1John E.

Girard
500 W. Rand Rd. Apt. A106
Arlington Heights, IL. 60004-2346
Cell Phone: (630)-347-4785
E-Mail: john_girard@excite.com

Objective:
With over 35 years experience with production in the plastic injection mold, tool & die, CAD Design, Electrical,
and Retail/service industries as Worker, Supervisor, and management, as well as an extensive computer
background I believe I could help and enhance the right company grow and prosper.

Management Skills Summary:

Production Coordinator, Production Planning / Scheduling, Supervisor, Inventory, Lead Grinder Hand,
Create new jobs using vantage software, ISO 9001:2000 certified, Production control, Manufacturing, Job
Coordination, Manager.
Technical Skills:
Check material and operations for correctness and review prints for production. Aid in closing jobs, distribution of
checked parts from Quality Assurance to Shipping. Mold maker/Production- assemble new & repair old molds,
Mechanical Aptitude, Precision Surface Grinding, Close-tolerance Grinding (+-.0001), Production Coordinator,
and design of molds and parts. Lead grinder hand position. Using primarily grinding equipment - surface,
cylindrical (ID/OD), large volume flat grinders (6x12 to 24ft), Conical, Blanchard, Ded-tru /center less, form and
close tolerance. I have used but rusty on Mill, saw, lathe, Progressive Die, ISO 9001 trained and certified
calibration of measuring equipment and procedures. Mold Maker, Plastic Injection Mold Design, with Cadkey98,
AutoCAD 2010 and Turbocad 15. I have been an Electro/Mechanical Technician, Part Inspection, Machine
Maintenance/Repair on machines and molds.
Computer:
Cadkey98, IBM clones 386,486,586, Pentium, and Amiga using Amiga workbench, MS-DOS, Windows3.11, Win
95, Win 98, Windows 2000, Win XP pro/home, Windows Vista / 7, Red Hat Fedora Core 1 through 4, and Suse
Linux 8, 9 and HTML language, Setting up and operating networks for home use. Front Page 2000, Coffey cup and
Office 98-2007, Microsoft Word, Quatropro, Excel – Macros (VBA), IT Tech., Visual Basic 6, Word Perfect,
QBasic.

Electronics:
Electro-mechanical wire technician (Panelmatic), Electrical Tester second degree (Sola Electric), assemble, solder
and test various electrical equipment. I do repair on machinery, computers and many other electrical devices now
as a hobby.

Public Sales:
Direct public contact in Movie Theater for 3 years (candy counter, floor usher, and ticket booth). Sales with garden
center 1 year. Operate tractors, trucks, and various equipment. Sales floor, cashier and stocker at Target 3 mo. &
Sears Lawn & Garden sales 1 yr, Customer service,. Retail Sales,

Warehouse Shipping & Receiving:

Fork lift operator, pick orders and ship via UPS, ECT.
 EMPLOYMENT:
1. Production coordinator
Piper Plastics Libertyville Il. (6/18/2007 – 10/31/2008)
Check sales orders, part prints, create jobs using Vantage 6/8 software to schedule 35 people and materials for accuracy. If needed correct and or
replace with new part-prints or redraw prints for up dated masters. Oversee 8 employees directly for work accomplished, time and quality. Support
fabrication department with job schedules and employee jobs to perform. Adjust schedule as needed for new sales orders, liaison between Sales
and Production, finish and or update orders. Have purchasing order materials needed and monitor for arrival assist on inventory management.
Monitor jobs as they go through shop and inspection. Close out jobs and move to shipping department with proper documentation.

2. Sales – Lawn & Garden PT

Sears Holdings Woodfield store, Schaumburg, IL. (05/2007 to 4/2008)
Part time sales in lawn & garden department. Help customers with Lawn and Garden equipment purchase. Advise them on best product for their
personal needs. Make sure they are happy with their purchase. Person to person sales, computer and warehouse merchandise investigation,
complete sales

3. Mold Maker / Grinder Hand / Design / Computer Technician

XYZ Mold & Engineering, Inc., Elk Grove Village IL. (04/01/1996 to 03/28/2007)
Grinding specialist for plastic close tolerance (+-.0001) in most cases for injection molds. Working with lead mold maker to make new molds and
repair old ones, changing inserts and cleaning for electronics and medical industries. Design new molds and or update existing mold drawings
using Cadkey98. Maintain inventory of tooling needed and request purchases as necessary. Setup, maintain and trouble shoot 4 computers and
net work CNC machine. Calibrate, maintain and update ISO 9000 equipment and procedures in timely manner. Maintain and repair grinding
equipment.

4. Lead Grinder Hand / Supervisor / Mold Maker

Jay-Tee Die Mold, Inc. Elk Grove Village, IL. (11/02/1987 to 03/28/1996)
Lead Grinding close tolerance specialist for plastic injection molds. Responsible for supervising 4 to 12 Employees and helping mold makers
manufacture new molds. Check and repair all grinding equipment and repair if necessary, Oversee stock of parts and equipment needed for jobs
and Machines, responsible for generating purchase requisitions for materials and parts.

5. Grinder hand
D.O. Tool, Rolling Meadows, IL. (05/06/1985 to10/30/1987)
Precision grind parts per print, surface and jig grinding on compound and progressive dies.

6. Grinder hand/Mold maker

Morton Tool Schaumburg, IL. (04/11/1983 to 04/26/1985)
Precision grind parts per print, surface, ID/OD, Ded-Tru (center less), Mill, Saw and some EDM.

EDUCATION:
A. 1Operations Management – Bachelor’s Degree(2012) Currently Attending (2+)
DeVry University
Addison, IL. 60101
B. Computer Information Systems / AutoCAD 2010 Certified Years Attended (2+)
William Rainey Harper College
Palatine,IL.
C. Mold Maker Certificate Design Graduate Years Attended (4)
Tool & Die Institution
ParkRidge,Il.
3 year certificate program plus 1 year design
D. Electronics Technician Program Attended Years Attended (1-1/2)
DeVry Technical Institute
Chicago, IL.