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Marketing Product Development
Eden Prairie, MN
Aug 2014 - Present (10 years 2 months)
I engineer and source production vendors for our balloon product merchandisers as well as engineer and construct trade show displays.
Prototyping shopping solutions for our various distributors to meet the needs of their clients, the retail giants.
As Anagram is the 800 pound gorilla of the metallized balloon industry, I strive to make unique and cost effective merchandising displays worthy of our fine products
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Production Manager/ Model maker
Eden Prairie, MN
Aug 2007 - Present (17 years 2 months)
Manage production staff, engineer display construction, specify materials and secure vendors.
Model Services builds displays for Party City stores; displays designed to engage the consumer and drive the sales of candy and party favors.
Anagram's current iconic display is a 54" dia gumball machine with complimentary candy display merchandising cabinets.
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Creative Services manager
Immedia
Minneapolis, MN
2006 - Aug 2007 (10 months)
Immedia supplies Point of Purchase solutions to such companies as Target and Best Buy.
Creative Services utilizes PETG, vacuum forms, and steel and wire forms to create unique and cost effective signage solutions.
Lean manufacturing training and concepts were employed throughout the company by a talented production staff and management.
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Model Shop manager
Minneapolis, MN
2004 - 2006 (2 years)
Meyers printing purchased Gage In-Store
Point of Purchase displays for interior store environments. Supported production lines with fixturing and assembly innovations to decrease labor costs.
First introduction to Lean manufacturing concepts.
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Model Shop manager
Minneapolis, MN
2000 - 2004 (4 years)
Gage In-Store purchased Lakeside Ltd.
Privileged to be introduced to a skilled crew of designers, engineers, and account managers, many of whom are in my Linkedin profile.
The acquisition allowed the Model Shop to build Point of Purchase displays for Energizer, Nabisco and Rapala.
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Model Shop manager
Lakeside Ltd.
Minneapolis, MN
1994 - 2000 (6 years)
Managed shop and directed staff in the construction of Point of Purchase prototypes.
Produced products for Anheuser Busch, Miller Brewing and Coors to name a few.
Products included neon signs, pool table lamps, and tap knobs. Just like toys... only for grown-ups.
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Master Model maker
Pawtucket, RI
1984 - 1994 (10 years)
Fantastic job working with an excellent staff of skilled patternmakers and modelmakers.
Built breadboards, mastermodels, injection mold patterns, blow mold patterns, rotary mold patterns, RTV molds, and urethane castings.
Toy Doctor for annual Toy Fair in New York and a commercial shoot; duties at events included priming, sanding, and repriming many cast parts.
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Model maker
F.W. Dixon
Woburn, MA
1982 - 1984 (2 years)
Constructed architectural models and military prototypes.
First position after graduating from Northeast Wisconsin Technical College