DAVID B. (“DUSTY”) RHODES, MBA
Founder and CEO
Waypoint Bellwether™
Your Link to International Production
and Resources
Expert Navigator in the Worldwide Arena of Manufacturing and Resources
Electronics / Technical Components
and Import / Export of Metals and Components for the Tool & Die Industry
With an impressive 30 year career in international business and engineering, Dusty
Rhodes steers the operations of Waypoint Bellwether™ and
directs the fulfillment of its core mission to bring quality products and services
to the global marketplace. To his clientele of OEM’s, custom molders, tool or mold
shops, die casters, inventors and industrial designers, Rhodes offers a multicultural
and multi-industry background that gives him expertise in the playing fields for
the production and delivery of a vast number of product types including automotive,
electronics, electrical, medical / healthcare, fiber optics, appliances, recreational,
consumer products, toys and more.
Rhodes brings to the table a comprehensive worldwide consulting and production resource
network. His past residences in Europe and Asia; and extensive travel in South America,
Mexico and India give him a unique perspective in the negotiation of product development
and manufacturing, procurement of raw metals, import / export protocol and process,
and the sales and service of equipment produced by foreign manufacturers. This has
resulted in a hands-on integrity that his clients trust explicitly. The highly recognizable
corporate names that appear in Rhodes’ C.V. include, Johnson Controls, Lamson
& Sessions, Inc., Nypro Chen Precision Moulding Co., Ltd. and Mattel, Inc.
A SPECIALTY IN PLASTICS MANUFACTURING
Key to Rhodes’ success with Waypoint Bellwether™ is the
lengthy entry of plastics experience within his resume. His career began as an apprentice
mold maker, and after he achieved his Journeyman Card in mold making, he expanded
into mold design. His experience includes the processes of injection molding,
structural foam molding, gas assist, blow molding, both extrusion and injection,
rotational cast molding, rotomolding and die casting. He has also
executed the building and troubleshooting of new tool start-up’s
Rhodes’ knowledge of resin materials is extensive and includes additional knowledge
about secondary operations including additive packages such as flame retardants,
foaming agents and decorative enhancers like glitter, just to name a few.
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS
In addition to his MBA and BS in Business Administration
from the University of Phoenix, Rhodes was awarded a Certificate in Plastics
Technology from Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan; and
received a Journeyman Card in Moldmaking from the National
Tool and Die Association.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILATIONS
Rhodes maintains active professional memberships in the Society of Plastics
Engineers (SPE), Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), North American Die Cast
Association (NADCA), and the Manufacturers’ Agents National Association (MANA).
PATENTS AND PUBLISHING CREDITS
Rhodes is a U.S. Patented Inventor for the Cargo-Retaining Bar Support; and was
published by PlasticsNews as the author of “Planning prevents
problems with China” in its April 2005 issue.