David Schyns Email & Phone Number

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

• Manage 68 employees over four shifts • Responsible for $10M throughput/quarter in department• Oversaw 11% increase in throughput in single quarter• Utilized staffing models and data to support hiring of additional 14 employees in area to combat increase workload and demand in shop• Engaged in multiple records of discussion and disciplinary actions to employees• Troubleshooting problems on CNC machines to get back up and running, required detailed mindset and mechanical inclinations• Decreased rising deburr inventory by 35% through productivity increases and program adjustments

Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

• Directed and lead projects totaling $287,000 worth of savings• Developed improved and efficient packaging, reducing cost, shipping, and labor time • Conducted internal audits to determine how accurately we met our outlined standard practices• Worked with customer to negotiate spec requirements, resulting in increased sales pricing and changes to deburr processes• Helped narrow down applicant pool and lead interviews at college career fairs• Analyzed part identification issues and created life size templates to distinguish and eliminate scrap and part mark errors

Portland, Oregon

• Led a workforce of 107 employees over three shifts to throughput $29M over two quarters• Had weekly calls with customers to update them on WIP position and current spec limitations hindering lead time, resulting in part concessions and reduced inspection criteria• Interviewed and hired four full time candidates into a new department • Decreased excess inventory by $2M • Actively engaged in cross training employees in order to reduce labor constraints• Daily firefighting to maintain steady throughput and flow of parts to reduce late to PO products.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Directed and lead projects totaling $426,000 worth of savings• Integrated electronic rework tracking in order to add visibility to labor times in rework operations • Created procedure and designed equipment for vibratory mill to eliminate hand polishing using 3D printing and DOE experiments to perfect surface finish• Converted current work instructions to incorporate visual steps to add clarity reducing training time, and vagueness leading to rework and scrap• Led group of engineers to complete pipeline action items reducing labor hours on multiple parts by 28%, 24%, and 16%• Interacted with outside lab to perform yttrium testing on structurally significant areas of parts saving $87K worth of scrapo Used historical statistical data to show zero significance between yttrium content and mechanical properties up to 100ppm, starting conversations with customers to approve high Y parts

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Helping reconstruct a vacuum sputtering device in order to confirm findings of "ultra-stable" metallic glass. This material claimed to have enhanced glass transition temperatures and a higher elastic modulus unachievable through conventional quenching methods.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Led class on entrepreneurship that coincided with WSIE (Wisconsin Students for Innovation and Entrepreneurship). This club is an organization that provides students with an opportunity to strengthen their understanding of what innovation is and how it may be achieved. My responsibilities included organizing a lesson plan or contacting a guest lecturer every week. I was able to convince many local entrepreneurs to come in and talk about their inventions and the process they underwent in order to begin their companies. I also provided information for creating business plans, applying for patents, and using resources on campus.

Watertown, Wi

• Analyzed thermal coatings, steels, fracture surfaces, and reverse engineered competitor parts• Composed and presented lab reports to both technical staff and corporate representatives• Collaborated with subsidiary company on a long-term project to optimize flame spray parameters

Madison, Wisconsin Area

• Handled transfers of large financial sums• Diffused difficult situations involving distressed or hostile customers