Interview with Daniel Newsome at H.C.Brill Presented by Alex McGinnis

Overview Current Occupation Education Information Work Environment Career Choice Mercer Education Experience Questions Contact Information IDM 288: Daniel Newsome interview by Alex McGinnis 4/26/2010

Current Occupation H.C.Brill TPM Coordinator Enjoys his job Works on reducing costs and continually leads plant towards improvement H.C.Brill is an industrial bakery that makes cakes, cookies, and pastries for grocery store bakeries and restaurant chains. Total Productive Maintenance is a Japanese continuous improvement program similar to LEAN and Six Sigma. IDM 288: Daniel Newsome interview by Alex McGinnis 4/26/2010

Educational Information Graduated from Mercer in 2007 with a B.S. in Industrial Management and Economics and had minors in Math and Business Administration Working on Six Sigma Black Belt and CQE Planning to get MBA Worked at General Steel in Macon, Ga CQE – Certified Quality Engineer. An MBA is needed to become a plant manager. Duties at General Steel included tracking KPIs ( key performance indicators) and supporting improvement projects IDM 288: Daniel Newsome interview by Alex McGinnis 4/26/2010

Work Environment Different routine every day Lead meetings to implement TPM and reduce costs Need communication skills and some analytical and computer skills Comparable or above average benefits 45-50 hours a week Does not work weekends He is involved in every department of the business. IDM 288: Daniel Newsome interview by Alex McGinnis 4/26/2010

Work Environment Works with all people and in groups Most coworkers are not engineers Weekly reports and quarterly presentations Utilizes formal training Cost/Benefit analysis No project starts without performing cost/benefit analysis. IDM 288: Daniel Newsome interview by Alex McGinnis 4/26/2010

Work Environment Stressful deadlines Satisfying work outcome Room for improvement in profession Boss helped to grow his career Acquiring another company grows work opportunity Travels 5-6 times a year His boss, the current plant manager, is his mentor. IDM 288: Daniel Newsome interview by Alex McGinnis 4/26/2010

Career Choice One year in graduate school Accepted job at H.C.Brill in September 2008 Found job through career builder by accident Always thought that a career in engineering would be interestng Sees himself as a production or plant manager of a manufacturing facility in 5-10 years He hadn’t had any luck on career builder, and one day he hit quick apply to roughly 120 jobs it suggested and he was interviewed the next week. IDM 288: Daniel Newsome interview by Alex McGinnis 4/26/2010

Mercer Education Experience Mercer prepared him very well Feels just as prepared or more prepared than other coworkers that graduated from GA Tech Found Microeconomics, Quality Management, and Simulation to be the most helpful classes IDM 288: Daniel Newsome interview by Alex McGinnis 4/26/2010

Mercer Education Experience Found Principles of Management, Principles of Marketing, and Manufacturing Processes the least helpful classes Has read the “Goal” Realized the “Goal” was accurate and useful because he took part in turning a plant around IDM 288: Daniel Newsome interview by Alex McGinnis 4/26/2010

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Contact Information Alex McGinnis Alexander.Darrell.McGinnis@live.mercer.edu 478-278-9458 Daniel Newsome Daniel.Newsome@hcbrill.com Joan Burtner Burtner_J@mercer.edu IDM 288: Daniel Newsome interview by Alex McGinnis 4/26/2010