Dan Nottestad Email & Phone Number

Arden Hills, Minnesota, United States

St. Paul, Minnesota

3M Enterprise Operations, Digitization & Advanced Analytics• Implemented innovative technology solutions to streamline processes and enhance efficiency• Pioneered the development of the Capacity Optimization & Asset Loading (COAL) Application using Agile methodologies and Jira, optimizing SKUs loading across a multi-echelon extended value stream• Managed a team of seven contract developers based in India to build COAL.NET with a SQL database• Integrate COAL with Guru to maximize after-tax contribution net income through Cost-To-Serve models• Conducted product flow analysis using Cosmic Frog’s Intelligent Greenfield for multiple profit centers• Created Python models to minimize production schedule makespan for a diverse product portfolio running across multiple work centers in a global network• Developed multi-period Python models to optimize pre-building and align supply with demand• Performed scenario analysis for Five-Year Capacity Plans for several product lines using Guru & COAL• Collaborated with UPS and 3M Central America & Caribbean to consolidate nine country DCs into four, resulting in nearly $2MM savings, improved inventory turns, increased customer service, and reduced operating costs• Utilized Discrete-Event Simulation expertise to increase throughput by over 15 percent for disposable respirator manufacturing production lines, employing the Theory of Constraints• Modeled new-to-the-world abrasive belt-making lines to double throughput compared to existing lines• Integrated simulation with lean parameter management to effectively model and predict system performance using production wheels linked to lean supermarkets visualized in Tableau• Managed the Global Supply Chain Optimization database, implementing automated data feeds to quantify and rank plant performance in key cost and service metrics in all 3M plants and DCs• Executed a simulated scheduling application, resulting in a 50 percent reduction in lead times

St. Paul, Minnesota

Systems Simulation & Analysis3M Design & Engineering SolutionsEngineering Analysis Experience

St. Paul, Minnesota

3M Personal Care Division EngineeringProject Engineering/Management Experience

Aberdeen, South Dakota

Personal Safety Division Plant Engineering3M AberdeenPlant Engineering Experience

St. Paul, Minnesota

3M Imaging Systems Division EngineeringDesign Engineering Experience

St. Paul, Minnesota

Design Engineering Services: Design Training Program3M Engineering

St. Paul, Minnesota

Taught Decision Sciences 610: Operations Management (Spring & Summer 2007)Opus College of Business, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, USA.

Master'S Degree, Manufacturing Systems Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering