Plastic Processing and Product Development Consultant

Expertise

• Productions of plastic parts, particular for use automotive applications.
• Plastic thermoforming, equipment and molds.
• Plastic extrusion, equipment and molds.
• Hosting seminars on plastic thermoforming and the thermoforming industry.
• Manufacturing of plastic products.
• Product development for plastic products.
• Injection molding.
• Strategic planning.
• Blow molding.

Experience

Undisclosed Company, Owner, 2001 - Present

• Sales and manufacturing.

Undisclosed Company, President, 1996 - Present

• Manufacturing plastic products for use in the automotive industry.

Clare County, County Commissioner, Michigan, 1992 - 1994

• Serviced as Chief Fiscal Officer and Vice Chairman, for term.

Thermoform, Inc., President, 1989 - 1996

• Served as a consultant to numerous companies, which resulted in productivity gains and new products.
• Hosted training seminars for the plastics thermoforming industry.

Lyle Industries, General Manager, 1987 - 1989

• Instrumental in structuring new division with significant impact in sales volume.
• Directed the implementation of innovative designs to position Lyle Industries in a new segment of the OEM thermoforming industry.

Dow Chemical, Development Associate, 1985 - 1987

• Responsible for technical raining of plastics sales personnel in the area of thermoforming and extrusion.
• Provided the technical strength, which proved successful in obtaining significant raw material sales increase in the major appliance field.

Brown Machine Co., Vice President, Engineering, 1978 - 1985

• Directed the structuring of the engineering department documentation and design of standard and specialty thermoforming equipment and tooling.

Thermoline Systems, Operations Manager, 1973 - 1978

• Responsible for standardizing the design and manufacture of pellet to product systems for the production of plastic lids.
• Sales increased from $400 thousand to $3 million.

Additional Professional Experience

• Various positions with companies in the thermoforming industry: FabriKal Corp., Alchem Plastics, Continental Can, and Tropicana Products.

Honors & Publications

Academic and Professional Affiliations

• Society of Plastic Engineers

Patents

• 26 patents spanning the last 30 years.
• Patents are for plastic products, machinery and processes.

Education

• ASIE Industrial Engineering, ICS, Scranton, PA