Dan Carlson
Business Development Manager at ITW Deltar Fasteners- Claim this Profile
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German Elementary proficiency
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Swedish Elementary proficiency
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Bio
Credentials
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GD&T Technologist
ASME (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
Experience
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ITW Deltar Fasteners
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United States
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Automotive
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1 - 100 Employee
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Business Development Manager
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Jun 2017 - Present
Studying multiple automotive product segments including ADAS, for the possibility of investment. Benchmarking, research plans, expert interviews and internet research. Large contact networks in several business areas. Becoming subject matter aware via both real and virtual teardowns. Data collection, segmentation, and noting of trends to understand risks vs. benefits.
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Account Manager
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May 2015 - May 2017
Introduced Cabin Pressure Relief Valve (PRV) business expansion opportunities to ITW Deltar Fasteners. Built trusted advisor relationships as a supplier of PRVs. Added to the bid list at 4 global car companies. Developed, tested, and quoted PRVs for all 4 companies. Closed sales on 4 vehicle platforms. Launches in process during 2017 and 2018. Designed in Siemens NX. Applied for five PRV-related patents.
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Carlson Consulting and Training
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Fenton, Michigan, USA
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GD&T Instructor
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1998 - Present
Taught Geometric Tolerancing (GD&T) Fundamentals, GD&T Advanced Concepts and Tolerance Stacks. Developed Datum Schemes and GD&T callouts. Conducted Tolerance Stacks on mechanical assemblies. Taught Geometric Tolerancing (GD&T) Fundamentals, GD&T Advanced Concepts and Tolerance Stacks. Developed Datum Schemes and GD&T callouts. Conducted Tolerance Stacks on mechanical assemblies.
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ZF Group
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Germany
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Principal Product Engineer - ADAS Cameras
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Oct 2011 - May 2015
Mechanical Design around electronics and optics. Developed forward looking driver-assist (DAS) cameras and brackets. Helped secure global car and heavy truck OEM business. Effective presenter of innovative camera designs and engineering analyses. Collaborated with customers while negotiating their requirements in the DOORS database. Worked with CFD and thermal analysis supplier to characterize the thermal profile in the area of the camera. Geometric Tolerancing Instructor and subject matter expert. CAD packages: NX and CATIA. Show less
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Technical Sales Engineer
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Mar 2007 - Oct 2011
Sold cabin pressure relief valves to multiple global OEMs. Interfaced with customer engineering, manufacturing, and quality departments. Trusted advisor and airflow problem-solver. Grew the business while maintaining existing vehicle content. Trained and mentored 3 new pressure relief valve engineers. Developed solutions that worked immediately in several vehicle applications.
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Application Engineer
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2004 - Mar 2007
Customer technical interface. Subject matter expert for Cabin Pressure Relief Valves (PRVs). Developed PRVs for all customers.
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Product Development Leader
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Nov 2000 - 2004
Supervised Unigraphics designers. Developed Automotive Cabin Pressure Relief Valves. Checked drawings. Interfaced with all OEM customers. Taught Geometric Tolerancing (GD&T) and Tolerance Stacks to several departments across corporation.
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Product Development Engineer
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Jun 1998 - Nov 2000
Developed Automotive Interior Switches for GM programs. Processed PPAP packages. Taught GD&T and Tolerance Stacks throughout the corporation.
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Education
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1990 - 1994
Michigan Technological University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering -
1986 - 1988
Michigan Technological University
Associate of Applied Science - AAS, Mechanical Design Engineering Technology
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