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Experienced Managers
United Plastics Group, Inc. is dedicated to providing our customers with products of unmatched quality and services that consistently satisfy your requirements and expectations. We appraise our performance and elevate our standards through continuous improvement efforts at all levels of the company, and strive to become the benchmark in our global markets. Our staff and managers are an outstanding group of problem solvers and we are led by a team of exceptional senior managers.

From 1996 to 1998, Shannon was a Plant Manager for two plants for Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA) in their Closure Systems International division. Here, Shannon transformed corporate culture by creating a performance-driven and team-based environment. During his time at ALCOA, he turned this poor-performing division into highly profitable and nimble business.
From 1992 to 1996, Shannon held key positions with AlliedSignal, including Manager, Materials & Customer Satisfaction for the Filters and Spark Plugs SBU; Financial Planning and Analysis Manager; and Sales and Marketing positions for Pfizer Labs.

Shannon graduated magna cum laude with an MBA from the University of Southern California and a BS in economics from the University of Utah. Shannon lives in Naperville, IL with his wife and five children.
 

Prior to joining United Plastics Group, Bruce was vice president of Piston Automotive LLC, an automotive parts assembly business for companies such as General Motors and Ford, where sales doubled in less than one year and net income was tripled under his leadership. Previous to that, Bruce was the director of manufacturing at American National Can, a $3.2 billion manufacturer of metal beverage cans, where he was responsible for six manufacturing facilities. In addition to customer satisfaction improving during Bruce's tenure, operating income improved significantly through the implementation of a variety of operational efficiency initiatives.

Bruce was president and CEO of Diesel Technology Company, a $230 million manufacturer of heavy-duty fuel injectors. In addition to improving profitability, Bruce was responsible for creating a Continuous Improvement Department that expedited improvements in quality, delivery and costs through the application of lean manufacturing principles and professional problem solving techniques.

Earlier in his career, Bruce held key positions at ITT Automotive, including plant manager for one of ITT's brake systems facilities, and manager of manufacturing systems. Previous to that, Bruce held various managerial positions at Delphi Automotive, including manager of manufacturing systems, manufacturing superintendent, and strategic planning manager.
Bruce received his MBA from Harvard University, and holds a BS in mechanical engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University.
 

Before joining UPG, Richard held key management positions at Tenneco Automotive, a $3.5 billion global manufacturing company, most recently holding the position of assistant corporate controller. From 1998 to mid 2001, Richard was the controller for Tenneco's North America original equipment business unit where he was responsible for the financial activities of this $1.4 billion segment of the company with 26 engineering and manufacturing facilities in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. Under his leadership, this business unit experienced an improvement in profitability through the implementation of a Total Value Management process.

Richard was the director of program management and marketing for Tenneco Automotive North America OE in 1998. Prior to that, while he was the director of manufacturing operations analysis at Tenneco Automotive North America OE, Richard controlled all the financial activities related to 19 manufacturing sites in North America, representing over $700 million in manufacturing cost. From 1996 to 1997, Richard was the manager of finance for Tenneco's North American original equipment exhaust.

Previously, Richard fulfilled a variety of financial roles at AlliedSignal including financial analyst for their Longlaville, France facility, senior corporate auditor, and avionics group analyst for their aerospace division.

Richard received his MBA with a concentration in finance from the University of Southern California, and graduated magna cum laude with BA in English and a minor in chemistry from the University of Utah.