Daniel Walter Email & Phone Number

South Milwaukee, Wi

• Lead cross-functional teams through root cause analysis using Ishikawa diagrams to identify engine and cooling manufacturing and supplier quality issues• Use DFMEAs to improve manufacturability, decrease part rejection, efficiently use validation time and budget• Created engine installation material and part selection guides to promote the use of already-released parts in new or updated engine and cooling system designs • Review fluid analysis and part failure analysis from machine population to resolve design and process issues• Engineered Engine Installation and Cooling package for Caterpillar’s first Tier 4 mining shovel• Drive issue resolution through the use of the DMAIC Six-Sigma process and its associated tools such as QFD, Brainstorming, Idea Synthesis, and Pugh matrices• Computer Programs used while at CAT: Creo/ProE, Teamcenter, EDS, SAP, Navision, Solidworks, Dynasty, RAD-1

• Evaluated product work duty cycles in order to gauge potential for possible diesel-electric hybrid drives• Worked with battery supplier to concept diesel-electric hybrid powertrain and virtually evaluate (duty cycle, charge/discharge, packaging simulations and studies)• Direct necessary field test data acquisition to determine the feasibility of horsepower reduction or hybrid powertrains on future machines• Developed company-wide J1939 CAN-based operator display• Research and test cooling system improvements• Computer Programs used while at Gehl: NX4-8, IFS, Teamcenter, MS Office, MS Project,

• Manage the design, installation, and testing of the company’s first DPF equipped test mule• Evaluate potential engine suppliers for use in Gehl and Mustang equipment• Research and understand EPA, EU, CARB and other worldwide Diesel Off-Road Emission regulations and how they affect Gehl construction equipment• Performed sound power and operator ear tests per ISO standards 6393, 6394, 6395, 6396 using Bruel and Kjaer hardware and software

• Designed and oversaw testing of all components below swing bearing for 3 new crane models• Co-managed boom truck division of engineering department July 2006 – August 2007Four direct reports: 1 Engineer, 3 Designers• Used Abaqus FEA software to validate structural components prior to prototyping and testing• Provide structural, hydraulic, and chassis-related current product support to service department,technical publications, and assembly line for entire boom truck product Line• Worked on a team of five selected to create Terex Waverly Operations ECR process• Determined optimized nesting of steel plate parts for weldments using SigmaNest and AutoCAD• Computer Programs used while at Terex: AutoCAD, SolidWorks, NX4, Cyco-Meridian, AS400, MS Office, MS Project

▪ Provide factory support to Saran, Torréon, and Waterloo Engine Works for 2.9, 4.5, 6.8, 8.1, and 12.5L John Deere engines ▪ Utilize ProE to research fitment problems when parts are not readily available and to model or perform trial fit mockups of experimental assemblies▪ Redesign engine parts due to changes in assembly procedures or supplier change▪ Utilize current statistical analysis practices in order to determine the root cause of a manufacturing or assembly problem ▪ Continued Education while at John Deere: Intermediate and Advanced Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing

▪ Completed research involving the life testing of various types of plastic tubing which were candidates for use in a domestic potable solar hot water heat exchanger ▪ Designed test facility for chemical and mechanical evaluation of plastics ▪ Machined entire test frame making use of lathe, mill, bandsaw, and punch▪ Employed ANSYS to determine stress concentrations present in tubing which was contoured for improved fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics ▪ Fabricated and analyzed different combinations of laminated plastics in an investigation of thermally processed adhesives▪ Performed tensile tests of bonded silicon wafers utilizing various adhesives and production techniques▪ Repaired and maintained MTS tensile testing equipment including 50kip hydraulic and Tytron DC-powered load frames