Richard Strom Email & Phone Number

Chicago, IL, US

West Lafayette, Indiana, United States

Full time graduate student in the School of Industrial Engineering focusing on operations research. Areas of interest are stochastic optimization, digital/smart manufacturing, distributed computing,and mechanism design. Graduating in December 2024.

Moline, Illinois

• Lead data scientist in the Manufacturing Insights and Analytics organization. Currently focusing on stochastic manufacturing process modeling, and enterprise data product design, development, and deployment. Lead.
• Developed and deployed a work instruction recommendation model reducing the time to create assembly task instructions by 80%.
• Developed and deployed a stochastic inventory optimization model capable of returning optimal inventory for the entire enterprise, delivering 4 million dollars in savings within the three-month test period, with.
• Developed 60+ manufacturing data products and architecture that serve as the foundation for all manufacturing-related analytics in the enterprise

Moline, IL

• Acted as lead analyst for warranty reimbursement, responsible for wrangling/engineering and analyzing warranty related data to deliver insights based on ad hoc requests
• Acted as a technical advisor in creating new and modified warranty policies.
• Developed statistical models improving warranty reimbursement autopayment
• Developed NLP model allowing classification of failure modes based on warranty claim free text fields

East Moline, IL

• Measured and tracked compliance to established guidelines for system driven replenishment strategies
• Developed measurement solutions and managed glide path data for material parameter optimization
• Worked with business partners on projects to coordinate and implement initiatives and new measurement/metric opportunities
• Documented processes for all material flow audits, analytics and tools
• Supported, evaluated, and continually improved database tools to maintain alignment with strategic goals of the business including supporting Factory Master Plan
• Researched and tested new analytics and visualization tools to assist in developing a technology roadmap for future state tools, dashboards and environments

Moline, IL

• Lead project teams toward definition & implementation of new processes using six sigma and lean methodologies.
• Solve problems through analytics and evaluation of key performance indicators.
• Provide customer service support to divisions, units/factories on a global basis.
• Provide knowledge of business processes and standard operating procedures.
• Document, report and communicate team efforts.
• Facilitate and support alignment of logistics strategies and initiatives with factories through project prioritization.

Des Moines, Iowa Area

• Resolved shipping and receiving issues ranging from EDI transmission errors, wrongly shipped and damaged goods to inventory consumption issues in a timely manner.
• Acted as a 3rd party in shipping dispute talks between suppliers, shippers and buyers
• Root caused and developed corrective action plans for shipping and receiving issues.
• Trained new suppliers and staff on shipping standards and expectations. Ensured new suppliers are properly setup on EDI.

West Lafayette, IN

Des Moines, Iowa Area

• Developed cost models to assist in setting target costs and analyzing supplier pricing to assure cost targets are met.
• Performed cost analysis on new and revised parts associated with projects to ensure that costs are valid based on implemented designs.
• Assisted in setting target costs to accurately reflect design costs such that projection costs and implementation costs are in line.
• Managed the cost management system at a unit/division level in cost- related projects and sourcing packages to ensure all relevant cost information is included in the decision process.

Oshkosh, Wisconsin Area

• Support teams as required
• Maintain a positive working attitude and environment
• Ensure that policies, procedures, and bargaining unit agreement requirements are satisfied
• Implement and sustain 5S in work areas
• Willingness to accept and delegate authority
• Accurately maintain company records and documents in accordance with policies and procedures

Ms, Industrial Engineering

B.A, Operations, M.I.S

Activities and Societies: FSAE, Outing Club, Resident Hall Student Goverment