John Swindeman

Manage Operations Department (Production, Service & Engineering). Responsible for Operations and R&D department budgets. Organizational efforts led to significant increase in production capacity with simultaneous productivity improvements. Strategic Planning team member. Implemented Microsoft Dynamics SL ERP & MRP systems. Led Relocation team to consolidate Oak Ridge facilities to a single location. Implemented Sequence production documentation software for production department.

Managed Research and Development Department. . Supervised personnel including staff scientists, engineers, software engineers, technicians, and technical writers. Responsible for departmental budget. Responsible for new product development including strategic planning for business unit in conjunction with Marketing department. Implemented Project Management system. Implemented division-wide time billing system to support resource analysis for project planning and departmental budgeting.

Developed new instrumentation. Supported existing products. Supervised Technical Writers for product documentation. Performed instrument installation & training as necessary. Implemented systems for technical support and coordinated product release

Performed Field Installations of Nano Indenters. Wrote User Manual for Nano Indenter II. Performed mechanical design. Developed Inteferometric calibration systems. Designed base instruments and options for instruments. Provided technical support to customers. Attended conferences and manned booths at trade shows. Performed contract and demonstration testing. Administered computer network and provided network support to local client computers.

Wrote preprocessor code for Finite Element Analysis of Crack Opening Displacement in Metal Matrix Composites.

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