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Warwick, RI

Milford, MA, US

Lincoln, Rhode Island, US

• Reported to general manager.
• Developed analytical chemistry assays to reduce sample turn time and greatly expand lab capabilities.o Utilized capillary electrophoresis, voltammetry, atomic absorption spectroscopy, and wet chemical methods.o Reduced.
• Led DOE to eliminate defects and resume production of a $32k/wk semiconductor product line.
• Developed precision plating process for $500k per year medical device.
• Implemented chemical analysis database to improve communication between lab and manufacturing lines while meeting industry requirements (NADCAP, IATF 16949, ISO 9000 and 13485).o Coordinated resources between.
• Knowledgeable in metal plating methods including electrolytic nickel, electroless nickel, hard chromium, trivalent chromium, zinc, zinc nickel, chromate conversion, and aluminum anodize.

Lincoln, Rhode Island, US

• Reported to operations manager, led team of 3 technicians in continuous improvement projects.
• Led transformation to data-driven process control and decision making.o Statistical analysis in JMP, Excel, and InfinityQS
• Led cross-functional teams of 4-10 in problem solving and continuous improvement initiatives using statistical process control tools.o Teams involved customers, manufacturing, engineering, maintenance, and chemical lab
• Developed automated dashboards, SPC charts, Pareto chats, confusion matrixes for all operations levels (operator to plant manager) using Excel, Google Sheets, VBA, VBScript, and JavaScript.
• Implemented 3 automated visual inspection machines to reduce inspection labor by 35%, saving $120k annually.
• Implemented new rework process to recover $200k of out-of-spec product.

• Reported to owner.
• Performed maintenance on plumbing, HVAC, and electrical systems for 80 properties and occasional automotive repairs.
• Researched best practices to reduce job completion time by up to 20%.
• Responded to maintenance requests independently while owner was away.

Provo, UT, US

• Reported to Director of the Weidman Center for Global Leadership as part of team of 3 TAs.
• Encouraged continuous improvement mindset in other TAs to improve classroom and administrative processes through regular feedback and post-event reflections.
• Directed students in project management and leadership experiences.
• Instructed students in conducting survey-based research with Qualtrics software.

Provo, UT, US

• Entrusted with cleaning sensitive areas, such as electrical control rooms
• Optimized daily cleaning to enable 20% area expansion
• Wrote standard procedures for cleaning restrooms

• Reported to CEO as part of 4-member intern team.
• Created visual tools to guide a specialty alumina start-up entering a $1 billion market.
• Outlined a QA library to reduce testing costs and streamline design decisions, projected to save $8000/month.
• Improved interdepartmental communication by developing flow charts for batch catalyst production in Microsoft Visio and Lucid Chart.

• Reported to Dr. Thomas Fletcher, Chemical Engineering Department.
• Tested the capability of NIST’s Fire Dynamics Simulator to model slope effects in wildfires.
• Simultaneously reduced simulation time by 50% and improved resolution by 800% by porting the program to the university’s supercomputer.
• Designed experiments to analyze quality of fire simulation research on UNIX and Windows systems.

Salt Lake City, UT, US

• Reported to the President while managing 16 Zone Leaders.
• Duties included compiling key indicators, assisting the immigration office, new volunteer training, departing volunteer travel, event logistics, and assisting the President in decision-making.
• Streamlined administrative processes to save 30 hours per month by managing office organization and implementing Microsoft Word mailings tools.
• Improved volunteer satisfaction and training with customer-centric approach.
• Managed weekly and monthly training events for small (6) and large (250+) groups.
• Helped manage program expansion from 165 to 260+ volunteers over 6 months.

Provo, UT, US

• Optimized procedure to enable 20% daily cleaning area expansion
• Created detailed instruction manual for new hires