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RESUME OF WILLIAM J. TOBIN

Education

Syracuse University, Syracuse NY: Bachelors degree, Chemistry graduated 1968. Additional courses through in-house training programs, professional societies, annual symposiums, professional conferences, Wright State University, Wayne State University, University of California at Irvine, Eastern Michigan University in the areas of business practices, product design, plastic's design and process, quality control, inventory control, finances, accounting, problem and decision analysis, experimental design and computer programming.

Work Experience

GENERAL MOTORS, INLAND MANUFACTURING DIVISION, DAYTON, OHIO 1968 TO 1971MANUFACTURING ENGINEER Responsible for injection molding and resin casting of plastic parts troubleshooting of defects assuring quality large and small parts productionMANAGER QUALITY CONTROL LABORATORY managing 10 technicians on a 3 shift/day 7 day/week basis for an analytical laboratory.

AMERICAN WESTERN PLASTICS, CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO. 1971PRODUCTION MANAGER Responsible for quoting and production of custom injection molded parts.

SALINE PLASTICS PLANT, FORD MOTOR, SALINE, MICHIGAN 1971-1973 SR. MANUFACTURING ENGINEER Responsible for design, feasibility, tooling, costing, budgets and project engineering for putting automotive plastic parts into production.

McGAW LABORATORIES, IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 1973-1975SR. MANUFACTURING ENGINEER Responsible for design feasibility, tooling maintenance, production standards, budgets and quality control procedures for medical drug and device parts for on-going production and new products.

BENTLEY LABORATORIES, NEW PORT BEACH CALIFORNIA 1975-1978PRODUCTION MANAGER Responsible for a 12 machine 45 operator 21 shifts per week medical molding facility. Develop business plan and P&L for molding department. Gave design feasibility for all new products, assured compliance to GMP.

MATTEL TOY INC., HAWTHORN CALIFORNIA, 1978-1980SENIOR MATERIALS SPECIALIST Responsible of specification of materials, design feasibility, failure analysis and compliance to CPSC and FDA.

FORT COLLINS SYSTEMS DIVISION OF HEWLETT PACKARD, FORT COLLINS, COLORADO 1980 TO 1990PRINCIPLE MATERIALS SPECIALIST Design processes and specifications of manufacture of plastic and sheet metal parts for computers, profit improvement plans, consultant advice on product design and materials selection, vendor Implemented a DFX program with major suppliers resulting in $1,000,000 + in savings through productivity/design improvements.

WJT ASSOCIATES 1975 TO PRESENTPRESIDENT Design and project engineering consultation on mechanical designs, specification of tolerances, manufacturability part and machine costing, governmental and agency regulatory compliance, budgets and profitability improvement. Expert witness testimony.

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P.O. Box 597Louisville, CO 80027

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LISTING OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS

PATENTS

Co-holder of the FOGCUTTER tm a fogless dental mirror 4,568,281. Sole holder of the TV. LOCKEY -- an electrical locking device, pending. Co-holder SOFTTUF process patent -- Mattel Toy.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS/ASSOCIATIONS ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Instructor, Larimer County Community College, “Advanced Plastics Processing” 1996Co-chair "Tooling and Part Engineering: Choices, Standards, and Economies” National Plastics Exposition 1994 Senior Member, Society of Plastics Engineers. Member since 1970Member Society of the Plastics Industries Member since 1989Member, Society of Manufacturing Engineers since 1990Member American Mold Builders AssociationMember of the Board of Directors of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Society of Plastics Engineers 1992-1996.Member, Society of the Plastics Industry Speakers Bureau. Member, Society of Plastics Engineers Speakers Bureau. Former member, Hewlett Packard's Plastics Corporate Design, Tooling and Manufacturing Strategy Task Force. Member, Hewlett Packard's Corporate Sheet Metal Commodity Team. 1980-1990Member, board of directors of So. Calif. Chapter Society of Plastics engineers 1977-1981

OTHER

Faculty Instructor, Front Range Community College, Fort Collins CO Since 1996 Faculty Instructor, Nypro Institute, Clinton MA since 1994Guest Lecturer Injection Molding Bi-Annual Conferences since 1991Instructor/Consultant for the Canadian Plastics Institute, Toronto Ontario, CanadaGuest lecturer/seminar leader at the Plastics Designer's Forum biannual conference since 1987Consultant for TelTech Inc. a technical knowledge reset service, Minneapolis, MN.Expert witness in product liability trials since 1991. Guest Lecturer at: Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, Stevens Institute, Paramus, NJ; Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

