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Chicago, IL, US

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Leading EPSTEIN's Business Development initiatives across all Industrial sub markets with an emphasis on supporting clientele in Food & Beverage, Baking & Powders, Process Manufacturing, Cold Storage, Data Centers, and Warehouse / Distribution / Fulfillment.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Provided leadership support to Project Managers, Project Engineers, Design Engineers, etc.
• Supported development of construction best practices and managed implementation across all projects.
• Provided senior management direction and control of projects from concept design through completion and strived to meet all client expectations.
• Responsible for the coordination and implementation of all construction systems, practices, safety, and procedures for projects domestic and international.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Downers Grove, IL

• Full responsibility for project performance and customer satisfaction, taking it from concept to completion.
• Directly control profit and performance for all projects and actively involved in sales delivery.
• Responsible for all managerial and administrative aspects of owned projects across the country as well as the opportunity to work directly with repeat clients and manage those accounts.

Elizabethtown, PA

• Actively managed numerous capital investments exceeding $18 million per year specifically the goodnessknows® National Launch and the Elizabethtown, PA (ELZ) Milk Reconstitution projects.
• Designed and implemented new manufacturing line construction projects involving significant multi-factory changes in the process, electrical, controls, packaging, architectural, and structural engineering disciplines.
• Mentored 4 Associate Project Engineers distributed across multiple Mars factories by providing strategic and tactical leadership.
• Served as the North American technical liaison for global chocolate moulding initiatives and technologies.
• Contributed to the innovation of scale up processes including the use of counter flow technology to mix cocoa powder into chocolate as well as the use of high shear mixing during cooking to produce a binding agent.
• Maintained material balances and unit operation capability information to ensure optimal production rates were achieved from project development to execution.

Elizabethtown, PA

• Simultaneously managed 5 projects from bid to completion stages while ensuring the delivery of scope, time, budget, and cash flow.
• Re-designed the existing ELZ Filled Bar secondary packaging area to install 2 new case checkweighers and thus meet global packaging technology standards.
• Modified a global standard inline metal detector to ensure the ELZ Filled Bar rework system met the current global Quality and Food Safety standards.
• Developed the mould design and process for the M&M’S® Chocolate Bar at the Chicago, IL factory.
• Provided a lean design and new ancillary equipment to improve energy consumption of the ELZ milk, nougat, and caramel CIP systems by 75%.
• Collaborated with the Global Standardization Team to install a new global best practice peanut supersack nitrogen flushing system at the Albany, GA factory to improve peanut shelf life by 50%.

Port Matilda, PA

• Assisted Product Manager in market analysis, competitor research, customer and distributor relations, marketing campaigns, and various duties dependent on project.
• Part of the FM-PM division responsible for product development and utilization of the QBC ParaLens Advance, QBC F.A.S.T. (Fluorescent and Staining Techniques) Products, and the QBC Malaria test.
• Organized and developed the release of the QBC Malaria Staining Kit through creating bottling and manufacturing procedures, developing Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) templates, and performing stability programs.
• Implemented a new lab practice to start diagnostic testing of Johne’s Disease and Bovine TB to Penn State cattle at Penn State’s Animal Diagnostic Laboratory (ADL).
• Performed LED heat sink research projects to develop a new design for the future development of the QBC ParaLens Advance.

State College, PA

• Responsible for opening and closing the bar, inventory, and following all alcohol and ID laws; RAMP (Responsible Alcohol Management Program) certified.
• Organized and supervised server duties throughout shift as well as ensure that all tasks were completed thoroughly prior to shift’s end.
• Provided excellent customer service and courtesy along with displaying a professional attitude at all times.

State College, PA

• Managerial position with responsibility for organizing proper materials and references for the 4 hours test review group sessions, and accountability for collection of fees for each scheduled group session.
• Responsible for training three to six new desk assistants each semester and maintaining an accurate customer attendance record and detailed payment history.
• Proposed a plan that reduced the number of group review scheduling conflicts with course examinations, which was a frequent issue for science and engineering major prerequisites; this plan resulted in maximizing the.

Glen Rock, PA

• Helped maintain a full service horse farm and equine veterinary center under the supervision of Dr. William Solomon for distinguished Thoroughbred and Standardbred racing horses.
• Practiced and trained people in assisting with performing complete evaluation and management of broodmares; including artificial insemination, embryo transfer, shipped semen, and foaling supervision.