Experience

• 

  Tru-Cut LLC

  • Glendale (Oasis) and Phoenix (Accuzona), AZ

  • Regional Manager (General Management of Oasis Die, and Accuzona)

    • Feb 2019 - Present
    • Glendale (Oasis) and Phoenix (Accuzona), AZ

    Regional Manager of Tru-Cut's Arizona opeartions.Tru-Cut is Arizona's premier manufacturer of custom steel ruled cutting dies, for both rotary and flat applications.Accuzona is the Southwest US leader in highly specialized flat steel rule cutting dies and related tooling for a range of converting applications.Both companies utilize up-to-date CAD/CAM manufacturing equipment for efficient production of custom precision dies and converting tooling.

• 

  Oasis Die/Tru-Cut

  • Glendale, AZ

  • Sales & Customer Service

    • Oct 2018 - Present
    • Glendale, AZ

• 

  B&D Litho of Arizona, Inc. (Ennis)

  • Phoenix, AZ

  • General Manager

    • 1993 - 2017
    • Phoenix, AZ

    General Manager (10 years)Executive Vice President (4 years)Vice President, Sales & Marketing (9 years)- Helped grow sales by more than 300% in first 10 years, and helped grow the company from a single facility to 3 plants in 3 states with enterprise sales in the $45MM range. - Assumed full P&L responsibility when Ennis acquired company in 2007. - Developed many innovative products and production processes. - Managed and grew key customer accounts and relationships.- Re-engineered workflow to increase employee efficiency, maximize resource utilization, and drive continuous improvement. - Dramatically reduced inventory levels and increased inventory turnover. - Developed tools to track KPIs to help identify opportunities for process improvement.- Operated a highly secured facility with a focus on secure document production.- Business process improvement through implementation of numerous lean manufacturing principles.- Implemented company-wide culture change while reducing costs, right-sizing space and staffing. - Designed and implemented ERP system conversion and grew e-commerce initiatives. - Managed and grew key customer accounts and continuously increased profitability. - Streamlined logistics for high-volume international pick/pack program for the food service industry.- Recipient of Most Improved Plant Award 2 of the last 5 years.Known as a resourceful, knowledgeable, ethical and effective leader in the web printing industry.

• 

  Appleton Papers (Appvion)

  • Appleton, WI

  • Marketing/Advertising/Promotion Manager

    • 1983 - 1993
    • Appleton, WI

    Director of Marketing Services (4 years)Marketing Manager (3 years)Advertising & Promotion Manager (4 years)Developed numerous successful marketing strategies and sales campaigns that helped propell the company's sales from $300MM to $1.2B in just 10 short years. Corporate sales support that involved numerous co-marketing programs with key accounts and distributors.