Daniel Olafson Email & Phone Number

Algonquin, Il, Us

Cary, Il

Responsibilities include overseeing mold cavitation and cycle efficiency improvements, follow-up on critical problem molds/issues and implementing updated methods, procedures, and training to prevent recurrence of problems. .

Zeller Plastiks

Buffalo Grove Il.

The technology manager controls all projects and industrialisation activities in the plant : new projects and quotations, program management, development of new production equipment (moulds, injection machines and periphery, assembly machines,…)&facilities, product life cycle management jointly with production. He also coordinates all continous improvement and lean activities within the buffalo grove facilities.His key accountability is to keep control over all quotations and all projects (to de delivered in quality, on time, in cost) and to constantly manage risks, resources and priorities with his team and all other plant department managers.

Manage injection molding technology within the fitments department at the Northlake Facility. Includes press, tooling, assembly, and related machinery.

Managed an 11 employee, 4 million-dollar annual sales, mold and tooling group with Mitsui Plastics Inc. Responsibilities include orchestration of sales, marketing and engineering activities for 4 international Japanese companies. Direct sales and marketing activities, responsible for growth and engineering support. Extensive experience with manufacturer’s representative management. Manage daily activities of all internal departments including cost estimating, project management, design, and tooling with Japanese coordinators from tooling manufactures in United States, Japan, Korea and China. Coordinate corporate activities related to the parent company Mitsui USA. Responsibilities include new market penetration, current customer product and sales development, joint venture alliance, profit and loss responsibilities and facilities management. Widely traveled in U.S Asia and Europe.

Injection molding company specializing in liquid silicone and thermoplastic, processing, and tool building.Coordinated all aspects of daily activities of a 16 employee, 2 million dollar annual sales, 3 shift facility including: engineering, manufacturing, processing, quality control, production and tool build. •Pioneered the development of insert molding technology with liquid silicone. Developed the technology for a variety of industries including: Delphi Automotive, Ford, Motorola, Kyocera, Molex, Amp, Tyco Electronics, Thomas & Betts, Baxter Health Care Corp. and others. •Developed proprietary technology for communications, fuel cell and connector industries. •Developed internal proprietary tooling and processing capabilities. •Implemented and coordinated operations with offshore vendor resources including Asia, Central America, South America, and Europe.

Western Consolidated Technologies Inc., Schaumburg, IllinoisHolding company for Advanced molding Technologies / Major Tool, Guardian Electric, Chicago Fittings, Western Rubber, Atlantic India Rubber Company and Flexweld.Coordinated rubber, HCE /LIM silicone and plastic engineering and sales activities between all companies. Managed day to day activities of four departments including cost estimating, project management, design, and tooling with 5 managers and 19 indirect reports. •Initiated a new ISO capable Engineering Department for this producer of highly engineered insert and injection molded products for the automotive, office equipment, and telecommunications markets. •Created a new sales and quotation system. Increased annual tooling sales volume from $450,000 to $2,000,000.

Teaching basic and advanced injection mold processing, mold nomenclature, material science, set up procedure, blueprint-reading.

Producer of plastic and decorative components for consumer electronics and automotive industriesResponsible for new tool quotation, purchasing, development, mold trial, revision, and correction. Tooling includes injection molds from 28 to 1500 ton capacity. Single and multicavity decorative and non-decorative parts. Vacuum and pressure form tooling up to 60" X 60" x 30". •Accountable for approximately 1.5 million dollars of new tooling per year. •Supervise, coordinate, and expedite all aspects of tool construction and maintenance. •Implemented CAD/CAM and EPR technologies.

Insert molding Responsibilities included initial design concept reviews with the customer engineering staff, product development and refinement, product design, dimension, and tolerance. Also responsible for mold design, design reviews, and design accuracy. Supervise, coordinate, and expedite tool construction.

Journeyman moldmaker and tool designer.

Industrial Engineering

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