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70 Washington Road, Princeton Junction, New Jersey 08550

AI Technology -Focused on increasing efficiency of current equipment and techniques. Recommend changes based upon documented process R&D and subsequently source / purchase appropriate equipment. Manage inventory of raw materials, research alternative materials based on array of criteria, including cost, availability, market novelties, and physical properties. Extensive hands-on work with formulations, material selection and testing of new product ideas. Develop manufacturing processes for new products. Direct and perform R&D and process improvement based on observation of current practice and self-designed experiments.Avante - Project Manager & Engineer, Supervised in-house component manufacture and testing. Direct on-location implementation and training.

Supervise, train, coordinate production/repair and confirm quality for blow molding on one of four crews at the largest rigid plastic plant in Amcor’s Northeast region. Equipment scope includes Sidel Series I & Series II, Krones Kontiform, B&H Labelers and ancillary equipment such as Posimat. Bottles produced are PET resin (single & multilayer). Produced are heat-set, csd and labelware. Assisted with Galaxy Project Apriso/SAP transition in Millville. Have represented Amcor for problem resolution at several Pepsi bottling sites.

Construction company; specialized in framing, sheathing and installation of windows and doors. Projects included single family homes, apartment complexes and multi-unit condominiums. Direct responsibility for up to five crews operating in three states building wood structures and metal industrial buildings.

Managed all aspects of a boutique firm; a hybrid of design, traditional graphics production and marketing. Breath of clients served ranged from Fortune 500 to individuals. Products ranged from business cards to cosmetic packaging.- Develop, analyze and implement printed media marketing in terms of response ratio, demographics and other criteria.- Partnered with clients in development and implantation of strategic direction change.- Focused on achieving prestige volumes, rapid turn-around and budgetary constraints. - Increased size capability four-fold and print units from one to eight. Vertically integrated production; all processes from design to completion accomplished on premises.

Abbey provides unique solutions to the cosmetic packaging industry. Hands-on responsibility for: training, production scheduling, material selection, sourcing, quality and tooling/process design. Substrates included cellulose wadding, treated papers, foam, plastics and non-wovens. Production process utilized die cutting, lamination, slitting, embossing, printing and the selective application of heat & pressure.- Created machinery to automate lobster bib manufacture.- Introduced the in-house manufacture of plastic components that became a leading profit center of the organization.- Supervised and coordinated plant relocation.

Curitiba, Brazil

Analyzed and implemented the strategic issues of finance, marketing, importation and new product development. Among the top five producers of relief printing in Brasil within first 2 years. - Invented technology for fragrancing paper using existing tooling.

Bachlor Of Science, Chemistry

Incomplete, M.B.A. Program