Bill Kleftis

Hello ... My name is Bill Kleftis. I am an executive with P&L responsibility and extensive Operations experience in aggressive implementation of Lean in various manufacturing environments. In addition, I have both New Product Development (NPD) and Sustaining Engineering background in various industries.

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Experienced Executive with a proven track record of improving manufacturing operations through metrics in a variety of industries. Hands on implementation of LEAN principles in multiple organizations. Leader in the cultural transformation to World Class LEAN manufacturing environments. Responsibilities include quality improvements, safety and facility management. Track record of bringing new products to market through proven stage gate principles. Driven to understand the needs of customers throughout the entire stage gate process. Ability to manage the common new product development (NPD) pitfalls, such as missed introduction dates, excessive product cost and misaligned customer product expectations. Overall competent and confident executive leader that is driven to meet the company objectives through teamwork, vision and perseverance!

Director of Operations - Molding and Wire & Cable at Conmed

June 2008 - November 2010

Performance Responsibility for Molding and Wire/Cable Focus Factory 155 Exempt, Non-exempt and Direct Labor - 3 shift operation 2010 cost savings $617,000 Improved Finished Good Volume compliance to schedule from 35% to 93% in 8 months Reduced Backlog by over 20:1 from a high of $103K to $5K

Engineering Director at Conmed

June 2008 - October 2009

Responsible for all Manufacturing and Design Engineering including all Plant Facilities, Maintenance and EHS activities across 3 manufacturing plants 2009 Budget accountability of over $9.5 million Active member of Aggressive Cross Functional LEAN initiative resulting in a reduction of 38.4 direct personnel, decrease in over $287K of WIP inventory and reduction of floor space requirements totaling 23,192 square feet Reduced DART Rate from 4.4 in 2008 to 1.9 in 2009 Over 100 indirect personnel in 3 manufacturing plants

Engineering Director at ECR International

September 2005 - March 2008

Responsible for all Engineering responsibilities including Condensing and Non-condensing Boilers, Ductless Spilt Systems, PTAC, VPAC and Gas/Oil Fired Furnaces Accountable for $3.4 - $4.2 million annual budgets. Under Budget for each year, including $622K positive variance in 2007 Inventor/Patent – Steam Shield for Boiler Longevity Co-Lead New Product Development Process with NEW Stage Gate Process, resulting in multiple new product introductions each year 55% Reduction of Change Notices for 6 month period after New product introduction Leading member of China Sourcing Initiative and NUFC Joint Venture Lead cost reduction efforts in Olsen, Wallaceburg, ON, Canada furnace facility resulting in $300K of annual savings Gray Cast Iron and Cast Aluminum Design Experience Solicited and Secured Grants totaling $650K from NYSERDA and NORA

Engineering Director at Burnham

2000 - 2005

Director of Engineering Responsible for all Engineering of Burnham Residential Products Developed and Coordinated all New Product Development Gray Cast Iron Design Experience Commercial Sales Support Manager Managed daily order processing for Commercial Products Managed Commercial Engineering Group, supported existing products in manufacturing and developed new commercial products. Kewanee Boiler Plant closure in Kewanee, IL

Asian Business Manager at Fulton Boiler Works

September 1993 - January 2000

Various Expanding Roles within organization ... Plant Manager Engineering Manager/R&D Manager Asian Business Manager

VP Operations & Engineering at Carlin Combustion

November 2010

P&L Responsibility Responsible for all Engineering and Operations resources including Supply Chain, Quality Control and Inventory Management. Aggressive LEAN implementation through multiple Kaizen events, single piece pull, daily Gemba walks and breaking the prior culture of batch processing. 10.0% Improvement On-Time Shipping in 2011. On pace for another 12.9% improvement based on YTD 2012 performance. 43.7% Scrap Reduction 2012 YTD Current Turnaround Management

Babson College - Franklin W. Olin Graduate School of Business

MBA

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

BS

Concentration: Chemical Engineering