Jim Portmann

President at Modern Molding, Inc.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

About

I enjoy creating, developing, and bringing great ideas to life.

Experience

  • Modern Molding, Inc. (17 yrs)
    • President
      Jul 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 1 mo

    • Business Development Manager
      Jun 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 2 mos

      Responsible for management of new customer development, customer contracts, and developing a pricing strategy. Evaluate and negotiate with current and prospective suppliers.

    • Engineering Manager
      Jan 2016 - Jun 2022 · 6 yrs 6 mos

      Facilitate successful product launches with a team of talented Engineers. Primarily focused on front end development work and the integration of automation to ensure that our customers receive their parts and assemblies on time, and within costs.

  • University of St. Thomas (11 mos)
    • Mechanical Engineering Student
      Jan 2009 - Jul 2009 · 7 mos

      Researched, designed and manufactured a carbon fiber bicycle frame. Materials testing, computational analysis, and ergonomics played a large role in bicycle design

    • Teaching Assistant
      Sep 2008 - May 2009 · 9 mos

      designed, created, and taught mechanical engineering lessons Helped students conceptualize, design and build