Alan Kaufman

About

Experience

• Director Global Operations at ITW
  

• Director of Holographic Operations at CFC International an ITW Company
  

  • Strategic Planning for Holographic manufacturing and technology improvements • Manage Daily operations, process improvement projects, and capital expenditures. Key responsibilities are embossing, metalizing, finishing, holographic image creation, and nickel-plating technology.

• North American Regional Operations Manager at ITW
  

  Reports to VP/GM *Manage / develop strategy for NA operations (responsible for various manufacturing facilities in NA) *Utilize and teach 80/20 principles to drive operational excellence *Manage / develop equipment strategy *Develop talent within organization *Utilize six sigma background to enhance / improve operations

• Director of Global Process Engineering at CFC International an ITW Company
  

  • Report to Vice President of Technology • Work closely with Research and Development to design experiments on new product developments. • Led technology transfer between ITW business units • Create Process Control Platform for CFC - develop projects to enhance controls on current product portfolio

• Manufacturing and Quality Process MGR at CFC International an ITW Company
  

  • Report directly to General Manager • Develop strategic plan for future state manufacturing, cost savings initiatives, efficiency enhancement and quality systems • Manage engineering and quality staff to complete projects to meet profitability goals

• Technical Manager at CFC International an ITW Company
  

  • Report directly to Business Unit Manager • Develop strategic plan for technology improvements, long range new product platform, future state manufacturing modeling, and 80/20 business philosophy. • Manage Research and Development team to commercialize new product developments and current product extensions. • Manage quality and process improvement projects to meet customer needs.

• Operations Manager / Site Leader at CFC International an ITW Company
  

  Reports to Global Director of Operations *Site P&L responsibility *Strategic Planning *Utilize 80/20 princilples and six sigma to drive efficiency enhancements, process control and cost reductions *Develop equipment investment strategy

• Technical Director at CFC International an ITW Company
  

  Reports to GM *Mange R&D, Process Engineering and Quality departments *Strategic planning and development for innovation platforms *Drive process control, efficiency enhancement, cost reduction

• Plant Manager at Avery Dennison
  

  Plant and Technical Manager for Avery Dennison's Reflective Films Division.