Brian Nelson Email & Phone Number

Hamilton

Managing R&D groups for Product Development, R&D Digitalization

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

On assignment to Corporate Strategy

Hamilton, Ontario

Managing a group of 14 researchers in the areas of New Product Development and New Coatings Development (Metallic and Organic)Manage portfolio of R&D projects to meet business plan goals and generate significant value for the company.Mentor and train group members to become better Researchers.

Manage a group of Researchers and Technicians.Expert in Hot Rolling, Leader for Global R&D group in hot rolling, support for other pickling, cold rolling and annealing, manage portfolio of process improvement projects to improve quality, productivity and yield.Also managed the Metallography Lab, 6 technicians providing failure analysis reports for customer complaints and continuous improvement. Purchase of capital equipment to support lab, monitored technical content of reports.

Technical problem solver for the hot mill at Dofasco, running R&D projects to support improvements in quality, productivity, energy and yield saving programs, plus support for capital project technical design. Have been involved in the metallurgy and heat transfer of steel rolling from reheating all the way to coiling of the final product. Have been involved with reheat furnace modelling, descaling, rolls and roll cooling, productivity modelling, integrated temperature control, improvement of surface quality, runout table cooling and transformation. Project benefits valued at >$11M$/yr.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), General Studies, Deans Honor List

Part time degree, Minor in Operations Management

Masters Of Applied Science, Metallurgy And Materials Science

Bachelor Of Applied Science (Basc), Metallurgy And Materials Science