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Ronald Randlett
SUMMARY Extensive experience in strategic planning, engineering management, and equipment design
relating to plant facilities and fabrication processes.
EXPERIENCE
CONSULTANT 1997-Present
-Developed high speed production process and oversaw it’s
start-up.
-Process Development related to welded tube.
(non-ferrous)
-Continuous Casting of Metals. (copper and copper alloys)
-Expert Witness in a multi-million dollar law suit -Active member of Board of Directors and Technical Committee of the International Tube
Association. (1991 – present)
OLIN
CORPORATION - BRASS DIVISION
1990-1997
Division Manager - Fineweld Tube Division
Chief Operating Officer of Welded Tube, which included;
-Member of Brass Group Corporate Staff.
-Responsibility for all administrative and manufacturing
operations.
-Customer interfacing.
-Strategic planning (5 year plans).
-Oversaw research and development of new products.
CONSULTANT
1990 -Responsible for start-up of two Copper and Copper alloy Welded Tube production lines in Kaohsiung, Taiwan R.O.C.
CHASE
BRASS AND COPPER - A Division of British Petroleum
1981-1990
Plant
Manager of Welded Water Tube Division
Responsible for the over-all operation of the Welded Tube Division
which included;
-Optimization of Tube manufacturing process.
-Overseeing engineering changes.
-Interfacing with Sales and Marketing.
-Plant budget determination and capital planning.
Manager of Process Development Dept. Managed Development Team responsible for design, construction and testing of high technology
metal fabrication equipment.
-Developed high speed horizontal continuous caster.
-Performed extensive engineering consulting relative to the Shelby,
N.C. Plant. -Responsible for development of equipment, conceptual layout and cost estimate of a proposed
rod-mini mill facility.
-Acted as engineering consultant and served on the review board for
a steel continuous
casting project. Caster constructed at North Star Steel. -Recommended engineering and process related modifications required to prove feasibility
of high speed continuous casting and hot metal
fabrication process.
-Responsible for functional design of Corporate Headquarters and
Technical R&D.Center.
KENNECOTT
COPPER CORP. 1964-1981
Senior
Project Engineer
Provided supervisory and engineering skills needed for design of
new plant facilities and
equipment.
-Shared prime engineering responsibility in design of prototype
facility.
-Co-invented new high technology hot rolling process for
non-ferrous metals.
-Coordinated installation and design of full scale continuous
casting demonstration plant.
-Co-inventor of high speed vertical continuous casting process.
BLOCK
ENGINEERING AND ASSOCIATES
1962-1964
Project
Engineer
-Developed radiometric measuring equipment for Gemini and Apollo
space vehicles.
LABORATORY
FOR ELECTRONICS
1960-1962
EDUCATION and PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Northeastern University, Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
University of New Hampshire, Electrical Engineering.
New Hampshire Institute of Technology, Electronics.
Member of AIME Society.
Member of ASM Society.
Member of International Tube Association.
Member of Tube and Pipe International.
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