Led design of several concepts from prototyping to product launch resulting in the growth of Spike's product portfolio and profitsWorked closely with other teams in the company to successfully manufacture products, introduce new products to the market, and educate customers about new products and processesProduced detailed CAD drawings using Solidworks to support communication with domestic and international vendorsUsed professional brewing experience to test and develop new equipment and update older product linesLead process with cross-departmental team to gain data, education and hours on new productsSelf-taught Solidworks Visualize to create photorealistic images for the website, social media, and marketing contentDeveloped relationships with current and new suppliers (both foreign and domestic) for prototyping and manufacturingWorked with suppliers when designing new products to better understand their capabilities resulting in lower production cost and a higher quality product

I started as an intern with Tulip as I pursued my engineering degree at UW-Milwaukee. After nine months, I was offered a full time position as the lead Process Engineer and continued to attend school as a part-time student.In my full-time role at Tulip, I took on additional responsibilities and I became accountable for developing and executing engineering strategies for this national injection molding company. I work closely with all departments, including engineering, quality, sales, and maintenance, to achieve our short and long terms goals. Successes include increased efficiency for mold change-overs, quicker and improved mold start-ups, resulting in increased part consistency and accuracy. Lead efforts to trouble shoot and educate ways to improve overall production process; Implement new technology and methods to improve quality and efficiency.Currently, I am coordinating the standardization of equipment to that will increase our volume of product output which will allow for an increase in profits.

Update and record press settings for molds to increase the consistency of partsCalculated tonnage of the molds to help with future press purchasesUpdated part, robot, and mold specifications and successfully transferred information into new softwareto increase operations efficiencyWorked as a part of a team to develop a polypropylene blend to satisfy customer needsUsed AutoCAD Mechanical and Inventor to design new parts

Established and maintained good rapport with customers, resulting in consistently high quality customer service and consistent sales of the productCollaborated with management to help implement the expansion of business to include a sandwich and coffee shop resulting in increased businessWorked with cross function teams to provide high quality customer service to ensure a team approach to satisfying the customers needs through educational and communications trainingDeveloped in depth understanding of recipes and used knowledge to make necessary adjustments recipes to create consistently first-rate products

Communicated effectively with the shift brewer the status of the cellar and bright cellarWorked large-scale events, interacting with beer enthusiasts, educating them on our productsMaintained a professional demeanor while consistently handling my daily responsibilities and keepingcleanliness and safety standards for the breweryMaintained 50 to 200 barrel fermenters and bright tanksResponsible for yeast harvesting, counting and pitching

Apprenticed over 500 hours, providing brewing and cleaning assistance. Promoted to Brewer after one yearMaintained a two barrel system, performing in all facets of beer production including raw materials, wort production and fermentation monitoringWorking knowledge of mashing, lautering, boiling, whirlpool, wort chilling, yeast pitching and handlingPromote product by educating customers and providing personal attention, resulting in an increase in average sales per customer and word of mouth referrals for the businessAssisted with problem solving in both the development of the product, as well as improvements on promoting the product to customersProactively communicated with management regarding both the status of the brewery and addressed ways to improve the business as a whole Developed productive working relationships with co-workers to help create a uniform team mentality in order to ensure excellence in customer service