Don Dees - Executive Summary - April 14, 2010

Donald (Don) Dees

6600-1 East Franklin Road
Norman, OK 73026
Mobile: 616.902.2894
dd8e553c@westpost.net

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Administration (Finance and Production Manageme
nt)
General Motors Institute (1977 - 1982)
Management Honor Society: Dean's List
General Motors Co-op Program

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
* Harvard Graduate Business School - Executive Development
* Shainin Black Belt/Six Sigma
* The Wharton School (U of Penn) - Operational Restructuring Panel
* Phillip Crosby Quality College
* Allen Bradley PLC Computer Schools

HOBBIES
Five children (12-21 years)
Play golf, bird hunting, watch soccer
Church and Charities
Helped the Donations Committee for a major Charity to develop a full-length feat
ure film called "Gimmee Shelter"

CEO, PRESIDENT AND OPERATIONS EXPERIENCE

Mr. Dees has over 30 years of leadership experience in world-class manufacturing
that include the Domestic "Big 3", European, and Asian manufacturers. Mr. Dees
joined BHM as the President and CEO in May, 2007. BHM was sold in late 2009, and
Mr. Dees is currently working for Matcor/Matsu, the purchaser, implementing the
acquisition. Prior to joining BHM, Mr. Dees held the positions of Vice Presiden
t of Quality and Service at Hyundai Motor America; VP of Manufacturing and VP of
Quality at Daimler Chrysler; General Manager of Quality and Manufacturing at To
yota; and, while at General Motors Corporation, Mr. Dees held executive position
s of increasing responsibility in the United States, Canada, Germany, and Englan
d. Mr. Dees has experience managing an operations business (with the revenues t
hat he was responsible for) of greater than $20 billion and responsible for over
25,000 people.
MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES & IMPROVEMENT
Mr. Dees has a very good understanding of TPS. He has introduced and successful
ly implemented comprehensive lean manufacturing processes including, Toyota Prod
uction System, Standardized Operations, SQDCM Corporation Metrics, Throughput Ma
nagement Process, Quality Gate Launch Process, Detailed Plant Floor Layered Proc
ess Audits, Six Sigma Black Belt Process, Stamping and Welding Standards and Dai
ly Financial Total Cost Management Tracking, Supply Chain Development. Mr. Dees
was the leading American for the Toyota Indiana Plants (2) for five (5) years.
He developed the TPS Training Program and personally trained the first 600 peop
le hired by the company. In addition, he started up the Opel Eisenach Plant in
East Germany and the CAMI Plant in Ontario, Canada.

DIVERSE INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

Mr. Dees has three (3) years experience running a company that makes specialized
products for John Deere, Caterpillar, CNH and others. Mr. Dees is currently he
lping Matcor bid on work in aerospace and defense; working with TACOM, other gov
ernment qualification offices, and with many prime contractors. Obviously, he h
as vast experience in manufacturing processes, manufacturing systems, industrial
engineering, and product development engineering, quality systems, global sourc
ing, inventory control, logistics, and distribution management. Mr. Dees also l
ead the Investment Banking Initiative to rise Millions of Dollars of new funding
for the Company; working with Rothschild, on Wall Street.

LEADERSHIP & EXPERIENCE WORKING ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION

1. Mr. Dees Lead Hyundai's Quality and Service Improvement initiatives. Under
Don's leadership; Hyundai improved to the top #1 non-luxury vehicle name plate a
nd third position overall (3rd out of 70) (behind Porsche and Lexes).
2. In addition, while VP of Quality at DaimlerChrysler;
A. We achieved over $1 Billion savings per year on improvements in the cost of w
arranties. Said another way; we cut the Warranty cost per car in half through t
he initiatives introduced under Don's Leadership.
B. We implemented an overall Strategic Initiative for the entire company; includ
ing; manufacturing, supplier quality, engineering and service. Don implemented t
raining, measurement, and efficiency procedures that significantly strengthened
our overall quality results.
C. We introduced the Shainin Black Belt/Six Sigma Process to our company; traini
ng over 1,000 people and saving over $100K per year.
3. In addition, while at Toyota; Mr. Dees lead the plant to win numerous Qualit
y Awards; including; JD Power, Consumers Report, Truck of the Year

Don Dees - March 2010

Donald (Don) Dees

6600-1 East Franklin Road
Norman, OK 73026
Mobile: 616.902.2894
dd8e553c@westpost.net