Paul Valentine has over 20 years of experience in operations management, lean manufacturing, and continuous improvement. He has a proven track record of increasing output and productivity while reducing costs. His background includes positions as an Assembly Manager, Production/Purchasing Manager, and Operations Manager for various manufacturing companies. Valentine holds an MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management and a Master's in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from UW-Madison.

1. Paul Valentine
♦ 600 South Main Street Deerfield, WI 53531 ♦ Email: paulvalentine@charter.net ♦Phone: 608-469-5818 (c)
Plant Management
Areas of expertise include….
♦Lean Manufacturing ♦ Team Building & Training ♦Total Quality Management (TQM)
♦ Just-in-Time (JIT) Production ♦ Cost Reduction / Avoidance ♦ Continuous Improvement (CI)
♦ Data Analysis / Six Sigma ♦Resource Allocation ♦ P&L Accountability
♦ Quick Response Manufacturing ♦ Process Reengineering ♦Emotional Intelligence
Professional Experience
Bruno, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, June 2010 – Present
Assembly Manager
Manage an $86 million medical device manufacturing assembly plant with three supervisors and 80 employees. Revitalized
the core principles in the plant; multiple process improvements that increased output and improved the product flow while
empowering the employees.
♦ Employee continuous improvement project that developed a plan with the highest volume product that increased
throughput by 35% and changed a line with a variable lead time to a sustained 1 day lead time in 2011
♦ Increase throughput by 28% on heavy assembly line
MadCityGrapevine.com, Madison, WI September 2008 – October 2009
Owner
While attending graduate school, established and managed a regional social web site (MadCityGravine.com), managed
marketing, sales, business operations and required IT support.
♦ In less than six months achieved 400k hits and over 500 visitors daily.
Microblade, Madison, WI January 2008 – August 2008
Production / Purchasing Manager
Managed startup telecommunications design office; outsourced manufacturing, managed vendors for electronic
components, electronic and mechanical assembly, software, equipment, sheet metal and metal work and contract
manufacturing. Scheduled and monitored production runs, quality, and resolving any issues. Manage facilities – networks
and space requirements.
♦Negotiated $50K savings off purchases, 18% off shipment cost and $220k on materials in five months
Storage Systems Midwest, Waukesha, WI August 2007 – January 2008
Industrial Sales Executive
Sales representative of 300 industrial vendors that help select proper equipment for Lean and process improvement.
Westchester Capital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, January 2007 – June 2007
NYSE Stock Trader
In a professional team environment Traded firms capital on NYSE for a percentage of profits generated. Used news and
data services, monitored trends while understanding risks, researched daily market conditions and evaluated its impact.
Steep & Brew, Madison, Wisconsin March 2006 – November 2006
Operations Manager
A two shift operation that included shipping, packaging, distribution, production and client services. Monitored daily
requirement, resolved factory or route issues, new store setups, customer management for roasting and packaging factory
served seven small DC’s and ten routes across a five state area.
♦Reduced ground shipping costs by 3%
♦Successfully implemented on time and with a cost avoidance of 50k the required materials and supplies for 30 new
stores in three weeks.
Paul Valentine
Simmons, Janesville, Wisconsin and Hazelton Pennsylvania, September 2004 – February 2006

2. Assistant Operations Manager
Hazelton, PA:
Managed two shift operation, with five supervisors and 160+ associates (turn around situation). Managed; customer
problem resolution, dealer tours, root cause analysis, daily factory/manning capacity analysis, and quality control.
Janesville, WI:
Manage a $100 million two shift operations with eight supervisors and 300+ associates, customer service: problem
resolution, dealer tours, root cause analysis, and daily factory capacity analysis.
♦Implement quality control process that had reduced wire scrap by 25%, increased quality in quilt, HMB, and border quilt
significantly and increasing productivity by 10%.
♦Increased productivity from 900 to 1500 units a day (67% increases).
♦Implemented a new gluing process with associates that help that increased productivity 22%
Motorola, Schaumburg, IL August 1998- September 2004
Production Manager
Subject Matter Expert / Project Management
Co-champion for Schaumburg Oracle 11i ERP implementation that managed the development and execution project testing
plans and work break down. Trained associates with the training manuals and class room material co written with IT and
project team leader for testing order administration, packaging and shipping processes.
Portables and Shipping Operation Production Manager
Managed 600+ million portables fulfillment and distribution factory with 40+ direct labor and two supervisors that consists of
subscriber custom programming, accessory order fulfillment, packaging, production scheduling, P& L, cost, inventory,
training, material and quality. Also managed billion dollars in shipments for the CGISS infrastructure and subscriber operation
consisting of 15 direct labor and three supervisors.
Microcircuits Production Manager
Managed 200 million SMT factory and assembly operations with 220 direct labor, three supervisors and a master scheduler.
The factory had four SMT lines, seventeen test and tuning lasers, and six mechanical assembly lines.
♦Direct labor savings of $699k in 2000 (reduction of 7.7%) and $1.4 million for 2001 (reduction of 18.4%).
♦Reduced defects by 28% and the elimination of WIP greater than 30 days in 2001
♦Promoted and mentored “Teaming for Excellence” teams using the six steps of process improvement that reduced scrap by
50% in 2001 with a $700k in annual savings.
Motorola (CGISS), Schaumburg, IL
Engineer
Automations Senior Engineering Group leader
A Senior Engineer that supervised and mentored engineers for Fuji, GSM, reflow and screen-print and team leader of overall
plant quality for Enterprise infrastructure product line. Team leader for overall SMT quality plus all process and quality
related issues for the Microcircuits factory.
SMT Process Engineer
Managed the SMT automation process for quality, process improvement, and process control
♦Project managed microcircuits electronics assemble operation that was 70% hand placed to 95% auto-placement.
♦Reduced direct labor by $570k (7% reduction) and cycle time by as much as 50%
Education
Keller Graduate School of Management Management of Business Administration (MBA) December 2010 GPA:3.88/4.00
University of Wisconsin Madison Master of Science: Manufacturing Systems Engineering August 1998 GPA:3.52/4.00
University of Wisconsin La Crosse Bachelor of Science: Physics December 1996 GPA:3.00/4.00