Experience

Hagie Manufacturing

• United States
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• System Engineer

  • Oct 2022 - Present

  Clarion, Iowa, United States

• Program Management Intern

  • Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

  Clarion, Iowa, United States As a Program Manager, I am responsible for leading the implementation of projects to ensure program goals are met and are on-time and on-budget, meeting the schedule, functionality, and cost requirements throughout. Presenting and reporting to leadership through company, department, and management meetings is vital to ensuring alignment on program status and direction. Specific duties include: • Providing risk assessment when needed or be ability to discuss risks • Manage and monitor… Show more As a Program Manager, I am responsible for leading the implementation of projects to ensure program goals are met and are on-time and on-budget, meeting the schedule, functionality, and cost requirements throughout. Presenting and reporting to leadership through company, department, and management meetings is vital to ensuring alignment on program status and direction. Specific duties include: • Providing risk assessment when needed or be ability to discuss risks • Manage and monitor program scopes • Building a cohesive and unified project team • Ensuring the team makes data-based decisions, driven for resolution on issues found during project development • Utilizing Vision and CAR (Corrective Action Review) processes • Establishing a got-your-back mentality to ensure team members are after program success and not their own • Ability to work with all cross functional groups in the organization • Work directly with the Hagie New Product Program Manager and program management team members.



DeDecker Farms

• Livestock & Operations Manager

  • Jan 2014 - Present

  Altoona, IA Manage and care for a small herd of crossbred beef cattle and hogs on the beautiful DeDecker farm - located in central Iowa. Duties include managing barns, formulating feed rations, caring for daily livestock needs and marketing meat products locally. Duties also include managing vegetable and fruit production - tending to acres of sweet corn, tomatoes, peppers, and beans, as well as hay, row crop products, and a small apple orchard of nearly 30 trees.



Iowa Select Farms

• United States
• Farming
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Ag Engineer

  • Apr 2021 - Feb 2022

  Iowa Falls, Iowa, United States Working as part of a team committed to a highly collaborative installation and research project on positive pressure filtration, an innovative technology Iowa Select Farms is implementing to prevent the spread of viruses into sow farms. Positive pressure filtration pulls the air into the facility through special dormers lining on one side of each barn, then through filter banks, up into the attic then down into the barns through ceiling inlets. Job duties and responsibilities… Show more Working as part of a team committed to a highly collaborative installation and research project on positive pressure filtration, an innovative technology Iowa Select Farms is implementing to prevent the spread of viruses into sow farms. Positive pressure filtration pulls the air into the facility through special dormers lining on one side of each barn, then through filter banks, up into the attic then down into the barns through ceiling inlets. Job duties and responsibilities included: - Troubleshoot and repair issues with the ventilation system to gain an understanding of how the system functions to prevent disease entry and provide the ideal environment for the pigs - Completing barn audits for quality assurance - Programming and monitoring ventilation controllers - Developing troubleshooting manuals and SOPs for farm managers - Project and crew management/leadership - Analyzing and interpreting data - Assisting in project design, planning and implementation - Identifying improvements that can be made to the ventilation and filtration system and implement company wide Show less



Iowa State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student Peer Mentor

  • Aug 2020 - Jan 2022

  Ames, Iowa, United States Lead and organize weekly class meetings with freshmen engineering students in the Agricultural engineering department. I assist students each week as they complete interactive labs, participate in industry tours, listen to guest speakers and presenters, and assist them in planning for their future academic careers at Iowa State. In my free time, I also tutor some of my students and assist them with questions about various engineering courses.



Ruan Transportation Management Systems

• United States
• Truck Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Operations Intern

  • Dec 2018 - Aug 2020

  Des Moines, Iowa Developed online sites and web-based apps using Microsoft Powerapps and Sharepoint for company and department use in technology, transportation and administration. Designed, tested and troubleshooted apps and forms for optimal performance and established work flows for various administrative tasks.



Sukup Manufacturing Co.

• United States
• Farming
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Manufacturing Engineering Intern

  • May 2019 - Aug 2019

  Sheffield, Iowa Worked alongside manufacturing specialists with grain dryers to build, test, troubleshoot and inspect technological components, including wiring, electronics and motors. Developed a set of detailed work instructions for future training purposes, and trained several other interns and employees on building and troubleshooting grain dryer electronics.