Extrusion Specialist
Mike May
Mike May
Extrusion Expert - Mike May
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Mike is a Creative, independent, and determined problem-solver, who helps inspire new methods, and excels at working and motivating diverse teams to create innovative solutions. Focused expert in design and manufacture of extruded plastic parts. Change agent assisting customers in creating advanced manufacturable plans. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Co-founder of a two person startup company specializing in advanced thermoplastic composite extrusions and other specialized custom plastic profiles.
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AREAS OF EXPERTISE
• Process Improvement • Talent Development • Composites • Idea Collaboration •Advising Customers • Presenting Technical Concepts
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2019 - Present
MAY ENGINEERING LLC - Consultant
2011 - 2019
AMESBURYTRUTH - Principal Engineer
Cannon Falls, MN
Provided corporate-wide leadership in innovation, technical support, and testing while continuing to support largest customers on the toughest challenges.
2007 - 2011
AMESBURY PROFILE EXTRUSION DIVISION - Engineering Manager
Cannon Falls, MN
Led Engineering and Quality personnel in supporting customer's requests. Provided face-to-face assistance for design requirements in area of extruded part design.
2000 - 2007
GAMRA COMPOSITES - Vice President
Hudson,WI
Spearheaded part design, process development, accounting, and customer relations. Developed custom Quality program for mandrels.
PATENTS
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
TECHNICAL SKILLS
AutoCAD (2D), Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook
Autodesk Inventor, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Missouri University of Science and Technology - Rolla, MO
Bachelor of Science - Engineering Management
Missouri University of Science and Technology - Rolla, MN
• Process Improvement • Talent Development • Composites • Idea Collaboration •Advising Customers • Presenting Technical Concepts
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2019 - Present
MAY ENGINEERING LLC - Consultant
- Provide technical solutions for specific challenges.
2011 - 2019
AMESBURYTRUTH - Principal Engineer
Cannon Falls, MN
Provided corporate-wide leadership in innovation, technical support, and testing while continuing to support largest customers on the toughest challenges.
- Co-created Innovation Management Process, and streamlined development of new concepts, reducing evaluation time, resulting in 50% decrease in time to start new product design.
- Trained Engineering and Manufacturing team members in innovation process and led sessions, generating new ideas; each brainstorming sessions resulted in 6 to 20 new concepts to filter for new products.
- Supported new development by directing client performance testing directly interfaced with customers on products, resulting in 2 major companies accepting a new product.
- Provided high-level support to engineering and sales for difficult problems, delivering acceptable solutions in design, material, or performance issues.
- Created Compliance Documentation Process and was primary Compliance resource dealing with customers’ requests, reducing response time from months to days.
2007 - 2011
AMESBURY PROFILE EXTRUSION DIVISION - Engineering Manager
Cannon Falls, MN
Led Engineering and Quality personnel in supporting customer's requests. Provided face-to-face assistance for design requirements in area of extruded part design.
- Acted as primary technical contact for major customer independent of sales involvement, helping engineers design state-of-the-art parts that drove new repeating sales.
- Invented new process that eliminated longitudinal stretching of elastomeric extrusion per client requirements, securing single application that brought $1M in new sales.
- Held training sessions for Extruded Part Design for 3 major customers, leading to becoming primary contact for design questions, procuring significant new business.
2000 - 2007
GAMRA COMPOSITES - Vice President
Hudson,WI
Spearheaded part design, process development, accounting, and customer relations. Developed custom Quality program for mandrels.
- Created 100% of tooling designs (dies, templates, sizers) for production of extruded products, eliminating need for outside engineering costs and allowing close integration with manufacturing floor.
- Invented process for coating wire with no voids or defects, driving several million dollars of sales.
- Specialized in out-of-the-box process development, solving specific client part requirements, delivering numerous innovative solutions.
- Wire reinforced hose mandrels with a tolerance 90% better than existing mandrels.
- Tight tolerance 6-inch diameter pipes for lighting applications.
- Crosshead coating of aluminum extrusions for lacrosse shafts.
- Ribbed extrusions for thread bobbins.
- Integrated optical measurement system into extrusion line, resulting in automatic process control.
PATENTS
- 5027557 Sound silenced window frame jamb liner sash guide pocket
- 5792529 Reinforced plastic extrusion
- 4914861 Window tilt clutch system
- 5651222 PVC window cladding with corner expansion joints
- 5966880 PVC window cladding with corner expansion joints
- 5772190 Spring member
- 5265308 Jamb liner
- 9797182 Powered window system
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Creative Thinking Training
- Innovation Training
- Licensed Professional Engineer – MN 1983-2023
TECHNICAL SKILLS
AutoCAD (2D), Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook
Autodesk Inventor, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Missouri University of Science and Technology - Rolla, MO
Bachelor of Science - Engineering Management
Missouri University of Science and Technology - Rolla, MN
