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West Jordan, Ut, Us

West Jordan, Ut, Us

Salt Lake City, Ut, Us

Managed startup of new facility for Sintx Armor including new equipment purchasing. Develop new ceramic Armor production process for boron nitride. Conduct new equipment and process validations to meet safety, environmental, and AS 9100D standers. Conduct DOE and risk analysis testing with process change validation and verifications that meet current quality control procedures for medical and aerospace devices. Improve silicon nitride powder production and quality by optimized equipment and batch processing. Determine and establish graphite furnace KPIs and production load to meet current medical device production requirements (ISO 13485:2016). • Manage and establish new production process for boron nitride production facility. project includes: o Establish process flow, process validation, SOPs, KPIs, risk analysis and all quality documentation required to meet AS 9100D and ISO 9001:2015 standards.o Manage and optimize all process equipment purchase orders, installs and validationso Manage all raw and production material inventory and scheduleso Establish powder prep, pressing and firing profiles and procedures o Improved production yields and quality meets current company requirements• Coordinate with operators and maintenance to optimize production for both Silicon nitride medical or industrial parts and Boron nitride Armor production parts. Establish furnace firing profiles and KPIs for both medical and aerospace production• Documentation and quality reporting includes PV, PC, PI, Risk analysis and NCR.o Quote and establish production schedule for incoming RFQs (request for quote) o Conduct and manage production cost analysis for each furnace (power consumption, gas usage, and continual maintenance requirements)

Lehi, Utah, Us

Improved bottling production and fulfillment packaging process by optimizing production equipment and pack-out process using lean manufacturing methodologies. Managed capital projects for future automation systems for production with a focus on concept development, process introduction, transfer, upgrade, and optimization. Conducted equipment validations (IQ, OQ, PQ) to meet safety, environmental, procurement of goods and services, and FDA cGMP requirements. Conducted quality control lab testing and pilot trials to identify product defects to improve quality inspection, equipment performance and upgrades. Conducted functionality and package testing on products for production and package improvement/design.● Manage and completed manufacturing and fulfillment capital projects: o Manage capital investment projects for automating and improving current equipmento Build projects scope, control testing, and concept developmento Manage and build ROI and timeline schedule for multiple work streams● Coordinate with multiple departments to improve production quality and fulfillment optimization:o Conduct validation testing to identify product defects and implementation for new raw materials and equipment tooling o Schedule and conduct quality control testing/investigation for product defects for internal quality audits o Established and analyze product quality, KPIs and production OEE to improve product quality and throughput o Update and develop risk management testing, new DWIs and SOPs for operators to meet quality performance using compliant document control systems ● Product testing and package improvement:o Conduct functionality and product testing on current and future productso Run lab testing package absorbency testing to meet 49 CFR compliance on dangerous good productso Design, build and implement process improvement equipment with SolidWorks CAD software for production and fulfillment to increase throughput.

Improved Chemical plant process by increasing plant uptime and optimizing productions and quality control. Optimized CaCl2 and desulfurization process while reducing chemical costs by improving thickener performance. Setup PID control loop system throughout the plant, improve iron chloride process efficiency to meet sales demand. Optimize magnesium oxide concentrations through the spray dryers to feed reactor. Improve recovery through the acid burner and several acid scrubbers. • Provide process support to chemical applications in the plants: o Optimized ball mill grind, thickener and drum filter for desulfurization process.o Increased calcium chloride recovery to meet sales demand.o Reduced chemical costs for flocculant in thickener operationso Improved boron removal through solvent extraction process by optimizing temperature control through system and training operators to maintain pH targetso Reduced waste in Iron chloride Process by optimizing filter press and reducing diatomaceous earth consumptiono Optimize acid system control to maintain required concentrations and production.o Improved chemistry and productivity in spray dryer production• Coordinate with operators and laboratory testing to optimize production:o Collected and analyzed plant history, PLC and lab data, updated PFDs and plant mass balanceo Work with instrumentation to implement new control loops and update PLC programso Established and monitored plant KPIso Established Plant SOPs and operator audits• Continuous Improvement projects:o Designed and developed a new acid control for calcium chloride recoveryo Designed and installed new water line to acid burner to optimize product and maintain level control.o Assisted environmental compliance with stack testing on several HCl scrubbers and pack towers in the plant.o Assisted equipment design for chlorine vaporizer, Heat exchangers and new pump applications

