David De Sa Email & Phone Number

London, Ontario, Canada

As BCS, my primary goal is execution of step-change performance upgrades via controls optimization (both in automated and human processes) as well as creating and distributing automated data capture and analysis tools to better inform human decision making. Secondary goals are obsolescence management, supporting new hardware installations, radiation and electrical safety, planned shutdown planning and coordination, unplanned shutdown response, and more.

London, Ontario, Canada

London, Ontario, Canada

In this role, I support short and long term operations goals in the Packaging Department. On a day to day basis, I lend my efforts to overcoming production challenges as they arise by coordinating with technical staff to ensure that resources are available to perform reactive maintenance quickly for effective outcomes, and facilitate root cause analysis on down-time events to generate and implement permanent solutions to emergent challenges. In the long term, I support the manager of maintenance operations in the implementation of Reliability Centered Maintenance protocols in the brewery. I review old plans and develop new high fidelity maintenance plans in accordance with OEM specifications, and technical staff lessons learned in the effort to fully realize the benefits of RCM across the brewery.In this capacity I am also trained and act in the Group Manager role, managing line operations on shift as needed.

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

As part of the Brewery Trainee Program, I undertook an immersive training program for 2 months in the Brewery Of Champions where I learned from a wide variety of professionals in technical roles throughout the facility. This training included a LSS Yellow Belt and introduction to HACCP food safety protocols.While training, I executed a project to define a KPI in the Filtration block of the brewery, and created the tools and means for its measurement and automated tracking. By interviewing the filter team to understand its operation and associated processes, I was able to harness data which was latent in existing records to measure and track downtime in a meaningful and informative manner which was not previously available. This created visibility into the system, enabling the measurement of performance changes resulting from process upgrades and allowing for more accurate cost/benefit evaluations of those investments.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

In partnership with Dr. M.W.M. Ismail, Associate Chair of Industrial Engineering at Ryerson, I assisted in research and drafting of papers relevant to the field of Operations Research, with topics such as JRP planning in a cold chain, optimization under carbon costing implications, and more.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

In the Fall semester, I guided lab sessions in MEC 325: 'Introduction To Engineering Design' under Dr. Filippo Salustri. In this capacity, I provided students with guidance, feedback, and critiques as it related to their term project- the design of a life raft using the first-principles design methodology detailed on the course site: https://deseng.ryerson.ca/dokuwiki/mec325:startIn the Winter semester, I led tutorial sessions for MEC 311: 'Dynamics,' under Dr. Sajad Saeedi, where I delivered analytic solutions to students, and strived to guide students toward a deeper, more intuitive, and informed understanding for both the physical phenomena encapsulated in the field of Dynamics, and the Newtonian models used to analyze them.

Toronto, Canada Area

As a student in the Process Engineering group at Canada's largest mail sorting facility, I helped to design solutions for medium to long term process capacity improvement, as well as working on interdisciplinary teams to address issues emergent in regular day to day operations. I cultivated team success and developed my communication skills by bringing stakeholders into the discussion and brainstorming processes in design projects, ensuring that no valuable perspectives and ideas were overlooked.

Pickering, Ontario, Canada

As a student in the Components Engineering department, my successes included creation of a work tracking management dashboard tool, and the creation of an electronic database to allow the leveraging of value and knowledge buried in legacy documentation and procedures. Other focus areas included project and change management in qualification procedure modification, operations data trending, and more.

Toronto

Duties included cutting, bending and forming sheet metal for rooftop applications, as well as installation.

Toronto, Canada Area

Duties included cutting, bending and forming sheet metal for rooftop applications, as well as installation.

Toronto, Canada Area

Assisted Census respondents in answering questionnaires at the door, and over the phone. Exercise in interpersonal and communication skills. Responsible for verification and submission of confidential forms.