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Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada

Oversaw all daily operations of the plant from production, manufacturing and maintenance; ensuringsafe practices, policies and procedures are followed.• Recruited and managed staff, encouraged employee development and addressed grievances.• Trained employees to use production equipment safely and efficiently.• Monitored operations and product quality, performed diagnostics leading to corrective actions ifrequired.• Responsible for production output, product quality and on time shipping.• Ensured factory raw materials and supplies were available when needed.• Installed, operated, maintained, modified and repaired all production equipment. (frame saws &related blade sharpening system, Wood-Mizer kiln, planer/moulder, double belt sander, doubleend tenoner, clamp carrier, UV roll coater, rail saw, dust collection systems, and firewoodbriquetting press)

Vancouver, Bc, Canada

Principal Technical SpecialistManaged the safe efficient operation of the Engineered Wood Products Pilot Plant and Testing Labs.• Supervised and trained others to use lab testing equipment and large-scale pilot plant equipment- safely.• Provided designing, building / modifying and instrumenting support to lab scale as well as largepilot plant and mill scale projects.• Provided machining/welding/fabrication service to the entire lab (2004 - 2014)• Performed and presented monthly safety inspection reports as an OHS committee member.• Analysed test result data and reported/presented results in table and graphical forms.• Performed industrial wood drying kiln audits at mill sites – identified areas of greatest improvementreturns.• Operated, maintained and repaired all pilot plant/lab equipment. (Wood-Mizer portable saw mill,hydraulic presses of up to one million pounds force, wood strander, curtain coaters, roll coaters,strand blender, 4’ veneer lathe, veneer dryer, MDF blow line)• Installed, commissioned and operated 5kw radio frequency generator (RF generator) for curing orpre-curing of phenol formaldehyde (PF) resin composite materials.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Senior Technical Specialist• Managed/supervised the wet and dry labs - ensured all pulp and paper test equipment wascalibrated and well maintained. Managed operating budget.• Wrote, as senior author, patent applications, technical papers and detailed operating andprocedural manuals.• Supervised, operated, maintained, and modified the Industrial Scale Pilot Screening Plant.• Created and presented technology seminars on plastic contamination, Paprispec System, sclereidmeasurement, Sclereid Concentrator and TCMS technologies to member companies.Responsible for all aspects in the development of novel pulp contaminant monitoring equipment:Paprispec©, Trace Contaminant Monitoring System (TCMS), and the Sclereid Concentratormeasurement.• Conceived and tested new measurement concepts leading to prototype conceptualization.• Tested prototypes in pilot plant and member company pulp & paper mills, fine-tuned designs, andtrained mill personnel to safely operate the systems.• Managed the technology transfer over to the commercialization partners - Paprispec© sold for$180,000, TCMS would sell for approximately $200,000.