Masters degree in Business Administration with experience in supervising and leading organizational change. Licensed Professional Engineer with 13 years of manufacturing experience solving both technical and organizational problems.

BSME University Of Lowell, Lowell, MA 1988

MBA Thomas College, Waterville, ME 1992

PE Professional Engineer, ME #7963 1994

• Started up a $750,000 powder coating facility, integrated & tuned controls for product uniformity, optimized chemistry efficiency, stabilized equipment’s reliability
• Diagnosed and corrected coating quality problem allowing a cost savings of $375,000/yr by substituting plating process with powder coating process on wire products
• Relocated manufacturing cells into new facility
• Developed & implemented new safety programs

• Direct 14 technicians and 80 operators
• Managed, configured, and prioritized process control services in paper mill
• Installed new control system configuration on 10 day paper machine rebuild ($2.9M capital)
• Implemented alkaline conversion controls: ClO₂, water & fiber segregation, pH controls($1.9Mcapital)
• Troubleshot and improved processes and control systems.

• Managed, configured, and prioritized process control projects and services

• Diagnosed problem and implemented paper winding controls ($1.3 M/yr. Loss reduction)
• Coordinated improvement efforts of contract control service providers (Measurex, ABB)

• Enhanced management system to simplify work systems: approvals, scheduling & backlog
• Increased pulp production 20% in 3 years
• Reduced labor costs 37%

• Eliminated repetitive equipment failures: pumps, conveyers, piping systems
• Planned, coordinated and contracted repairs to wide variety of process equipment and systems
• Developed NDT programs, to assure compliance of pressure vessels and hazardous piping systems

Honeywell, Allen Bradley, Measurex, PI, Moore Control Systems, AS400, VMS applications, MS-Office

President, Allen Pond Improvement Association, Greene, ME