Dave Outlaw - The Molders Friend

During his 35-year career, Dave Outlaw has exercised his leadership and creativity in virtually every aspect of the mold-making industry. He has served in a variety of capacities, from designer to factory manager, and his talents and technical knowledge continue to be tapped by the largest and most respected brands in the world; IBM, Unilever, Proctor & Gamble, SCJ, Black and Decker, Polaroid, Playtex, ChapStick, Rayovac, Dial, Clorox, Nestles, Tyco, J&J, Gillette, Rubbermaid, Schering Plough, Abbott Labs and Baxter Healthcare.

Training and mentoring others has long been a major part of Dave's professional profile. He has served on SPI's National Board on the Strategic Management Group for National Certification and Training. He was also the Technical Representative for Plastics to the State of Florida and reported directly to the Governor.

Dave has presented the “Molders Friend” Seminar Series to many different people in many different countries He has also presented this seminars on work force development in injection molding and has taught. "Client site" seminars for mold construction, mold design, mold processing, quality, plastic material, part design, costing, product development, and project management. He was a contributing author for the Society of Plastics Engineers, Technicians Toolbox, SPI Certification Manual as well as several- trade magazines.

Dave has completed a postgraduate degree in Architecture from The University of Texas, has a Masters of Business Science Degree from Florida Technology, and an ABD for a PhD in Organizational Development with an emphasis on Training and Performance Improvement.

Stephen R. Byrnes, Incoe Corporation

Stephen R. Byrnes is the North American Business Manager – Electronics, Medical & Packaging Markets for Incoe Corporation. He arguably has more hands-on experience in the use and operation of the injection molding and extrusion processes than any other plastics professional out there, or at least any other Plastics Technology graduate of UMass Lowell, from which he received his Bachelor of Science degree. Notable positions Steve has held include General Manager of the Northeast Region for Husky and Account Manager for Pepsi International, Vice President of Sales for HPM Corporation’s Injection Molding Machinery Division, VP at Synventive Hot Runner Systems, Director of Sales at Nypro’s Automated Assemblies and product manager for Gloucester Engineering, formerly Battenfeld Gloucester Engineering. His expertise has long been sought after by some of the world’s leading manufacturers who need injection molding machinery, auxiliaries and expertise for the manufacture of their products.

Steve also has been intensely involved and giving of the plastics industry over the years, penning numerous technical articles, being quoted by the industry’s leading press for his views and insight, contributing his time and talents to the SPE and several ANTECs, serving on the board of the Plastics Institute of America, plus sharing his special insightful knowledge as a speaker at numerous conferences and seminars. Although spending most of his career based from New England, he returned to his native Florida three years ago.

Mike Eikenberry

Mike Eikenberry has over 27 years of hands on experience in the injection molding industry. He practically grew up in the business first starting out as a toolmakers apprentice and then moving into processing with a small family-owned business in central Indiana. By utilizing his tool-making background, Mike has established a well-respected ability to troubleshoot both processing and tooling problems.

Mike has held virtually every position in Injection molding during his career path from material handler to Vice President. As chairman of the Rio Grande chapter of SPE Mike worked closely with the local El Paso community to establish training programs and industry awareness in local high schools and community colleges,including the instruction of injection molding skills to young people whose training was made possible by a grant from El Paso's Upper Workforce Development Board. A strong proponent of continued education, Mike has taught numerous employees from companies such as Delphi Automotive Systems, Lear Corporation, and Electrolux about the intricacies of " design for manufacturability".

As a well-respected member of the online injection molding community, Mike has helped hundreds of people around the world solve molding and tooling problems free of charge through community boards and chat rooms. Industry leaders have praised his knowledge and expertise in injection molding.

Mike has also developed a keen understanding of "lean manufacturing" principles, and is well versed in QS 9000, ISO and TS 16949 quality standards.

Bob Friedrich, Operations Manager of EDRO

Bob Friedrich attended Cornegie lnstitute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon) from l964 to 1968, graduated with a degree in Metallurgicol Engineering. He worked part time for U.S. Steel in the Pittsburgh area from l965 unlil l968, joining the company full time as a process metallurgist in June l968. His job experience there included working in melt shops, plate rolling mills and forging shops.

