I am passionate about profitably growing our business while enriching the lives of our employees, their families and those people that we do business with.

VP Engineering @ From December 2014 to Present (1 year 1 month) VP Sales and Engineering @ We are industry leaders in high temperature and high performance gasket materials and gasket applications. Rely on us to solve difficult sealing applications; automotive, heavy duty, industrial, chemical, electronic industries. Our materials are manufactured at our Head Quarters in Germany; we handle design, gasket fabrication and material distribution from our facility in New Berlin, WI. Strong skill set; Value Stream Performance, Operational Excellence, OE Sales, OE Engineering, APQP, ISO/TS, Lean methodologies, Global New Product Development, 3D Product Design, FEA, Design for Manufacturing, plastic and rubber injection molding, metal fabrication, manufacturing new process development, team building, sealing technology, noise and vibration control, Engineering skill development. From April 2013 to Present (2 years 9 months) Greater Chicago AreaVP Engineering @ We are experts in the design and manufacture of thermoplastic and thermoset plastic and rubber products for consumer electronics, medical, military/aerospace, telecom and appliance markets. From 2001 to July 2012 (11 years) Greater Chicago AreaChief Engineer @ Lead a creative, fast working, innovative team of Product Design Engineers, Process Development Engineers, CAD Designers, Dynamometer Engine Test Technicians, and MTS Bench Testing Techs for our automotive and heavy duty engine sealing business. Instituted new technologies such as non-linear finite element analysis to shorten development times and new product technologies such as rubber coated steel and rubber edge molded steel. From 1994 to 2001 (7 years) Director Original Equipment Sales and Engineering @ Significantly grew sales and operating margins for our Automotive and Heavy Duty Engine gasket sealing business. From 1986 to 1994 (8 years) Product Design Engineer @ Early adopter of 3D CAD design and finite element analysis on large Naval marine shaft seals. Also coordinated government military testing and certification. From 1984 to 1986 (2 years) Technical Sales @ Grew sales significantly of heat exchangers, dairy processing and distillation equipment. It was difficult to gain sales in the Midwest during the recession, but through tenacious cold-calling and direct customer contact, we succeeded. From 1983 to 1984 (1 year)

MBA @ Keller Graduate School of Management From 1989 to 1991 BSME @ Iowa State University From 1979 to 1983 Bob Reisel is skilled in: Injection Molding, Plastics, Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, 5S, PPAP, APQP, Product Design, ISO, DFMEA, Solid Modeling, Rapid Prototyping, Manufacturing, Engineering, Supplier Quality