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THOMAS McDIERMON
455 Hunt River
Way, Suwanee,
GA 30024
(770) 277-7157 home. (770)
722-7157 cell.
Email: tmacd50@bellsouth.net
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE / SUMMARY—I
Have:
- Extraordinary
innovation and problem solving
skills
- Impressive
International and Internal customer relations
expertise
- Notable “crystal
clear” communications skills
- Proven ability to
think “out of the box” for any
problem
- Highly developed
Management Skill Set
- Natural disposition
to production, management and quality
focus
- Forward looking
proficiency in business and operations including P&L
planning
- Self-motivated
cross-functional team member and
leader
- Project management
and control: Supervision of hourly and professional
personnel.
- Detail oriented
engineering R&D and innovative solutions for speedy
product commercialization
- Maintenance,
maintenance Management, inventory control, scheduling
proficiency
- Long time plant
systems electrical, mechanical, refrigeration knowledge and
experience
- SPC, TQM, GMP,
OSHA, HACCP, AIB, FDA, ISO 9000 experience, Knowledge of
Six-Sigma
- Contract
administration and negotiation
EXPERIENCE
Home
Depot
Suwanee,
GA
2006-2008 Appliance Sales
Specialist, responsible for appliance dept. sales,
inventory, displays and customer service. Best in department in
Sales volume and Customer service.
Independent Insurance
Agent Suwanee,
GA
2005-2006
Self employed
Insurance Agent. Georgia Licensed Agent. Contracted with variety
of Life and Health companies. Focus on the Senior Market
selling Medicare Supplements and Prescription Drug plans. Also
marketed Long Term Care, Final Expense, Life, Health, Mortgage,
Annuity and Disability Insurance. Marketed Pre-Paid Legal Plans
and Identity Theft protection plans. Sold to individuals, groups and
businesses. Mission:
great customer service.
Merrill
Lynch
Duluth,
GA
2004-2005
Financial
Advisor. Full service firm. Marketing of financial services to
individuals and business. Registered Representative since
11/04
American Signature
Furniture
Buford,
GA 2003-2004
Retail Furniture
Sales.
Difficult sales environment
unsupported by advertising or promotion, but successful
for over a year.
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Trained and mentored new
store associates.
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Highest customer
satisfaction rating in store.
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Won several sales
contests.
New
/ Used
Vehicles
Gwinnett County,
GA 2001-2003
Sales and
Leasing. Did not like this type of sales.
Worked for several
dealerships.
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Very high customer
satisfaction score.
Factory Automation
Systems Atlanta,
GA 2000-2001
Outside Sales
Engineer. Not a “fit” in this
position.
Dir. of Sales is a reference for
me.
The
Coca-Cola
Company
Atlanta,
GA 1997-2000
Senior Engineer,
Global Sales Equipment Development, Corporate
Engineering.
Provided innovative
engineering, project management skills and leadership for
development of “next generation” cold drink dispensing and
vending equipment for Coca-Cola
Corporation.
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Managed
supplier development projects and relations.
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Personally
identified and implemented revolutionary new technologies
profitable to Coca-Cola.
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Rated highly
for my technical, detail, and problem solving
skills.
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Effectively
interfaced with other internal and external groups, providing
training and direction. Supervised, enforced and coordinated
Supplier Purchase Agreements, Development Agreements,
Confidentiality Agreements and Created Economic ROI of Projects
and Proposals.
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Key Man for
water treatment applications for Point of Use/ Entry systems.
Created global supplier performance standards in conjunction
with Corporate QA.
Was the Company “subject matter expert” on issues of drinking
water treatment and safety. International point of contact
for ALL water purification issues.
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Single-handedly refined
and advanced development of the concept of advanced ‘Air Mix’
multi-flavored fountain nozzle. Nozzle will make the company at
least 4 million USD / year by ROI estimates.
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Led team that
finalized design parameters for ‘Global Tower’ dispenser. Led suppliers to agreement on
dimensions for harmonization of parts. Thus creating a highly
attractive and desirable fountain dispenser to increase market
share of over-seas sales volume and cost reduction for
distributors.
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Conceptualized and
initiated the development of an Advanced Electronic Locking
System for vending systems to eliminate illegal entry of
mechanical vending machines. Estimated to reduce vending theft
losses world-wide by at least 20 million USD with enhanced
bottler employee and product traceability.
Nabisco, Planters
Division Suffolk,
VA
1995-1997
Project Manager,
Division Engineering. Multi-plant
responsibility.
Planned, directed,
consulted, and led all major design engineering and
constructions projects for plants, offices and
warehouses.
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Team leader
for project staff of 3 engineers.
