Sam Tranto

605 Harry Lane

Fresno, CA 93219

(661) 849-2177

PROFILE

·       Operations and Manufacturing Engineering Manager with 14 years of experience in strategic business planning, team leadserhsip and team buidling, staff development and training, and budgeting, planning and forecasting.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CREATION ELECTRONICS INCORPORATED

2000 to Present

A global top 50 electronics service provider of high-end start-to-finish solutions for companies in mutiple industries. Formerly Apex parteners – purchased by CEI in 2007.

CUSTOMER FOCUSED TEAM MANAGER – Waukesha, WI

2003 to Present

Managed day-to-day operations of a cross-functional sales/customer service team tasked with ensuring customer satisfaction and increased sales revenue with existing and new account relationshiops. Position reports to Chief Operations Officer.

·       Spear headed customer relationship improvement intiatives while focsuing on key performance improvements for customers in on-time delivery, quality, through management and analysis/planning/execution of JIT manufacturing initiatives.

·       Increased sales revenues by $10 million in FY05, and consistently improved processes and procedures to continue improved revenue growth in current fiscal year.

MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING MANAGER – Waukesha, WI

2001 to 2003

Managed $38 million circuit board engineering project. Position reported to the Chief Operating Officer. Supervised engineering staff of 59 with five direct reports.

·       Developed and improved best practices, operations control, and cost-reduction strategies. Implemented Lean manufacturing improvement projects and created strategic planning platform resolve operational bottleneck issues. Results included 10% improvement in on-time delivery, 20% increase in manufacturing equipment utilization, and 8% decrease in expense metrics.

PRODUCT MGR-MARKETING (AUTOMOTIVE EXHAUST SYSTEMS), Energy and Chassis Division – Flint, MI

1997 to 1999

Developed product-marketing initiatives to include market based research, pricing, sales mix targets, brand awareness, and promotion development. Implemented lean manufacturing including Kaizen techniques.  Seamlessly managed out-sourcing of sales marketing functions to over seas division.

·       Worked as “Point Person” for complex issue analysis and reporting.

BS MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING, Ohio University – Canton, OH

1996

AFFILIATIONS & ACTIVITIES

National Society of Hispanic Engineers (Chapter President), Ki Alpha Alpha Sorority, Inc. (Member), Protestant Church (Sunday School Teacher, Chior Coordinator), Community Youth Basketball Coach