Mark S. Reed 32 Academy Street

Six Sigma Black Belt Arlington, Ma. 02476mark.reed143@gmail.com 603)440-9829

I am a results oriented leader of manufacturing operations who enjoys the process of discovering and developing the strengths of a team to achieve challenging goals. I firmly believe that effective leadership is dependent upon integrity, leading by example, clarity of purpose, and communication, and my career has been dedicated to the advancement of these principles. ________________________________________________________________________FastCap Systems Inc.Position: Director of Manufacturing (current)Critical skills: Transition an engineering-focused start-up organization into full production. Hired and developed a team to produce and commercialize ultracapacitors and related power systems. Assumed responsibility for procurement, quality, and manufacturing engineering. Introduced business and operations planning processes and tools. Hypertherm Inc.Position: Operations Leader, PCB Team (2/2011 to 6/2014)Critical skills: Lead PCB team. Developed Corporate PCB Strategy, grew team capacity and capability through application of Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, and with the involvement, training, and development of the team.

Hypertherm Inc.Position: Operations Leader, Manual Team (6/2005 to 2/2011)Critical skills: Lead Manual Operations Team. Led a team of 150 associates through 4 product introductions; coordinated move of two teams to a satellite facility. Implemented Lean Principles and Standards training for whole team in a low-to-medium volume environment.

Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc.Position: Manager, Continuous Improvement (1/2004 to 6/2005)Critical skills: Train plant personnel in continuous improvement programs such as Six Sigma. Lean Manufacturing, 5S, value engineering, and Theory of Constraints. Certified Six Sigma Black Belt by Air Academy Associates. Mentor and lead projects, report savings and results, develop metrics, and coordinate all Continuous Improvement activities for the business. Travel to other PST facilities to lead improvement projects.

Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc.Position: Production Manager (5/2001 to 12/2003)Critical Skills: Coordinate the activities of a diverse group of individuals to meet financial, quality, and delivery goals. The team included procurement, facilities, production control, manufacturing, and process engineering in a low volume, high mix environment. This is a staff level position reporting to the General Manager.

Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc.

Position: Plant Engineering Manager (11/1999 to 5/2001)Critical Skills: Capital Equipment justification and procurement, oversight of facilities and maintenance teams. Managed $2.2 MM building expansion project.

*note: TAFA, Inc. purchased by Praxair in ‘99

TAFA, Inc.Position: Project and Facilities ManagerCritical Skills: Project management, facilities management. Managed specification, procurement, and installation of a cryogenic gas supply pad for liquid nitrogen, liquid oxygen, liquid argon, and gaseous hydrogen.

TAFA, Inc.Position: Manufacturing Engineer (10/1998 to 4/1999)Critical Skills: Technical support of manufacturing floor, design of manufacturing processes for flow and pull, test cell troubleshooting.

TAFA, Inc.Position: Manufacturing Foreman (11/1997 to 10/1998)Critical Skills: Line supervision for 20+ direct reports, including machinists, metal fabricators, electricians, and assemblers for custom and low volume Thermal Spray systems. Production scheduling, goal setting, performance evaluation, continuous improvement.

TAFA, Inc.Position: Cell Leader, Terojet Group (9/1997 to 11/1997)Critical skills: New product introduction. Set up first lean flow cell in the company, designed all processes, hired associates, transitioned material to point of use vs. stockroom, acted as principal technical contact for pre-production test and debug.

Siemens Medical Systems, Electromedical GroupPosition: Group Leader, Systems Repair Depot (10/1994 to 8/1997)Critical skills: Lead a group of 8 technicians and PCB rework associates in the repair of field return units. Ensured compliance to FDA and ISO procedures, evaluated performance, acted as senior technical resource on all patient monitoring equipment.Siemens Medical Systems, Electromedical GroupPosition: Lead electronics Technician (5/1994 to 10/1994)Critical skills: Troubleshoot and repair patient monitoring equipment to the component level.Cabletron SystemsPosition: Electronics Technician (1992 to 1994)Critical skills: Troubleshoot and repair computer networking equipment.United States NavyPosition: Electronics Technician, E-5Critical skills: Troubleshoot and repair F-14 aircraft

Aavid Engineering Position: MachinistCritical Skills: Operation of machine tools, set up, use of measurement devices.Education:Franklin Pierce College: BS, Business ManagementTidewater Community College: AS, Electronics Engineering Technology

Note: Also completed 84 credits in Mechanical Engineering at UMass Lowell.