J Christian Hindsley

Experience

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  US Army 4th/30th INF

  Sept 1988 - Dec 1988

  Infantry School

  OSUT INFANTRY School with focus on Mortars.

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  United States Army

  Jan 1989 - Aug 1990

  11-C Infantry Mortars in 1st/7th Infantry

  Joined the Army for the Army College Fund (2 year program). Standard military duties was able to attend French Commando School in Nancy, France (Spring of 1990). Was later recalled for Operation Desert Shield/Operation Desert Storm.

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  US Army 4th/12th INF

  Feb 1991 - Mar 1991

  Infantry Mortar

  Recalled In-Active Ready Reserve Soldier, activated as Team Level Mortar unit.

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  HON Industries

  May 1996 - Aug 1996

  NCSU Industrial Engineering Intern

  • Team of interns were tasked with Safety Projects, primarily the development,/improving/training for the “Lock Out/Tag Out” procedures.

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  Mark David

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2008

  Director of Engineering & Manufacturing

  Mark David was a unique company that served the hospitality industry with custom contract furniture. As director of both Engineering and Manufacturing, I was responsible for over 3500 hotel/resort/country club projects; many which were multimillion dollar projects, simultaneous, and manufactured in multiple locations/countries. Projects required direct communication with VP or design, purchasing, Senior Designers, hotel owners, as well as factory floor craftsmen and daily travel. Was also responsible/essential * For reviewing/product engineering drawings for Model Rooms and Production orders; * Developing samples and production items; * Founded an Engineering/Customer Service Support office in the Philippines which grew to 75 employees and was responsible for all drawings, renderings, and project management for Mark David; * Oversaw the development of an in-house database to manage Shop Drawing and Project information and reports; * Developed Factories throughout SE Asia: ° Ensured factories were manufacturing according to specification ° Ensured factories were manufacturing with sound furniture techniques/quality; ° Ensured schedules * Met with customers in factory, on site, and in their offices to understand their visions and to communicate their ideas back into production.Mark David was a unique company, that did not own factories but developed relationships with factories around the world. I chose to leave Mark David after the company was sold in 2008, the company closed several years after I left. My skills and efforts were essential to the dramatic growth of Mark David, years of successful projects, and development and implementation of systems which defined Mark David as a leader in the industry, when our staff sized measured significantly less that other competitors. Analysis of our industry, constant improvement, and implementing control in the system were strategies that were employed and brought success. Show less

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  Suite Simplicity

  Nov 2008 - Oct 2009

  Director of Special Projects

  Developed several model rooms for major hotels. Worked with small artisan factories in remote areas to create unique materials required in the project. • Oversaw the manufacturing of projects in China & Philippine factories.• Worked Directly with Corporate Designers and Purchasing Agents• Developed new and special materials while ensuring Quality• Provided Company a structure for a Contract Furniture Database to assist project managers and reporting.

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  Green Bennu Inc

  Jan 2010 - now

  Managing Director; Director of Engineering & Manufacturing

  Green Bennu is a unique company for the design and hospitality industry, that offers consulting, drafting, sample development, and production of furniture and hand tufted carpets. Green Bennu is the result of 18 years experience in the hospitality furniture industry, developing the process to make tens of thousands of drawings and renderings and then developing and manufacturing the different pieces of furniture being produced for the hospitality industry. My experience combined with Green Bennu's studio staff allows us to create quickly and accurately CAD Drawings and Renderings of furniture and carpets. Because we are using the latest CAD and rendering software our drawings provide a near perfect image of how the furniture and carpets will look after they have been sampled or manufactured. For our customers Green Bennu can also produce furniture samples and manufacture small and large runs of product. From the time that I graduated from NC State University's Industrial Engineering Furniture Manufacturing, I have been working with factories through out Southeast Asia, Italy, and United States to develop new product and manufacturer custom furniture and carpets. Green Bennu has very strong relationships with the best of the factories that I have developed and teams in the factories for Lean Manufacturing of any sized production runs. In these factories, Green Bennu's engineers and quality control teams will work with the factories to ensure that the product designed and developed is what is produced. Typical Industrial Engineering concepts are used, which are also seen in Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and Kaizen.For Furniture Green Bennu can produce just about everything that you can imagine. And for Carpets, Green Bennu is producing hand tufted carpets using 100% New Zealand Wool (Certified), Silk, and Bamboo. The quality of our hand tufting is second to none as well as our ability to carve or multilayer the carpets surface. Show less

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  Westward Industrial

  Jan 2011 - Feb 2015

  Marketing Manager

  Westward Industrial is a place for you to find not only the products you need, but to gain reassurance before your purchase that the company you wish to procure from is a legitimate, serious business. Our job and goal is to provide you with an exceptional experience in procurement from Chinese products manufacturers. We are here to make sure that your requirements are met. That the product conforms in all ways to what you are expecting and to be sure that the manufacturer's here in China really understand your needs, and fill those needs with the highest quality materials. Show less

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  QuEST Global

  Aug 2019 - Oct 2019