John Wright Email & Phone Number

Newburgh, NY, US

L'Hospitalet De Llobregat, Barcelona, ES

St. Louis, Missouri, US

• Held two positions at Tri Rinse, an industry leader in vertically integrated agricultural products and packaging. I began as a Process Engineer and was promoted to Division Lead within my first year of tenure. Left the.
• Directly managed a team of 40 resources with diverse responsibilities across multiple departments.
• Implemented a Power App program to streamline production tracking
• Developed and implemented KPIs to monitor production performance. The resulting data was used to improve margin on historical projects
• Was asked to take on a client-facing role, resulting in multiple client onboardings and creating more than 20 new products to accommodate client-specific requirements, generating $500K in new yearly revenue.
• Managed Divisional P&L targets reducing labor costs and managing the product pricing model.

St. Louis, Missouri, US

• Managed an end-to-end automation project, including product evaluation, purchase, installation, and ensuring operational readiness.
• Reduced labor costs by 66% and increased throughput by 15% by implementing a new IBC tote washline
• Provided a custom client solution for a non-standard packaging process.
• Increase output by 20% and reduce labor needs by 25% by designing a new Herbicide SC Mill
• Designed a seed bin washline for a new facility with a 13% reduction in headcount from older designs

Zurich, Zurich, CH

• Packaging Process Engineer overseeing all industrial and retail packaging processes for a private label food processor that serviced multinational, globally branded confectioners such as Hershey’s and Nestle..
• Managed a cross-function initiative (Operations, Quality, Safety, and Supply Chain) to replace cases with metal inclusion, saving $500,000 annually in remelt and productivity costs while improving employee morale.
• Led team to improve retail bagging machine line efficiency by 10% and proposed capital expenditure to replace an inefficient process with an ROI of $300,000 in the 12 months following implementation.
• Developed training program eliminating lot coding rework.
• Developed a custom packaging solution for a potential new customer, which led to a continuing business relationship
• Led R&D evaluations of several new products and processes.

Hartsville, SC, US

• SPS Coordinator for three Sonoco Rigid Paper & Closures plants, where I oversaw all continuous improvement processes in each facility. SPS is based on Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing principles. The program focuses on.
• Developed Strategic plans for each of the three plants to hit aggressive facility and division targets for Safety, Quality, and Productivity.
• Managed six-figure operational budgets for multiple workstreams.
• Trained over 20 employees in Systematic Troubleshooting (STS) to reduce downtime.
• Co-lead the division 5S program, where Best Practices and systemic inefficiencies were shared, addressed, and leveraged across all 13 plants within the division.
• Built custom dashboards using Power BI to provide transparency into financial inefficiencies and capital leakage. Established processes to measure (KPIs), track, and remediate inefficiencies.

Leonia, NJ, US

• Continuous improvement lead for complex manufacturing semiconductor (silicon) process with a specific focus on improving end product quality, time to market, and total cost of ownership.
• Leveraged DOE (Design of Experiments) to optimize a legacy photolithography process, resulting in a 10% decrease in rework and an increase in production yield.
• Led the evaluation, procurement, and implementation of a new backside aligner, which resulted in a 25% increase in process efficiency.
• Leveraged Six Sigma and SPC (Statistical Process Control) techniques to identify and reduce Furnace and Dry processing variability.
• Developed end-to-end KPI (Key Process Indicators) tracking system and implemented several improvements based on the results.
• Managed redesign team designated to optimize the spin coating process.

• AlphaMinds Academy is an enrichment program for young students which encourage learning activities related to and promoting STEM subjects and analytical thinking.
• Planned core curriculum to teach elementary grade students about engineering.
• Designed hands on activities to enhance critical topics and promote creative thinking.

• In response to NY Local Law 84, Geatain engages with building owners to establish energy consumption baselines and suggests and implements remediation plans to help building management companies adhere to regulations.
• Managed an audit and design team to perform lighting, HVAC, renewable energy, and energy audits and establish retro-commissioning projects.
• Using advanced statistical modeling techniques, projected annual cost savings for suggested energy consumption remediation plans.

• Lead a cross disciplinary team that designed a liquid desiccant system
• Simulated various designs for the system that include dehumidification desiccant columns and evaporative coolers using ASPEN Plus software
• Determined cost, energy analysis, and power consumption for the entire system
• Provided various literature research to choose proper materials that can handle the corrosion of the desiccant, and to select proper equipment such as sensors, valves, pumps, or flow controllers

Hoboken, NJ, US

• Wrote and presented a $4,500 budget to student council
• Lead the design of a chemical powered car to compete in the AIChE Regional Conference against 20 other schools
• Help organize events on campus based on chemical engineering principles such as non-Newtonian Fluids

Hoboken, NJ, US

• Coordinated with 20 schools registered for the conference in the Mid-Atlantic Region to make sure they completed and submitted all paperwork on time
• Coordinated with school safety officers to make sure proper safety measures were taken to meet AIChE and Stevens safety regulations
• Organize volunteers to run Chem-E Car to make sure all safety rules were followed and answer any questions competitors had

Master'S Of Engineering, Materials Engineering

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Chemical Engineering