Daniel Lalain, Arp-E, Cmrp Email & Phone Number

Sidney, OH, US

Wayzata, Minnesota, US

- I was honored with the opportunity to lead our committee for our 2024 Day Of Inclusion event.- Developed the slides and presented four sessions covering hundreds of our employees across shifts.- Kept the presentations fun, interactive, and engaging.- Utilized my knowledge of psychology to help enable our teams to collaborate more efficiently together.

Wayzata, Minnesota, US

• This is a very exciting opportunity that will utilize a majority of my experience in reliability, engineering, maintenance and management.
• Database data-mining and analytics via SQL through data platform for ERP and EAM systems. I review asset health, critical spares and maintenance optimization.
• Develop SAP scripts to simplify repetitive tasks.
• Reliability of large equipment including drag and bucket conveyors, mills, crackers, rotary valves, feeders, blowers, heat exchangers, extractors, desolventizer toaster, dryer cooler, motors, gearboxes, hydraulics.
• Facilitate RCAs to build cause maps.
• Create one-point lessons.

Glendale, Wisconsin, US

• Directly supervised ~10 mechanics and 2 technicians.
• Ensured utilization among my team for both emergency calls and rebuilds.
• Assisted with complicated troubleshooting and repairs involving mechanical, electrical and controls.
• Responsible for performing employee write-ups

Glendale, Wisconsin, US

• Managed 4 maintenance supervisors, 2 planners, and 40 mechanics in a union environment on troubleshooting and repair of equipment.
• Implemented PM, PdM and CBM strategies to improve asset availability.
• Wrote capital justifications for new equipment.
• Led Kaizen’s, root-cause analyses and FMEAs.
• Wrote one-point lessons and gave toolbox talks for best practices and new tools.
• Developed SQL queries for the Maximo CMMS to facilitate data visualizations for downtime analysis and authored web pages to create reports and visualizations.

Glendale, Wisconsin, US

• Managed 3 engineers and 6 technicians and developed them on troubleshooting and PLC programming.
• Worked on projects and troubleshooting with Rockwell RSLogix/Studio 5000, RSLogix 500, FactoryTalk View ME, GuardLogix Safety Controllers, Kinetix Servo Drives, PowerFlex VFDs; LMI Gocator 3D Line Profilers; Keyence.
• Enhanced production throughput by modifying PLC programs as the lines were in operation. In Formation I proven that we could improve from 14,000 to over 20,000 batteries/day (142% improvement.)
• Implemented condition monitoring and setup alarming and email alerts.
• Assisted with controls systems integration and testing for corporate projects.
• Participated in the Knowledge Academy to learn all of the battery-making processes.

Mentor, OH, US

• Supported New Product Development Group on Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide (VHP) generators used for disinfection of pharmaceutical equipment. I introduced programming/networking best practices and modular programming.
• Liaison between Customers, Applications, and Software Engineering. I would understand the Customer's existing or planned systems integration and how to best integrate our equipment into their Host PLC, BMS, BAS, PI.
• Provided solutions for protocol conversion between PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, CIP, Modbus TCP/IP, BACnet/IP, OPC UA, Modbus RTU, RS485 serial.
• Supported Service Group with legacy systems: Rockwell RSLogix 5000 V16-20; AB Hardware: CompactLogix, L35E (Ser A and B), L33ER, L32E; code comparisons, hardware/firmware upgrades and project version downgrades.
• Designed and programmed (from scratch) the new Decontamination Room laboratory controller to control HVAC equipment, dampers, fans, blower, dehumidifiers, heater, humidifier, coolers, sensors, and door access controls.
• Worked with: Siemens TIA Portal V13-15, S7-1500, S7-1200, TP700, IoT2040; B&R Automation Studio 4.7; VMWare; Node-RED (creating flows and dashboards); eWON Flexy 205 IIoT; RFID rewritable devices; CPT Tools, Sedona.

Holland, Ohio, US

• Worked for an Industrial Automation company that provided multi-discipline engineering including architectural, process, power distribution, and turn-key systems.I utilized the following software and hardware for my.
• NSG, Luckey, OH - Unload Assurance System (Studio 5000/FT View ME)
• NSG, Luckey, OH - Cullet Return System (Studio 5000/iFIX)
• U.S. Coexcell, Maumee, OH - Plastic Injection Molding (Beckhoff PLC/HMI)
• Johns Manville, Defiance, OH - High-Throughput Glass Melter/Forehearth (FT View SE/SQL)
• Charter Steel, Saukville, WI - Ladle Alloy System Pre-Engineering (Siemens)

