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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. Questions ??? IDM 288: Daniel Newsome interview by Alex McGinnis
4/26/2010

12. Contact Information
Alex McGinnis
Daniel Newsome
Joan Burtner
IDM 288: Daniel Newsome interview by Alex McGinnis
4/26/2010