SEMINARS

Creator and instructor of the following seminars:PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT IN INJECTION MOLDING – One Day SeminarCOST REDUCTION IN INJECTION MOLDED PARTS – One Day SeminarSURVIVAL TECHNIQUES FOR SMALL MANUFACTURERS - One Day SeminarTOOLING STANDARDS - One Day SeminarTROUBLESHOOTING FROM DESIGN TO PROCESSING - One Day SeminarFROM QC TO SPC - Setting up and running a QC program. One day SeminarFUNDAMENTALS OF INJECTION MOLDING - Mastering injection molding. Two Day SeminarZERO DEFECTS -- Quality improvement in manufacturing. 4 Hour seminarBASIC INJECTION MOLDING/BASIC TROUBLE SHOOTING - Mastering the injection molding process. One Day SeminarSETTING UP YOUR OWN QC PROGRAM - Up grading a quality control program. One Day SeminarQUALITY STATISTICS -- Advanced statistical quality controlEXECUTIVE SEMINARS FOR PLASTICS - Project engineering and management of plastics programs. Up to three daysTRYOUTS, STARTUP AND QUALIFICATIONS OF MOLDS. One Day Seminar.

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SEMINARS continued

Instructor for Technical Service Engineers for SABIC CorporationSeminar Instructor for Society of Plastics EngineersInstructor for three day Quality Control Seminars held bi-annually at PLASTIC FAIR both east and west coast since 1983.Seminar Instructor of Plastics Fairs and Plastics Product Designer's forum since 1989Instructor for Canadian Plastics Institute, Toronto, Ontario Canada, since 1990Lecturer Society of Plastics Engineers National Speaker's circuitContributing editor to Hewlett Packard's Supplier Quality Handbook 1990 EditionGuest Speaker: Society of Plastics Engineers, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Rocky Mountain Council for competitive products, American Society of Production Control, American Society of Mold Builders, Society for the Plastics Industry.

Instructional computer programs ToolTrack - a computer spread sheet program to track the progress of the building of injection molds and report to customers. Copyright 1994Capacity Planning for Injection Molding - Two spreadsheet programs to determine the size and capacity of new tooling and how to determine the capacity requirements of a molding plant. Copyright 1995

Instructional Video tapes Training tapes used for in-house instruction or in conjunction with seminars.Practical Mold Installation A guide to Change-Overs, Start Ups and OperationsA training video with accompanying text book on the procedures of mold installation and efficient production in English, Spanish, French and German. Copyright 1993 Mold Setting A guide to setting moldsA training video with accompanying text book on the procedures of mold installation. Copyright 1993

PUBLICATIONS -- Books published

Survival Techniques for small manufacturers -- Copyright 1997Experiments in Injection Molding -- Copyright 1996Injection Mold Troubleshooting -- Copyright 1996Capacity Planning for Injection Molding -- Copyright 1995Customer/supplier Evaluations -- Copyright 1994 ToolTrack -- Copyright 1994Injection Mold Tooling Standards -- Copyright 1993Injection Mold Tooling Standards Second edition -- Copyright 2003Mold Setting -- Copyright 1993Practical Mold Installation -- Copyright 1993Instalacion Practica de Moldeo -- Copyright 1993Pocket book or Mold Tryouts -- Copyright 1992Qualifications, Startups and Tryouts of Injection Molds -- Copyright 1992Fundamentals of Injection Molding -- Copyright May 1991Fundamentals of Troubleshooting -- Copyright May 1991FROM QC TO SPC -- a workbook Copyright 1990QUALITY CONTROL FOR PLASTICS -- Copyright 1986MOLD DESIGN CHECKLIST-- Copyright 1979OPTIMAL CAVITY SIZING -- Copyright 1979QUALITY CONTROL MANUAL FOR INJECTION MOLDING -- Copyright 1978BASIC INJECTION MOLDING (English version) -- Copyright 1976BASIC TROUBLE SHOOTING (English version) -- Copyright 1976BASIC INJECTION MOLDING (Spanish version) -- Copyright 1976BASIC TROUBLE SHOOTING (Spanish version) -- Copyright 1976FLEXTIME -- Copyright 1976

