John Graft Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Support process and product technology deployments on high density polyethylene finishing units• Provide technical leadership in mentoring, problem solving, and unit monitoring• Engage process networks to share learnings and best practices between sites

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

• Process engineer for multiple high density polyethylene (HDPE) extruder and shipping lines. Provided 24/7 technical support, performed root cause failure analysis, stewarded product quality, improved reliability, and advanced operations philosophy.• Specified and implemented novel additive flow sensors, reducing the risk of an additive quality incident by 95%• Led a multi-phase project that increased payload maximization, allowing the site to load on average 2,000 more lbs. of plastic pellets in each railcar, saving ~$725k in storage and switching costs • Initiated several trials that focused on removing constraints and increasing quality and security of supply• Collaborated with vendors to install a vacuum system to recover leftover pellets from inbound railcars

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

• Provided 24/7 I&C support, including device specification, PLC & HMI programming, and troubleshooting • Upgraded the instrumentation and PLC logic on the railcar shipping unit to eliminate the possibility of overfilling railcars (reduced plastic waste by 99% and saved $450k/yr); Received an ExxonMobil Responsible Care Award• Led a team of six on a project that improved the first outs and permissives on the HMIs at BRPO; Reduced the number of failed extruder startup attempts by 65%• Saved XOM over $200k by doing in-house PLC programming that, in the past, was outsourced to contractors• Organized and coordinated the Baton Rouge area instrumentation community of practice

Greater Chicago Area

T.A. for the laboratory portion of ECE 481, the undergraduate level nanotechnology course. Taught students basic nanotechnology techniques, including metal-assisted chemical etching (MacEtch) and photolithography.

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

• Conducted hardware and software failure analyses on characterization and fabrication equipment for a company specializing in epitaxial growth for the RF and optoelectronics supply chain • Utilized statistical process control (SPC) to ensure the capability of measurement systems • Helped install and qualify a high-volume photoluminescence mapping tool • Developed and implemented an algorithm to sort wafers based on their characterization success

Elgin, Il

• Designed electrical and pneumatic schematics for custom automation machines• Performed power distribution calculations• Designed the control panel layout for several custom automation systems• Created a 70-page training manual for control engineers detailing standards for drafting schematics

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

• C&J White Finance Fellowship recipient • Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) for Financial Accounting (UGBA 102A) • President, Haas.

Bachelor'S Degree In Electrical Engineering, Minor In Chemistry, With Honors

• Chancellor's Scholar (Top 2% of entering university class based on academics and leadership potential) • Teaching Assistant for ECE 481.