Denis Curtin Email & Phone Number

Greater Chicago Area

• Training, coaching, and speaking on how to effectively use your LinkedIn profile in your job search.Sharing the Magic of LinkedIn for job seekers through presentations and seminars in the Chicago Area. Seminars also.
• LinkedIn Profile Optimization
• LinkedIn Profile Builder
• LinkedIn Profile Review
• LinkedIn Search Engine Optimization
• LinkedIn Job Search Coaching

Greater Chicago Area

• Applicant Tracking System (ATS) resume subject matter expert. Custom tailoring resumes for Applicant Tracking System submissions.Creating Applicant Tracking System compliant resumes.Presenting seminars and webinars.
• Improving People Performance Productivity—with a Smile. Motivational Speaker: Culture Leadership Marketing Sales. Funny!As a board member / advisor for a number of Job Search groups, I've seen a lot of excellent.

Chicago, IL

• Providing technical and business consultation services including: process analysis, cost improvement, capital equipment recommendations and acquisitions, raw material sourcing, improved methods of manufacture.
• Directed the team that sourced the raw materials and produced three levels of prototypes for a key client of a nanotechnology company (proof-of-concept, visual and user experience).
• Specified, sourced, and negotiated favorable pricing for pallet racking thereby doubling the warehouse storage capacity of a nanotechnology company.
• Determined current maximum production capacity and recommended process improvements aimed at increasing production by 30% for a market leading remanufacturer of auto parts.

Hanover Park, IL

• Director 2003 – 2008 · 5 yrsOperations Manager 2000 – 2003 · 3 yrsDirected three ISO 9001 certified IT Services labs comprising more than one hundred computer configuration technicians, QA inspectors and support.
• Configured 380,000 computers annually.
• Improved annual quality level to 99.989% customer acceptance.
• Reduced completion time of production orders by 33%.
• Recruited to turnaround a money losing division.
• Division became a money maker in 14 months.Conducted facility tours of Insight's 432,000 square foot Distribution and Integration Center for corporate executives from Fortune 500, mid-sized and small businesses.

Des Plaines, IL

• Directed all activities associated with the manufacture of custom profile plastic extrusions for the 18 million dollar Porth Plastic subsidiary of 3.2 billion dollar Bunzl, plc.
• Set best single day, best week and best month production records in company history during first year as Plant Manager.
• Production plant included 18 extrusion lines and a secondary fabrication area.
• Directed manufacturing team of 100 which operated 24/7 with four 12-hour shifts.Siffron later purchased Porth Plastic Company.

Woodstock, IL

• Technical Services Manager – Healthcare Products Division (1993 – 1998)
• Managed technical programs for the Healthcare Division including: new product development, validation, technical sales training, and technical field inquiries.
• Conducted technical sales training and responded to all technical field inquiries for 190 Respiratory Therapy dealer sales representatives in the US, Canada, and Europe.
• Managed FDA mandated product/process validation programs including Installation Qualifications (IQ), Operational Qualifications (OQ), and Performance Qualifications (PQ) for injection molding machines, automatic.
• Completed the development of the Nebulizer System resolving injection molding, methods of assembly, medical electronics, packaging, and documentation issues within seven months.
• Increased disposable medical device production from 500,000 units to 4.5 million units/year to keep pace with successful sales penetration into a mature hospital market segment.

Bannockburn, IL

Directed new product design, prototyping, development, testing, troubleshooting, and pilot production for the 40 million dollar medical products company. Developed and released five new medical product lines during an 18-month period. New Product Development team of 12 professionals was located in Illinois, Florida and Texas.Respiratory Therapy product.

Deerfield, IL

Managed product development activities associated with the 28 million dollar Respiratory Therapy product line that included: humidifiers, nebulizers, and specialty fluid transfer sets. Prepared and maintained product requirements definitions, product specifications, project schedules, and program budgets. Directed manufacturing troubleshooting for medical.

Master Of Science - Ms, Organic Chemistry

Activities and Societies: Synthetic Organic Chemistry Summer Intern - David Sarnoff Research Center, Princeton, NJ Purdue University.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Chemistry

Synthetic Organic Chemistry Summer Intern - Ames National Laboratory, Ames, IA, at Iowa State University Loras College is Iowa's Oldest.

Education record

Niles, IL