Michael Smith

Michael Smith

Vice President and General Manager

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  • About me

    Engineering Manager at M. A. Industries

  • Education

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

      2014 -
      Six Sigma / Black Belt / Green Belt / Lean Manufacturing Applied Statistics Passed

      Reducing variation to enhance quality, reduce costs and improve process capability -- all toward developing superior quality and an overall competitive advantage in manufacturing capability.

    • Emory University - Goizueta Business School

      1985 -
      Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Major: Operations Research Minor: Marketing A-

      Activities and Societies: Second in class -- Elected Beta Gamma Sigma Advanced courses in Mathematics (basic calculus through applied statistics), Operations Research (linear programming, deriving economic production quantities, solving expected value probabilities, forecasting models) Accounting and Finance (financial statements including balance sheet and income statement, corporate financing tools including debentures, bonds, preferred and common stock, short term financing, etc) Management Strategies (management by objectives, strategic planning, material… Show more Advanced courses in Mathematics (basic calculus through applied statistics), Operations Research (linear programming, deriving economic production quantities, solving expected value probabilities, forecasting models) Accounting and Finance (financial statements including balance sheet and income statement, corporate financing tools including debentures, bonds, preferred and common stock, short term financing, etc) Management Strategies (management by objectives, strategic planning, material resource planning, etc.) Marketing (Corporate product strategies, brand management, advertising, strategic and tactical product positioning, market segmentation, market pricing) Show less

    • Emory University - Goizueta Business School

      1983 - 1985
      Masters Degree Business Administration and Management, General

      Activities and Societies: Member of Beta Gamma Sigma, premier honor society recognizing business administration excellence.

  • Experience

    • Porex

      Jan 1993 - Mar 1998
      Vice President and General Manager

      Tripled the company's profits in five years, while reducing the capital employed in the business by over 20%.With six months of work, raised another division's profits from a break-even level to over one million dollars annually. As Vice President of Engineering, I conceived, designed and patented several new products that added significanly to sales and profits.

    • Precision Porous Plastics

      Jan 2000 - Jun 2011
      Owner

      Developed a proprietary new manufactuing process for the production of improved quality porous medical and industrial products. Licensed this process on an exclusive basis to a major medical device manufacturer.Assisted that device manufacturer in the design, construction and start-up of six manufacturing lines running the new process.

    • M. A. Industries

      Jun 2011 - now
      Manager, Porous Plastic Development

      Responsible for improving porous plastic manufacturing process by reducing variation in products.Responsible for reducing all manufacturing costs in porous plastic to enhance level of profitability.

    • M.A. Industries, Inc.

      Mar 2023 - now
      Engineering Manager
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Green Belt

      Black Belt