Timothy J. Kreps Email & Phone Number

Schiller Park, Il, Usa

http://www.arpac.com/https://www.youtube.com/user/Arpacgroup

Chicago, Il Suburbs

Services Performed:♦ Operations Management♦ Customer Relations♦ Project Management♦ Sales, Marketing, & Business Plan Consultation.♦ Manufacturing and Engineering Consultation.♦ Website Creation, Maintenance, and IT Services.♦ Robotic, HMI, and PLC Programming.♦ Electrical Engineering.♦ "1 off" Commercial Projects using Open Source Hardware: (Raspberry Pi and Arduino Controllers)

Tinley Park, Il

http://www.bendamanufacturing.com http://www.youtube.com/user/BendaMfgServices Performed:♦ Provide Sales, Marketing Services to Further Robotic Market Development.♦ Identified that the Electrical Engineering Department was overloaded due to sales activities, so I designed and implemented a pricing tool that removed this as a task for the EE department, and empowered the sales department to take up this task, thus freeing the department up to continue to do what they do well. ♦ Created IT Tools From the Ground Up for Electrical Pricing, Mechanical Pricing & Quoting, and PLC & Robotic Integration to streamline processes and to be able to Auto Generate Prices, Proposals, and Automation Equipment Source Code from an Excel VBA interface.(Including Excel Pricing Forms that Generate Microsoft Word Proposals)♦ Created a Visual Manufacturing Scheduling System to track all orders, improve on-time delivery, which all feeds back to a Visual Plant Floor System on monitors throughout the organization.♦ Provide Sales, Marketing Services to Further Robotic Market Development.♦ Automation Integration ♦ Robotic, HMI (both Robotic and Allen Bradley and others), and PLC Programming. ♦ Electrical Engineering. ♦ Unique solutions and products (including ones created with Raspberry Pi)♦ Prospecting, Biding, & Contract Execution, all with a heavy focus on Customer Service.♦ Developing new quoting and proposal tools and processes.♦ Business Partnership Development with Companies that would benefit from Benda's vast expertise in the world of conveyance and automation systems.

St Marys, Ga, Usa & Crestwood, Il, Usa

Direct report to the CEO, to manage all aspects of the Transportation Business Unit's activities in the USA to produce simulators and training solutions for the Railroads/Transportation Industry. Heavy interaction and coordination with the CORYS corporate headquarters in Grenoble France.Selected Contributions: ♦ Management of multi-discipline and cross functional team of over 30 direct and indirect reports to develop, launch, and maintain training solutions. Team included employees responsible for Software Engineering, Train Dynamic Physics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, 2D Emulator Graphics, 3D Object Creation, 3D Modeling, CGI Generation using GSM data, and other disciplines necessary to produce various training systems, up to and including high fidelity Full-Motion Locomotive Simulator with accurate Physics Engine, Motion, Scoring System, and CGI that looks, feels, and drives like the locomotive does in the real world.♦ Owned cradle-to-grave product and program life cycles.♦ Responsible for the management of bid budgeting, proposal preparation, financial reporting, billable hours and expense management, forecasting, and performance to budget, etc... All to ensure we will meet our corporate and customer’s goals. ♦ Responsible for staff management plans, setting goals, teaching, performance reviews, and ensuring the development of the team. This includes, but is not limited to, ensuring each employee is aware of, and driven toward, their own growth, development, improvement, and self-improvement.♦ Manage multiple projects & programs with multiple vendors all while managing tasks and staff in the USA, Austrailia, and in France.♦ Hired and managed mechanical design engineers, machining shops, and sheet metal shops to produce custom engineered solutions and products.♦ Performed Electrical Engineering services for new products, and commercial site installations.♦ PMO and Sr. Project Management Responsibilities.

