Shawn Gum
Business Development Engineer at SEKISUI KYDEX- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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SEKISUI KYDEX
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United States
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Plastics Manufacturing
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100 - 200 Employee
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Business Development Engineer
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Apr 2022 - Present
As the Business Development Engineer, I am the technical point of contact to identify market opportunities for new and existing markets by visiting, educating, and providing solutions to prospective accounts. In this role, I provide training and expertise to customer and prospects regarding KYDEX® Thermoplastics, Part Design & Prototyping, Product Applications, etc. I connect the R&D, Business Development and appLab™ teams together with customers to move their project forward.
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Applications Engineer
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2016 - Apr 2022
- Collaborate with customers and other functional areas within SEKISUI SPI (sales,marketing, production) to identify investigate, develop, and commercialize newthermoplastic applications.- Establish strong customer relationships across market segments by leading project and program activities to provide technical solutions for current projects and providing added value by developing integrated solutions and education about them for future ready-to-use projects.- Demonstrate a working knowledge of market segments, regulatory requirements, customerneeds, and competitive products by investigating and providing feedback to the business and technical groups.- Provide technical solutions, interpretations, and design optimization to our key accounts insupport of SEKISUI SPI product lines and processes to add and enhance value to our customer relationships. Show less
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Technical Service Specialist
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2012 - 2016
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Laboratory Technician
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2007 - 2012
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Color Technician
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2004 - 2007
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Extruder Operator
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Aug 2002 - Apr 2004
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Education
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The University of Alabama
Master of Arts - MA, Management -
Pennsylvania College of Technology
Bachelor of Science - BS, Plastics and Polymer Engineering Technology -
Pennsylvania College of Technology
Associate of Science - AS, Plastics and Polymer Engineering Technology