Corey Ernst Email & Phone Number

Detroit, Michigan, US

I represent the Voice of the Customer at the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant. I mine warranty, customer survey, and field report data and work with engineering and production owners to continuously improve. By doing so I help ensure a consistently high quality products and create customers for life!

Hancock, Michigan, US

• Objective: Work With a Local Non-Profit to Develop and Implement Lean Initiatives
• Collaborate with a diverse Lean Implementation Team to assess current operations, identify problems, and lead the development and implementation of strategies and initiatives to reduce waste
• Utilize 5S, Root Cause Analysis, PDCA, and other Lean methodologies to develop an intimate knowledge of current operations and develop recommendations

Houghton, MI, US

• Objective: Contact Michigan Tech Alumni to Raise Money for School Improvement
• Personally raised over $80,000 for various campus funds, the highest among staff
• Developed and improved calling and training procedures and protocols

Houghton, MI, US

• Objective: Work with Verso Paper to Determine the Feasibility of Building and Operating a Commercial Hydroponic Greenhouse Which Uses Waste Heat
• Identified that none of the MBA-student team members had any prior experience with commercial hydroponics and independently conducted industry research to compile and present a crash-course presentation to get the team.
• Collected, aggregated, and statistically analyzed production, pricing, and demand data
• Built and maintained professional relationships with regional and national partners and suppliers
• Leveraged relationships and research to identify and assess potential project risks and develop strategies for risk mitigation
• Presented and defended recommendations to team members and project sponsors

Houghton, MI, US

• Objective: Assist Michigan Tech Faculty and Staff in Academic Research, Teaching, and Other Administrative Duties
• Used Microsoft Excel and SAS JMP to process and statistically analyze large sets of patient satisfaction survey data for a local hospital system undergoing significant organizational change and presented findings for.
• Researched and characterized the IT adoption practices of small-to-medium-sized firms
• Critically analyzed the School of Business website and developed small and large scale recommended changes to boost new student recruitment

Houghton, MI, US

• Objective: Synthesize and Characterize Nanocomposite Hydrogels using Various Nanoclays
• Identified need for research, performed state of the field research, and developed hydrogel synthesis procedures
• Synthesized, characterized, and analyzed mechanical and chemical properties of nanocomposite hydrogels
• Collected and analyzed data with FTIR, ELF, and rheometry machines and MS Excel and SAS JMP, respectively

Houghton, MI, US

• Objective: Manage, Organize, and Advertise Campus-Wide Events and the Broomball 'Cocoa Shack'
• Managed all aspects of the Broomball 'Cocoa Shack,' including: -creating and managing a budget of over $7,000 -independently developing and implementing an interview and hiring process to evaluate an applicant pool of.
• Organized, advertised, and ran campus events with as many as 200 participants

Houghton, MI, US

• Objective: Train, Manage and Supervise the Broomball Referee Staff
• Trained and managed over 70 student referees
• Monitorred staff for issues and developed and implemented supplemental training as neccesary
• Managed conflicts at Michigan Tech's 3 Broomball rinks and mainted order and safety of players, staff, and spectators

Houghton, MI, US

• Objective: Supervise and Manage a Team of Student Callers in Outreach to Perspective Students
• Trained and managed a team of 6-10 student callers
• Led the staff in group and individual goal setting as well as pursuit and periodic evaluation of those goals
• Seeing the staff had abysmal morale, high turnover, and poor recruitment of new staff, I independently created and implemented an incentive system which increased caller productivity by an average of 8-16%

Houghton, MI, US

• Objective: Manage a Hall of 26-45 Students and Act As a Liason Between Michigan Tech and Its Student Body
• Organized and advertised regular events to build and maintain a community atmosphere and regularly monitored and reported on the condition of building safety equipment
• Led new-staff training and participated in the development and improvement of training procedures

• Objective: Lead and Participate in Professional Firework Shows
• Work with clients to plan, organize, and perform professional firework shows costing over $18,000 to exceed expectations and maintain safety
• Lead and manage shoot teams and spectators, construction and tear-down of shoot sites, and handling of explosives according to ATF regulations

• Objective: Design a Wearable Heartrate-Monitor Capable of Capturing, Analyzing, and Transmitting ECG Data to Alert EMT's in the Case of User Heart Failure
• Led a team of 5 in identifying industry needs, determining project goals and milestones, and connecting and collaborating with industry partners
• Created and managed the project budget
• Taught myself Arduino microcontroller programming in order to code our device to process and wirelessly transmit ECG data
• Organized and conducted team meeting and acted as the project liason to industry partners and Michigan Tech faculty members
• Independently investigated and tested device wiring options for both mechanical strength and signal transmission quality

US

• Objective: Operate a Sturgeon-Rearing Facility, Lead and Participate in Field Surveys, and Maintain Equipment
• Maintained and operated a state-of-the-art stream-side lake sturgeon rearing facility.
• Conducted and led electrofishing, sturgeon collection, and water quality surveys with up to 8 workers and performed in-lab and in-the-field analysis of water quality, habitat, and fish population data
• Collaborated with manufacturers, distributors, and suppliers to maintain, calibrate, troubleshoot, and repair lab equipment

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration

Bs, Biomedical/Medical Engineering

School Of Lean

Process Improvement