Improved multiple plant process by increasing plant up time and optimizing productions. Optimized Hydrosizers and dry screening efficiency. Reduced chemical costs by improving thickener and belt press process. Train and establish plant KPIs • Provide process support to multiple plants for wet and dry processes: o Optimized hydrosizers, thickeners, belt presses o Reduce chemical costs for flocculanto Improved dry screening efficiency and production gradeo Increase recovery for finer producto Reduced waste in both the wet and dry process• Work with operators and laboratory testing to optimize productiono Collected and analyzes plant PLC and lab datao optimized updating PFDs and plant mass balanceo Established and monitored plant KPIso Established Plant SOPs and operator training• Worked with plant managers on continuous improvement projects and CAPX projects• Contribute to project team in new plant process design o Help in designing and developing a new wet and dry planto Help establish plant mass balanceo Assist in equipment design

Us

• Improved metals recovery by optimizing plant process• Increase plant uptime and minimized wear and tear on the equipment. • Completed projects on time and under budget. • Worked with operations and perform laboratory testing to optimized plant process • Optimized grind in ball mills • Improved screening and particle size distribution• Increase Moly recovery by 3%• Increase Vanadium recovery by 2%• Provided process support to operations for thickeners and filtrations equipment• Optimized flocculation and settling in thickeners and clarifiers • Improve up time in waste water treatment • Trained and setup data collection for operations• Improve wash in thickeners CCD circuit• Improve water management in the plant• Optimized filtration and wash efficiency on tower filters press• Manage and completed plant projects like removal of solids and reline of tailing pond to meet environmental compliancy, resealing containment pits to meet environmental compliancy, and upgrade acid lines and pump system to meet safety standards• Project manager to demo and Rebuild a bricked multi hearth furnace (12 hearths)• Worked with vendors to redesigned plants material bulk handling • Worked with vendors to optimize equipment upgrades• Produce data and reports from laboratory test results• Certified in OSHA, Hazmat, and first response

Copenhagen, Valby, Dk

•Tested, sized and started up equipment for mineral processing•Experience with the commissioning and optimizing the following solid liquid separation equipment: thickeners, clarifiers, horizontal belt filters, disc filters, drum filters, filter presses, and tower presses•Provided process support to customers and sales engineers for a variety of liquid/solid separation equipment across several markets including: Nickel Laterite, Gold, Zinc, Borax, Uranium, Alumina, Coal, Oil Sands, Potash, Starch, Copper, Iron, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Chlor-alkali, Frac Sand, Phosphate, and gypsum•Perform laboratory as well as pilot scale tests to establish and recommend optimum equipment type and process parameters•conduct testing using polymer for solid liquid separation tests, products including: BASF, Nalco, Hychem, SNF, Cytec and FlominResponsible for leading site visits to audit existing processes, ranging from power plants to mines to specialty chemical plants•Performed commissioning and optimization of full scale solid/liquid separation equipment including: thickeners, clarifiers, drum filters, horizontal belt filters, and filter presses•Planned and operated several large pilot plant campaigns•Support clients in design, update and upgrade of Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs) and Process and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) •Produce technical reports from laboratory and pilot test results•Manage multiple projects in a team environment•Extensive international experience, with work done in Turkey, China, France, Mexico, USA and Canada

Copenhagen, Valby, Dk

Assist in conducting solid liquid separations, Floatation, Crushing and Grinding Testing• Performing Bench scale Testing for Thickeners, Filters, Floatation, Crushing, and Grindings• Conducted Screen tests, viscometer testing, Pressure and vacuum testing• Assisted in Pilot plant testing

Salt Lake City, Utah, Us

Project: Copper hydroextraction using chalcopyrite for Center for Advanced Separation Technology (CAST)• Conducted size analysis of the ore samples through a combination of wet and dry sieving techniques.• Designed and conducted a series of column leaching experiments and calculated the copper recovery and acid consumption for the process.