Specialties: Additional experiance: Fiber Glass manufacturing (24 yrs); international management experience (Europe); union negotiation (international); Aerospace industry manufacturing

Operations Director - Americas, Automotive Coatings @ From January 2013 to Present (2 years 10 months) Cleveland, OHPlant Manager, Huntsville, AL @ From October 2006 to December 2012 (6 years 3 months) Huntsville, ALBoard Chair @ From January 2011 to January 2012 (1 year 1 month) Huntsville, ALPlant Manager, Lexington, NC @ From October 2003 to October 2006 (3 years 1 month) Managing Director, PPG Industries (UK) LTD @ Managing Director, PPG Industries (UK) Ltd (Fiber Glass manufacturing, Wigan, UK) and Director Manufacturing, Fiber Glass Europe. Responsible for all fiber glass manufacturing operations in Europe. From September 1999 to October 2003 (4 years 2 months) Various postions - Fiber Glass manufacturing @ From January 1984 to September 1999 (15 years 9 months) Shelby, NCEngineering - Flat Glass manufacturing @ From May 1980 to December 1984 (4 years 8 months) Wichita Falls, Texas

BS, Mechanical Engineering @ University of Pittsburgh From 1978 to 1980 Mechanical Engineering @ Drexel University From 1975 to 1978 Brian Pollock is skilled in: Manufacturing, Aerospace, Manufacturing Operations, Lean Manufacturing, Team Building, Process Improvement, Process Engineering, Operations Management, Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement, Strategic Planning, Project Management, Manufacturing..., Engineering Management, Contract Negotiation, Supply Chain, Inventory Management, Quality System, Cross-functional Team..., Kaizen, 5S, Kanban, Value Stream Mapping, Coatings, Supply Chain Management, Root Cause Analysis, Leadership, DMAIC, JIT, ISO, MRP, SPC, Materials, Engineering, Composites, Operational Excellence, Management, Manufacturing..., Materials Management, Plastics, Production Planning, Creative Problem Solving, SMED, Lean Thinking, Strategic Communications, TPM, TQM, Team Leadership, Automotive