Project Manager Quality

MARK R. BRANDT

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Dayton, OH 45402 markbrandt@earthlink.net__ _ Cell (937) 287-9587__

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

To secure a position as a Manufacturing Engineering Manager. An adaptable and results oriented team

player providing advanced process development, quality, material and lean manufacturing solutions to

automotive, air conditioning, and commercial industries.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Engineering Manager, Armor Metal Group, Mason, OH June 2008-September 2009

Tier two supplier to Automotive Tank Command (TACOM), coach builder of Armor Mobile

Vehicles, builder of Cincinnati Industrial Equipment and Alvey Washing Equipment.

• Directed six project managers, 15 mechanical, electrical and design engineers.

• Developed and implemented Project Management Best Practices.

• Achieved Mobile Division breakeven through reorganization and BOM accuracy.

• Supported consolidation of $27M AGS military division into the Mason plant.

• Developed first quality metrics, ECR-ECN procedures and Manufacturing Engineering Group.

• Improved engineering response time through cross training and team building.

• Supported ISO auditing efforts and introduced APQP, Corrective Action and PPAP procedures.

Manager, Quality and Engineering, TPI Composites, Springfield, OH, May 2007-December 2007

Tier one supplier to BAE Ground Systems, tier two supplier to TACOM

• Led two engineers and two inspectors.

• Customer product launch liaison for qualification, root cause and permanent fix.

• Department successfully gained ISO 9001 registration for plant on first attempt.

• Taught staff and performed process planning, GD&T, flow charts, turtle diagrams.

• Responsible for implementation of control plans, APQP, PPAP, Corrective Actions.

• Implemented quality metrics (Cpk, defects per unit and part defects per million) for all products

• Implemented capital equipment justifications for fabric cutting and resin mixing processes.

• Improved deck defect rate from 50% to 16% by eliminating process variables and mold release.

Manager, Quality and Manufacturing Engineering, Core Molding Technologies, Batavia, OH,

August 2003-May 2007 Tier one supplier to Peterbilt and Kenworth Truck Divisons of PACCAR

• Directed two engineers and 14 technicians.

• Interfaced daily with PACCAR plants on quality concerns, metrics and corrective actions.

• Presented Quality Improvement Projects to top PACCAR Management on quarterly basis.

• Visited customer plants weekly to determine field failures, root causes and permanent fixes.

• Used quality projects and improved metrics to obtain $4M production cost avoidance.

• Dropped part per million defect rate (PPM) from 15,000 to 6,000.

• Specified and qualified direct and indirect materials, processes (Cpk) and gages (MSA).

• Performed process capability, PPAP submissions, engineering changes, supplier quality audits.

• Improved robotic chop, waterjet, drilling and adhesive bonding cells, paint and curing operations.

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Director of Manufacturing, Cincinnati Fiberglass (purchased by Core Molding), Batavia, OH

• Responsible for two production superintendents, six engineers, one maintenance manager and195

hourly personnel.

• Increased production capacity 210% while reducing labor costs 12% by lean process methods.

• Improved PPM from 25,000 to 15,000 with Kaizen teams, six-sigma and Shainan methods.

• Established production, maintenance, quality & engineering schedules and capital projects.

Vice President, Commercial Sector, National Composite Center/EMTEC, Kettering, OH September

1990-July 2003 A tier one supplier of composite technology to automotive, commercial and

aerospace industries.

• P&L responsibility of $9M AGS fire helmet company with 21 employees.

• Returned failing fire helmet business to profitability through Toyota Production methods:

o Reduced plant floor space from 15,000 to 6,000 sq.-ft.

o Reduced labor from 40 to 21 personnel using lean manufacturing methods.

o Reduced helmet weight 15% over SMC using advanced robotic performing process.

o Reduced leather helmet process scrap from 25% to 0.8% with innovative vacuum process.

o Created hybrid steel-composite mold-improving surface quality 80% & uptime 40%.

Director of Operations/Project Manager Edison Materials Technology Center (EMTEC) 1994-1996

a tier one supplier to USCAR/NIST/DOE and project partner with Ford, GM and Chrysler.

• Directed 200,000 sq.-ft. brownfield site renovation that became the National Composite Center.

• Developed urethane Structural Truck Box Program destined as an option on the 2002 Silverado.

• Qualified and install first P4 preforming process equipment from Applicator Inc., Sweden.

• Project Manager of Structural Reaction Injection Molding Cell (SRIM)

o Designed and installed 1200 ton, press with leveling cylinders and vacuum system.

o Injected structural urethane with two mixheads and three cannon injection mixing systems.

o Reduced cycle time from 40 to 4 minutes justifying capital investment in the process.

Manager, Manufacturing Technology, Edison Material Technology Center 1990-1994

• Primary author of two winning federal proposals totaling $2.2M

o Manufacturing Outreach Program for Southwest Ohio ($2.2M)

o Nationalization of Heat Treating Hotline ($200K)

• Project engineer for two State sponsored technical helpdesks for Ohio industry saving $2.6M.

• Interim Director of Heat Treating Network turnaround.

• Technical point of contact in the resolution of 300 material, heat treating and process field failures.

• Technical support of State process programs in cryogenic machining and diamond coatings

EDUCATION and CERTIFICATIONS

Master of Arts, Management, McGregor School, Antioch University, Yellow Springs, OH

Bachelor of Science, Industrial Technology, Manufacturing Engineering Major, University of

Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI.

PROFESSIONAL COURSEWORK

Allen Bradley, CNC programming, PLC maintenance & Ladder Logic, Shainan Journeyman Course,

Cincinnati Milacron manual programming course, Huffman CNC cutter grinding course, Basic GMF

Robotic programming course, CADAM design drafting course 3D. Geometric Dimensioning and

Tolerancing ANSI Y14.5, Metallurgy and Heat Treatment of Metals.

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