Morehead, Ky, Usa & Upper Sandusky, Oh, Usa

Recruited to optimize performance of existing equipment and determine new equipment needs. Facilitated purchase of new machinery for other plant locations by providing specifications support. Pinpointed and minimized process deficiencies. Spearheaded activities of Controls Group while serving as Project Engineer for incoming automation projects. Charged with developing specifications for all of plant’s automation equipment. Selected Contributions:♦ Project Management services manage the retrofitting of existing antiquated equipment with systems designed to improve throughput, uptime, and to provide accurate production information to the home grown SQL Server SCADA System and plant floor marquee production reporting system. Budgets were tight, so creativity was a must.♦ Management of Controls Engineering Group with a focus on improving equipment throughput, uptime, minimal material usage, and first time quality. We developed a heavy focus on improving maintenance and operator interfaces with the equipment to minimize training requirements on the production and maintenance staff to operate the equipment.♦ Developed programming standards for PLCs and Robotic programming code.♦ PLC/DCS, SCADA, OPC Server, and Robotic programming on glass cutting lines, clay atomizer application, silk screening, glass bending ovens, windshield washing bays, laminiation booths, autoclaves, reaction injection molding stations, assembly stations, and final inspection booths.♦ Worked within Six Sigma / Red-X teams to create identify process improvement opportunities, and to create methodologies to solve novel problems.♦ Reduced costs ~$1.1 million per year by managing rotary atomizers and gear pump installation project.♦ Robotic and PLC programming for injection molding, conveyance systems, automotive robotic paint lines, assembly cells, and final inspection.♦ Ensured all plant needs were met by working up to seven 90-hour work weeks.

Ossian, In, Usa

Responsible for plant’s robotic production “downlines” (150+ Robots), including engineering and installation phases, maintenance, plastic and spin welding improvements, and cutting operations. Rendered a full range of support services for PLC downlines using Wonderware HMIs, Allen Bradley SLC series, PLC 5, and Siemens Step7. Composed robotic programming standards that were adopted company-wide. Secured new equipment to resolve existing problems by teaming with internal engineers and external vendors. Provided quality and production departments with tools necessary to improve overall product. Captured and reported valuable production data via development of data acquisition program. Selected Contributions:♦ Produced plastic blow molded gas tanks, as well as heat/pressure welded and spin welded injection molded components onto plastic gas tanks.♦ Management of small projects.♦ Conditioned and provided data to home grown SQL Server SCADA system via Allen Bradley PLCs.♦ Developed programming standards for PLCs and Robotic programming code.♦ Debug existing production lines to optimize cycle times, and eliminate legacy coding interaction issues between the robotics (150+ Robots) and PLCs with previously delivered systems.♦ Worked within the APQP process to utilize/implement Poka-Yoke, Failure Mode Effects and Analysis (FMEA), Statistical Process Control (SPC), Design of Experiments (DOE), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), the scientific method, and other tools. Always with a focus on predicting, monitoring, and controlling the manufacturing process to a high quality level.

Auburn Hills, Mi, Usa

Hired into the Automation Resources Group whose mission was to address the complex programming and integration needs that customers found themselves unable to accomplish on their own. Developed robot programming standard by partnering with TI Automotive. Equipped GM with “Auto Home” fault recovery system for Engine Block Casting Division. Selected Contributions:♦ Reduced cycle times by effectively training employees and engineering innovative solutions to enhance existing processes.♦ Developed and implemented Robotic programming standards.♦ Technically supported GM management, overseeing employees and plant improvement programs for U.A.W. Skilled Trades Employees. ♦ Developed new systems to execute automated tasks, including arc and spot welding, plasma cutting, sealant application, material handling, palletization, and multitasking to control other industrial machinery.♦ Exposure to many customer sites, methodologies, and processes as listed above.

Bloomington/Normal, Il, Usa

Process prescriptions from Doctors and prepare them for final check by the Pharmacist.

Bs, Industrial Management

Coursework in Industrial Management, Product Design, AutoCAD, Statistical Quality Control, Industrial Process Work Flow, Plastics.

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Electronics And Business Administration And Management, General

Coursework in Electronics Technology, Circuit Design, Economics, Accounting, Mathematics, Speech, Writing, Business Information Systems.