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Bridgewater, New Jersey, United States

I direct the site operation of Nestlé Health Science's R&D facilities and US headquarters, including the Liquids, Powders, and Vitamins & Minerals Pilot Plants, global capital strategy development, compliance, and safety, health, & environmental platforms.

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Led a team of R&D engineers in the execution of Nestlé Purina's wet petfood manufacturing technology innovation platforms.• Led global team of 10 R&D engineers, executing innovation projects in the development of advanced process technologies for Nestlé Petcare.• Developed technology R&D project pipeline enabling Nestle operational strategy initiatives, focusing on AI and connected manufacturing, operational sustainability, factory of the future development, and asset efficiency.• Managed global technology standards for wet pet platform, overseeing creation and deployment of key processes.• Supported $3B global Wet petfood capital projects through technology alignment and engineering assistance.• Provided direct support to Product Development teams to industrialize new product forms.

Flagstaff, Arizona Area

Oversaw three cross-functional teams in Engineering, Maintenance, and Automation & Controls supporting manufacturing at the Flagstaff, AZ factory. This includes providing personnel leadership, capital/budget management, and strategic planning, while delivering on our factory's supply commitment to our organization.• Had End-to-End responsibilities of the site's capital investment strategy. Led a team of project engineers in the development, design, and execution of the factory's capital budget ($3MM to $10MM/yearly) to meet strategic masterplan goals.• Managed environmental and sustainability compliance of the factory's operations in support of Nestle strategic targets.• Lead cross-functional Six Sigma projects to optimize manufacturing processes in the pursuit of waste reduction and throughput maximization.• Developed and executed long-term factory masterplan and capital investment program.

Amiens, France

• Led R&D engineering projects and provided advanced engineering support to eight food production factories and technical guidance on Dryer Process units to 11 factories throughout UK and EU.• Steered engineering functions within product focused R&D projects; partnered with Product Development team to ensure manufacturing processes capability to meet product specifications consistently.• Researched emerging technologies and industry trends to meet market production needs and inform business strategies.• Sized and developed technical specifications for $2M system stream as part of $10M line expansion. • Decreased product flavoring variation by 27% through execution of Lean Six Sigma project.

St. Louis, Mo

• Led R&D engineering projects and provided advanced engineering support to eight food production factories and technical guidance on Dryer Process units to 11 factories throughout UK and EU.• Steered engineering functions within product focused R&D projects; partnered with Product Development team to ensure manufacturing processes capability to meet product specifications consistently.• Researched emerging technologies and industry trends to meet market production needs and inform business strategies.• Sized and developed technical specifications for $2M system stream as part of $10M line expansion. • Decreased product flavoring variation by 27% through execution of Lean Six Sigma project.

Davenport, Ia

• Managed 11 capital projects worth $700K to meet factory and corporate production and quality goals; led preliminary project design, budget management, equipment procurement, and installation efforts.• Completed $70K+ expense items as part of continuous improvement and regulatory compliance initiatives.• Met <2% product fines target through installation of multi-aspiration system.

Des Moines, Ia

I managed capital projects related to plant infrastructure and reliability at a Soybean Crush and Extraction plant. My projects concentrated on energy conservation, regulatory compliance for Process Safety Management, maintenance & reliability, and the addition and tuning of process controls.

Nevada, Ia

Safety and reliability projects at a corn ethanol plant.

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Industrial Engineering

Select courses - Quality Management, Advanced Quality Control, Statistical Data Mining, Linear Regression, Strategic Technological.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering, Economics

Activities and Societies: American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Engineers Without Borders