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North Carolina, United States

Irvine, Ca, Us

-Managed team of over 6 engineers and 7 interns to baseline & advance Mixing technology/process at a 10x level with acceptable Electrode and Cell quality-Led team to successful process scale up to Pilot Level, and 'Alpha/Mother' line equipment designed/fabricated to Mass Production level-Helped hire top talent across in-house Cell Engineering organization as one of the original members (Mixing, E-chem, Electrode, Assembly, Formation, Cathode Active Material teams)-Managed task force of cross-team engineers for Rivian battery module manufacturing line to overcome 'Production Hell ramp' at the Normal, IL factory

Irvine, Ca, Us

-Specified and procured equipment for cell mixing equipment for R&D, Pilot, and Mass Production scales-Defined Process Flow and cell mix recipes for various cell electrochemical formulations-Established necessary Input, Process, Output (IPO) and QC metrics for stable processes-Performed Root Cause Analyses to improve electrode quality yield on R&D and pilot scales

Austin, Texas, Us

Building the machines that make the machines for Lithium Ion Cell manufacturing pilot and mass production scale lines. Focused on mixing, powder conveyance, and electrode design & commissioning efforts.-Established both mixing Equipment & established the Process for wet Anode & Cathode slurry mixing up to pilot line-Developed concepts for powder conveyance of dry electrode mix on R&D and pilot scales-Helped advance the processes for wet and dry mixing recipes with cross-functional electrode & cell build DOEs-Ramped EV battery module to get Tesla out of 'Model 3 Production Hell' and assisted in Panasonic's 2170 cell ramp at Gigafactory 1

St Louis, Missouri, Us

Helped in creating vision for cost & performance roadmaps for battery technologies

St Louis, Missouri, Us

-Obtained Design for Six Sigma Black Belt by applying innovative principles to save product costs by $1.2 million/yr. leading a silver reduction team from concept to implementation in 1 fiscal year-Completed zero mercury product conversion across 20 unique cell types to meet legislative deadline goal by leading the team, improving designs, and performing ramp-up experiments-Politely interfaced with OEM customers and timely formulated various complex alkaline cell designs via Design of Experiments (DOE) tools-Frequently documented results for new or modified cell designs by presentations to management and publishing internal technical reports-Upgraded 5S rating of pilot lab from emerging to benchmark status-Advocated measures for preventing near-miss and recordable injuries-Supervised technicians with performance management responsibilities

St Louis, Missouri, Us

-Performed troubleshooting on quality issues and machines for accountable miniature watch cell manufacture production lines, cathode pellet production, and all packaging areas-Reduced top Pareto scrap item by tweaking cell design with no negative impact, saving approx. $80,000/yr. by process capability improvements-Scaled-up, implemented, and supported new product launches, reducing one of the initial scrap rates from 25% to 4%-Resolved process variability with Statistical Process Control (SPC)

-Applied findings from lithium ion scientific literature to develop and perform coin cell battery improvement trials-Investigated and mapped patent landscape for advent battery materials -Benchmarked and analyzed competing performance of anode materials-Created point-of-use operating procedures for analytical equipment

-Fixed, appended, and automated reporting for ban-listed chemicals using SQL database programming-Addressed approx. 20% additional hazardous substances inside plants-Created state-regulated air emission permits-Benchmarked TRI emissions on several automotive companies-Trained staff to input Environmental Performance Index data

Novi, Michigan, Us

-Investigated the desulfurization of government-regulated jet fuel-Calculated key info such as specific adsorption times for obtaining government project grant-Designed, set up, and tested pilot-scale sulfur adsorption experiments-Performed scale up for the desulfurization process ahead of schedule

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Chemical Engineering

Bse, Chemical Engineering And International Engineering