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SPE CHAPTER NEWSLETTER ARTICLESArticles published in chapter newsletters nationally and internationally beginning Feb 2003

Mold Simulations and faster cycles.It’s the cooling Stupid! #1 (Waterlines for Dummies)It’s the cooling Stupid! #2 Water TemperatureIt’s the cooling Stupid! #3Why eject?The Tricky Bits - SpruesThe Tricky Bits – Just In TimeThe Tricky Bits – Just say NO #1The Tricky Bits – Just say NO #2The Tricky Bits – Changing ColorsWhy parts changeThe tricky bits – Ejector Rods.The tricky bits – Machine nozzlesWho do I believe?Who needs this fancy-smancy stuff?

ARTICLES PUBLISHED

Put your Labor where your marketplace is Plastics News, March3, 2003Words of Wisdom: The benefit of the Deal Plastics Machinery and Auxiliaries Vol. 7, No.2 March 2003Moldmakers: Forming smart Partnerships Plastics Machinery and Auxiliaries Vol. 7, No.1 January/February 2003Ball parking tool and part costs INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE October 2002Words of Wisdom “Or Equivalent?” Plastics Machinery and Auxiliaries July/August 2002Up in Smoke: When your molding facility burns INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE June 2002The Ouch Factor AMBA News and Views Vol. 16, No.2 Spring 2002Pricing Games: Building a winning hand INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE May 2002Coping with sprues: Trivial or critical INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE April 2002Rules to Remember, Rules to Forget SPE Injection molding news letter first quarter 2002Lowering your fire insurance premiums Plastics Machinery and Auxiliaries January/February 2002Why all these Resins? INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE December 2001Don’t play banker to your customer INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE November 2001Care and feeding of dysfunctional clients INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE October 2001Is there a best practice for costing parts? INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE September 2001

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Mold Optimizing for Speedy Setups INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE August 2001Societies need to regain focus PLASTICS NEWS August 6th, 2001Mold Warrantees: Proper care and feeding requirements INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE April 2001Going Off Shore? Again? INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE March 2001Troubleshooting: The Questions to Ask INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE February 2001Your Money is in the mold – Care for it INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE January 2001The Final Inspection INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE September 2000 Water Basics INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE July 2000Why Good Employees Leave INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE May 2000Transitioning A Tool Part 2 INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE April 2000Transitioning A Tool Part 1 INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE March 2000Understanding Molds That Form Threads INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE February 2000How Strong Are Your Cavities? INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE December 1999Waterlines 101 INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE November 1999How Robust Are Your Molding Machines? INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE September 1999Melt Filter Pays Off INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE March 1999Slow Mold Changes? Try a Taco Cart INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE January 1999Why won’t This part run in That machine? INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE December 1998Crunching your mold INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE November 1998Eliminating expensive dead time

INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE October 1998The meaning of commercial tolerancing INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE June 1998When your customer reneges on his order INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE May 1998The game of Inventory Control: JIT by reject INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE April 1998What is your true cost? INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE March 1998The Business of Molding #19 Games customers play: Part III INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE November 1998

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The Business of Molding #18 The Myth of Optimum Cycle Time INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE October 1997Pulling Your Molds? Advice to the buyer of plastic parts. INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE September 1997The Business of Molding #17 Games Customers Play part 2 INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE September 1997The Business of Molding #16 Games Customers Play part 1 INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE August 1997The Business of Molding #15 Quoting off the print INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE June 1997The Business of Molding #14 Renegotiating Part Prices INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE May 1997The Business of Molding #13 Machine Rates and Material Mark-ups INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE April 1997The Business of Molding #12 Quoting with profit in mind INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE March 1997The ‘it’s not my job ‘ Syndrome - How to keep your employees involved. INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE February 1997The Business of Molding #11 Manufacturing: Shot Inventory, or, if this is a 24-oz machine why can’t I run a 24-oz shot? INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE January 1997The Business of Molding #10 A Second look at JIT INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE November 1996How to be Competitive The SPI Mold Maker Journal November 1996The Business of Molding #9 Profit and True Costs INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE October 1996Communicating with Long-Distance Customers INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE September 1996Understanding the Apparent Viscosity Curve INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE August 1996What To Look For In A Granulator INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE July 1996Six Tools No Molder Should Be Without INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE June 1996The Mission Statement INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE May 1996Why Cavities Crack INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE April 1996The Business of Molding #8 The Ridiculous RFQ INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE April 1996The Troubleshooter Part #1 How to avoid multiple ejection strokes INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE March 1996The Business of Molding, #7 The $300,000 mistake INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE March 1996The Business of Molding, #6 Why Blocking Off Cavities is a Bad Idea INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE February 1996The Business of Molding, #5 Who Pays for Mold Maintenance INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE January 1996

