Kevin Turnquist Email & Phone Number

Plymouth, Minnesota, United States

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Shoreview, Mn

Product Specialist at TSI Incorporated

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Application Engineer, Viscous Fan Clutches and Cooling Fans for Diesel Engines- Develop customer specific application engineering solutions for a broad array of fan clutches and cooling fans.- Enhance sales opportunities by building face-to-face relationships with Asian based customers and sales representatives while promoting company products and capabilities.- Create company goodwill and customer loyalty by providing technical expertise and support during onsite customer visits, including software training, problem solving and troubleshooting.- Conduct functional testing, perform engineering analysis, generating clear concise documentation to successfully release product in a timely manner.- Contribute to new product development by supplying market requirements and voice of customer, providing input throughout the design process, procuring prototypes and obtaining customer approval for production.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Onsite Caterpillar Global Paving Champlin, MNProject Engineer, Cold Planer Asphalt Mill New Production Introduction (NPI) Program- Lead project design engineer for cold planer water spray, dust ventilation, and air compressor systems.- Improving economic outcomes by managing cost targets, tracking start to finish schedule, and supplier collaboration.- Present system design concepts during video design review audits (VDRA) to Focus Team and customers for review and final concept selection.- Managing cold planer design engineers in India, South Dakota, and Minnesota by providing design concept and work direction.- Analyzed and evaluated current Caterpillar and competitor cold planer designs to determine Lowest Cost Producer (LCP) based on data gathered during machine tear down, baseline testing, and Added Value in Design (AVID) event.- Supervised and conducted machine readiness for field testing with governmental agency National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Separate Placing Boom Program- Protect structural integrity and safety, as well as reduce site downtime by creating specialized assembly and load data prints for site engineers for use in construction.Enhance sales opportunities by responding to customer's ideas for new designs with product design and development.- Enhance the SAI customer experience by developing timely design solutions for specific customer product needs and/or SPB functionality issues.- Improve SAI efficiency by developing product design solutions for ease of manufacturing, assembly, and fit issues.- Created positive impact on quality control by providing SAI vendors with prompt and precise deviation clearance for product specification, and accurate and timely material equivalents for vendors use in product procurement and assembly.- Reduce manufacturing costs by proofing engineering prints, reducing production errors and scrap.Convert engineering prints, units, and materials from DIN standards (European) to ASTM standards (U.S.) for vendors.- Converted SPB designs from ACAD 2002 to Solid Edge (3D modeling software

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Manufacturing Engineering Aid, CircuitCam (Introduction Software) Conversion Project in the Commercial Aviation Products DivisionIdentified need for uniform conversion processes.- Created and documented protocol to standardize processes, ensuring successful conversion of over 300 assembly documentation packages within six months.- Developed online operator instructions to guarantee cycle-time, quality, and to ensure delivery goals were achieved.- Initiated and developed survey to obtain operator input for use in improving instructions.- Analyzed survey data and presented results to engineering department for implementation, aiding operators in better understanding of documentation. - Conducted group training to implement new protocols.- Trained two interns on CircuitCam conversion using newly created standardized processes.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Collector for 26 client relationships in commercial accounts receivable totaling $6 million.- Analyzed and reported collection results, proving to be an effective communicator with clients and internal staff regarding delinquency or progress, and other non-payment issues.Developed collection-reporting protocol for risk assessment used by management in deciding future actions for accounts.- Learned to handle sensitive material and stressful situations to negotiate effectively creating a positive and proactive outcome for company and clients.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Built FilmTec membranes using AutoCAD.Developed proficiency in use of membrane production equipment.Awarded three salary increases based on performance, reliability, and leadership skills demonstrated within team.