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CURRICULUM
VITAE
April 19,2004
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Michael
D'Arrisso, Met Eng, D Mgmt, CESM
Founder & current president of Enican Servitech /Sept 2001-
13 Kinkora
Lane (514) 694-6066
Pointe Claire, Quebec mdarrisso@aol.com
Canada H9S-5L4 |
CAREER
OBJECTIVE
To
plan, organize and direct senior engineering &/or management
contract mandates
/roles through a middle management operations team. It would be
preferable but not limited to the metallurgical industry offering challenging responsibilities and possible ownership participation
where my technical and management
strengths will contribute to the profitability and growth of
the organization.
QUALIFICATIONS
An entrepreneurial professional with 2
½ years of experience running his own engineering
&/or management consulting firm and prior to that, 29
years of similar
experience in various operations roles both in the
primary and the secondary steel industry at the mid to higher management level.
Brings to the position an
excellent mix of skills in:
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Managing of operations profitably & of specific projects
both on a timely basis & within budget
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Analyzing of complex problems/situations & taking
appropriate action resulting in optimal solutions
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Facilitating & implementing efficient operational business solutions
through skillful maneuvering of proper balances amongst manpower,
technical and financial resources.
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Executing of plans and recommending of strategic modes of achieving the
desired results with both short and long term considerations.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Managed
all the operational aspects of the Automotive Springs plant as it’s
Plant Manager. Result:
Successfully met &/or exceeded annual
operating budget objectives until mandated in 2001 to close operations as part
of the Marmon Group’s global consolidation of leaf spring production in
Monterrey /Mexico.
Negotiated
5 union contracts on behalf of Automotive Springs /Div. of McRobert Springs
Ltd. Result:
Avoided labor interruptions in all contracts.
Kept Automotive’s labor unit costs competitive
within the industry and the lowest amongst the
5 plants in
Canada & USA owned
by the Marmon Group (exclusive of the Mexican operations
which had a 10:1 advantage over any
of the leaf spring plants).
Whilst often referred to
as “Godfather of Springs” by colleagues, as
Marmon’s Suspension Group Engineer, analyzed customer requirements, and designed both multi-leaf and parabolic leaf springs
for both the Canadian and Mexican Operations.
Result: Innovative product to maximize OEM &
Aftermarket
competitiveness.
Analyzed
during the dismantling of Automotive Springs in
2001, both from a
technical and contractual point of view, hidden environmental issues discovered to be dating back 30 years. Recommended
appropriate course of action to
management. Result:
Optimized financial impact from both short & long term considerations.
Executed
in 2001, as part of the Marmon Group’s global consolidation of
leaf spring production
at it’s Monterrey /Mexico facility, the administration of legal &
otherwise aspects of the permanent dismissal & compensation
packages etc.
resulting from the closure of Automotive Springs. Oversaw
the dismantling of the plant, industrial clean-up, and disposed
of all assets.
Result: Savings of
15% from the approved budget of $1.2M (exclusive of any environmental
contingency).
Participated
in the elaboration & implementation of a new plant design layout &
technology transfer to Monterrey /Mexico resulting
from Marmon’s closure of 2 US facilities, through
the dual role
of Plant Manager of Automotive Springs and Marmon’s
Suspension Group Engineer. Result: With the direct collaboration of one other US
engineer, both facilitated & carried out
the new plant’s equipment commissioning,
process engineering & quality system transfer, training of personnel and
gained informal proficiency in a 4th language (Spanish).
Recommended
&
was approved,
in response to ever changing market flux and in order to ensure the
long term
viability of Automotive Springs, the major mission changes
for the Montreal facility from long runs to short runs. Result: Payback of less than 2 years.
Completed
as manager of engineering services at McRobert Springs, the design
of a new leaf spring plant by streamlining production &
process techniques incorporating both small & large lot
lines independently. Result: Increased
the capacity but most importantly the new
plant’s efficiency
potential. This
design was accepted by higher management. Implemented the new plant design
layout, equipment commissioning, process engineering, quality systems
technology transfer and training of personnel in Cambridge, Ontario.
