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Director – Westwind Club Association LTD.
Cable Beach, Nassau,
Bahamas
Technical Consultant - Midlink Business Park
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Web designer , Computer Technician, Software Support and Training, Computer Hardware and Software Sales
History
December 1999 – Present
Site Manager / Maintenance Manager / Consultant
5200 E. Cork St. Investors /
Midlink Business Park
March 1970 – November 1999
Kalamazoo Metal, MFD, GMC, Kalamazoo, Michigan
MAINTENANCE SUPERINTENDANT, August 1993
As Plant Staff member, manage
maintenance department and power house-waste treatment. Responsible for
facility, utilities, production readiness, environmental and regulatory
compliance, and support of all Plant goals. Member of Human resources,
Safety, Suggestion committees. Daily production planning
responsibilities.
•
Co-chaired primary preventative maintenance effort that resulted
in first GM stamping plant to receive Phase 1 award and 3rd plant to
receive phase 2 award
•
Implemented MP2 maintenance management system
•
Instituted press rebuild effort recognized as best in the corporation
•
Surpassed corporate safety goals within department
MANUFACTURING PLANNING ADMINISTRATOR,
February 1986
Short
and long range planning for a department of 500 skilled tradesmen,
including salary and hourly personnel activities. Preparation and
control of $60,000,000 yearly budget, Labor negotiations, training,
model change project administration, Engineering and Vendor liaison.
•
Advanced operational planning award
•
Developed and implemented first plant team organization
•
Initiated use of predictive technologies for PM program
•
On time and budget project administration for installation of 10
major press lines, 14 H door
assembly lines, 3000 ton Hitachi Transfer press, 4 M-van door lines, 2
H-side ring assembly lines, 5 Blanking lines, 20 Bay truck receiving
dock, Waste treatment
•
Received award of Excellence for GM Maintenance Management
• Reorganized preventative maintenance program
• wrote
software programs for departmental administrative systems
SENIOR PROCESSING ENGINEER, March 1984
Engineering and project control of all Blanking, small press and
Deck lid
stamping and assembly operations.
•
Designed and installed first pick & place automation in GM
•
Initiated and controlled Blanking line retrofit project resulting in
multi-million dollar saving to plant
•
Processed installation of first processor controlled Blanking line at
Kalamazoo Metal
• Saved
$250,000 by processing recovery of rusted parts
MAINTENANCE GENERAL SUPERVISOR. March 1976
·
Responsible for 3rd shift
operation of 100 skilled tradesmen and 4 supervisors with production
readiness responsibility for facilities and production equipment, as
well as Model change project construction & installation.
MACHINE REPAIR SUPERVISOR. March 1975
Supervising Machine repairmen for production equipment repair
and
preventive maintenance
TEACHER - KALAMAZOO PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
September
1974
Electrical apprenticeship training instructor
ELECTRICAL SUPERVISOR.
November 1973
Supervise Electricians, Pipefitters,Truck repair in maintaining
Facility
and production equipment and constructing and installing
automated lines for Model change. All projects completed on time and
under budget
ELECTRICAL
APPRENTICE / ELECTRICAL
DESIGNER,
March 1970
OJT
Industrial Electrician , Design welder press and stamping press
automation controls
·
Designed, constructed and
installed 6 stamping press automation system controls 1 year after
starting apprenticeship
EDUCATION
Western
Michigan University - Kalamazoo, Michigan
BS
Electrical Engineering Technology,
Electrical
Engineering, Math, Physics, German, 1970
• Sigma
Tau Gamma Fraternity
Other
training:
Completed
US
Dept. of
Labor
Electrical apprenticeship-Journeyman Electrician
SEMINARS / WORKSHOPS
Dr.
Demming quality seminar
Applied
infrared thermography
Life
Insurance pre-licensing
Eastern
Michigan University PCB safety training
University of Detroit-Planning, Estimating and scheduling maintenance
Society
of Manufacturing Engineers-Predictive maintenance for presses
Fauver
Basic fluid power course
Unico
system 5 servo control training
GM
advanced operational planning
GM
Maintenance management
Technowledge Ml knowledge engineering
Dale
Carnegie
Franklin
Institute time management
Intermediate manufacturing management
GM
quality management
Hands on
Robotics training
AM
production cost estimating
Kellogs
Community College – AutoCAD
Data
Stream MP2
training – North Carolina
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
• German- read, write, and speak
COMPUTERS
Registered Microsoft OEM System Builder
