Strategic Initiatives Manager | Growth & Impact through Collaborative Partnerships

I lead and write from a place of purpose, heart posture, and story. 

My work spans development, partnerships, and strategy, and the thread through everything is relationship. I listen closely, notice what’s often unspoken, and use storytelling to help people feel seen, valued, and invited into something meaningful.

At the core of who I am is this
people matter
stories matter
and when the heart is engaged, everything changes.

Summer Applegate🍏

Casemer Tool and Machine

Review Customer and internal documents to determine final pricing on prototype and volume machined parts, as individual quote, or for full assembly pricing.

Work with ownership, management, department leads, purchasing,customers and vendors to qualify part needs, outside services, asset capabilities and lead times.

Work with quality department, to determine cause and reconciliation of non conformance issues, to address any modifications alterations or repair if possible.

Any all responsabilities that come to my purvey, and address such professionally and with a positive attitude.

Sales, profit and company oriented.

Cost Estimator

FL Tool holders (A MARPOSS COMPANY)

Establish part process for CNC mill department

Develop tooling for long/short term use.

Program set up run off prototype small volume components for established gage shop. 

Set up and establish process on Sip CNC jig bore.

CNC Mill Programmer Set up Machinist

Rapid Source Technologies

•	Operations Manager
•	Manufacturing Sales
•	Purchasing
•	Accounts Receivable/Payable
•	Establish Manufacturing Process/Procedures/Practices
•	Establish Quality Process/Procedures/Practices
•	Establish Safety Procedures/Practices
•	Communicate effectively all matters to company customers and vendors.
•	Blue Print Reading
•	Quotation
•	G&M Code Programming
•	Fixture Design and Build
•	Cad/Cam Master Cam familiar
•	Proficient Overhead Crane/Hilo 
•	Shipping and Receiving
•	Shop Floor Layout
•	Machinery and Product Transport
•	Equipment & Tooling Procurement/Sales
•	Corporate Litigation and Risk Assessment

Manufacturing/Consultant

Freelance Programmer, Mfg. Consultant, Boring Mill Set-up, and Op. 

•	Manufacturing Sales
•	Special Machine Build
•	Design Checker
•	Establish Manufacturing Process/Procedures/Practices
•	Blue Print Reading
•	Quotation
•	G&M Code Programming
•	Fixture Design and Build
•	Tool Room Machinist
•	CNC Programmer
•	DeVlieg/Lucas Set-up &Op
•	Proficient Overhead Crane/Hilo 
•	Welding/Fabricating
•	Machinery and Product Transport

Jobber

Huron Valley Machine Products

•	Company Ownership
•	Operations Manager
•	Manufacturing Sales
•	Special Machine Build
•	Design Checker
•	Purchasing
•	Accounts Receivable/Payable
•	Establish Manufacturing Process/Procedures/Practices
•	Establish Quality Process/Procedures/Practices
•	Establish Safety Procedures/Practices
•	Communicate effectively all matters internal and external to company employees, customers and vendors.
•	Blue Print Reading
•	Quotation
•	G&M Code Programming
•	Fixture Design and Build
•	Cad/Cam Master Cam familiar
        Accomplished Tool Room Machinist
	Accomplished CNC Programmer
•	Accomplished DeVlieg/Lucas Set-up &Op
•	Proficient Overhead Crane/Hilo 
•	Welding/Fabricating
•	Shipping and Receiving
•	Shop Floor Layout
•	Machinery and Product Transport
•	Equipment & Tooling Procurement/Sales
•	Corporate Litigation and Risk Assessment

Owner

E&H Systems

•	Manufacturing Sales
•	Special Machine Build
•	Design Checker
•	Shop Supervisor
•	Purchasing
•	Establish Manufacturing Process/Procedures/Practices
•	Establish Quality Process/Procedures/Practices
•	Establish Safety Procedures/Practices
•	Communicate effectively all matters internal and external to company employees, customers and vendors.
•	Blue Print Reading
•	Quotation
•	Fixture Design and Build
•	Accomplished Tool Room Machinist
•	Welding/Fabricating
•	Shipping and Receiving
•	Shop Floor Layout
•	Machinery and Product Transport
•	Equipment & Tooling Procurement/Sales

Machinist/Foreman/Machine Builder

I've had the privilege to have developed working relationships , associations and friendships with some of the most talented, innovative, creative, and selfless people in the 41 years that I have been involved in the Metro Detroit manufacturing community. Integrity to me has been the key to those relationships. 

I believe my career has had some dynamics to it that few get the opportunity to enjoy. From being personally mentored by the Director of Manufacturing, Bendix Aerospace Div, Ann Arbor in the early 80's to owning and operating my own state of the art manufacturing company for 19 1/2 years, and holding key positions in the Machine Tool industry that had put in my life, too many to recall; people who contribute daily to what I consider a divers and fulfilling career so far. 

For brevities sake I'll close with this.

"The best of men, are men, at best."  C.H. Spurgeon

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Summer Applegate🍏

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