Josh Chernin

Current

General Manager at Web Industries
Chief Ghostwriter at Writing and Editing (dba)

Past

Chairman of the Board at Acton Economic and Industrial Corporation
Plant Manager at Admiral Metals
Plant Manager at North American Directory Corporation

Member, Board of Directors at Cambridge Somerville Big Brother Association
Research Associate at Cambridge Research Institute
Intern at Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition
Mango Picker at Kibbutz Nir Aliyahu, Israel

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Education

Harvard Business School
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Newton North High School

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Recommended

5 people have recommended Josh

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Medical Devices

Websites

Josh Chernin’s Summary

Business leader, mostly in manufacturing and manufacturing services, with a consistent history of operational, sales and financial improvements. Skilled at creating the big picture and helping people to understand it. Experienced in every functional aspect of business; good at pulling the pieces together, hiring great people, and making it happen.

During my time at Web Industries I have led the division for which I'm responsible from heavy losses to record profits, and been involved with (and led in some cases) many corporate-level projects in different functional areas. These include MIS, Sales, Finance, and Operations projects. I have a reputation for being able to figure things out and get things done.

I Twitter on solar thin films at: @JoshChernin

Josh Chernin’s Specialties:

I am good at learning fast and integrating that learning into relevant applications. I've landed two 8-figure accounts in a sales leadership position. Leadership; integration and coordination between functions; project management, and sales. Lean and six-sigma; ISO 9001 and 13485; MIS and implementation of ERP systems; building and moving into new facilities; managing capital projects, from financing to qualifications; and, in a prior life, marketing research and management consulting.

Josh Chernin’s Experience

General Manager

Web Industries

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Medical Devices industry)

February 1994 — Present (15 years 10 months)

Web provides outsource manufacturing services specializing in flexible materials converting, and serves the medical, solar, wire and cable, personal care, and aerospace markets. We work in any flexible material including composites, thin-film solar photovoltaics, nonwovens, and conductive printing substrates.

Responsible for P&L and all operations at the northeast (Boston) division of Web Industries. Heavily involved in a number of corporate activities including major sales, finance, capital structure, MIS and acquisitions.

* Led division from heavy losses to record profits.
* Implemented new ERP and ISO systems.
* Developed, designed, built and moved into a new 77,000 sq foot facility.
* Built a great staff and implemented rapid-review systems.
* Reduced receivables per $ of sales by 40%.
* Cost of Quality reduced to a fraction of 1%.
* Managed several large capital expenditures, installations, and qualifications.
Chief Ghostwriter

Writing and Editing (dba)

(Writing and Editing industry)

1981 — Present (28 years )

Writing of all kinds...business, satire, short stories, stream-of-consciousness...

and, editing of all kinds. I guarantee that I can reduce the length of your piece, improve the logic, and make it tight and concise.

Several of my articles have been published in industry magazines and I have edited several newsletters for industry associations.
Chairman of the Board

Acton Economic and Industrial Corporation

(Public Policy industry)

2004 — 2006 (2 years )

The Acton EDIC is a quasi-public economic development firm dedicated to raising business tax revenues for the town in ways consistent with the Master Plan. I led the writing of the enabling legislation, testified twice before committees of the Massachusetts Legislature, and led the recruitment of a high-powered Board of Directors, before leaving to pursue other interests.
Plant Manager

Admiral Metals

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Mining & Metals industry)

1993 — 1994 (1 year )

Responsible for all plant operations at this metals service center.
Plant Manager

North American Directory Corporation

(Printing industry)

1987 — 1993 (6 years )

Responsible for all plant operations at this printer of telephone books.
Member, Board of Directors

Cambridge Somerville Big Brother Association

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

June 1984 — June 1988 (4 years 1 month)

Helped to drive revenue increases by working with local corporations to increase the recognition of their donations.
Research Associate

Cambridge Research Institute

(Management Consulting industry)

1981 — 1986 (5 years )

Researched and consulted in telecommunications and anti-trust. Heavily involved in consulting around the 1984 AT&T divestiture and in assisting what became the regional operating companies. Anti-trust activities included assisting expert witnesses in preparing arguments around a case involving bid-rigging in the oil industry.
Intern

Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition

(Government Relations industry)

January 1981 — June 1981 (6 months)

Researched sources of federal grants, loans and loan guarantees related to energy savings; assisted in analysis of 1981 federal budget.
Mango Picker

Kibbutz Nir Aliyahu, Israel

(Farming industry)

June 1980 — September 1980 (4 months)

Picked mangos....tons and tons of them. Met a lot of neat people from all over the world....and picked a lot of mangos.

Josh Chernin’s Education

Harvard Business School

MBA , Operations , 1984 — 1986
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

BA , Economics , 1977 — 1981

Activities and Societies:

Internship at the Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition, Washington DC.
Minored in English and statistics.
Newton North High School

BS , Hanging Out , 1974 — 1977

Additional Information

Josh Chernin’s Websites:

Josh Chernin’s Interests:

Professional: General Management, MIS, sales, acquisitions. Community: Local economic development. Personal: Writing and Editing; Sailing, flying, woodworking, meteorology, Little League Baseball (coached 14 Little League, summer travel, and Babe Ruth teams, and six local basketball teams). I was also a Big Brother in the Big Brother Association for five years, and have maintained contact with my Little Brother ever since.

Josh Chernin’s Groups:

Chairman of the Board, Acton (MA) Economic Development Industrial Corp. 2004-6
Member, Acton Economic Development Committee, 2001-2004
Member and Vice-Chairman, Acton Planning Board, 1993-2000
Testified twice before committees of the Massachusetts Legislature.

Member, Greater Boston Manufacturing Partnership.