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Columbus, OH, US

Granville, Ohio, United States

• Main Responsibilities: Roofing Test Method Development Lead (Shingles & Components), Pilot Line SupportTest Method Development: Led the creation and modification of 6 statistically validated lab test methods. These.
• Negotiation: Regularly negotiated with members of the Shingle Innovations group, focusing on enhancing associate safety, manpower efficiency, repeatability, and system reliability.
• Benchmarking: Collaborated across the Owens Corning S&T site to benchmark processes and policies, consolidate best practices, and implement those within the RTL.
• Documentation: Created new documents and processes within the RTL to increase overall development efficiency, align priorities, document methods, and distribute learning across the division.
• Equipment Management: Handled equipment selection, design, and fabrication; process controls, operating procedures, and outside vendor negotiations.
• EHS & Facilities Coordination: Coordinated with site EHS & Facilities to approve Job Hazard Analysis, Energy Source Determination, and Lock Tag Try for over 20 pieces of equipment.

Reynoldsburg, Ohio, United States

Provide leadership and technical guidance for product performance and verification of function, durability, comfort and overall marketability of automotive seating products.

Reynoldsburg, Ohio

Active role with the ‘Master Seat’ development with a focus on customer comfort specifications and negotiations. International travel to correlate and complete the global development. Problem solving with a focus on product design, feasibility, functionality and manufacturing. Assisted in the development and implementation of product specifications.

Reynoldsburg, Ohio

Test Engineer and New Product Development (Master Seat)Coordination efforts between multiple internal departments (domestic and international) and suppliers to complete validation testing on automotive seating products.

Newtown, Ohio

Engineer:I was responsible for updating part drawings, creating parts to print from old PDF drawings, modifying existing parts, using the PDM vault within SolidWorks 2014/15, creating and submitting engineering change requests, and using Catavolt. Part materials included polymers, metallic and sheet metal.Wet Lab Technician:My main duties included.

University Of Cincinnati

• Utilized Matlab to determine process time for Additive Manufacturing as a Student Researcher.
• Created display posters for the lab highlighting the success and achievements the members have attained.

Mason, OH

• Implemented automated manufacturing cells.
• Lead the research of a factory program and rewriting it for increased performance and functionality; presented it to the department.
• Created an educational Excel document for Conditional Formatting and Calculating CPK & CP; distributed to the department.
• Improved 5S practices (Sort, Straighten, Sanitize, Standardization, Sustain) in the facility by 20%.
• Utilized SolidWorks and MasterCam to analyze and modify tool paths for multiple parts.
• Attended several training classes.

• Traveled internationally for new installs, option installs and warranty work.
• Utilized SAP and Metrix to process paperwork.

University Of Cincinnati

• Designed control systems and system components as a Student Researcher.
• Prepared, ran and analyzed various experiments while organizing data and contributing to academic reports.
• Lead the group in designing several lab components to be used for experiments.
• Utilized SolidWorks, LabView and ImageJ in the lab on a weekly basis.http://www.min.uc.edu/ucman/whats-new/ryan-buffington-joins-ucman/http://www.min.uc.edu/ucman/people/alumni

• Processed pre-install documents and assisted with customer relations.
• Utilized SAP and Metrix to gather various documents to be distributed to the appropriate parties.

Master Of Engineering (Meng), Mechanical Engineering, 3.667

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Mechanical Engineering Technology, 3.230

Activities and Societies: UC Sustainability