JOHN W. LEDBETTER
Mt. Pleasant
Summary
With over 30 years of “hands on” experience in Program Execution, Business Development, Engineering Management, Industry Consulting, and Manufacturing Practices; Mr. Ledbetter possesses a diversified professional portfolio that demonstrates his strong technical, business and leadership capabilities.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Founder, President and Owner (Small Business Concern)
Summit Worx, LLC
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
11.2013 - Current
- Profit & Loss responsibility for entire Summit Worx organization
- Designed patent pending low flow rate electrostatic spray technology
- NIOSH respirator manufacturing and design (sub on FEMA $100M contract)
- Defense contractor for multiple FSR / comms opportunities
- Designed and built Remote Comms Suite (RCS) product line
- IT support and help desk for South Carolina state contract
- Engineered and built stackable / scalable containerized generator complexes for Mission Critical Data Centers (diesel, natural gas and bio-fuel applications)
- Structured battery storage designs to mitigate Cyber-attacks to power grid
- Executed several Mobile Command Center projects for local Governments
Charleston Site Manager – Program Manager
ITT - Exelis Corporation
Charleston, South Carolina
08.2004 - 11.2013
- Program Manager for multiple DoD programs, some running concurrently.
- Business proposal lead working closely with capture, finance and technical leads.
- Crafted IR&D, Capital Expenditure and Business Development proposals.
- Developed and implemented strategic initiatives to capture new business.
- Created detailed operating and program budgets with frequent variance reviews.
- Engineered detailed EACs, ETCs, schedules, and manpower requirements.
- Initiated cost saving Lean Six Sigma activities throughout organization.
- Directed supply chain management activities for bid specs and vendor selection.
- Created extensive quality control procedures (returns and rework less than 1%).
- Designed production “ramp-up” strategies to meet urgent program schedules.
- Supervisor for R&D, product, manufacturing and plant engineering teams.
- Lead multiple Integrated Product Teams for technical and programmatic reviews.
Industrial Consultant – Genentech, Central Arizona Project, Huber Wood
Life Cycle Engineering
Charleston, South Carolina
02.2001 - 08.2004
- Leader for facility improvements, capital investments and cost cutting initiatives.
- Structured senior leadership presentations with detailed financial analysis.
Adjunct Faculty
College of Charleston
08.2002 - 10.2002
- Department of Mathematics
Research Assistant – Project Manager for Anti-Stuttering Device
Biomedical Instrumentation Laboratory
Raleigh, North Carolina
08.1998 - 02.2001
- Researched and developed processing algorithm to ameliorate stuttering.
- Designed digital and analog circuits to implement the algorithm efficiently.
- Demonstrated functional portable system to research team.
- Additional Electrical Engineering Projects
- Developed neural network (Matlab Code) program for Predicting Criminal Recidivism. Database included 11,749 cases with 18 attributes each.
- Conducted Electronic-Nose experiments with Pattern Recognition algorithms.
- Assisted in developing and fabricating 64 channel ECG amplifier for the Department of Cardiology at UNC at Chapel Hill.
Product and Plant Engineer
The Coleman Company, Inc.
Lake City, South Carolina
08.1993 - 08.1998
- Project leader for Capital Expenditure of $1.75M on new automated production line that included PLC logic and computerized material handling.
- Facilitated CAD drawings to design machine fixtures and facility layouts.
- Administered process improvement projects and machine efficiency studies.
- Plant Safety and Environmental Manager with Corporate responsibilities.
Education
Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering -
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina12.2000
Masters of Business Administration - undefined
Francis Marion University
Florence, South Carolina08.1997
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering - Environmental Science
Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina05.1993
Skills
- Team leadership
- Strategic thinking
- Marketing
- Entrepreneurial and innovative
Accomplishments
- Supervised team of 200+ staff members over three shifts to execute a FEMA contract to build NIOSH approved respirators. Urgent demand to standup this operation from scratch during COVID.
- Since founding Summit Worx in 2013, we experienced ZERO LOST-TIME accidents across all production lines both Contract Manufacturing and Government Contracts. This is directly attributed to our comprehensive production planning, detailed work instructions, and perpetual Quality Control auditing.
Certification
- South Carolina Registered Professional Engineer #19483 (active)
- North Carolina Registered Professional Engineer #25326 (inactive)
- United States Security Clearance (inactive)
- ITT Lean Six Sigma Certification (Black Belt)
Timeline
Founder, President and Owner (Small Business Concern)
Summit Worx, LLC
11.2013 - Current
Charleston Site Manager – Program Manager
ITT - Exelis Corporation
08.2004 - 11.2013
Adjunct Faculty
College of Charleston
08.2002 - 10.2002
Industrial Consultant – Genentech, Central Arizona Project, Huber Wood
Life Cycle Engineering
02.2001 - 08.2004
Research Assistant – Project Manager for Anti-Stuttering Device
Biomedical Instrumentation Laboratory
08.1998 - 02.2001
Product and Plant Engineer
The Coleman Company, Inc.
08.1993 - 08.1998
Masters of Business Administration - undefined
Francis Marion University
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering - Environmental Science
Clemson University
Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering -
North Carolina State University