James R. Swinderman

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James R. Swinderman

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    • Lehner Screw Machine Div.
    • Spring Valley Advisers
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    • Ohio Machinery Co.
    • US Technology Corp
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    • Home
    • About Me
    • Experience
      • Employment History
      • Professional Affiliations
    • Education & Training
      • Higher Learning, Degrees
      • Professional Development
      • Self-Directed Learning
    • Company Profiles
      • Lehner Screw Machine Div.
      • Spring Valley Advisers
      • Red Head Brass, LLC
      • American Road Machinery
      • Ohio Machinery Co.
      • US Technology Corp
      • Kimble Chassis
      • Sabel Custom Chassis
      • Simon-Duplex Truck
  • Home
  • About Me
  • Experience
    • Employment History
    • Professional Affiliations
  • Education & Training
    • Higher Learning, Degrees
    • Professional Development
    • Self-Directed Learning
  • Company Profiles
    • Lehner Screw Machine Div.
    • Spring Valley Advisers
    • Red Head Brass, LLC
    • American Road Machinery
    • Ohio Machinery Co.
    • US Technology Corp
    • Kimble Chassis
    • Sabel Custom Chassis
    • Simon-Duplex Truck

About Me

Proven Performance Improvement Leadership

  A dynamic, hands-on, business leadership professional who effectively plans, directs, and leads strategic initiatives and operating model transformations to achieve key performance objectives including revenue growth, expense reduction, and margin expansion, while enhancing quality, on-time delivery, employee engagement and customer satisfaction.


Holistic leader who delivers strong, data-driven, ROI-based outcomes through effective team building skills, a solid business acumen, exceptional problem-solving abilities and a thorough proficiency in  Continuous Improvement, Lean Six Sigma and Operational Excellence methodologies. 


As an accomplished business operations professional with more than 20 years of diversified manufacturing, distribution, and product support experience I have a demonstrated history of consistently leading dramatic performance improvements and achieving multi-million dollar increases in operational results. 


Throughout my career I have held positions of increasing responsibility and scope, within multiple organizations, serving a variety of industries, including, Defense, Aerospace, Emergency Services, Oil & Gas Exploration, Minerals Mining, Heavy Construction, Public Utility, Waste Management, and Environmental Services, in both domestic and global markets.


In addition to my hands-on success, I hold a Master of Business Administration degree with a focus in Finance and Organizational Management, a Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations & Marketing, and pursued an Applied Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. I am Certified Six Sigma Black Belt and certificated in Project Management, Lean Management, Kaizen, and Total Quality Management, as well as having training and expertise in Change Management and Organizational Development.

 Key Strengths

  • 20+ years corporate level experience in operations management, sales, marketing, accounting, and business administration within domestic and international organizations serving global markets.


  • Demonstrated track record of meeting and exceeding operations and production goals attaining results in a timely, cost effective manner, leveraging resources and relationships across the enterprise.


  • Focus on continuous improvement through empowerment of best practices and implementation of Six Sigma, Lean Management and Operational Excellence systems and processes.


  • Outstanding people management and team building skills; recruiting, hiring, training, directing, evaluating, rewarding, disciplining, and motivating employees throughout the organization.


  • Successful project management talents, ability to, independently and collaboratively, develop, prioritize, drive and manage multiple complex projects simultaneously.


  • Extensive experience directing, consolidating, analyzing, and controlling financial transactions including income, cash flow, and balance sheet; closing, costing, pricing, variance analysis and budgeting.


  • Outstanding problem resolution, customer relationship, negotiation, presentation, time management and decision-making abilities.


  • Proficient in communicating complex subjects to inform and educate, build consensus, and develop strong interpersonal relationships through verbal and written channels.


Key Accomplishments:

  • Achieved first positive EBITDA in more than 3-years, focusing on operational practices and efficiencies.
  • Managed 462.4% increase in production backlog, over 120 days, by improving operational processes and flow. 
  • Recorded highest profits in 20-year history of division, on record revenue, through effective operations leadership.
  • Increased operating margins 26.7%, in 12-months, through effective financial and operational discipline.
  • Lowered cost of quality 88.7%, over 90-day period, by implementing process improvements in troubled work center.
  • Delivered operating income 73.5% over budget, in first year, through focused management of costs and expenses.
  • Established best on-time delivery in 5-years, at 96.5%, up from 62.7%, by prioritizing customer expectations.
  • Decreased recordable accident rating 100%, from 7.1 to sustained 0.0, emphasizing awareness and best practices.
  • Improved new product development time 5-fold, in less than 10-months, by focusing and formalizing product development and project management practices.


 Areas of Expertise:

  Profit & Loss Accountability  ♦  Cross-Functional Leadership  ♦ Quality Assurance Management

        Strategy Planning & Deployment  ♦  Continuous Improvement  ♦  Operational Efficiency

             Employee Engagement  ♦ Performance Optimization  ♦  Customer Relationships

Transferable Skills:  

  Strategic Leadership                    Proven Problem Solver                     Effective Communicator

  Time Management                       Business Acumen                              Self-Directed

  Studious                                         Analytical                                           Ethical

  Diplomatic                                     Decisive                                              Fair

  Dedicated                                      Visionary                                           Judicious

  Adroit                                             Empathetic                                        Loyal

  Honest                                           Growth Oriented                               Deliberate

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