Lean Manufacturing Engineering Consultant

RICHARD T. SHOEMAKER, PhD Engineer

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H 423-***-**** C 423-***-**** ad8472@r.postjobfree.com Utilizes forward-thinking and technical skills to develop innovative textile products, upgrade laboratory technology to enhance research, and form joint ventures to expand business. A dedicated and detail-oriented producer who commercializes quality products to drive sales, establishes patents that secure new technologies and increase revenue, and modernizes laboratories to ensure efficiency and significant progress. Also started and led Papa Shoe’s Home Improvement, LLC with a Tennessee Contractor License, and modified and updated over 500 foreclosed homes between 2008 and 2013. Now an independent consultant under contract in carpet and flooring industry, supplying materials to automobile (IATF experienced) and boating industry. Have led hiring and managed many large groups of professional exempt and non-exempt employees. Six Sigma certified, expertise in root cause analysis and problem solving. Six Sigma Green Belt, Lean Manufacturing, leader of Kaizan events, SAP Knowledge.

Current: Independent Engineering Consultant 9/2018 – Present

Contracted at this time with a Georgia company who supplies automotive industry. Led IATF certification. Available for additional consulting time on a part time basis, and available for full time work with a 2-week notice. Note: Leader of Lean Manufacturing programs.

Mohawk Industries: Senior Manager Quality Process Engineering 5/2017-9/2018

Led $10,000,000 in extrusion upgrade projects, providing potential 25% throughput in production capability. This included selection of key components for quench, blending, extruder design, bulking technology, and winders for carpet yarns.

Completed upgrade of chemical testing lab at one extrusion site, including new viscometers, hoods, and developed new incoming test for caprolactam purity feeding nylon 6 polymerization.

Beaulieu Carpet, Dalton, Georgia and Bridgeport, Alabama

Senior Engineer 2013-2017

•Modified additive selection for advanced carpet UV resistance and saved $500,000 per year.

•Developed improved color concentrate sourcing which reduced extrusion breaks 25% and thereby increased yields by 15% on critical carpet yarns. Identified need for reduced moisture levels for PET extrusion, installed new moisture measurement devices providing better performance. In key yarns this provided 40% reduction in extrusion breaks and 20% improvement in downstream processing.

PAPA SHOE’S HOME IMPROVEMENT, LLC, Chattanooga, Tennessee

Owner/CEO, 2010-2013

Business owner. Governed the reconstruction of foreclosed homes. Most of this work was done as independent contractor company for Real Estate companies, as well as Freddy Mac and Fannie Mae.

•Cleaned up and modified over 500 foreclosed houses, including remodeling interiors, roofing, exterior siding, and landscaping.

INVISTA, Chattanooga, Tennessee

Senior Research Fellow, 2005-2009

Led new product development in textile nylon. Identified ground breaking comfort technology for controlling temperature of garments through a phase change additive extruded directly into nylon fibers. Developed extrusion sheath/core product incorporating the phase change material provided by outside company, which cooled wearer when user was hot and heated when user was cold. Surveyed field of antimicrobial additives, selected optimum silver product, and worked with Korean manufacturers to develop an antimicrobial fabric that was durable through long-term garment use and washings. The product prevented odor and allowed reuse for workouts and sporting activity.

•Managed international acquisition of externally developed technology, leading formation of joint development agreements for $5,000,000 in sales.

E.I DUPONT DE NEMOURS, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Senior Research Fellow, 1993-2005.

Led $80 million project installing new updated Barmag extrusion equipment and commercialized multiple new nylon products, (sales of $50,000,000), financial analysis, and safety clearances. Oversaw $1,000,000 annual manpower budget. Led commercial ant-microbial fibers and fabrics project. Developed thermal stabilization of polymers via phase-change materials. Modified cross-section fibers for enhanced visual appeal. Developed patented bicomponent nylon fiber which stretched like Lycra but performed in a superior way in cold temperatures. Acquired by North Face and other high-end outdoor apparel companies. Biocomponent fibers also provided superior very low denier product for hosiery. Collaborated with outside vendor and installed high-speed extrusion processes eventually commercialized in both Chattanooga and Monterrey Mexico, thereby providing 30 higher capacity of both nylon 6-6 and nylon 6.

E.I Dupont de Nemours/Site R&D Manager, Luxembourg, Europe, 1989-1993. Developed Tyvek non-woven house wrap. Commercialized numerous non-woven and fiber products, including Tyvek non-woven products for thermal conservation in housing construction. Introduced modified cross-section nylon fibers for moisture movement and enhanced visual appeal in intimate apparel. Created commercial fabrics with antimicrobial attributes.

E.I. Dupont de Nemours, Site Technical Manager, Martinsville, Virginia, 1985-1989. Developed bi-component self-bulking nylon products providing stretch fabrics, as well as numerous polyester fibers for texturing end-uses.

E.I Dupont de Nemours, R&D Supervisor and Senior Supervisor, Richmond, Virginia, 1973-1981.

E.I. Dupont de Nemours, Engineer, Wilmington, Delaware, 1971-1973.

E D U C A T I O N

PURDUE UNIVERSITY, West Lafayette, Indiana

Ph.D., Materials Science, M.S., Materials Science

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge, Massachusetts

B.S., Material Science and Metallurgical Engineering, Minor in Nuclear Engineering

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