Frank Beafore has over 30 years of experience leading operations at various manufacturing companies. He has a track record of turning around struggling businesses, fast growth through new facilities, and implementing lean manufacturing principles. Beafore's resume outlines his roles and accomplishments at several companies, demonstrating expertise in project planning, budgeting, quality systems, and building effective teams.

1. Frank Beafore – Making Order
from Chaos
Frank J. Beafore
Cell: 937-470-3908
fbeafore@gmail.com
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2. Experience:
• UltraCell Corporation
– November 2006 - Present
– Vice President. Operations
• Latex International, LLC
– August, 2002-August, 2006
– Senior Vice President Operations/Chief Technical Officer
• GCE Technologies
– June,2000-August,2002
– Vice President, Business Development / GM Metal Products Div.
• Vernay Laboratories, Inc.
– September, 1990-September,1999
– Vise President, New Product Development
• Dow Chemical, USA
– April 1975 – September 1990
– Numerous Technical and Commercial Positions
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3. UltraCell Corporation
• Led local, regional, state and federal agencies to
secure significant funding to build a world-class micro-
fuel cell production facility.
• Moved into an empty building, designed and built an
operating manufacturing unit in 6 months.
• Developed a regional supply stream that supports
over 100 components and related services.
• Paced the manufacturing operation to produce
finished 25 and 50 watt micro-fuel cell based power
units for DoD applications.
• Instituted enterprise metrics systems and lean
manufacturing principal’s at all operational levels.
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4. Latex International
Sr. VP Operations / CTO
• Led an aggressive re-build after a devastating fire
in 2001
• Spearheaded capital expansion that re-doubled
production.
• Organized the companies first 5-year strategic
capital plan.
• Instituted an enterprise-wide metrics system and
lean manufacturing basics.
• Top-Graded all operational and technical
leadership positions.
• Assisted in the selection and N.A. Expansion of 2
new Greenfield fabrication sites.
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5. GCE Technologies
VP-Business Development / GM
• Fast business turn-around of Metal Products
Division (5 months from -18 to 0 net)
• Launched the first comprehensive
operations plan.
• Led the development of the companies first
strategic plan.
• Introduced Lean Enterprise concepts to all
divisions.
• Led all the technical functions including
engineering and the laser laboratory,
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6. Vernay Laboratories, Inc.
VP – New Product Development
• Improved prototype development time from 3
months to 3 days.
• Improved NPD from 3 years to 3 months.
• Led the International Technical Network Team.
• Primary “owner” of the QS/ISO/GMP quality
system.
• Introduced Lean manufacturing Principals the
NPD process.
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7. Dow Chemical U.S.A.
• Built a field sales and service organization that grew from $5mm
to $50mm.
• Developed operations procedures and safety standards for the
field service organization.
• Built and Led the Automotive Plastics Interior and Structural
Group.
• Built and managed the N.E. Service Laboratory (Dowell Division)
• Trained in Planned Innovations – a method to “fast-track” new
product/markets.
• US Marketing Manager for Mineral Processing Chemicals.
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8. Personal Data
• BS – Mechanical Engineering, Fairmont State University, Fairmont
WV
• Certification – Electronics M.C.V. Technical Center, Fairmont WV
• Technical and Leadership Short Courses:
• Sloan/MIT – Managing Technical Professionals
• Dow Chemical U.S.A. – Product Market / Planned Innovations
• University of Dayton – Many Lean Courses
• W. Edwards Deming – Quality, Productivity and Competitive Position
• Kepner / Tregoe – Professional Project Planning and True Cost Analysis
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9. Tool Chest:
• Turn-around, fast growth and Greenfield build experience.
• Strong Project Planning and “Speed to Market” Skills.
• Expense and Capital Budgeting, P & L.
• Lean Enterprise Expertise.
• Planned Innovation Methods.
• General Management Experience.
• Get’s the people side of the business.
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10. Leadership Style:
• Frank’s leadership style is hands-on; his approach is
situational. Depending on the human resource challenge, he
adjusts his approach to the individual/group and the situation.
• In this process, he can facilitate/delegate, persuade or lead.
• Having been trained in “Top-grading” and enterprise
optimization, Frank has recruited and built professional
teams that “get the job done”.
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