Materials Engineer
Technical Sales; Research & Development (DOE); Business Infrastructure
Self motivated and easily adapts to new situations with a creative and systematic approach.
Designed and managed successful, large scale optimization studies.
Developed technical sales skills while supporting Regional Sales Managers with proposals.
Created and maintained company standards for product pricing and risk management.
Work Experience:
K-Tube Technologies - Poway, CA
12/11 – Present
Quality / Application Engineer
Work collaboratively with all departments to respond to Customer Complaints and Corrective Action requests with follow through to implement systems, policies and procedures that ensure the highest degree of quality service is provided
Designed and manage K-Tube's Discover Program that uses quick turnaround manufacturing, on-site metallurgy lab and industry knowledge to guide the customer's R&D product concepts from idea to reality
Supports the sales team in technical product presentation and demonstration
Participates in the quotation and contract review processes when technical questions arise.
Develop tracking and reporting systems to keep customer interactions and business development technical projects on schedule and to keep senior management apprised
Underground Solutions, Inc., Poway, CA 09/07 – 12/11
Application / Research Engineer
Created company standards for proposal generation by utilizing advanced functions within MS Excel. Average proposal time was reduced from 60 to 20 minutes. Helped increase revenue without increasing overhead.
Designed a large-scale screening experiment (5 Factor, 2 level, Half Factorial) for testing parameters of a patented PVC fusion process. Subsequently designed an optimization study (4 Factor – Central Composite) to test the limits and variability of significant parameters across the entire product line. Efficiently balanced company resources.
Set up procedures following ASTM Standards for internal research and QA/QC. Resulted in annual savings of over $50,000.
Created technical sales documents to clarify key selling points to customers.
Collaborated with outside vendors to improve the control and precision of fusion heat plates for a more reliable PVC fusion joint.
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 09/06 – 06/07
Graduate Assistant
Trained students to use lab equipment such as: SEM, XRD, Microhardness Tester and Tensile Tester.
Carpenter Advanced Ceramics, Auburn, CA 06/06 – 09/06
Research and Development Engineering Intern
Used Design of Experiment principles to optimize a new roll lapping process for a cost savings of approximately $400,000 per year....
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