Maumee, OH, US

• Moved into a new role in the Service group in order to provide my clients with quick response to their control system's needs. I will still work on projects but not for long durations so that I can support more clients.
• Benteler Automotive, Goshen, IN [Ford Escape/Lincoln C482/C483 Cell Run-off]
• Pepperidge Farm, Denver, PA [Rooftop HVAC I/O checkout and Startup - 7 units presently]
• Logistec, Cleveland, OH [Ship loadout conveyor troubleshooting]
• First Solar, Perrysburg, OH [Anti-Reflective Coating room HVAC control programming and startup]
• BP-Husky, Oregon, OH [LIMS maintenance and contract support]

Maumee, OH, US

• Benteler Automotive, Goshen, IN [C482/C483 Cell Run-off]
• Coldwater Machine Company (a Lincoln Electric Co.), Coldwater, OH [Startup of two more C482/C483 cells and added part mark]

Maumee, OH, US

• Continuing to work hard to provide existing and new clients with great service:
• Benteler Automotive, Goshen, IN [Ford P375 Ford Ranger robot welding cell programming and run-off]
• Coldwater Machine Company, Coldwater, OH [ABB robot assembly cell for Ford pickup truck pillars]
• First Solar, Perrysburg, OH [Temperature/Humidity control of process room]
• Carmeuse Maple Grove, Bettsville, OH [Kiln coal feed PLC 5 support]
• Carmeuse Grand River, OH [Wireless temperature measurement of trunnions and thrust bearings]

Maumee, OH, US

• Excellent working relationships with clients ranging from projects to startup assistance and troubleshooting across different industries:
• AstraZeneca, Boulder, CO (4-month assignment, functional specs, post ACO book cleanup)
• Campbell's Soup Company, Napoleon, OH (Network switch replacement, Alfredo sauce startup, V8 64oz J-Line startup)
• Clorox/Hidden Valley, Wheeling, IL (Kitchen Bouquet line 4 programming/checkout/startup)
• Carmeuse Black River and Buffington Mining Operations [Kiln burner management system (BMS) I/O checkout/startup/pre-shipment testing]
• General Mills, Joplin, MO (Pillsbury pie crust line PLC programming/startup)

Solon, Ohio, US

• Improved forging operation UPDT/WC hours from 17% (2011) to 4% (2013)
• Managed capital projects up to $5M
• Developed a suite of CMMS data-mining tools
• Developed processes to backup PLC ladder logic and image hard disks. Also developed a process to replace hard disks with solid-state drives
• Troubleshooted equipment, especially intermittent issues.
• Revitalized equipment by replacing obsolete/antiquated controls and mechanical components.

• Managed personnel and equipment for certification and engineering testing including flight testing, wind/ice tunnel testing, dielectric-at-altitude, salt-spray and other tests
• Designed and built a pitot-static transducer box using off-the-shelf components
• Programmed a C++ program in Windows to measure, record and display the data from the pitot-static transducer box and other interfaces for both official FAA certification testing and engineering testing
• Reverse-engineered Goodrich Air Data Sensors (pitot, pitot-static, pitot-static-static tubes, total air temperature, and ice detector)
• Conducted FAA TSO-C16, FAA TSO-C16A, SAE AS393, SAE AS8006, BSI 2G.135, RTCA DO-160 certification testing of Air Data Sensors
• Forensically-analyzed numerous Aero-Instruments Air Data Sensors that failed in production and in the field. I would use a plethora of tools to precisely open up the Air Data Sensors so that I could photograph.

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Maintained secret security clearance and worked with classified maps of active theaters of war.
• Quantified the probabilities of thermal-infrared identification of targets through smoke media at different ranges and wavelengths.
• Researched battery technologies to power unmanned ground sensors.
• Administered computer hardware, software and networks for warfare simulation.
• Piloted Predator drones during 2-week missions

Greenbelt, MD, US

• Designed, built and tested two identical rocket payloads including custom analog and digital circuits and firmware, mechanical sensor heads, aircraft bus, and wire harnesses.
• Setup and programmed automated electronic test stands to test the DC bias and frequency response of analog circuits. Mechanical and environmental testing was performed at NASA’s facilities.
• Payloads reached and apogee of 90km to perform measurements of Earth’s Mesosphere

Southfield, Michigan, US

• Developed the first electronic database containing the forms and reports for the QS9000 quality system including the PPAP, QSA, APQPCP, FMEA and Checklists.
• Developed the first electronic survey application that was sent out to over 50,000 suppliers to Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors.
• Wrote proposal agreements, submitted bids, and communicated updates for projects.
• Managed alpha/beta testing, made corrections, and prepared final program releases.
• (I was in high-school at this time.)

Masters Of Electrical Engineering, Communications And Space Sciences

Bachelors Of Electrical And Computer Engineering, (Abet Accredited)