Robert (Bob) Easterling Email & Phone Number

Columbus, Indiana

• Retired from Cummins after almost 32 years – February 2001Real Estate and other Asset Management
• Owned and operated rental property (homes and apartments) in Columbus, Indiana (1978 to 2006)
• Buys, sells, owns and operates condo rental property in Panama City Beach, Florida (1995 to present). See our latest property at VRBO.com listing number 11438.
• Has become recognized for innovative renovations and interior designs that create value and liquidity.
• Led the upgrade, expansion and renovation of Ocean Villa Resort's pool area, lobby, lounge and more to notably reposition Ocean Villa in the Panama City Beach, FL market place.
• In 2014 managed in less than 11 weeks a top to bottom renovation and total interior redesign of a condominium unit setting a new standard of excellence for Penthouse quality and design at Long Beach Resort in Panama.

Corporate Information Technology, Columbus Indiana

• Responsible for:
• Development of corporate Information Technology strategy
• Promoting common manufacturing Information Technology applications worldwide
• Directing Y2K compliance for all distributed systems worldwide
• Development of corporate data center and global data center strategy
• Restructuring corporate data center management

Corporate Manufacturing Engineering

• Responsible for:
• Definition, funding and staffing worldwide CIM program
• Program management of CIM initiatives worldwide
• Alignment of CIM initiatives with senior management objectives and functional excellence leaders.
• Tracking and reporting global implementation progress t against plan to senior management
• Orchestration of CIM technology demonstrations as a component of worldwide functional excellence conferences to inform all levels of management worldwide of Cummis’ CIM initiatives and the art of the possible.

Corporate Manufacturing Engineering, Columbus Indiana

• Responsible for:
• Corporate AI program management
• Cummins worldwide AI initiatives promoting voice recognition, machine vision and expert systems
• Academic liaison for supporting applicable university research
• Funding strategic AI programs
• Cummins global AI education programs

Columbus Engine Plant, Columbus, Indiana

• Responsible for:
• Gage engineering and laboratories,
• Quality systems, policies and standards
• Advanced quality technology development and implementation
• Engine quality audit engineering, test and teardown operations

Columbus Engine Plant, Columbus, Indiana

• Responsible for:
• Automation technology development
• Assembly and test engineering
• Flexible manufacturing systems

Columbus Engine Plant, Columbus, Indiana

• Responsible for:
• Manufacturing process engineering
• Machine controls engineering
• Numerical Control machining processes and technology development
• Advanced manufacturing technology introduction including robotics, computer controlled manufacturing processes and manufacturing process monitoring systems

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mechanical (Manufacturing) Engineering Technology

Calss Valedictorian