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Tim started as Vice President of Operations for ZEVEX International in December of 2002.  ZEVEX International is a publicly held medical products company. Through its business divisions and subsidiaries, ZEVEX provides medical product design and manufacturing services, manufactures and markets enteral nutrition delivery products, and designs and markets functional and physical evaluation products. 

His challenge is to bring Lean Manufacturing techniques into the workplace and support the significant growth goals of ZEVEX.  See the article "Leading with Lean" in (December 2003) The Manufacturer.

In 2001 and 2002, Tim worked as Manufacturing VP for HemaMetrics, a young medical device company working with real time optical parametric blood analysis techniques.  Tim introduced HemaMetrics to a world class outsourcing partner and developed the initial transition from manufacturing inside to the full turnkey partner.

In 1999, as Director of Operations for Neurosmith, a smart toy company that had yet to manufacture, Tim developed the necessary systems resulting in a factory in China producing 5 times the company’s sales estimate of the Neurosmith hit product Music Blocks.  Now, 75% of Neurosmith products are made by one of the largest factories in China.  

In 1996, as Director of Operations for Philips, Tim managed the total Supply Chain for one of the biggest producers of capital equipment in the television broadcast industry.  Implementing demand flow technology to the manufacturing process allowed Philips to meet customer orders on time with a 30% reduction in support staff.

Beginning in 1991 as Site Manager for Ohmeda Medical Systems, Tim ran all aspects of Ohmeda's manufacturing facility in Colorado, including production, materials, engineering and facilities.  Within this high volume assembly environment, Tim managed a 20% per quarter volume growth and grew the organization from 40 to 200 people.  

Tim started his career in 1978 by building a solid foundation of experience with Honeywell.  Starting as an entry level engineer, Tim worked his way up the engineering ranks to the most senior engineering level, "Principal Engineer". Tim's engineering experience included product development, manufacturing and test, in both the commercial product and defense electronics businesses.  In 1986 became Honeywell’s Manufacturing Engineer Manager, directing a staff of 30.  

Tim has spent considerable time in Mainland China working hands-on with local firms providing electronic and mechanical designs, complete turn-key product development, product consolidation and freight logistics.  Sourcing the correct supplier based on business or project need, contract negotiation, problem solving and support logistics are areas where Tim has excelled in dealing with Chinese partners.

Tim has also worked assignments in Korea, Mexico and in Germany where he speaks the native language.

Tim has over 25 years of experience in engineering and manufacturing working for technology companies such as  Honeywell, Ohmeda Health Care, Philips N.V., as well as start-up ventures.           

As a senior manager for these companies, Tim has developed hands-on experience:

Having managed his own manufacturing facilities, this experience has uniquely positioned Tim to 

Tim received his BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1978.