Douglas Cole Email & Phone Number

Chaska, Minnesota, United States

Development Engineering Core Products

Lakeville, Minnesota, United States

Gaming Ballistic, LLC is an independent publishing company, writing and publishing hobby tabletop games. Includes both original products (Dungeon Grappling, the Dragon Heresy RPG) as well as products under license from Steve Jackson Games. o Founded independent publishing company serving the tabletop RPG marketo Grew revenue 300% per year since inception.

Bloomington, Minnesota

* Surface Modification Engineer: Apply fundamental knowledge and process control expertise to Self-Assembled Monolayer, atomic-scale thin films, and other projects for disc drive slider manufacturing.* Factory Controls (SPC/FDC): Designed and implemented comprehensive process control template to set pathway to customer-excursion-free factory. Implemented.

Bloomington, Minnesota

• Thin-Film Overcoat development: Delivered 13% year-over-year improvement in Head-Media Spacing, the product-enabling HDD technology (2-3x reduction). Defined and deployed four generations of ultra-thin film production.
• Photolithography/Ion Milling Technology: Led two generations of capital upgrades for advanced photolithograpy. Developed… Show more
• Photolithography/Ion Milling Technology: Led two generations of capital upgrades for advanced photolithograpy. Developed business continuity strategy and capital for obsolescent fleet of vacuum processing equipment.
• Capital Procurement: Capital supported optical coatings and films, solder deposition, and photolithography process equipment. All equipment met tightly regulated safety and ergonomic requirements and documentation..
• Personnel: Hired 10 high-performing employees. Skilled at recruiting, developing, and mentoring talent. Show less

• Disc Drive Head Processing: Spearheaded “pilot line” style development builds. Successful modeling and validation of ROI for new technology by creating and advocating for the use of a Monte-Carlo-based dollar.
• Disc Drive Product Liaison: Acted as process transfer agent for delivering new technology to the notebook and personal storage market segments. Delivered best-in-class alternate substrate materials and superior cost.
• Disc Drive Product Liaison: Acted as process transfer agent for delivering new technology to the notebook and personal storage market segments. Delivered best-in-class alternate substrate materials and superior cost.

• Freelance writer and contributor to Steve Jackson Games'​ roleplaying system, GURPS. While a hobby, SJG is a professional organization with tight editorial standards, rigorous vetting processes, and extremely high.
• GURPS Martial Arts: Technical Grappling (#37-1644): 50-page electronic book describing wrestling and grappling in role-playing game terminology, with full rules for simulating grappling between any opponents.
• Pyramid Magazine: Published 12 articles in Pyramid Magazine, SJG’s in-house electronic publication.
• The Deadly Spring (#3/33); Armor Revisited (#3/34); The Last Gasp (#3/44); Delayed Gratification (#3/52); Dodge This (#3/57); Takedown Sequences (#3/61); Coming to Grips with Realism (#3/61); By Default (#65); Dire and.

Dallas, Texas, United States

• Helicopters: Competitive analysis, growth opportunities, and merger/acquisition.
• Broadband set-top box: Platform strategy for DSL, cable modem, and wireless broadband.
• Healthcare equipment: Conducted supply chain management work to reduce direct spending for office supplies, freight and shipping, and healthcare benefits administration and pricing. Reduced costs by 10-20% in direct.
• Electric utility: Created and implemented new company-wide performance… Show more
• Electric utility: Created and implemented new company-wide performance management process. Requested to perform follow-on work on maintenance spares inventory optimization.
• Mini-MBA; Project management; facilitation training. Show less

Conduct experiments using the RBS equipment pursuant to obtaining PhD from Northwestern. Performed spectroscopy and modeling of polymer-metal nanocomposites to determine how temporary bonding influenced the polymer viscosity.

R&D and characterization of aluminum/titanium metal L10 composite systems. Created samples with melt-spinning to create nanostructured materials, and used standard metallographic techniques to examine the microstructure.

Phd, Materials Science And Engineering

Thesis: Original research on polymer/metal interactions. Published four papers. Coursework Concentration: Biomaterials for Medical Devices.

Bs, Materials Science

Design engineering: Design and critical evaluation of total hip prosthesis. Design, construction, testing, and “marketing” of ballistic.