Tom Shireman

Tom Shireman is a proven manufacturing expert with 35 years of experience building batteries. Over 30 years of this experience has been in manufacturing, building and managing the factory for silver-zinc battery production at EaglePicher Technologies. As Head of Manufacturing and Plant Manager for EaglePicher, Tom was responsible for over $100 million in revenue which was played out in over 30 different chemistries and in varying formats. Some of Tom’s certifications and oversights include: Total Safety Evaluation (TSE) and DUPONT STOP, Safety Program Leader, Team Building/Leadership, Manufacturing Operating System (MOS) Implementation Leader, Factory P&L Accountability, Cost Reduction/Avoidance Program Leader, LEI Toyota Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Green Belt and Plant Preventive Maintenance Oversight Leader. In practitioning his learnings around MOS and LSS, Tom’s track record is one of consistent over-delivery when it comes to on-time customer delivery, manufacturing cost management, shop scrap reduction and improved safety incident rates.