A calendering manufacture of rigid PVC sheeting for thermoforming or stationary applications. Employing 80 people and having an annual sales of 20 million. Manufacturing Manager Responsibilities: Managing all aspects of production consisting of 50 operators and supervisors of 2 calenders, slitters & grinders in a continuous operation. Accomplishments:- Developed specific job descriptions for each employee and established skill requirements for all wage levels. - Developed Training materials and techniques for each operation along with practical and written tests to evaluate my staff. This greatly improved our manufacturing efficiency and created stronger motivated crews that allowed us to continuously improve.- Increased plants capacity by 30%, consumed over 2 million lbs. of scrap within 18 months.- Established and maintained a JHSC from scratch that effectively monitors and controls all safety issues throughout the company.April 2000 – October 2001 Quality Manager Responsibilities:- Supervised 3 lab Technicians, coordinate the upgrade of our Quality Management System to the ISO 9001 2000 standard. To Assist the Plant Manager in filling my Manufacturing Manager duties.

An entrepreneurial printer and converter of flexible packaging materials. Employing 90 people and having an annual sales in excess of 30 million. Conversion Department Supervisor Responsibilities:- managing all aspects of a conversion department containing 9 bag machines and 2 inline presses with a highly seasonal workload that would triple in the winter months.Accomplishments: - developed methods and equipment to produce new products. - coordinated the installation of a new wicketter.

March 1985 - October 1996 Cinran Plastics Inc., London, Ontario, a rapidly expanding custom extruder, printer, and converter of polyethylene film for the packaging industry. Employing 100 people with annual sales of 12 million. ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬March 1994 – October 1996 Quality Assurance Manager and ISO 9002 Implementation Coordinator - reporting to president - given the mandate to implement an ISO Quality Assurance program throughout the entire company. Accomplishments:- achieved ISO 9002 registration after an extensive 2 day audit by QMI that found no major non-conformances.- developed a Quality Control Program that tracked all non-conformances, prioritized them for corrective action and than generated and tracked the Closed Loop Corrective Action Reports. - installation and set-up of maintenance management program. - Developed manufacturing information system using customized programs on a Novell network. - sourced and supervised the upgrading of three extruders, improving quality as well as increasing output by 25%. March 1986 - March 1994 Extrusion Foreman, Cinran Plastics Inc. Responsibilities: - managing all aspects of the extrusion department which contained 9 extruders, as well as inline printing presses and bag machines on a continuous operating basis. - hiring, training, motivating, and disciplining fellow workers.- purchasing and sourcing of all raw materials(over 3 million dollars annually).- preparing and presenting justifications for allequipment purchases. - trouble shooting and solving process problems. As Extrusion Foreman I gained a thorough knowledge of all aspects of Cinran's operations and was highly recommended to fill the position of Plant Manager.