SCOTT C. CORNISH
201 Winding Way * Moorestown, New Jersey 08057
 [Send email to request phone number] 66-7589 * 

Qualifications for Operations Executive - Manufacturing / Production / Quality
Assurance

PROFILE 

Results driven leader having 25+ years of proven success in quality assurance,
production, manufacturing, process-improvement, customer service, administration,
strategic planning, and distribution for large and small, union and non-union,
startup and established publishers and printing companies. Lead production and
manufacturing operations by balancing costs, productivity, along with quality.
Comfortable working in a fast paced environment while under pressure yet meeting
ambitious deadlines. Lead or participated on teams that launched new or
redesigned existing products. Significant process improvement experiences both as
an internal and external resource.

CORE COMPETENCIES 

Six Sigma and lean tools
Analyze business needs
Control systems and metrics
Project planning
Benchmark productivity
Quality tools and metrics
Process focused
Sense of urgency
Attention to detail
Customer focus
Leading change
Optimizing diversity
Establish goals and objectives
Administer company policies
Seize business opportunities
Raising the bar
Annual budget planning
New facility startups
Strategic planning
Process auditing
Prioritize production schedules
Continuous improvement focus
Plan/execute against budget
Maintain material inventory

CAREER TRACK 

PRACTICAL PROCESS IMPROVEMENT - PLAINSBORO, N.J.; MOORESTOWN, N.J.
Founder/Owner/Principal Consultant January 2006 to October 2007
January 2010 to Date

The consultancy which works primarily with publishers and printers to improve
the effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity of their manufacturing and
service processes by use of practical process improvement tools and
methodologies.
 * Service Offerings. Independent Printed Quality Evaluation Service, Process
Change and Improvement Assessment Audit, and Newspaper Quality Manager
Protégé/Mentor Program (under development).
 * Article Author. Wrote a series of monthly articles on "Practical Process
Improvement" for the newspaper industry trade magazine News & Tech.
 * Additional information. Practice web site is
www.practicalprocessimprovement.com

A.F.L. WEB PRINTING - VOORHEES, N.J.; SECAUCUS, N.J.
Client Relations Executive October 2007 to December 2009

Worked with large strategic accounts by identifying needs, troubleshooting
problems and implementing solutions. During a two-year period:
 * Customer service. Determined client's needs, wants and delights, and promoted
sales of company printing services to new and existing client base.
 * Business development. Prospected new areas for products and services, and
further market penetration.
 * New client launch. Lead internal teams that started to print at A.F.L. for
both my clients and other sales executives.

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 [Send email to request phone number] 66-7589 * 

THE NEW YORK TIMES - NEW YORK, N.Y.
 Various Positions May 1989 to December 2005

During a sixteen-year career, positions included managing director/national
production, quality assurance director and project director. Career highlights:
 * Strategic initiatives. Managing production and quality-assurance initiatives
for the Northeast and National Editions during growth from 8 to 18 print sites
 * Product changes. The national edition experienced paging increases from 64 to
144 pages; color positions from 16 to 32 pages; circulation increases of 100,000
daily and 150,000 Sunday copies; and startup of two Sunday advance printing
sites.
 * Revenue increases. Advertising and circulation revenue increased
incrementally by $10Millions, annually.
 * Process and metrics. Implementing an internship program with the New York
City College of Technology's Graphic Arts program to measure printed quality of
newspapers.
 * Process improvement. Quality scores improved 15.9 percent, and variability
decreased 43.4 percent. Quality improvements drove incremental advertising color
premium revenue over $5Million, annually.
 * Process audits. Developing a joint quality and productivity improvement
program with national print-site partners. During a two-and-a-half year period,
only one color advertising credit was issued while producing approximately 650
million copies.
 * Product enhancements. Leading launch and process-improvement initiatives for
daily color advertising in the National edition, then heading full rollout of
color for New York, Northeast and National editions.

USA TODAY AND GANNETT CO., INC., ARLINGTON (NOW MCLEAN), VA.
 Various Positions June 1982 to April 1989

Joined company upon graduation from college and prior to launch in 1982. During
a seven-year career, positions included color imaging manager and quality
assurance assistant. Highlights:
 * Process change. Leading the conversion from conventional to electronic
color-prepress system production, first for USA WEEKEND, a gravure-process
product, then for USA TODAY. A pioneering effort that reduced daily production
deadlines and materials costs by more than $100,000 per year by eliminating film
consumption.
 * Quality metrics. Co-developing and implementing a product quality-evaluation
program for all USA TODAY printing sites. Providing objective measures and
performance rankings of key metrics for staff and print-site improvement efforts,
a first in the industry at the time.
 * New process implementation. Leading installation of color separation scanners
at local Gannett properties. New opportunities for color advertising brought in
$100,000s in incremental advertising revenue, consumables savings were in the
$10,000s annually, and reduced editorial deadlines produced a more up to date
newspaper.
 * Company startup. Serving on the startup team that launched USA TODAY. Setting
up color-scanning programs, procedures and techniques for high quality newsprint
color re-production, a pioneering effort at that time. USA TODAY grew to more
than one million copies in first year and became the national benchmark for how
to produce high-quality color on deadline.

EDUCATION 

 * Executive MBA (Marketing and Finance), Rutgers University Business School,
Newark, N.J.
 * B.S. (Printing Management), Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester,
N.Y.

HONORS, AFFILIATIONS, PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION AND TRAINING 

 * Gold Key Award from Gamma Epsilon Tau, national collegiate printing
fraternity, New York City College of Technology, May 2004.
 * Senior Member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) since 1984.
 * Member of the Specifications for Newsprint Advertising Production (SNAP)
Committee since 1997.
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