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The Business of Molding, #4 Choose Your Quoting Style INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE November 1995The Business of Molding, #3 ESI, Cycle Time and Mold Tryouts INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE October 1995The Business of Molding, #2 Coping with Demands for Price Decreases INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE September 1995The Business of Molding, #1 Quoting Parts is like making pizza INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE August 1995Regrind allowances: What your Customer Really wants INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE July 1995The Slam Dunk Engineering Change INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE June 1995Capacity Planning How to Manage your plant Load INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE May 1995The Molder’s Bill of Rights INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE April 1995Customer / Supplier evaluations INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE March 1995The 5% solution #9 Managing Scrap part #2 INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE February 1995Engineering Changes: How to protect yourself INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE January 1995The 5% solution #9 Managing Scrap part #1 INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE January 1995The 5% solution #8 Using what you’ve learned INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE December 1994Thinking About Pulling Your Molds? INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE December 1994Customers in line PLASTICS NEWS November 21, 1994The 5% solution #7 Savings on electrical costs INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE November 1994The 5% solution #6 The importance of a cushion INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE October 1994The 5% solution #5 Eject the part properly INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE September 1994The 5% solution #4 Determining the proper Packing time INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE August 1994The 5% solution #3 Use the proper melt temperature INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE July 1994The 5% solution #2 Determine the proper clamp pressure and machine size INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE June 1994Specifications a Virtue When Quoting Jobs Perspective, PLASTICS NEWS June 9, 1994Tooling Standards, Why we need them for ISO 9000 THE MOLD MAKER JOURNAL, Quarterly news letter for the Society of the Plastics Industry Mold Maker's Division May 1994The 5% solution #1 Don't let the sprue control the cycle time INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE April 1994

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Training Set Up Technicians Part 2 INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE March 1994Training Set Up Technicians Part 1 INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE February 1994Mold Cooling, It's not how cold, it's how much INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE January 1994Profit Eaters, Packaging Mistakes that can be prevented INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE Oct. 1993Can You Live without the tooling Engineer? INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE Sept. 1993Tooling Agreements, What to Expect from Custom Molders Extensively quoted INJECTION MOLDING MAGAZINE Sept. 1993Rethinking Design process can Upgrade Mold Quality Extensively quoted MODERN PLASTICS September 1993Redesigning Injection Molds to improve productivity PLASTICS MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT May 1993How many Cavities, Maximizing Profit, Minimizing risk PLASTICS DESIGN FORUM September/October 1992Snubbing `girl' is bad news PLASTICS NEWS June 22 1992 MACHINE DESIGN August 1992MOLD MAKING AT NPE 91 PLASTICS MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT August 1991MOLD VENTING SOCIETY OF PLASTICS ENGINEERS Mold maker's Section News letter May 91PROTOTYPING The first step to market PLASTICS MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT March 1991Minimizing project risks PLASTICS DESIGN FORUM September/Oct. 1990The Unanswered Questions of Business Travel JOURNAL OF IRREPRODUCIBLE RESULTS March/April 1990, Vol. 35, No 2Venting from the inside PLASTICS MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT February 1990World Class.... Is it That Hard? PLASTICS DESIGN FORUM November/December 1989 SMALL BUSINESS REPORTS December 1989 QUALITY DIGEST May 1989Design Detailing: What you should/should not include on the print. PLASTICS DESIGN FORUM August/September 1989MOLD COST ESTIMATING Making science of an art interviewed and extensively quoted PLASTICS MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT June 1989MILBLAB, GOVWRITE AND CORPSPEAK -- 20th Century Languages PEDANTIC MONTHLY Vol. II No. 6VIEWPOINT: A Plea For Common Sense (guest editorial) TRAINING Magazine March 1989Let the air out -- Practical venting for molds PLASTICS MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT March 1989QUALITY CONCEPTS -- Reality QUALITY DIGEST, February 1989

