Jeffrey Torvinen Email & Phone Number

Gladstone, Michigan

Director of Wastewater Systems department for VanAire Inc. VanAire Inc. has provided over 20 years of proven Dissolved Air Flotation Systems (DAF) for wastewater treatment solutions with 200+ installations in multiple industries; such as, food and beverage, rendering, byproduct recovery, oil and gas, lagoons, water remediation, metal production, dairies, truck washes and others. VanAire’s customers experience a fast ROI by reducing or eliminating TSS, FOG, BOD and surcharges. As director of the department some of my responsibilities include: • Establishing project standards for quoting, submittals, process flows, project management, manufacturing, installation and training • Set priorities and goals. • Responsible for the organization and maintenance of all departmental areas including office and production. • Manage engineering, design, production and installation of departmental products and projects. • Responsible for prioritizing production and order delivery schedules.• Coordinate responsibilities between sales representatives and design and production. • Lead the marketing initiative to promote Wastewater Solution products and services to potential customer base. • Analyze and control expenditures of the department to conform with budgetary requirements.• Create and maintain quality standards for sales, engineering, production and installation of products and projects.

Gladstone, Michigan

Project Lead / Design Engineer: Overseen, engineer, design, coordinate assigned Environmental Solutions projects from purchase order to installation while working closely with Technical Sales and Service and Production Lead to exceed the customer’s expectations.

Burlington, Ia

Burlington, Iowa

Burr Ridge, Il

Leader of cross functional team responsible for new product development activities from definition of strategy, product/program definition, project management, quality, industrialization, product planning, lead business case development for new product, support Voice of Customer activities, gathering of competitive intelligence, support innovation plan, support product launches, maintain product offering, assist in features & specifications manual development. •Product Planning –Documentation of Product Definitions for Dozer products. These Documents direct engineering to develop product based on inputs from commercial, customers, evaluation of competition and engineering. •Product Information – Provide product information to commercial brands for the introduction of new product (specifications, explanations, documentation). Provide product application support to the commercial organizations for sales and bids.•Development of Product Information – Complete competitive machinery evaluations and document. Conduct product clinics. Conduct market research for Dozer’s. •Develop Technical Analysis of Applications - Utilize geometry program to advise Sales/Marketing, dealers, and customers about appropriate product usage.

Market research for new products and develop new markets – defining customer’s wants and needs. Face to face surveys with customers and operators about current products to define updates to current equipment. Lead in meetings with upper management providing market research data on new products for engineering to develop. Traveled all over the US and overseas for research

Program Leader on projects, taking them from concept to production Worked with contractors for prototyping products in field applications. Performed market research on attachments to develop product. Machine design and detailing with SolidWorks (v97 to v07) Finite Element Analysis with Algor. Received seven U.S. Patents from design activity for Laser guided screeding devices.

Designed specialty machines for the automotive industry. Converted company from 2D design in AutoCAD to 3D design in SolidWorks. Implementation team for having the company certified in ISO and QS.

Summer internships: Designing spindles, fixtures, gear boxes, and slides for specialty machines for automotive industry using AutoCAD R12-R13.Assembled spindles, fixtures, gear boxes, and slides for special machines for automotive industry.