CEO for Pinta Elements a division of a privately held global manufacturer of custom acoustic and thermal solutions for the automotive, passenger rail, public transit, medical device, entertainment, sports stadiums, and construction industries. Pinta US includes Pinta Acoustic, Pinta Medical, Pinta Industry Systems. Reporting to the Owner. Contact me at patrick.mueller.j@gmail.com.

Head Engineer at Pinta Elements. Managing the Engineering team for 3 divisions, Acoustic, Industry and Medical.

Engineer in a custom acoustics and thermal insulation manufacturing environment using Solidworks and Draftsight to design customer solutions. Programming waterjets, routers, flashcutters and other automated manufacturing equipment to come up with novel manufacturing solutions. Working with sales and project managers to develop new business opportunities while visiting and being technical lead on customer visits.● Managed cost savings projects that improved manufacturing techniques allowing Pinta to capture more revenue while lowering costs for the customer.● Kept tight deadlines for TEXRail project designing custom thermal and acoustic insulation for easy use and application.● Produced quotes and estimates for customers for custom acoustic and industrial insulation applications.● Leading CalTrain Project a $1 Million dollar project developing thermal and sound insulation for the rail industry.

Development Engineer for $3.4 Billion global leader in technology-led filtration products and solutions, serving a broad range of industries and advanced markets Diverse, skilled employees at over 140 locations on six continents partner with customers - from small business owners to R&D organizations and the world’s biggest OEM brands. Donaldson solves complex filtration challenges through three primary segments: Mobile Solutions, Industrial Solutions and Life Sciences. With diverse, skilled employees at over 140 locations on six continents.Filtration Engineer working in R&D environment for liquid filtration for diesel and hydraulic applications. Worked on Fundamental Technology projects including fuel water separation, New Product Development designing new filtration media and New Product Commercialization traveling to manufacturing sites and working with material suppliers.• Partnered with business units with engineering team designing fuel filters for common rail fuel injector systems to increase engine efficiency and decrease environmental impact. Resulting media implemented in more than a dozen hydraulic, fuel, and oil filter products.• Outpaced industry standards by developing new testing procedures to determine media filtration capacities and efficiencies.• Operated laboratory to test properties as well as ISO dust and lab-generated contaminants of ultra-low-sulfur diesel and biodiesel.• Presented in internal meetings to help drive new projects and ideas.• Led innovative paper manufacturing plant to generate and test new media.• Oversaw trial runs of filter media at remote processing plants.• Managed a team of college students to develop test bench for newly patented filtration system to quantify efficiencies, educated students, and generated interest in employment at Donaldson.

Engineering Technician for a composites company manufacturing musical instruments with carbon, Kevlar and glass composites.• Fabricated thousands of fiberglass rods on manual table rolling process.• Headed bladder-molding process for making high end carbon fiber/Kevlar violin bows.• Processed glass and carbon fiber to patterns for manufacturing.• Administered Quality Control testing to fiberglass tubes prior to sales and shipping.• Attended composite trade shows to research new processes and materials.

Quality Control Technician for Fastenal. Experiences included testing dimensional specs for metal fasteners, mechanical strength and hardness testing.• Operated in A2LA accredited quality control lab testing finished metal threaded fasteners including nuts and bolts.• Led tensile and shear testing operation.• Completed hardness testing including 100% hardness, micro hardness, Rockwell scale.• Administered dimensional testing.