Daniel Haselden Email & Phone Number

United States & Canada

o Continuous improvement

Marion, South Carolina, United States

o Built and managed the quality department from the ground up; including all personnel, lab, and procedures.o Implemented defect tracking to focus on our highest priorities. The data collected led to the design of the generation two tanks which will increase our output by over 75%.o Trained/managed drafting personnel and reduced time required to draft tanks by 82%.o Produced and implemented standard operation procedures company wide.o Designed equipment to reduce required man hours per tank.o Dealt with customers over the phone and in the field.o Acted as production manager as needed

Marion, South Carolina

o Handled projects from design to manufacture while tracking material cost and man hours.o Participated in corrective action meetings for the plant.o Prioritized the tooling departments daily activities to ensure production was met.o Moved production of fixtures and repair parts in-house to improve repair time and cut cost.o Started tracking mold issues to determine life cycle and common repair issues.o Designed and build a mold making the company $23,000 in profit.o Standardized mold heater plugs eliminating 100% of the down time associated with loose wires and incorrect connections.o Design parts and fixtures in Solidworks.o Programed CNC using Surfcam.o Prioritized the tooling departments daily activities to insure production needs are met.o Order all required items to complete projects and to maintain spare parts.o Mold preventative maintenance, cleaning, lubrication, and polishing.o Minor electrical work including hot runner components and switches.o Add/ modify venting to improve part appearance/fill.o Experience with lathe, mill and EDM.o Use micro TIG welder to perform parting line repairs.

Blythewood, South Carolina

o Performed quality inspections.

Darlington, South Carolina

o Performed quality inspections.

Timmonsville, South Carolina

o Created new nozzle heater (Patent # US7,914,277 B1) for plastics injection machines which eliminated over 60% of the department’s downtime (over 100 hours per year).o Wrote standard operating procedures for the tooling department.o Inspected parts for quality issues.o Initiated the use of mold preheaters to reduce the mold change time by 25%.o Broke down and cleaned molds in order to maintain optimal running conditions.o Determined mold components requiring repair or replacement.o Completed mold repairs including TIG welding, grinding, polishing and hydraulic/pneumatico Insured proper gating, venting and cooling of molds.o JSW/Mitsubishi Injection machine troubleshooting.o Responsible for reading drawings and maintaining spare parts list/repair paperwork.o Operated 1600 and 3000 ton injection machines.o Mold Changes and condition troubleshooting on JSW/Mitsubishi injection machines.o Forklift, pallet jack, and overhead crane operator (30/10 Ton).o Material changes on injection molding machines.

Associate'S Degree, Machine Tool Technology/Machinist

Activities and Societies: Phi Theta Kappa - Honor SocietyProgram included blueprint interpretation, applied math, machine tool theory.

Associate'S Degree, General Technology

Activities and Societies: Phi Theta Kappa - Honor Society

Certificate, Managment

Activities and Societies: Phi Theta Kappa - Honor Society

High School, General Studies