• Fastener Failure Investigations
• Expert Witness Testimony
• Technical Sales & Marketing
• Fastener Engineering – All Disciplines
• Quality Assurance Systems

• FASTENER CONSULTING SERVICES, Cleveland, OH
  2001 - Present
  President
  Services include litigation support, failure investigations / analysis / solutions, application engineering, import source development, conflict resolution, manufacturing engineering, & market research.



• SPS TECHNOLOGIES, UNBRAKO ® NA, Cleveland, OH
  1998 - 2001
  Director of Engineering
  Responsible for all technical & quality activities for Unbrako ® standard products, as well as the Engineered Fasteners Group. This multi-national organization, one of the largest fastener companies in the world, is the accepted leader in precision fasteners with 2000 annual sales of $872,752,000.
  • Led teams that produced annualized cost savings in excess of $1,000,000 through innovation.
  • Directed the implementation of state-of-the-art laser product measuring machines with SPC.
  • Created “The Nine Advantages of Unbrako” printed literature & PowerPoint® presentation.
  • Personal engineered fastener sales were more than $1,000,000 the first half of 2000.
  
  
  
• FASTENER CONSULTING SERVICES, Cleveland, Ohio, 1997 – 1998
  President
  Overall responsibility for this consulting firm serving manufacturers, distributors, & end-users.
  • Developed “Basic Training, a PowerPoint® presentation, & also made-to-order seminars.
  • Began a marketing & sales program for Tamper Resistant Lab Report Paper™.
  • Developed the self-auditing system, Fastener Quality Act Preparation Audit™.
  
  
  
• FASTENER CORPORATION of AMERICA, Cleveland, OH
  1996 - 1997
  General Manager
  Daily operations responsibility for this 21 year-old distributor primarily serving OEM assembly lines.
  • Modified & documented work procedures to enhance employee productivity.
  • Conducted in-depth fastener training classes for all employees.
  
  
  
• SKN MANUFACTURING, Cleveland, OH
  1995 - 1996
  President
  Turn-around responsibility for this 18-employee company, nine year-old manufacturer, specializing in difficult, cold formed fasteners. SKN serves the automotive after-market & industrial marketplace.
  • More than doubled company sales in less than one year with personal sales/marketing efforts.
  • Developed an entirely new company image, including literature, letterhead, trade show booth, etc.
  • Built the staff to run two production shifts in order to accommodate the increased sales.
  • Improved the tool design, tool manufacturing & process engineering functions.
  
  
  
• BOWMAN DISTRIBUTION, Cleveland, OH
  1981 - 1995
  Manager, Quality & Engineering
  Directed a team of 12 to provide engineering services & product quality assessments for this, the world’s largest direct-to-user distributor of maintenance & repair products. A customer base of over 60,000 & with 1994 sales of more than $215,000,000. Fasteners were 50% of the business.
  • Created a state-of-the-art Product Technical Help Center for customers.
  • Designed the high-strength Bowmalloy® Fastener System.
  • Achieved ISO 9003 Quality System Registration.
  • Created two in-house test labs for product assessments & fastener failure analysis.
  • Was granted four United States patents through inventing a fastener system for railroad tracks. (These are the only patents in Bowman’s history since 1927).
  • Used engineering & sales skills to open or grow the following accounts: CSX Transportation, Allied Signal Aerospace, Altec Industries, C&NW Railroad, Exxon, Goodyear, United Airlines, Walt Disney World, General Electric, Kenetech / Windpower, Six Flags Amusements, Pratt & Whitney, Sandia National Laboratories, & several others.
  • Wrote & produced videos, brochures, catalogs, & other aids to benefit the sales department.
  • Trained thousands of people throughout the country in fastener technology & application skills.
  • Started a joint venture trading company in Osaka, Japan, Archer Company, & while doing so, evaluated over 100 fastener manufacturers in Taiwan & Japan for their capabilities.
  
  
  
• LAMSON & SESSIONS, Cleveland, OH
  1972 - 1981
  Manager, Manufacturing Engineering
  Directed all engineering functions including Product Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Tool Design, Process Engineering, Cost Estimating & Pricing - a staff of 20. Specified the operations for all fasteners manufactured at this plant, the largest in the world, & one of nine in the Lamson group. Led staff members to trouble-shoot plant production problems, with 486 production machines within a 1,000,000 sq. ft. facility.
  • Directed the design & manufacturing development of many different specialty fasteners.
  • Extensive experience with critical engine, suspension, safety, & aircraft fasteners.
  • Team member who perfected the L9® Fastening System & the Unidrive® fastening method.
  • Coordinated becoming an applicator of Loctite Dri-loc® Thread Locking Adhesive.
  • Developed methods to implement automotive OEM Safety Critical Programs for fasteners.

• Max Hayes Trade School (Tool Design, Machine Shop)
• Cleveland State University (Mechanical Engineering)
• Ernst & Young’s Total Quality Management Development
• Numerous Professional Seminars
• Interactive Management®

• Technical Writer for Fastener World magazine, Taiwan
• Columnist & Technical Writer for Fastener Technology International magazine, creating the “Fastener Failure Workshop” & their Case Studies.
• Have conducted well over 200 fastener training seminars throughout the United States.

• American Society for Quality
• American Society for Testing & Materials
  (F16 Fasteners, F24 Amusement Rides & Devices & E30 Forensic Sciences)
• B18 Fastener Standards Committee, ASME
• ASM International
• Bolting Technology Council (ASTM F16.96)
• N.A.A.R.S.O.
• National Association of Corrosion Engineers

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