reduction of 89%, a customer complaint reduction of 96%, and a productivity increase of 48%, from 2006 to 2009. In addition, we were able to completely change the safety culture at the Dover facility, improving the OHSA RIIR to 0 from 2006 to 2010.

Jackson, Oh

AluChem is a manufacturer of specialty alumina products. With four locations and more than 190 employees, AluChem has become a major supplier of raw materials and aggregates for the ceramic, refractory, and glass industries. AluChem, Inc, is one of the largest specialty alumina producers in the United States. The Company produces a broad range of high quality Calcined, Reactive, Tabular and Activated Aluminas as well as Activated Bauxites, Zircon Flours, and other refined mineral products.As Production & Maintenance Manager I was directly responsible for all Manufacturing and Maintenance activities as well as indirectly responsible for all personnel and quality assurance matters.

Ludington, Mi

The HarbisonWalker International family of companies including A.P. Green Refractories Company, North American Refractories Company, and Harbison-Walker Refractories Company, is known as a knowledgeable leader in the manufacture and supply of innovative refractory products for a wide range of industry applications presenting, among other things, challenging heat-intensive or chemically corrosive production environments. Building on this strong heritage, the new HarbisonWalker International is positioning itself as the first and only choice for comprehensive solutions to address the needs of its growing international customer base. It also hopes to reinvigorate the strong bond between the company and both its employees and its customers. While working for HW, I had progressively increasing roles of responsibility. I started immediately after graduation from Ohio State at the Windham OH plant as an Asst. Supervisor in Basic Pressing and was quickly promoted to Supervisor of Tar Impregnation and then Department Head of Drying & Firing. After nearly 5 yrs. in Windham, I was promoted to Production Manager of the Magnesite Plant in Ludington MI and spent the remainder of my time at HW in that capacity.