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St. Paul, MN, US

• Directed 12 simultaneous installation projects to completion, adding production capacity and upgrading facilities
• Became site expert on OT/IT cybersecurity network architecture, designing & drafting future state with corporate IT team
• Coordinated cross-functional $10 million-dollar expansive DeltaV cybersecurity project, protecting all site production equipment
• Submitted site-wide safety process improvement strategy to leadership team, eliminating 23 unnecessary questions
• Mentored summer interns on systems and procedures, resulting in increased productivity conversion to full-time employment

St. Paul, MN, US

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Partnered with Argonne National Laboratory researchers to devise commercial strategy for IP of redox flow battery
• Compiled an assessment of the energy storage market to help client inform go-forward decision

Bedford Park, IL, US

• Managed in-housing and customer validation of 3 processes, boosting company’s competitive advantage and quality control
• Collaborated with, and provided mentorship for, staff on 9 new processes, expanding company’s capabilities for operators
• Organized project portfolio management process, introducing easy-to-use Excel-based project management tool for project leads
• Prepared execution strategy proposals for 5 capital projects, outlining costs, payoffs, risks, and implications for company
• Standardized AutoCAD facility layout document, clarifying instructions for future teams and increasing engineering efficiency

Bedford Park, IL, US

• Enhanced set-up procedure and trained team for Apache lines, reducing scrap-causing defects from 30% of throughput to 0%
• Conducted interactive process with client; designed heat treatment experiments, reducing failure rate from 20% to 5%
• Led team during update of all 1,000 operational plans in use for production to comply with client’s standards
• Introduced Excel-based data collection tool for engineers, facilitating troubleshooting of hardening process for 80 product lines
• Performed in-depth process analysis for 8 largest product lines; corrected and addressed noncompliant issues with client

• Constructed 20 CAD models in SolidWorks and developed working documents detailing product requirements for operators
• Launched first-ever data analysis meeting, identifying and correcting operational and financial risk on 8 high-volume categories
• Evaluated AMS specifications and clients’ technical requirements to integrate operational needs with current machine capabilities

Cleveland, OH, US

• Conducted research funded by Procter and Gamble; presented strategy to improve absorbency of materials

Milan, Italy, IT

Transferred the company's pool life testing system to a new setup while maintaining data for test samples.

Milan, Italy, IT

Updated SDSs into online database, created Lockout Tagout procedures for all 200 machines, and filed the annual SERC report and the TRI report to the EPA.

Cleveland, OH, US

Tutored in organic chemistry and Spanish during half hour blocks for up to 10 hours/week.

I assisted with research and the USPTO patent application/prosecution, CAS# assignments, and TOSCA listings for future chemicals.

Columbus, Ohio, US

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor’S Degree, Chemical Engineering