Experience

2000–2001                    Die Concepts Inc.                         Waukesha, WI

Vice President of Business Development

Worked with customers to assess needs and communicate those needs to internal sources.  Worked closely with the design department to assure robust and accurate designs.

1992–2000                    Ultra Tool & Mfg., Inc.         Menomonee Falls, WI

Vice President (2 years)

                           Tool Department Manager(5 years)                          (Supervised the Die Design department, Toolroom, Wire EDM and Laser)

Tooling Specialist (1 year)

Tool and Die Designer (same year)

Tool and Die Maker (3 months)

§     Contributed to making an unprofitable tool room profitable.

§     Contributed to increasing tool room sales 300% in a period of less than five years.

§     Responsible for tooling estimating, tooling sales and some stamping sales (1993 - 1998).

§     Contributed as a resource for computer development and troubleshooting.

§     Resident at the Harley-Davidson Product Development Center on a “sign-and-go” basis one day a week to help facilitate concurrent engineering.

§     Member of ISO 9002 Steering Committee and Management Review Committee.

1979–1992                    Progressive Tool & Die Corp.              Cudahy, WI

General Manager

Tool and Die Designer

Tool and Die Maker

§     Worked on the bench all thirteen years building a mixture of fineblank and progressive dies.

§     Designed the above listed dies on a part time basis in the evenings at home for the last 7 years of my employment.

§     Served as general manager for approximately the last five years of employment including working full time on the bench. 

1977–1979                    Witt Precision Tool                             Racine, WI

Tool and Die Apprentice

§     Worked as an apprentice under two to three journeymen.

Education

1973–1977 Wisconsin Lutheran High School, Milwaukee, WI

Continuing Education

2004 SolidWorks World

2003 SolidWorks Administrator

2003 SolidWorks World

2003 CSWP accreditation

(Certified SolidWorks Professional)

2002

SolidWorks Advanced Assembly Modeling

SolidWorks Advanced Part Modeling

SolidWorks Sheet Metal

SolidWorks Essentials

2001 FMA and Synergis Technologies

    Design Principles and Applications of Progressive Dies

2001 Moraine Park Technical College

    Solidworks (3D Solid Modeling)

2000 FMA and Synergis Technologies

    Proven Draw Die Practices

2000 Fred Pryor Seminars

    Business Writing For Results

1999 The Pacific Institute

    Investment In Excellence - Phases I and II

1999 American Society for Quality - Milwaukee Section

    Statistical Process Control

1998 American Society for Quality - Milwaukee Section

    Introduction to Statistical Process Control

1994 Waukesha County Technical College

    Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing

1993 Alliant Techsystems

    3 day SPC training

1992 Feintool Cincinnati, Inc.

    Fundamentals of Fineblanking

1992 Milwaukee Area Technical College

    Fundamental Heat Treatment of Metals

1992 Milwaukee Area Technical College

    Advanced AutoCad with 3D

1991 Milwaukee Area Technical College

    Introduction to AutoCad

1989 University of Wisconsin - Extension

    3 day course in Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing

My Hobbies and Pastimes

I enjoy spending time with my family, fishing (click for pictures), golf, and woodworking.