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
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Senior
Engineering and Management Consultant,
2001-
Enican Servitech, Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada
Start-up
and direct all facets of my own
engineering &/or management networking
consulting firm through client mandates
within mostly but not limited to the industrial setting.
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Plant
Manager,
Automotive Springs, Montreal,
Quebec
1994-2001
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Group
Engineer,
Triangle /Suspension Group with plants in Quebec, Ontario, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Tennessee
& Mexico.
Managed and directed all operational facets
of
Automotive Springs /Div. of McRobert
Springs Ltd. Acted as corporate consultant in the
elaboration of a new plant
design layout & commissioning /Monterrey /Mexico
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Plant
Manager,
Automotive Springs, Montreal,
Quebec
1992-1994
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Manager of Engineering Services
McRobert Springs Ltd. with plants in Quebec & Ontario
Managed and directed
all operational facets of Automotive Springs as a Division of
McRobert Springs Ltd. Acted
as corporate consultant and managed all special technical
projects and process
engineering for the Cambridge facility. (Supervised up to 30 hourly
through 4 staff)
§
Plant
Manager,
Automotive Springs, Montreal,
Quebec
1987-1992
Managed and directed all
operational facets of Automotive Springs as a Div. of McRobert
Springs Ltd. (Supervised up to 52
hourly through 7 staff)
§
Manager
of Eng. Services,
McRobert Springs, Quebec &
Ontario
1985-1987
Executed a mandate to
close McRobert Springs Montreal plant, decommissioned
the
purchased SKD Technologies plant,
re-commissioned selected equipment mostly at a
new plant in Cambridge /Ontario
and some at Automotive Springs /Montreal. Disposed
of the surplus equipment through sales
and auctions and both prepared and arranged for
sale of surplus buildings through
appropriate realty companies.
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Engineering
Manager,
McRobert Springs, Montreal, Quebec
1984-1985
Executed
a mandate to design a new leaf spring manufacturing plant.
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Plant
Superintendent,
McRobert Springs, Montreal, Quebec
1981-1984
Managed
and directed all production, plant & equipment facets of
McRobert Springs Ltd
(Supervised
up to 120 hourly through 9 staff)
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Manager
/Engineering & Quality Control,
McRobert, Montreal, Quebec
1978-1981
Managed
and directed all engineering, Quality control & maintenance facets of
McRobert
Springs Ltd.
(Supervised up to 12 hourly through 4 staff )
PREVIOUS
EMPLOYMENT
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Mill
Metallurgist,
Sidbec Dosco, Montreal, Quebec
1977-1978
Melt Shop /Ladle refining Special Project
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Mill
Metallurgist,
Sidbec Dosco, Montreal, Quebec
1973-1977
Fasteners & Wire Mill, Merchant Rolling Mill, Pipe Mill
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Metallurgical
Trainee,
Sidbec Dosco, Contrecoeur, Quebec
1972-1973
Rod
& Bar Mill
EDUCATION
Certified Environmental Systems Manager (CESM)
Jan. 2002
Marmon College /Chicago /ILL /USA in association
with the University of Chicago and the
National Registry of Environmental Professionals
Diploma in Management
1976-1981
Postgraduate program /McGill
University/Montreal/Quebec/Canada
Bachelor of Metallurgical Engineering
1967-1972
Undergraduate program /McGill
University/Montreal/Quebec/Canada
COMPUTER
PROFICIENCY
2002-2003
Windows
2000, Microsoft Office 2000, Internet & Web Design (FrontPage)
Cegep
Technical Courses /John Abbot College/Ste Anne de Bellevue/Quebec/Canada
SPOKEN
AND WRITTEN LANGUAGES
English,
French, Italian. Functional Spanish.
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