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DEAN MYERS2S552 River Oaks Drive, Warrenville , IL 60555 | H: 630-791-9198 | C: 630-415-4884 |Dkmyers@comcast.net

Manufacturing and production professional with over 20 years of experience in supervising, training,record-keeping, quality assurance, and meeting high demand production deadlines in compliancewith ISO standards.

I am a highly skilled, hands-on production supervisor, with ability to lead andproduce quality products in a cost efficient and timely manner. I possess 20years of experience in the automotive industry as a model maker and designlead for General Motors Design, Quality & Verification division. For the past 10years, I have work for Scale-Tronix, The last 4 as superviser of production medicalscales. I am well respected for my attention to detail and accuracy. I am ableto foresee problem areas, and use sound decision-making skills to come upwith well thought out, creative solutions to problems. I possess a strong workethic, strong leadership and communication skills, and work well underpressure.

07/2006 to Current Production/SupervisorSCALE-TRONIX － Carol Stream, ILHired to manufacture medical scales in 2006 and promoted to ProductionSupervisor in 2011. Supervise a team of manufacturing personnel involved in theassembly of medical scales. I am responsible for delivery of high quality productagainst production schedules. Monitor work orders and shortages to ensurethat the flow of work is expedited. Enforced a culture of lean manufacturingand continuous improvement while providing operational leadership andstrong hands-on capability.

04/1999 to 10/2005 Lead Studio Technical SpecialistRCO ENGINEERING, INC. － Roseville, M IPromoted to Lead Studio Technical Specialist. Responsible for building designprove out models for General Motors, Design, Quality, & VerificationDepartment. Duties included: Evaluation of all plastic parts, interior andexterior, before graining of tools; monitoring in-house and outsource ofconstruction of virtual and physical properties; approving math data andbringing design concerns to the attention of program management whileadhering to General Motors Vehicle Development Process (VDP24), budgetaryand quality targets; reviewing production intent parts to confirm complianceto design intent; producing prints for use in Model Shop suing UnigraphicsV.15.0 and V.16.0 CAD system.

10/1998 to 04/1999 Model Maker/Designer DrafterRCO ENGINEERING, INC. － Roseville, M IBuilt math verification models as a contract employee for General Motors.Constructed models using a wide variety of materials, including: clay, wood,ren, and foam.

09/1995 to 09/1998 Senior Model Maker/SupervisorG.H.L. PROGRESSIVE MODEL － Roseville, M ISupervised prototype staff in productivity, work assignments and weekly timesheets. Duties included: construction of prototype injection wood/ren models,die models, vacuum forms, mock-ups, fiberglass hand lay-ups, clay mock-ups,and foundry patterns for Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler Motor Companies;ISO point contact for model and plastic shop; purchased materials to ensureproper compliance with ISO certification.

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02/1994 to 09/1995 Purchasing ManagerT-CRAFT － Roseville, M IDuties included: purchasing company materials used for the production of tooland die; identified new suppliers to reduce material costs; tracked andcompleted weekly progress reports on all jobs; worked closely with companysuppliers to ensure cost-effective material purchasing; designed andmocked-up clay wheels for the automotive industry.

12/1982 to 02/1994 Model MakerG.H.L. PROGRESSIVE MODEL － Roseville, M IDuties included: construction of prototypes, wood models, clay mock-ups;construction of die models, production models, and vacuums; construction offiberglass hand lay-ups and foundry patterns; ensured quality productionstandards and compliance with ISO certification.

* Certified in Unigraphics V.15.0 and V16.0 by General Motors.* Attended Macomb Community College for blue print reading.* Trained in the use of Product vision Software through General Motors.* P.C. skills include Microsoft Word, Excel, Lotus.* Graduated Lakeview High School in 1981.

Available upon request.