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Reviewed/
prepared/ and submitted requests for capital expenditures and
contracts. Ensured
all contracts conformed to organization requirements and
verified completion fulfilled contractual
obligations.
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Single-handedly provided
prudent and responsible project control and direction that
saved the company over $300,000 (from capital budgets) on
projects within first year of service.
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Took
initiative and identified new supplier that improved cooking
oil refining operation - saving $120,000 per year chemical
costs and a 15% reduction of labor.
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Designed
process to remove un-filterable contaminants from cooking oil.
(Patentable)
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Managed plant
portion of new product introduction projects and trials.
Provided excellent R&D interfacing and
assistance. All
schedules kept on time.
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Initiated and
completed investigation of application of thermal technology
for process control and preventive/ predictive maintenance.
Would yield estimated annual savings of
$180,000.
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Selected as
the engineering participant of 10 member Planters Division
Quality Team that was made-up of managers from all functional
areas
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Solved
structure problem with shipping cartons that eliminated 32% of
all damage complaints at an estimated annual savings of $75,000
in re-handling charges.
Best Foods
Company
Asheboro,
NC
11/92 - 8/95
Process
Engineer: Analyzed and optimized processing functions
of Food Manufacturing Plant.
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Selected for,
and attended advanced processing and process development
training in Switzerland
and Germany.
Developed and maintained close and effective
relationships with counterparts world-wide. Effectively acted as
liaison between Asheboro plant and European
counterparts.
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Implemented
process controls procedure that reduced mix department
scrap-loss to an average 0.5% (A reduction of 75%). Saving $
73,000 annually.
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Improved mix
department maximum operational capability by over 20% via PLC
system modifications.
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Filled-in as
Team Leader on all shifts when needed, directly supervising as
many as 45 hourly employees per shift from all production and
shipping departments.
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Created O
& M documentation of critical systems and operations where
none had existed before.
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Successful as
project manager for installation and start-up of new mixing
system and 11 million pounds of production transfers to plant
(increasing plant output by 122%). Without increasing staff or
packaging time.
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Initiated,
standardized and implemented SPC/ TQM production and packaging
quality control measurement system that eliminated over/
underweight issues and insured regulatory
compliance.
Lockheed Space Ops Co. Titusville,
FL 1987-1992
Senior Technical
Specialist, Advanced Technology
Division:
Performed analysis of advanced
technology theories, engineering proposals, and
projects.
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Created
technical reports and provided cost/benefit estimates for
senior management.
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Assumed
Project leader/manager position on $8 million
effort.
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Promoted to
this position and assumed leadership of a study which was over
30 days behind schedule. Wrote/ published the report for this
significant project that saved an estimated $ 1.2 million in
launch processing duplication procedures.
(continued)
Systems
Engineer, Facility Field Operations
(Lockheed).
Effectively performed design,
modification, operations and maintenance of
electronic/electrical instrumentation/ process control systems
for Facility Field Operations Dept.
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Created and
revised operations and maintenance instructions, as well as
directed planning, troubleshooting, and supervision of
technicians.
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Programmable
logic controller (PLC) programming and
maintenance
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Functioned as
single point of contact departmental liaison between Facilities
Department and NASA.
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As project
leader recommended and presented two new, state-of-the-art
electronic control systems for improved efficiency,
reliability, flexibility, and operational
capability.
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Developed and
installed the systems two weeks ahead of
schedule.
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Received
Shuttle Processing Contractor “Team Award” for exceptional
contribution to launch processing and quality control
efforts.
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At management
request devised method to reduce excessive “open” work
orders. Identified
process restrictions and closed 70% of the unnecessary
paperwork in two weeks time.
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Highly
praised by management and asked to train other departments in
the methods I developed for the streamlining of work
orders.
EDUCATION
MBA
– Management -- 1991 Florida
Institute of Technology
BS
EET – (Electrical/ Electronic
Engineering Technology) 1986 McNeese State University
CONTINUING EDUCATION AND
DEVELOPMENT
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Statistical
Process Control
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GMP’s
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Total
Quality Management
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Advanced Project
Management
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Business
Management
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Production and
Operations Management
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Economic Valuation
of Projects and Proposals
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Water
Quality Management
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Refrigeration
Technology
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Conflict
Resolution
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Supplier
Management
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Personal Computer
Software and Systems
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Writing
and Presentation
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PC
Software Experience (Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
Project, IE, Outlook and various software
products for production and Maintenance
applications)
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Lean
Manufacturing and Bottleneck
Elimination
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Professional
Selling Skills
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Many
other selling and motivational courses
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Certified Lock Out
Specialist
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND
CERTIFICATIONS
Water Quality
Association
EPA (Universal)
Certification to work with
Refrigerants
FAA Certified Private
Pilot
Licensed and Bonded
Locksmith
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