Jim Daniels
Clinton,United States
Summary
Successful hands-on professional, proactive by nature, requiring little supervision. Can take the big picture end goal and break it down into small manageable tasks. Motto is Lean, Mean and Green: Lean Manufacturing, Highly Competitive and Highly Profitable (while being environmentally friendly).
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Product Line Director
Safariland / Med Eng
Ottawa, ON
09.2010 - 09.2015
- Masterminded the turn around of a non-profitable product line into a high functioning, streamlined and extremely profitable division.
- Demonstrated strong cross-functional collaboration with corporation’s divisions and stakeholders (engineering, purchasing, production, shipping, management and investors) leading to a successful turnaround.
- Focused on both international and domestic customer requirements / needs but more importantly on product reliability to meet the mission critical demands.
- Led the product / program development team to produce the first truly NATO integrated CBRNE / HAZMAT ground robot response sensor and mitigation platform.
Sales and Marketing Manager
Northrop Grumman / Remotec
Clinton, TN
07.2002 - 09.2010
- Achieved a 96% capture rate for the State and local EOD Ground (ROV) robot line through the formation of a dynamic team consisting of diverse entities representing all areas of our organization.
- Responded and wrote many proposals to RFI / RFQs to both US DOD and State and local entities. Familiar with GSA, DFAR/DFAS rules and regulations as well and contracting and negotiations.
- Played a crucial role in supporting NGC's vision of offering Unmanned vehicles for Air, Ground, and Sea operations.
- Consulted and provided the DOD / allies unmanned IED defeating ROVs, saving countless lives.
Maintenance and Production Manager
Jenkins Brick and Stone
Montgomery, AL
05.1992 - 10.1997
- Ran the maintenance and production department for a 24/7/365 brick manufacturing operation.
- Achieved a significant increase in product quality by analyzing production defects, leading to a drop in the loss rate from 3.4% to less than 0.4% on a one million per week production run.
- Achieved a significant improvement in equipment uptime from 78% to 96.2%, driving record profitability and quality output by successfully implementing Lean Manufacturing, SPC, TPC, Kanban and Kaizen principles.
- Implemented computerized maintenance program to aid in fix or replace decision making and trend analysis.
- Spearheaded the design, installation, and re-engineering of multiple pieces of plant production equipment for optimal performance aligned with broader company objectives. Delivered improvements across various areas including electrical components, hydraulics systems,and programmable logic controllers (PLCs). Effectively managed projects without disrupting day-to-day operations.
Education
MBA - Economics And Finance
Troy University
Montgomery, ALBachelor of Science - Industrial Technology
Western Illinois University
Macomb, ILAssociate of Applied Science - Electrical and Mechanical Technology
Community College of The Air Force
Montgomery, ALCivil Engineer / HVAC Specialist -
United States Air Force
Maxwell Air Force Base, ALSkills
- CNC Machining
- Project Management (held PMP certification)
- Industrial Electrical installation and troubleshooting
- HVAC (CFC Universal Certified) both install and repair
- Facility Design and equipment placement
- Material Conveying (both mechanical and pneumatic)
- Lean Manufacturing
- Building construction (commercial and residential)
- Hydraulics and Pneumatics (all facets)
- HAZMAT Packaging and transport (CDL)
- Plumbing and water purification systems
- Servant Leader
Timeline
Product Line Director
Safariland / Med Eng
09.2010 - 09.2015
Sales and Marketing Manager
Northrop Grumman / Remotec
07.2002 - 09.2010
Maintenance and Production Manager
Jenkins Brick and Stone
05.1992 - 10.1997
MBA - Economics And Finance
Troy University
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Technology
Western Illinois University
Associate of Applied Science - Electrical and Mechanical Technology
Community College of The Air Force
Civil Engineer / HVAC Specialist -
United States Air Force
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