David Maynard

Experience

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  Kearflex Engineering Co

  Jun 1971 - Feb 1974

  Machinist / Tool Maker

  Used manual turret lathe and Bridgeport mill to machine highly complex, aircraft instrumentation components for military fighter jets in lot sizes of from 1 to 100 pieces. Assembled and tested end product prior to source inspection. Interned under the chief design engineer.

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  Guill Tool & Engineering

  Feb 1974 - Nov 1975

  Estimator / Purchasing Agent

  Interpret blueprints to develop detailed manufacturing processes including labor, raw material and outside processing costs to enable competitive bidding of defense RFP's.

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  Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co.

  Nov 1975 - Oct 1979

  Manufacturing Engineer / Production Superv

  As a Manufacturing Engineer I created detailed work instructions to control the production cost and quality of complex machined component parts used in a world class line of CNC and manual machine tools. Performed Time and Motion Study analysis to verify target production rates.Directed a department of 10 technicians working in a clean room environment to assemble ultra-precision machine tool spindles on time and under budget. Mentored direct reports and managed annual performance appraisals. Show less

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  Central Tools Inc

  Nov 1979 - Dec 1982

  Manufacturing Manager

  Directed and mentored a staff of 8 production supervisors and engineers in the management of a workforce of 200 machinists and assemblers on a multi-shift basis in the production of an extensive line of precision measuring tools. Also responsible for design and manufacturing engineering personnel. Development and control of budgets, production planning, facilities and capital equipment justification. Made frequent presentations to remote corporate senior level management.

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  DeHoff Inc.

  Dec 1982 - Dec 1984

  Manufacturing Manager

  Through a staff of 6 I managed a workforce of 25 CNC machinists and assemblers in the production of a highly specialized line of machine tools called gun drills. Typically the end product included automated loading, unloading and inspection capabilities. Heavy interaction with customers during PPAP run-offs prior to product acceptance. Responsible for the control of costs, quality and satisfying delivery schedules.

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  Dean Machine Incorporated

  Dec 1984 - now

  President / General Manager

  Purchased a 2 person manual job-shop and grew the company to $4 million annual revenue with 48 employees over 12 years. Introduced the first CNC turning center 2 years after acquisition and continued expansion averaging 1 new machine per year for the next 25 years. Moved from stand alone vertical machining centers to cells of high speed, pallet-changer verticals and multi-pallet horizontal machining centers. Turning capacity also expanded to include 10 turn-mill centers with 4-axis, twin spindle / twin turret bar-fed cells with "lights-out" capability.Developed and mentored a highly successful staff of 8 industry professionals through which we instituted support systems such as the selection and implementation of E2 ShopTech ERP system and an ISO / ITAR compliant quality assurance system. I introduced modern manufacturing methodologies such as Lean / 6 Sigma, 5S, Gemba Walks and daily team meetings.Primary responsibility for all engineering functions as well as direction and mentoring of sales, accounting, purchasing, quality and production planning personnel.I developed curriculums with which I trained over 60 machinists in Mazak's Mazatrol CNC programming language and modern Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing practices. Our quality capabilities at my direction included highly trained inspectors fully trained in the use of our programmable CMM's and the maintenance of our calibration and gage control systems. Show less

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  Rosco Manufacturing, LLC

  Jun 2021 - now

  Manufacturing Professional