Kurt Leopoldt Email & Phone Number

Portland, Oregon, United States

Portland, Oregon Area

Responsible for new product development, including quotes, cost-estimates, and support of hundreds of different part configurations across a variety of alloys. Front-to-back understanding of investment casting process and ability to solve complex manufacturing problems and improve part quality.Selected Contributions:▪ Responsible for timeline and weekly report out to specific customers regarding FA and production parts. ▪ Developed custom VBA Excel add-in for engineering, planning, and sales to pull and summarize common manufacturing and part-specific data twice as quickly as previous methods.▪ Facilitated quarterly customer-focused Casting School which includes technical presentations and coordinating tours for over 50 customers annually (2017-2020).▪ Assistant facility compliance officer tasked with supporting manufacturing and interfacing with customers to meet U.S. export requirements on all product (2020-present).

Vancouver, Washington (Us Branch)

Main resource for technical questions related to corrosion resistant alloys, especially super-duplex stainless steels. Coordinated material testing trials for the company and customers. Selected Contributions:▪ Attained ISO 9001:2008 certification in July 2013 after overhauling quality system.▪ Additionally responsible for shipping, receiving, production, and scheduling as of Sept. 2013.

Portland, Oregon Area

Supervised and scheduled material testing laboratory while also supporting process development for newly installed vacuum carburizing furnace. Metallurgical resource for customer inquiries.Selected Contributions:▪ Led root cause analysis of mechanical test property failures for a large aerospace customer relating to heat treatment of forgings.▪ Developed processes for improving accuracy of endothermic and vacuum carburizing heat treatments.

Portland, Oregon Area

Provided engineering support for production of titanium aerospace components. Streamlined part routing and gating in order to improve quality and reduce span.Selected Contributions: ▪ Created scheduling system for parts cast in three vacuum arc furnaces in the foundry.

Jonesboro, Arkansas Area

Focused on multiple projects working in the hot mill, including assessing capability of vanadium-rich HSLA steels.Selected Contributions:▪ Organized list of caster transitions to maximize mill productivity when switching steel grades.