DOUGLAS JAMES ROMBERG1140 Woodruff Road Suite 186Greenville, S.C. 29607 doug.romberg@gmail.com Cell: 325-864-5910

Summary of QualificationsLead with strong engineering, quality, manufacturing and financial expertise. Provide increased value to operations by justification of investments based on best financial practices. Philosophy of mentoring and empowering employees. MBA - Haslam College of Business, University of Tennessee and Bachelors of Industrial Engineering - Georgia Institute of Technology.

Areas of Expertise: Project Management beginning with Team

Charter through achieving metrics. Financial justification of capital equipment

based on NPV, IRR, and Payback Period. Compliance: Environmental/ Health/ Safety,

Emissions, OSHA, Safety FMEA Patent Development Design Engineering: State of the Art

technology, Design for manufacturability, CE compliance, EPA compliance.

Quality: Control Plans, Inspection Plans, Vendor control, Corrective Actions, SPC, FMEA,

Manufacturing Engineering: Facility Expansion, Robot implementation, High volume conveyor projects, jigs/fixtures, work instructions.

Industrial Engineering: Cost Savings, Facility layouts, time studies, line balance.

Manufacturing Support: Lean Six Sigma project implementations, 5S.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

ATS - ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, INC – Peoria, IL Reliability Engineer – Eaton Electric (7 facilities) in Southeast; Elgin Sweeper, Elgin,IL 7/2015 – Present

Root Cause Analysis, Rapid Improvement Events, 5S, Cost Reductions, PM ImprovementsSite Manager Support – John Deer, Davenport, IA; Schoeneck Containers, New Berlin, WI 6 – 7/2015

Support start-up account: Rep ATS in Customer Meetings, Prioritize Technicians.Site Manager in Training Program – Peoria, IL 2 – 6/2015 Corporate Specific Training: Milwaukee Gear in Milwaukee, WI and J&L Fibers in Waukesha, WI.

Site Management, P&L Statements, T&M Billing, Safety Training, Metric Accomplishment.

TIGE’ BOATS – Abilene, TexasVice President of Engineering and Quality Assurance 1/2011 – 11/2014

Led staff of Design, Manufacturing, and Quality Engineers. Responsible for Environmental/Health/Safety Compliance: EPA, OSHA. Sales and Marketing Collaboration: Market analysis driven boat designs.

BRUNSWICK BOAT GROUP – Knoxville, TennesseeManager of New Process Technology - Global Boat Operations 11/2009 – 12/2010

Corporate consulting services in Europe: Facility startups with Engineering and Quality Support.Manager of New Process Technology-North America Operations 11/2004 –11/2009

Directed new technology projects. Project justifications based on NPV, IRR, and Payback Period. $1.1M Annual Savings equaling $1,500/boat from redesign of overseas shipping method. $400k Annual Savings on installation of $1.3M Gel-coat robots.

TENNESSEE WATERCRAFT, INC., A YAMAHA COMPANY – Vonore, Tennessee 1996 - 2004Manager of Manufacturing Engineering and Quality Control - Jet Boat Division Established: Manufacturing Engineering/Industrial Engineering and Quality Departments. Managed: $3M Expansion for a new product line, $2.5M Robot installations, Mold

Moving/Rotational Gantry system, New Product Introductions.

MERCURY MARINE – Fond du Lac, Wisconsin 1995 - 1996Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Water Vehicle Division

$900K State-of-the-Art Water Vehicle Overhead Conveyor Production Line designed and implemented to assemble 16,000 water vehicles per year.

Managed equipment, fixture, and tooling budget. Developed 360-degree rotational fixtures for hulls and decks.

YAMAHA MOTOR MANUFACTURING CORPORATION – Newnan, Georgia 1991 - 1995Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Golf Cart and Water Vehicle Division

Project Manager: $450K automated conveyor project which more than doubled water vehicle production capacity from 30,000 units/year to 60,000+ units/year.

Transferred new model manufacturing procedures and designs from Japan to US. Developed production processes, jigs/fixtures, tooling/equipment, and packaging specs.

ALEXANDER PROUDFOOT CONSULTING CO. – West Palm Beach, Florida 1990 - 1991Engineering Consultant – Manufacturing Consulting Division

Full scope of Classical Facilities Planning tasks.

GEC AVIONICS, INC. (A Marconi Avionics Company) – Norcross, Georgia 1987 - 1990Industrial Engineer – Head-up Display and Laser Range Finder Division

Facility Planner: M1A1 tank laser range finder for General Dynamics. Full scope of Classical Industrial Engineering activities.

ROMBERG SEAMLESS GUTTERS INC.- Atlanta Georgia 1986 – 1987 Owner/Manager: Managed family business due to medical need.

NORTHERN TELECOM, Inc. – Stone Mountain, Georgia 1984 - 1986Manufacturing Engineer - Telecommunication Printed Circuit Board Division

$600K Annual Savings - Project Leader for Value Analysis Task Force. New Product Introduction, complete array of standard Manufacturing Engineering tasks.

UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION – Florence, South Carolina 1981 - 1984Industrial Engineer – Linde Gas and Electric Welding Equipment Manufacturing Division

Full scope of Classical Industrial Engineering functions.

EDUCATION: MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 2006 - 2007

HASLEM COLLEGE OF BUSINESS, UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE – Knoxville, Tennessee BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING 1976 - 1981

H. MILTON STEWART SCHOOL of INDUSTRIAL & SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (ISyE) -GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY – Atlanta, Georgia

Training & Development: FANUC Robotics Programming Course Green Belt Training Composite Boat Builder Certificate (American Boat & Yacht Council) Certified Value Analyst AutoCAD Certification Project Management Training