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Please Quote! [for budgetary purposes only...] PLASTICS MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT December 1988(Quote this) `For budgetary purposes only' PLASTICS DESIGN FORUM November/December 1988The low bidder: A word of caution PLASTICS DESIGN FORUM September/October 1988Gallery of Goofs Chapter 19 Is it inches? Or What? PLASTICS DESIGN FORUM July/August 1988Mold-import Growth unabated -- Merle Snyder, senior editor Interviewed and extensively quoted PLASTICS MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT June 1988Design By The Numbers PLASTICS DESIGN FORUM March/April 1988The Alphabet soup problem in Quality Control QUALITY DIGEST February 1988Report on Mold Makers: The offshore tooling decision A review from the Toronto SPE Technical Conference PLASTICS BUSINESS December 1987Meeting The `Impossible' Schedule PLASTICS DESIGN FORUM November/December 1987Fast Track Tooling Design AMERICAN MACHINIST November 1987Predicting Tooling Delivery PLASTICS MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT November 1987Doing business with the Business Machine Industry PLASTICTRENDS October/November 1987Tool Ownership - Whose Mold is it? PLASTICS MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT September 1987Painting Plastics PLASTICS DESIGN FORUM September/October 1987How to select a custom molder -- Outsourcing PLASTICS DESIGN FORUM July/August 1987Gallery of Goofs Chapter 17 ... product liability PLASTICS DESIGN FORUM May/June 1987Making it work, and SQC Success story PLASTICS MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT May 1987 (Reprinted) QUALITY CIRCLE DIGEST July 1987Why Products Fail PLASTICS DESIGN FORUM January/February 1987The Offshore connection: Molds built in the Pacific Rim PLASTICS MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT February 1987Practical part costing for custom molders PLASTICS MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT December 1986How well do you blueprints communicate? PLASTICS DESIGN FORUM May/June 1986The five methods of Quality Control PLASTICS DESIGN FORUM November/December 1985From idea to production...without catastrophe PLASTICS DESIGN FORUM March/April 1985Zero defects in molded parts; here's proof it can be done MODERN PLASTICS March 1984

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PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

"Surviving in troubled economic times” Society of Plastics Engineers, Denver, CO April, 2003"Jumping through the productivity curve.” Society of Plastics Engineers Supersession, Cleveland, Ohio, October 1997"What do Molders really want from tool builders?” American Mold Builders Fall Conference, Traverse City, Michigan, October 1997"Tooling: Building, Qualifying and Maintaining tools for the Medical Market” Medical Design and Manufacturing East Conference, New York City, June 1997"Capacity Planning and Costing for Injection Molding” Rocky Mountain Chapter SPE, Denver CO May 1997"Tryouts Startups and Qualifications, the Key to Productivity” 42nd Annual Thermoset Conference, University of Wisconsin, Madison Wisconsin, Oct. 1996"Tooling standardization for Thermoset molds” Square-D corporation technology conference Lincoln, NE May 1996"Perfect parts on time all the time every time.” Society of Plastics Engineers, Regional Technical Conference, Cleveland OH September 1995 Thermoforming Super session, ANTEC 1996, Philadelphia June 1996"Everything you wanted to know about purchasing molds, and other tips.” Injection molding conference, Chicago Ill September, 1995,96,97"The Future of Injection Molding in the next century.” The International Conference on Plastics, Canadian Plastics Institute, May 1995"Tooling Standards, Your unfair competitive advantage.” American Mold Builders Association annual conference, Nassau Bahamas, March 1995"Tooling: what the experts tell you.” Society of the Plastics Industry annual conference, Mold Maker’s division, Phoenix AZ February 1995"Tooling: How to buy and specify, make sure you get what you pay... and other tips.” Injection Molding Conference, Orange CA, January 1995 "Improved product delivery through design, tooling and production" Plastics Product Designer's forum, Boston MA, September, 1994 "Tool Buying Decisions. What to Look For, how to Solicit a Quotation National Plastics Exposition Chicago, 1994 "Mold Evaluations --Knowing the mold will deliver what you want" National Plastics Exposition Chicago 1994 "Fast Track Construction” Getting what you want when you want it. Plastics Product Designer's Forum 1994-present"Mold Buying Decisions: What the experts Tell you customers" Society of the Plastics Industry, February 1994"Tooling Standards" Society of Plastics Engineers RETEC March 1994 National Plastics Exhibition June 1994"Mold Evaluations" National Plastics Exhibition June 1994"Fast Track Tooling -- Starting the tooling before the prototypes" Plastics Product Designer's Forum 1992, 1993, and 1994"How to give Expert Witness testimony" Society of Plastics Engineering Rocky Mountain Chapter, Denver CO, May 1993 ANTEC, Society of Plastics Engineers, New Orleans, LA May 1993"The myth of quality control, and other management philosophies" APICS annual meeting, Fort Collins CO, Feb. 1993"Training -- the competitive edge in the 90's for the plastics industry" National Plastics Exposition McCormick Place Chicago, IL, June 1991"Optimizing cycle times" Rocky Mountain Chapter, Society of Plastics Engineers Denver, CO May 1991

