J. Rick Creed
President and CEO
Mr. Creed is President and CEO of Weber Metals Inc., a leading supplier of aluminum
and titanium forgings. He is a manufacturing and forging industry veteran with over
34 years of experience.
Background: Mr. Creed's primary focus was in operations
and general management of companies both in the United States and overseas including
heavy press Aero-Turbine forging, heavy press Aero-Structures forging, Rolled Ring
forging and manufacture of industrial and oil field machinery. Served
as Director, Vice President, and President of the Forging Industry Association and is currently active on the FIA Nominating Committee and the Forging Industry Association Political Action Committee. He received his BSIE from Louisiana
State University and his MBA from University of Houston.
Paul Dennis
Vice President and CFO
Responsibilities: Management of Finance and Accounting,
Human Resources, Procurement, Raw Material Purchasing and ERP.
Background: Prior to Weber Metals, Paul has experience
in both heavy industry and the service sector. Paul also worked as Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers
responsible for Weber Metals. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for
the Paramount Chamber of Commerce and also sits on the Business Participation Committee
of the Paramount Education Partnership. Paul holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree
from USC in Accounting and Business Taxation.
John Chierichetti
Vice President of Manufacturing
Responsibilities: Manage Manufacturing Engineering,
Material Control, and the die forging and hand forging product lines.
Background: John has been in the forging industry
his entire career starting as an Industrial Engineer in 1984 at the Alcoa Vernon
Works. John has been at Weber since 1988, he has held positions in Manufacturing
Engineering, product development, and departmental supervision. John has a hands
on management approach and has a thorough understanding of the forging process.
He earned his Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering at Cal Poly San Luis
Obispo.
Bob Naumann
Vice President
Responsibilities: Management of
Quality Assurance, Plant Maintenance, and Facilities
Background: Throughout his 38 years in the forging
industry, Bob has been involved in Engineering as it relates to product and tooling
design, manufacturing processes and Quality Assurance. Bob has a BSME from CSULB
Abi Dehbozorgi
Director of Metallurgy
Responsibilities: Process and Product Metallurgy,
Metallurgical Planning and Product Testing
Background:Abi has over 20 years of forging experience
covering; forging design, metallurgical/quality planning, heat treating, and testing
of ferrous and non-ferrous alloys for the commercial and military aerospace. Abi
holds a B.Sc. degree in Metallurgy and Microstructural Engineering from the Sheffield
Hallam University, England (formerly Sheffield City Polytechnic) and has completed
the coursework portion of the Master of Metallurgy (M.Met) at the University of
Sheffield, England. He is the recipient of the Silver Snoopy award for contributions
towards forging of Incoloy 903 and Titanium alloy 5Al-2.5Sn
Darin Teevans
Director of Engineering
Responsibilities: Management of Engineering, Estimating
and Planning
Background: Darin started his career in the forging
industry 25 years ago. Starting as a Design Engineer, he has worked his way through
the Methods department at Aluminum Company of America to his current position at
Weber Metals, Inc. as Director of Engineering. He joined Weber Metals, Inc. over
11 years ago and manages the Design department along with the Estimating and Planning
department.
Woods P. Till III
Lean Enterprise Manager
Responsibilities: Mr. Till joined Weber Metals in
2006 and is responsible for leading Weber Metals fully-integrated Continuous Improvement
Program.
Background: Mr. Till has over 40 years experience in the manufacturing
environment (electronic, mechanical, and metals) and has been involved in continuous
improvements in global environments. His strengths are in the application of Lean
Manufacturing and continuous process improvement techniques. Prior to joining Weber
Metals, Mr. Till held the position of Lean Enterprise Manager with Smiths Aerospace
Mechanical Systems - Los Angeles where he was the 2005 recipient of the Move the
Dial Award, granted by Smiths Aerospace for distinguished accomplishments in the
development of high performance improvement teams both domestically and internationally.
Mr. Till has a degree in Business Management, was inducted into the America’s Registry
of Outstanding Professionals for 2003 and is a contributing member of the Lean Enterprise
Institute and other web based continuous improvement institutions.