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Savannah, GA, US

The Woodlands, Texas, US

Ludwigshafen, DE

Manage and lead a team of five engineers responsible for delivering on operational support, process and product innovation for the facility. Align tactical and strategic resources to develop/implement changes to the process to improve safety and productivity of the assets.

Wilmington, DE, US

Wilmington, DE, US

• Ensure appropriate prioritization of multiple projects in alignment with manufacturing, business, and customer demands; includes leading a team of 16 chemical, mechanical, and electrical engineers in providing.
• Provide clear roadmaps by establishing individual performance and career development plans, critical operating tasks, and succession planning.
• Optimize large capital budgets by monitoring spend and defining or adjusting priorities.
• Contribute to next generation product development and scale-up in collaboration with the research and development (R&D) team.
• Delegate resources for operations and projects related to process hazards analysis, incident investigations, improvement programs, uptime, and reducing manufacturing costs.Key Contributions:
• Manage through a next generation technology conversion.

Wilmington, DE, US

• Optimized research operations of a high hazard pilot facility for 3 different business units; managed a team of 20 comprised of 17 R&D technicians and 3 first line supervisors, as well as 40 indirect team members.
• Delivered a significant savings while managing the installation of a large heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) project for the R&D building; project was completed on time.
• Facilitated a substantial improvement in production extruder operation by executing a Kaizen event.
• Improved team member retention by developing and implementing a career progression program for R&D technicians.
• Generated additional money for the United Way after implementing 2 new donation programs.
• Delivered an costs savings by establishing an area team focused on energy improvements; team completed multiple programs including an energy savings program for the R&D lab.

Wilmington, DE, US

• Provided technical consulting and R&D services related to bulk solids handling and solid liquid separation to various products and business units across DuPont; included managing project budgets and timelines and.
• Facilitated technical meetings and delegated tasks to technicians to support data collection on several projects.Select Projects & Key Contributions Cerenol ® Filtration
• Conducted an exploratory study into product clarification using centrifugation or filtration to address issues on separating the catalyst from the product.Teflon ® Compaction
• Enabled an additional multi-million in revenue by resolving a production bottleneck caused by a compactor; increased capacity 20%.
• Led a multi-functional team of plant and laboratory team members in focusing on improving the rate by increasing the material bulk density.
• Improved the powder flowability by developing a design of experiments using instrumentation.Illmenite Ore Handling

Phd, Chemical Engineering

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