Lonnie Prater - Bio

Summary

Mr. Prater is the Co-program manager of Simultaneous Engineering for the new Holden Corp/ Marubeni Corp. engine plant  in Australia and has extensive experience in all areas of manufacturing   He has a comprehensive background In Manufacturing Program Management, Processing Benchmarking, Advance Quality Planning, ISO-9001, QS-9000 QS-14000, Manufacturing Engineering, Ford Total Preventive Maintenance (FTPM) and Reliability and Maintainability (R&M).  His accomplishments include three new program launches and extensive work on Ford's experimental gas turbine engines.  He held positions at Lockheed Missile & Space Company and Excell-o turbine engine components manufacturing plant.  He spent time In Japan and Europe studying the auto Industry's best practices. He was one of the original architects of the Romeo Engine plant.   He was part of a cross-functional product t engineering team studying surface finishes and engine design for the modular engine program.

Professional Experience

Pinnacle Associates,                                                                          2001 to present

o   Associate

Ford Motor Company                                                                               1971 to 2001

o   Area Manager, Romeo

o   Superintendent

o   Planning Specialist

o   Supervisor, Lima

o   Supervisor, Toledo

Excell-o                                                                                                     1967 to 1971

o   Senior Engineering Consultant

Lockheed                                                                                                  1965 to 1967

o   Senior Engineering Consultant

Education

BS Management Supervision

o   Central Michigan University

Ford Executive Training

o   University of Michigan