JACK READY
2907 Cherry Branch Drive
Knoxville, TN 37938
865/925-0813
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 Summary
Senior Manufacturing Executive with experienced in P&L management, turnarounds,
lean manufacturing/5s and strategic planning. Well organized individual
experienced in leading multi-disciplined teams.  Skilled at finding creative,
cost effective solutions to plant problems.  

Significant Achievements:
	Development of product design changes resulting in savings of $4.2MM over life
cycle of product
	Changes to process resulting in cost savings and capacity increase totaling
$1.2MM/year ongoing
	Led plant to ISO9001 certification and subsequent upgrade to 2000 standard
	Championed change in product focus leading to 20% increase in margin
	Led implementation of Lean Manufacturing , Visual Factory and 5S
	Led turnaround from break-even to $8MM profit
	Led plant through change in ownership

BSME, University of South Florida  -  Tampa FL 1984
Company Sponsored Seminars:
Finance and Accounting for the non-Financial Manager          Rubber Chemistry
Designed Experiments                       Lean Manufacturing              
Project Management

GPX INTERNATIONAL TIRE CORPORATION, Boston Ma
Jul 2007 – Nov 2007
Director of Quality
	Manage Quality functions and programs for International, multi-plant tire
	manufacturer. Manage ISO conformance. Drive down costs through quality
	initiatives.

CARLISLE TIRE AND WHEEL /TITAN TIRE CORPORATION, Clinton, TN                    
        1995 -  2006
Director of Engineering Aug05-Aug06
	Responsible for  process and product engineering for multi plant operation.

Plant Manager Aug 96-Aug 05
	Full P&L responsibility for management of all phases of $80MM/YR 500 employee
tire 	manufacturing facility.

Manufacturing Services Manager Sept 95-Aug 96 
	Responsible for management of maintenance and engineering departments of
$80MM/YR 	tire manufacturing facility.  Responsible for development and
administration of  capital 	budget.


MICHELIN TIRE CORPORATION, Greenville, SC  &  Tuscaloosa, AL     1987  -  1995
Project Engineer/Design Engineer/Maintenance Supervisor
Responsible for development and analysis of maintenance procedures, methods &
organization for effectiveness & efficiency improvements. 

GREENVILLE TECHNICAL COLLEGE, Greenville, SC                        1988  - 
1992
Part-time Allen-Bradley PLC/5 Instructor
	Taught Basic and Advanced PLC/5 programming for the Continuing Education
Department.

CARTER AND CRAWLEY, INC., Greenville, SC                                      
1986  -  1987
Design Engineer
	Responsible for the design of custom programmable controller based control
systems.  Quotation 	and management of design/build projects.  Field installation
and start-up of projects