New additions to buyCASTINGS.com team

Category: 2009-autumn-newsletter

New additions to buyCASTINGS.com team

Mr. Harald Rutkowski joined the buyCASTINGS team as Program Manager and accountant on government projects. Harald has held consulting positions working on client projects and held the position of Senior Financial & Accounting Analyst at Dayton Power & Light, Dayton, OH. While at DP&L, he guided installation and upgrade of Oracle financial software, tying together 150 operations, and improving accuracy and efficiency of financial tracking and reporting.
Harald maintains his affiliations with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Mr. Travis Westendorf joined the FOPAT, Inc. team this March to support the opening of the new manufacturing plant. Travis has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Dayton and has 16 years experience in the automotive industry primarily in injection molding and RIM. Prior to FOPAT, Travis was the Engineering Manager at Dayton Manager at Dayton Polymeric Products, where he gained valuable experience in Product Development, Program
Management, Processing, and Tool Design as related to the polyurethane industry.

Mr. Tim Large joined buyCASTINGS.com and FOPAT Productions Inc. in September and will be involved in the sales, business development, and marketing efforts of the organization as a Technical Sales Representative. He has over 20 years of experience and solid qualifications in sales, management, project management, business development, product
marketing, procurement, quality policy & procedure documentation, process engineering, and ISO quality management systems assessment experience working directly with customers in both manufacturing and service industries throughout the United States and worldwide.

Tim is experienced with integrated process improvement methods and has successfully demonstrated the implementation of Lean Six Sigma, ISO standards and Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for quality management within various
organizations, which helped drive and sustain the goals and objectives of those companies. He has served as Chairman for the Dayton Section of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) and held the position of Chair on the Board of Examiners for the Dayton Area Quality Excellence Award.

Tim's education includes a BA in Management from Antioch University-McGregor, Lead Assessor certification training in 2007 through IRCA (International Register of Certificated Auditors), and recently completed the Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification program from Villanova University and plans to sit for the LSSBB certification exam later
this year.