MICHAEL W. KUEHN
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Extensive experience
in tool & die, including team communication,
organizational, and independent decision making
capabilities. Skills include:
• Troubleshooting,
analysis and problem resolution throughout all prototype
building and die maintenance.
• Active role in
determination of project feasibility, achievement of
goals and deadlines.
• Create specialized
tooling, able to resolve complex conditions from prints
before machining occurs.
• Successful
completion of numerous automated machine-building
projects at on-site and off-site facilities.
• Experience with
robotics and ISO 9000 (all types) conformity to quality
requirements.
• Windows, MS Word,
Internet navigation, and AutoCAD (for dimension access
and verification).
EXPERIENCE
Tool & Maker &
Machine Builder,
Domeny Tool and Mfg.
Wauconda, IL.
October 2002- November 2004
• Responsible for
building and maintaining complicated progressive draw
dies, all types of draw dies.
• Maintained and built
assembly machines for draw component assemblies.
Automated Machine
Builder,
DT Industries,
Buffalo Grove, Illinois, April 2000 - September 2002
• Responsible for
disassembling and reassembling machines at on-site and
off-site manufacturing facilities as a key resource for
troubleshooting, problem solving, and successful project
implementation.
• Consistently
achieved deadlines ahead of schedule, quickly resolved
complex technical issues.
• Reduced costs from
$13 million to $6 million as contributing team member of
this major automation project.
• Successfully
completed machine building in Singapore, Malaysia,
Japan, Ireland, and Puerto Rico.
• Maintained solid
working rapport with `C' level executives, engineers,
and shop personnel.
Tool & Die Maker,
Newko Tool & Manufacturing,
Palatine, Illinois, May 1998 - April 2000
• Created prototype
parts from custom design specifications, built and
maintained new dies.
• Developed innovative
ideas, methods and procedures based on engineering's
detailed specifications.
• Lead Man on numerous
projects, key resource for troubleshooting and problem
resolution based on expertise in building stamping dies
and experience in progressive dies.
Tool & Die Maker,
Brunk Industries,
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, May 1995 - April 1998
• Lead Man, 35-man
tool room; created prototype dies which revolutionized
the endoscopic surgery industry.
• Worked with detailed
engineering specifications; created unique methods and
procedures to meet customized precision requirements;
consistently achieved goals and deadlines.
Tool & Die Maker,
HFK Corporation,
Mundelein, Illinois, June 1993 - April 1995
• Lead Man,
significant involvement in developing new tooling and
contributing innovative ideas.
• Machine
Builder, built automated packaging machines for the
wireless communications industry.
Tool & Die Maker,
Northpoint Tool,
Arlington Heights, Illinois, June 1988 - March 1993
• Lead Man,
responsible for building all new dies, including die
troubleshooting, testing, precision measurement,
conformity to specifications, rebuilding and
maintenance.
Tool & Die
Apprentice,
D.O. Tool & Manufacturing,
Rolling Meadows, Illinois, July 1983 - May 1988
• Knowledgeable in
heat treating, form grinding, parts fitting; wide range
of jigs and fixtures; experience in automated machinery
for Eaton Corporation; also gained experience in can
tooling, progressive dies.
EDUCATION
Certification, TMA, FKA
Tool & Die Institute, Des Plaines, Illinois
• Tool & Die Maker,
nominated Apprentice of the Year.
