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St Paul, Mn, Us

- Scaling up manufacturing operations in APAC and US for new to market pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs) and high-speed data cables, largely for application in the consumer electronics space and data centers.- Skill-sets in mixing, web coating, drying, roll-to-roll processes, lamination, converting, winding.- Operating on multi-functional, global teams to scale-up new PSA products.- Performing cost analyses across global factories to aid in value-stream mapping and decision making.- Utilizing statistical process control and analysis (ie. Minitab) to make data driven decisions when scaling-up from pilot to manufacturing scales.- Providing technical leadership for process validation and improvement.

St Paul, Mn, Us

- Disruptive manufacturing technology scouting, development and plant introduction.- Adhesive coating techniques and applications.- Raw material qualifications.- Investigation and application of heat transfer and drying techniques for manufacturing scale.

St Paul, Mn, Us

- Justification and implementation of capital projects for safety, quality, productivity improvements (ie. vision system.)- Resolve customer complaints and coordinate corrective actions (8D, root-cause.)- Understand products' cost structure through unit cost analysis, and devise projects aimed at reducing cost.- Manage supplier excursions and RM quality issues; drive supplier improvement and corrective action.- Devise and lead six sigma and lean production projects to realize cost savings in a manufacturing plant setting .- Take proactive steps to improve process safety.- Create and maintain production standards.- Train and familiarize production personnel on product characteristics and standards.- Organize and run qualification of new or modified products and materials - Develop and refine quality standards and test methods.- Analyze production data to identify trends and improvement opportunities.- Utilize statistical software packages to monitor product quality characteristics and identify root causes of quality excursions.- Audit raw material suppliers and host customer audits.

Zug, Ch

- Reduced sampling variation in an energy intensive process by developing a standard work procedure which resulted in significant energy and emissions savings.- Performed energy audit on key plant cost centers to identify unnecessary power usage during downtime. Developed real-time energy usage dashboard for operators to identify wasted power.

Zug, Ch

- Identified and justified opportunity to reduce loading on thermal drying process to reduce fossil-fuel based energy input and emissions.- Performed efficiency audits on milling processes to identify flow bottlenecks and inefficiencies. Result was increased process output.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Chemical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Physical Sciences