Spencer Schaber Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, MN, US

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

- Lead strategic initiatives across all Cargill businesses, identifying high-potential opportunities for growth, innovation, and investment- Collaborate on cross-functional projects to sustainably increase production capacity and develop new food, feed, and bio-based industrial products & processes- Collaborate with business leaders to align technology.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

- Led team of 5 in developing and implementing innovative solutions across Cargill's diverse portfolio, driving sustainable growth and process innovation- Evaluated and prioritized projects based on estimated ROI and strategic alignment- Developed and implemented strategies to optimize production processes, resulting in significant cost savings and.

- Developed data science products to serve farmers more effectively and to help them make better decisions for their businesses. - Supervised a graduate student intern to develop natural language processing products. Mentored and advised data scientists.- Presented at KDD 2019 conference in Alaska.

Minneapolis, MN

- Developed and implemented data-driven products to enhance decision-making and operational efficiency in agriculture. For example, an app for chicken farmers. Created an optimization solution to plan visits of technical specialists to farms, considering the expected value of interventions, driving times, biosecurity constraints, and more. Reduced the.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Identified cost-saving and revenue-generating opportunities across global facilities.- Used modeling, simulation, and optimization techniques to improve yield, energy efficiency, and production capacity. Worked with facilities in China, Argentina, Paraguay, Canada, Germany, Australia, and USA including oilseed processing and consumer packaged goods such.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Executed modeling, simulation, and optimization projects, improving yield improvements and energy efficiency across international facilities. Major projects working with facilities in China, Argentina, Canada, and USA.- Demonstrated ability to analyze complex systems and implement solutions.

Cambridge, MA

In the Process Systems Engineering Laboratory, I developed algorithms and software for global optimization of dynamic systems and optimal design of dynamic experiments, as well as running the experiments in flow microreactors to identify the best kinetic parameters. Global optimization tools enable mathematical guarantees that the best possible solution.

Naperville, IL

Applied a deterministic uncertainty analysis technique to models of key unit operations in a refinery and demonstrated how the technique can be used more broadly.

Billerica, MA

First project: Found dispersion properties that predicted success/failure of a customer test that determined acceptance of batches of Cabot product.Second project: Synthesized and characterized new security materials (taggants for anti-counterfeiting).

Studied ethanol production from hemicellulose in E. coli.

Measured transport of small molecules and proteins to determine applicability of interpenetrating polymer networks for artificial corneas.

Studied growth kinetics of zinc oxide nanowires for dye-sensitized photovoltaic cells.

Characterized polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) melts and multimodal networks using gel permeation chromatography, tensile testing, and toughness testing.

Helped build a 200 kV pulsed electron beam for polymerization.

Mscep & Phd, Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: MIT Cycling Club (Captain; Vice President; President), ChemE Graduate Student Council, Sidney-Pacific.

B.Che, Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Institute of Technology Honors Group (Vice President), Tau Beta Pi