John Keane

Experience

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  Cardwell Machine Company

  Jun 1995 - Jun 1996

  Mechanical Design Engineer

  Cardwell was a producer of tobacco processing equipment used for the separating, threshing, classifying, and screening of tobacco. The company also produced feed regulators, ordering and conditioning cylinders, sand reels, blenders, tie leaf cutters, tipping machines, belt conveyors, and quality control equipment.

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  AMF Bakery Systems

  Jul 1996 - Sept 2022

  Leads the Product Group from the voice of the customer through design, engineering, project management, assembly, and installation to achieve revenue, cost, efficiency, productivity, and on-time delivery metrics. Responsible for product innovation, business segment growth and customer satisfaction. Leads and provides direction to different functions to develop, drive, and implement actions to achieve business plan commitments as well as Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Productivity measures. The EPM manages and leads the development of products through the product life cycle by gathering the voice of the customer and industry trends. The role is responsible for product innovation, business segment growth and distilling customer feedback into product plans.

  • Product Group Leader

    Mar 2020 - Sept 2022

  • Executive Product Manager

    Mar 2012 - Mar 2020

  • Engineering Manager

    Mar 2000 - Feb 2012

  • Mechanical Design Engineer

    Jul 1996 - Feb 2000
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  Wellborn + Wright

  Oct 2022 - now

  Product Manager