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Guy T.
Avellon FASTENER
SAFETY & TECHNOLOGY Over more than 25 years, Guy Avellon has
become a recognized expert in fastener engineering applications, failure
analysis, quality systems evaluation, and product liability litigation. As the founder of GT Technical Consultants,
he advises maintenance and repair organizations on fastener safety, assembly
techniques and preventative maintenance, and over many years, has provided
training and consulting services in a wide variety of industry settings.
These include amusement parks, ski fields, vehicle fleets, manufacturers, and
NASCAR teams. His fastener experience
and engineering backgrounds are reinforced by skills in metallurgy, plating
and welding. CORPORATE
QUALITY MANAGEMENT,
PROUCT ENGINEERING,
PRODUCT
MARKETING In addition to his extensive fastener
experience, Guy has a demonstrated record of improving profit, MRO sales/distribution
and manufacturing: ·
Operations Improvement: Root
analysis, improving operations within the supply chain, saving a net amount
of $3 million by implementing Six-Sima methodologies and corrective actions ·
Cost Reductions: Materials change, vendor
resourcing and process improvement netting 1.5 million annually. ·
Value-Added Energy: Product safety seminars
and risk analysis for customer, development and training. ·
Failure Analysis/FMEA: Promoted
customer satisfaction and loyalty by solving problems, and avoiding liability
issues. ·
Marketing Management: Restructured
an entire marketing department and brought new products to market, achieving
profitability goals for five years. CV for
Guy T. Avellon Corporate
Quality Management, Product Engineering and Product Marketing professional
with demonstrated record of improving profitability in MRO sales/distribution
firms and manufacturing. Skilled in metallurgy & plating, welding,
operations improvement, process re-engineering, solution selling, and cost
reductions. Extensive background in fastener technology, ISO Quality Systems,
6-Sigma practices, quality auditing and with SAE, ISO and ASTM standards. S
E L E C T E D A C C O M P L I S H M E
N T S
7/2003 to Present
GT TECHNICAL CONSULTANTS, LTD., Lake Zurich, Illinois A private technical engineering consulting firm Principal. Responsible
for fastener engineering applications/failure analysis and evaluation of
Quality Systems for manufacturers, law firms, maintenance organizations. 1993 to
7/2003 KAR PRODUCTS, INC., Des Plaines, Illinois A $125 million
company selling 35,000 MRO fast moving maintenance consumables with
value-added services. The company operated 11 distribution centers with
1,200 employees in the United States and Canada. 2000
to 7/2003 Director, Product Engineering & Quality. Reporting to
the Executive Vice President of Operations. Responsible for
leading company through ISO registration and its maintenance as Management
Representative; monitor overall quality functions of company operations as
related to ISO; manage QC Department; develop customer satisfaction and
vendor metrics for analysis. Use of DMAIC for Operations improvement.
1997
to 2000 Marketing Manager; Product Line, Engineering
& Quality Control. Reported to the Vice
President Marketing. Responsible for restructuring Product Line
Management Department in U.S. and Canada, developing technical marketing strategies
and goals, managing capital expense budgets for three departments, P&L of
over $38,000,000, continuing duties of Product Engineering and QC
management. 1993 to
1997 Manager, Product Engineering and Quality Control. Reported to Director,
Product Line Management. Responsible for
managing Quality Control Department, providing technical assistance to all
departments and training, standards, attain A2LA laboratory accreditation,
assisting national accounts, developing sales/marketing literature, assisting
compliance with industry standards (ASTM, SAE, MSDS), and managing department
budgets. PREVIOUS POSITIONS BOWMAN
DISTRIBUTION/BARNES GP, Cleveland, Ohio A $250MM MRO
distributor Chief Engineer. Reported to
the Vice President Marketing/Sales. Responsible for overseeing company
engineering, product specifications, technical guidance, and product
sales/applications training for sales agents and customers. LEA-RONAL, INC., Freeport, New
York Manufacturer of
proprietary plating chemicals and brighteners Technical
Sales/Service Engineer. Reported to the Vice President
Sales. Responsible for opening Ohio as a new territory, performing
development work on new products; plating on plastics, printed circuit
boards, non-cyanide zinc and cadmium and electroless nickel. THERM-O-DISC, INC., Mansfield, Ohio Manufacturer of
thermostat products Materials
Engineer. Reported to
the Manager of Materials Engineering. Responsible for metallurgical lab
duties, inspection, failure analysis, process and metal finishing
specifications for production; designed electroless nickel production plating
line, supervised lab and production plating personnel. Saved $800,000 in
process controls, procedures and material changes. Developed highly
efficient elactroless nickel production plating line lasting over 21 cycles
instead of 8. EDUCATION:
Metallurgical Engineering, BS, Purdue University, Certified Welder,
Cleveland School of Welding, Certified
Lead Auditor for ISO 9000 MEMBERSHIPS:
Vice-Chair,
ASTM F16 Committee (American Society for Testing and Materials); Chairman
of subcommittee F16.01 Fastener Test Methods Recipient
of the ASTM Award of Merit Member
Grade SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) and ASQ
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