Ryan Rickaby Email & Phone Number

Burnaby, British Columbia

● Managed research projects at over 10 test stations: designedexperimental scope, project planning through MS Projects, delegatedtasks, ordered parts, and collaborated with other departments.Successfully met important corporate deadlines.● Led weekly scrums for the membrane testing team; assigned tasks andfacilitated training for co-op students and technologists.● Completed safety audits and led implementation of controls asPreliminary Hazard Assessment chair.● Commissioned Ballard-built fuel cell test stations and dynamicmechanical analyzers. Designed validation tests to ensure quality control.● Conducted membrane electrode assembly (MEA) component interactionstudies, becoming a company-wide subject matter expert.● Supported proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) research,optimizing Next Generation MEAs and advancing to project lead.● Performed and designed mechanical characterization and acceleratedstress tests, enhancing understanding of PEM degradation.● Improved data quality through methodical root-cause analysis, qualitycontrol and automating data analysis (VBA, Excel).● Promoted to intermediate engineer 2 years early

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Balanced multi-thousand-dollar budgets for numerous Engineering-wide events at UBC• Organized inclusive, timely, and cost-effective events for hundreds of UBC Engineering students – involved managing diverse teams of students and collaborating with UBC and Applied Science Faculty• Presented speeches of varying lengths to large crowds • Coordinated physical and social media advertisements to improve public relations

Vancouver, Canada Area

Burnaby, British Columbia

• Operated H2 Fuel Cell test stations for cyclic voltammetry accelerated stress tests. This involves assembly of fuel cell stacks, management, trouble-shooting and calibration of process equipment (pumps, valves, humidifiers, evaporators, and P&IDs) as well as altering scripts for automated operation• Designed own research project from beginning to end – involves devising and altering sampling methods, data analysis, and collaborating with business professionals• Composed weekly technical memos for a variety of tests and station upgrades. Presented quarterly results to overseeing committee resulting with assignment to present at a company-wide technical seminar • Maintaining fuel cell stack components from beginning to end of life: building Membrane Electrode Assemblies (MEAs), casting silicone seals (port, manifold, and reactant seals) for stack hardware, maintenance of carbon plates, and locating and minimizing external and internal leaks. Minimized internal transfer leaks in cell active area during MEA anode decaling • Performed data analysis utilizing Excel. Used Excel, VBA, and Python for running macros and trouble-shooting• Completed rigorous safety training and preliminary hazard assessments before starting work• Competed in company-wide R&D and innovation 8-hour project (CSIS) – winning one of four genius grants. Grants come with continued funding to work on project concept. Our team recruited additional staff to work on developing course for fuel cell systems

Chilliwack, Bc

-Undertook research projects from beginning to end including site visitation, selection of plot, field setup, IPM monitoring and sample collection, sample analysis, data entry and validation, and data analysis; this resulted in a full understanding of the project at hand and required a detailed comprehension in ecological systems in-order-to problem solve, improvise and alter monitoring techniques and research objectives-Utilized working knowledge of microscopes and biological systems to track populations of the various life stages of the balsam wooly aldegid over multiple weeks to establish efficient means of chemical control

Burnaby, Bc

• Operated pulp and paper plant equipment through control of pumps and valves as well as by deciphering and managing PFDs and P&IDs in order to digest woodchips and refine pulp for the purpose of research and quality control• Developed code using Excel in order to compile 9 years’ worth of pulp data; this resulted in reducing compilation time from 15 minutes to 30 seconds• Honed technical communication skills to write, improve, and organize instruction sets, chemical lab procedures, and transition documents for future co-op students to be used to minimize future training, enhance overall understanding, and to establish clarity and consistency for all workers• Utilized and enhanced various chemical lab techniques involved in the making and testing of paper such as pipetting, performing titrations, separating techniques, calibration of equipment, and precision and accuracy techniques required for various pouring methods in order to acquire optical, tensile, porosity, density, smoothness, thickness, burst and tear strength data for detailed analysis and quality control

Lower Mainland, Bc

• Surveyed potato and pea fields across Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley swiftly and precisely for insect populations, feeding damage, and disease using attention to detail, awareness, and determination in order to provide consultation and pesticide recommendations for growers to minimize environmental impact and costs• Assisted in research project design and data collection for major agricultural project involving unknown consequences and knowledge regarding the thrips insect• Analyzed and compiled thrips data collection utilizing Excel to better understand proportional feeding damage and trends regarding surrounding fields’ crops

Managed multiple food stands and concessions at international fairs and major events including theoverseeing of cooking, cleaning, cashier, and service duties to produce award winning and extremelysuccessful food concessions in 2014 and 2015* Trained staff of various ages in cooking, cleaning, food preparation sanitation, and managerial skills toachieve dynamic, successful, and cooperative units* Communicated with business professionals to make timely and costly decisions as well as maintainedstock and safety by inspecting carbon dioxide and propane tanks and reviewing inventory in order tostay at peak output levels

Microsoft Excel Programs to assemble a large database forvolunteers and their preferred work, which was later used as a means for cross-referencing and as atemplate for future years* Corresponded and tracked contact information for alumni who had lost any association with their schoolover 40 years ago in order to bring them to their fiftieth anniversary from graduation

Bachelor’S Degree, Chemical And Biological Engineering, Dean'S Honour List

High School