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Tim Kuster
President
NAILS - N - PAILS, INC.
2843 Wilderness Lane, Estes Park, CO. 80517
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
- Passed the National Home Inspectors Exam
- 12 year’s experience in home improvement projects including remodeling, deck building, home maintenance, limited electrical, framing, drywall, painting, roofing, plumbing, heating, general contracting and handyman projects.
- 5 years residential Home Inspection experience.
- 4 years experience in radon gas testing and mitigation
- 14 years experience in design and manufacturing engineering
EDUCATION
- Western Regional Training Center, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Radon Measurement and Mitigation Operators Course, January 2003
- National Environmental Health Association, Residential Mitigation Provider ID# 102731 RMT
- National Environmental Health Association Residential Measurement Provider ID# 102730 RT
- Carson Dunlop & Associates Ltd., ASHI @ Home, Home Inspection Training System, February 2004
- Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI., MBA Prerequisites, 1992 - 1994
- B.S. Industrial Engineering, St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA., 1981 - 1987
- Associates Degree, Electronic Engineering Technology, Scott Community College, Bettendorf, IA. 1978 - 1980
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
NAILS - N - PAILS, INC., Estes Park, Colorado April 1995 to Present
Owner/Operator
Perform all facets of owning and operation of a successful Home Improvement services company including, home inspection and radon gas testing and mitigation.
Weil Mclain - Benton Harbor, Michigan July 1990 to April 1995
Senior Industrial Engineer
Weil McLain is the leading manufacturer of commercial and residential boilers. The Benton Harbor plant produced all the associated boiler sheet metal products and performed light assembly.
- Maintenance of incentive based production rate system
- Mapics MRP II accounting system
- Responsible for the performance of a Volstatic powder coating paint system
- Part programmer for an Amanda FMS sheet metal punch press
- Responsible for the quality performance of a three stage iron phospatising sheet metal cleaning system
- Associated with all the sheet metal fabricating processes; shearing, punching, welding and painting
- Cost estimating; plant layout, new product research and introduction, capital budgeting
United Technologies Automotive - Niles, Michigan December 1989 to June 1990 Industrial Engineer
This plant manufactured steering wheels and air bag covers for Chrysler, Ford and GM.
- Established a Just in Time assembly operation
- Team member for documenting failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) using the 8-D approach for Ford Q101 quality program
NEAPCO, Inc., Beatrice, Nebraska March 1989 to August 1989
Industrial Engineer
Manufacturer of after market universal joints and front wheel drive constant velocity joints.
- Interim Maintenance Supervisor
- Member of SPC implementing team for Ford Q101
- Developed process flow for CNC equipment including Okuma LC20 lathes, Ex-Cell-O milling and grinding centers, Varanelli vertical broaches and Famir milling and grinding centers
- Initiated employee involvement program
Notifier Company - Lincoln, Nebraska April 1988 to January 1989
Manufacturing Engineer
Notifier is a manufacturer of residential/commercial fire alarm systems and associated equipment.
- Established "Just in Time" assembly operation for printed circuit boards and sheet metal fabrication involving Strippit turrent punch presses, brakes and spot welding equipment
- Monitored powder coating painting process
- Project Engineer for contract manufacturing
- Automated assembly devices including Dynaperts VCD-F axial auto insertion equipment, Electroverts wave soldering equipment, aqueous cleaner and Zehntel in process automatic test equipment.
Clifton Precision; Litton Corporation, Davenport, Iowa February 1981 to April 1988
Mechanical Design Technician
- Built, tested and modified design engineering prototypes of mechanical/electrical air separation devices.
- Performed classical industrial engineering duties including liaison between design engineering and manufacturing engineering.
Gasboy Pumps - Davenport, Iowa June 1980 to February 1981
Computer Field Service Representative
- Traveled Midwest repairing and installing computerized fuel management systems
- Extensive customer interaction
United States Marine Corp December 1973 to December 1977
Electrical Equipment Repairman
- Overhaul of mobile field electrical generators and plumbing equipment
- Honorably discharged as an E5 Sergeant
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Certified Inspector - American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI)
ASHI Chapter, Northern Colorado Association of Home Inspectors , Loveland Colorado
Affiliate Member of the Estes Park Board of Realtors, Estes Park, Colorado
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