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"The Basis Point System" American Society for Production Control Fort Collins, CO April 1991 Harley Davidson Corporation, Milwaukee WI June 1990"Tooling Options -- another way to introduce products" Plastics Designers Forum Boston MA, Oct. 1990"Fast track project" Plastics Designers Forum Boston MA, Oct. 1990"From Idea to market place without catastrophe" American Society for Production Control Fort Collins, CO April 1991 Rocky Mountain Council for Competitive Products Louisville, CO January 1991 Society of Manufacturing Engineers Denver, CO November 1990 Society of Plastics Engineers Denver, CO October 1990"Avoiding Product Failures By Design" Society of Plastics Engineers Annual Technical Conference Dallas, TX, May, 1990"Accelerating Tooling Deliveries" Plastics Designer's Forum Long Beach, California February 1990"Tooling Options in Fast Track Programs" Plastics Designer's Forum Long Beach, California February 1990"Product Liability, how to avoid it" Guest Lecturer, Society of Plastics Engineers, Annual Conference New York City, NY, May 1989"Basis Point -- Measuring Supplier Performance" WORLD WIDE MANUFACTURING COUNCIL Third Annual HP Plastics Symposium Palo Alto, CA, April 1989"World Class Manufacturing -- the way of the 90's" Keynote Speaker, American Mold Builders Association Annual Conference Bal Harbour, Florida March, 1989"Advances in Design and Manufacturing" Guest Lecturer, Plastics Institute of America Stevens Institute, Newark, New Jersey April 1988/April 1989"Project Engineering and Materials Selection" Plastics Manufacturing Symposium, Guest Lecturer Colorado State University, Department of Engineering, March 1988"The Off-Shore tooling decision; choices for the 90's" Society of Plastics Engineers Mold Makers Regional Technical Conference Toronto, Ontario CANADA, September 1987"Do you really own your tooling?" WORLD WIDE MANUFACTURING COUNCIL Hewlett Packard Plastics Symposium Boise, ID July 1987"On-Shore tooling, reasons to stay in the USA for mold build" WORLD WIDE MANUFACTURING COUNCIL Second Annual HP Plastics Symposium San Diego, CA, February 1987"RFI shielding in Business machines" National Plastics Exhibition Chicago, IL, June 1985"Secondary finishing of Plastic Parts" Society of Plastics Engineers Rocky Mountain Section Denver, CO, March, 1984"Zero Defects: Productivity improvement in Plastic Molding" Hewlett Packard Annual Plastics Symposium San Francisco, CA July 1983 Society of Plastics Engineers San Francisco, CA July 1983"RFI Shielding Media -- a new means of testing" Society of the Plastics Industry Annual technical conference Atlanta, GA, April, 1983"I upped my productivity .... Up Yours!!" Society of Plastics Engineers Pacific Annual Technical Conference Anaheim, CA, February, 1983

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