James Breest
Spring Grove, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolJames Breest is an experienced operations and manufacturing leader with over 15 years scaling fabrication and visual marketing businesses from garage-sized startups to 10,000+ sq. ft. production facilities. He combines hands-on production expertise—spanning print, CNC, laser, screen printing, laminating and vehicle wraps—with procurement and estimating leadership to deliver national rollouts and multimillion-dollar projects with under 2% rework rates. Known for applying Lean principles and KPI-driven systems, he has driven as much as 80% cost reduction, shortened lead times by 30%, and built repeatable workflows across 10+ departments and teams of 65+. A pragmatic problem-solver and coach, he designs training programs and operational playbooks that preserve quality under aggressive timelines while maintaining regulatory compliance. Based in Spring Grove, IL, he brings entrepreneurial grit from decades of owner-operator experience and a penchant for “complicated outside-the-box” solutions that turn craft skills into scalable, repeatable manufacturing processes.
5 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Social Psychology, Social Psychology at Black Hawk CollegeBusiness Management, Business Management at Southern Illinois University, CarbondaleNon-Profit/Public/Organizational Management, Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management at Roosevelt University
Github Skills (10)
blockchain9
hardhat9
ethereum9
solidity9
smart-contracts9
tooling9
debugging9
javascript8
typescript7
string-formatting1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (4)
breestemma/metamask-improvement-proposals
Jul 2023 - Aug 2023
Contributions:1 push in 29 days
breestemma/breestemma
May 2021 - May 2021
Contributions:1 commit, 1 branch in 1 day
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