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United States

• Managed and supported team of 5 individuals in challenging service crunches
• Determined future team strategy to managing large volumes of orders, requests for move ups, workload redistribution, and areas missing necessary focus
• Collaborated with operations planning manager and scheduling team members to provide plan for extensive cross training and vacation coverage
• Managed urgent customer demands while minimizing the impact on manufacturing efficiencies
• Enforced a four day frozen schedule with customer service and scheduling team to achieve schedule stability and improved plant metrics and expected customer dates
• Scheduled the lamination department for plant efficiency while maintaining customer deadlines

• Developed introductory training and onboarding for interns, coops, and new process engineers
• Organized job scheduling, machine logistics, resin processing concerns, and R&D expectations to run over 45 successful projects
• Collaborated with R&D on forward looking strategies and business opportunities to allow for greater business development in the future
• Worked with maintenance, scheduling, and production to have the biggest plant shutdown and start up in ACF history with minimal process issues
• Supported the onboarding and technical training of a new process engineer and a new process technician
• Worked to create value added tag list and displays for greater operator engagement for IoT reboot project

Oshkosh, Wisconsin

• Involved with implementing safety improvements as a process team with EHS manager based on first aid data and first-hand knowledge of processes
• Determined root cause of a $600k multi-layer tear out defect by working with downstream plants and implemented sustainable long-term solution
• Led lean six sigma green belt project team to increase poly-ICE outputs by 20% on an ICE line and worked with a black belt mentor to run a successful DOE to find optimal run settings
• Managed an annual output increase of 20% (3M pounds) on two ICE lines after capital project installation
• Conducted monthly caliper waste reduction team to determine root causes and reduce future waste events
• Developed and ran T42 improvement team which produced a 78% reduction in non-conformances, a 23% decrease in waste to input, and a 6% increase in output

Appleton, Wisconsin

• Operations Leader troubleshooting issues and managing a crew of 30 individuals in coating prep, rewinding, and coating machine operations
• Optimized a new product’s speed, quality, and yield on a paper coater
• Facilitated safety interactions with machine crews to identify and eliminate potential hazards
• Gathered and analyzed experimental rheology data of reformulated coatings for cost saving opportunities

Duluth, Minnesota Area

• Tutored students for Properties of Engineering Materials, Thermodynamics, and Heat and Mass Transfer

Wausau, Wisconsin Area

• Implemented new control software (PARCView) in the finishing department
• Replaced the outdated system to better track downtime and low productivity
• Recommended software updates to reduce variability within intermediate product and improve quality
• Promoted safety initiatives with machine operators

Duluth, Minnesota Area

• Tested experimental soybean oil and pentanol fuel blends as a possible alternative fuel
• Analyzed and summarized the collected slow motion videos of fuel micro-explosions
• Finalized results are being used in an academic journal and were presented in a research presentation

Wausau, Wisconsin Area

• Sampled on a daily and weekly basis to monitor and maintain the paper process control and final quality
• Analyzed product and chemical quality data to identify and resolve paper quality issues
• Ran and monitored trials of new products for financial saving opportunities and improved product quality
• Participated in the safety team to improve and promote safety for all mill employees

Wausau, Wisconsin Area

Wausau, Wisconsin Area

Marshfield, Wisconsin

Bachelor'S Degree, Chemical Engineering, 3.90

Activities and Societies: Minors in Energy Engineering and Environmental Engineering

Chemical Engineering