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• Optimized dual-reactor continuous formaldehyde plant producing 300 million pounds/year at >93% yield• Responded to formaldehyde plant shutdowns, process excursions, and quality incidents• Site expert of Management of Change (MOC) process and documentation; led meetings to drive closure• Rationalized process alarms, created alarm help in distributed control system, and limited nuisance alarms

• Optimized production of 70k MT five-reactor batch resin plant manufacturing over 18 unique products• Acted as site quality manager by reviewing all resin batches for non-conformance or process deviation andmonitoring statistical process control (SPC) data and quality metrics such as process capability (Cpk)• Led site incident investigations and root cause analyses for internal and customer-facing claims and implemented administrative, engineering, and automation corrective actions to drive improvements• Responded to batch resin plant production and quality issues and troubleshot timely solutions• Improved resin plant Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) by driving reduced batch cycle time efforts