Experience

entrotech

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Process Engineer

  • Aug 2020 - Present



Brady Corporation

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Principal Project Engineer

  • Jul 2019 - Jun 2020

  • Accepted newly created role to accelerate NPD activity for sorbents product line.• Submitted novel product concept and led technical feasibility team for corporate wide Big Ideas Challenge resulting in successful 2nd place finish out of over 200 entries.• Created manufacturing cost estimates, BOMS, and routings for new parts.• Identified products with inaccurate routings in SAP and proposed corrections to Accounting team.• Led process trials and data analysis for Operations team.• Trained and mentored machine operator to skill level of quality analyst.• In 4 years with Sorbent Products business, contributed to 30% sales growth for product line. Show less

• Principal Process Engineer - SPC Operations

  • Mar 2016 - Jul 2019

  • Served as sole process engineer for 5 meltblown extrusion lines producing sorbent pads and rolls.• Responsibilities included material qualification, manufacturing support, product quality and performance improvement, process development and control, and document control.• Led kickoff Kaizen event and team that implemented manufacturing culture change resulting in 15% increase in absorbency of key products that was maintained until Operations management change.• Created comprehensive site quality KPI that was accepted by three successive Operations leaders.• Instituted/executed process auditing and run charting of product performance trends vs. targets. • Instituted/executed 8 step problem solving for quality non-conformances and customer complaints.• Created CTQ trees as an aid for Operations to understand product family differentiation.• Authored and conducted meltblown DOE trials and produced prototypes of new meltblown constructions to support marketing in winning new private label business. Show less

• Principal Process Engineer-Coated Products Manufacturing

  • Nov 2011 - Mar 2016

  • Mentored new technical staff on manufacturing processes and scale-up methodologies.• Attended on campus career fairs, interviewed candidates, and provided input for hiring decisions.• Led team that relaunched Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) software within Materials R&D.• Contributed to team that developed and launched corporate Design for Environment (DfE) initiative.• Ran trials to qualify and restart production on ~10 products after oven retrofit on existing coating line. • Scaled-up and launched new adhesive product for the automotive market with annual sales exceeding $600,000. Prepared PPAP documentation that met customer requirements. Show less

• Senior Process Engineer-Coated Products Manufacturing

  • Dec 2000 - Nov 2011

  • Led process scale-up, commercialization, and optimization of new and existing products for internal and external customers in a production environment managed using Lean Concepts.• Authored specifications for new products including raw materials, compounding, coating and slitting.• Supported manufacturing including compounding, coating, lamination and slitting for 50+ products.• Successfully transferred ~10 products to a newer coating line.• Optimized drying process for printable topcoat which eliminated customer complaints for print quality.• Scaled up production process using key raw material newly sourced from China. Drove continuous improvement with supplier to achieve cost savings in excess of $500,000 annually for 10 years.• Member of team that developed and executed project generating $300,000 in annual cost savings though supplier qualification, formula and batch size optimization and coater yield improvement.• Led process development and scale up of innovative new product for laboratory ID market with 2016 sales exceeding $2 million annually. Show less

• New Product Development Group Leader-Materials Research and Development

  • Aug 1999 - Dec 2000

  • Managed group of seven new product development chemists and technicians.• Oversaw new product development efforts of group to ensure that ISO 9001 requirements were met.• Worked with marketing to develop and justify new product development projects.• Represented R&D on Operations Management Team and Product Development Steering Team.

• Senior Development Engineer-Materials Research and Development

  • Aug 1994 - Aug 1999

  • Led cross-functional NPD teams in an ISO 9001 environment following a stage-gate process.• Launched ~10 new identification products for electronic and electrical markets, one of which had 3rd year sales in excess of $3.5 million. • Managed projects including timeline, led meetings, tracked budgets and updated management.• Defined new product technical requirements, wrote raw material and product specifications, developed test methods, planned and supervised manufacturing trials, and performed data analysis. Show less



Delco Electronics

• Kokomo, Indiana Area

• Project Engineer-Materials Engineering

  • 1990 - 1994

  • • Performed mechanical, electrical, and chemical property testing of circuit board materials such as conformal coating, solder mask, thermal interface materials, and no-clean flux. • Worked with suppliers in defining requirements and wrote raw material specifications • Worked on team that designed, set-up, and operated test laboratory to characterize ionic cleanliness of circuit board and component materials and electronic assemblies. • • Performed mechanical, electrical, and chemical property testing of circuit board materials such as conformal coating, solder mask, thermal interface materials, and no-clean flux. • Worked with suppliers in defining requirements and wrote raw material specifications • Worked on team that designed, set-up, and operated test laboratory to characterize ionic cleanliness of circuit board and component materials and electronic assemblies.