Bob joined Cann and Saul Steel Co. in the Philadelphia area in 1976, as Quality Manager. The company provided high-tech specialty forgings for the power generation, naval nuclear, aerospace and ordinance markets in carbon, alloy and stainless steels.

In 1986 he joined Lenape Forge, Inc, as Quality Manager. This move allowed him to work with a much broader range of metals which included aluminum, titanium, coper and nickel alloys.

He came on board with EDRO in 1996, to facilitate development of new materials for plastic mold tooling. In this capacity he developed RoyAlloy, a new grade of stainless steel for mold base applications. Edro successfully marketed this new grade in North America in 1998, and now ships it world-wide. Several patents have been received for it. He also developed another new alloy material - P1-FM, which is now in full production. Bob Friedrich was instrumental in setting up manufacturing of RoyAlloy in Europe and training personnel at Edro's facility in Germany.

Charlie Goodwillie, National Sales Manager EDRO Engineering & EDRO Specialty Steels, Inc.

As a leading custom mold base and specialty steel producer, EDRO has been actively involved in the plastics tooling industry for over 5 decades. During his 13 years of service with the company, Charlie has had a variety of roles within the sales and marketing department of EDRO, which have evolved to his present position of National Sales Manager. His current role includes managing EDRO’s team of regional steel salesmen, coordinating annual customer contracts, and setting pricing and promotional policies. More recently, Charlie’s responsibilities have further expanded to include working with EDRO’s end-user and OEM customers to promote and ensure global availability, consistent supply, and superior quality of EDRO products on a worldwide basis.

Charlie has been an instrumental part of EDRO’s growth during the last decade, especially in establishing the RoyAlloy™ brand name and expanding sales volumes in the high-cavitation plastic mold market.

Charlie graduated from Emerson College, Boston MA. with a B.S. degree in Mass Communications & Psychology. Prior to joining EDRO, Charlie worked in Technical Sales roles at several well-known domestic and international steel producers. In addition to the sales and marketing of high performance metals, Charlie also has experience in material failure analysis, application trouble shooting, and mold steel product recommendations in several tooling areas.

David M. Rose, Beaumont Technologies, Inc.

Dave joined Beaumont Technologies in 2001 and has been a key player in their technical sales, marketing and new business development departments. Prior to joining the BTI staff in April of 2001, Dave worked for the Plastics Technology Deployment Center at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College and as Project Engineer for their product development and tooling/process support department. He was formerly the Engineering Manager for Composiflex in Erie after working for Fisher-Price in New York. In addition to his technical sales expertise, Dave has years of experience in new product development, tooling and process development and project management. He has worked with both thermoplastic and thermosetting composite materials such as Kevlar and carbon fiber epoxies. He is also experienced in the fields of injection molding, gas-assist molding, extrusion blow molding, and resin transfer, and possesses tooling knowledge for each of these processes. Dave eamed both his Associate of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology and Bachelor of Science in Plastics Engineering Technology from Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. Dave has also authored a number of acclaimed technical papers, which have been presented at various technical conferences within the plastics and rubber industries.

Terry L. Schwenk

Terry Schwenk has over 34 years of experience in the plastics industry, including more then 22 years of specialized experience in hot runner technology. Terry’s greatest strengths are in his abilities to identify, brainstorm, conceptualize, and then deliver the best solution that fits your needs supported by a strong technical background. He also has demonstrated an ability to translate complex ideas and communicate these in such a way that your team members can fully benefit from the solution.

As member of Mold-Masters Academy, Terry is well verse at presenting training seminars globally on hot runner and injection molding technology. Terry has extensive experience and knowledge in plastics processing. His experience, not only in application suitability with Hot Runner Systems, but also integration and trouble shooting is second to none.

Terry is an active member of Society of Plastics Engineers, currently holds the position of Past Chair for Mold Making & Mold Design Division of SPE, acquired an Associates Degree in Business Administration from Lake Forest School of Management, and has several accredited patents.

Teny operates his own business, "Process & Design Technologies LLC" which offers consulting services to help companies maximize their productivity. As an associate of SWM-Associates, Teny represents Ritemp Mould Cooling Technology, an innovative new Australian mold-cooling product.