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PROFILE * Proven leader and multiple design award winner with broad experience in business development and operations with extensive management skills gained in both the domestic and international markets. * Providing the necessary tools to realize change, by producing the right product at the best cost in the shortest time possible, while meeting all design specifications, through the sourcing and application of the most advanced manufacturing techniques and technologies available. * Having graduated as a manufacturing engineer and industrial designer has exposed me to the opportunities to work with a multitude of materials and substrates solid lumber, wood panels, sheet metal, stainless steel, tube, wire products, fabric, leather, plastics, Corian and a multitude other solid surfaces, Stone, Glass, Plexiglass, Powder coating and other Finishing materials and Finishing systems. * This expertise allowed me to assist manufacturers in producing their store fixtures & displays, office systems & seating, filing cabinets, kitchens, living rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms, chairs and sofas with great efficiency Thus boosting their growth potential and improving greatly their profitability. * A solution provider, always looking for challenges, continuous improvements is my forte, striving when I find myself in an environment that gives me the freedom to identify the problem areas, recommend the solutions and implement them successfully and on time. I always was and always will be a change agent. * Performed extensive market research to assist clients with strategic market orientation as well as launch new product development, product engineering, and factory planning initiatives. * Additional expertise includes improving productivity, eliminating bottlenecks, designing efficiencies into manufacturing, equipment design, selection and Implementation, robotics, automation where warranted, cellular/lean manufacturing and most advanced Wood and Metal finishing systems.