Experience

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  Arts & Craft Industries, MasterCraft, Douglas

  • Ontario, California

  • VP of Product Development & QC

    • Sep 2014 - Present
    • Ontario, California
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  Chromcraft-Revington, Inc.

  • Senatobia, Mississippi

  • Vice President of Product Development

    • Oct 2012 - Jun 2014
    • Senatobia, Mississippi
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  Chromcraft Revington

  • Lincolnton, N.C.

  • Product Development & Engineering Manager- CR

    • Oct 2006 - Oct 2012
    • Lincolnton, N.C.

    Provided leadership, design, development, engineering, manufacturing processes and source for all phases of CR Residential Divisions for new products.

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  Cochrane Furniture Company

  • Product Development Manager of Cochrane

    • Feb 1994 - Oct 2006

    Designed, engineered of staff of 5 on new product & standard development. Used concurrent & value engineering techniques. Developed standardization of product lines for throughput of factories.

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  Cochrane Furniture Co

  • Lincolnton, N.C.

  • Corporate Quality Manager

    • Oct 1993 - Jan 1994
    • Lincolnton, N.C.

    Implemented vendor certificationDirected quality process through process controls & 6 S's

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  Cochrane Furniture Company

  • Divisional Manager

    • Apr 1991 - Oct 1993

    Implemented Crosby Quality process in 3 factories. Implemented MRP systems, schedules with responsibilities of 3 manufacturing processes.

  • Plant Manager

    • Jan 1988 - Apr 1991

    Increased production 26% in the first two years & developed bedroom production into facilities of DR factory.

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  Broyhill Furniture

  • Lenoir, N.C.

  • Product Engineer, Supervisor, Plant Management

    • Jan 1976 - Jan 1988
    • Lenoir, N.C.

    worked in 7 different facilities in 12 years. Experience & developed management skills in every aspect of casegoods furniture manufacturing.