Chemical Engineering
Denver, CO; Cedar Rapids, IA; Des Moines, IA; Chicago, IL; Kansas City, KS; Kansas City, MO; St. Louis, MO; Omaha, NE
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Education
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA Fall 2009 – Spring 2013
Major: Chemical Engineering
GPA: 3.35/4.00
Work Experience
ConAgra Foods Team Leader of Production December 2014-present
Crunch N’ Munch, Fiddle Faddle, and Poppycock in Lincoln, Nebraska
• Led operations and drove continuous improvement as the active Operations and Maintenance Lead for the plant for 8 months in absence of a Plant Manager or Production manager with 52 direct reports.
• Utilizing MOPD/TPM and other Lean Manufacturing Methods to increase Overall Equipment Effectiveness from 74.81% to 80.38% within a year, hit a new plant Safety record of 488 days without a Recordable, and to meet our ConAgra Cost Reduction goal of $1.8 million.
ConAgra Foods Manufacturing Development Associate June 2013-December 2014
Crunch N’ Munch, Fiddle Faddle, and Poppycock in Lincoln, Nebraska
• Improved day to day operations as a the night shift supervisor in the Packaging Lead Position then as a Production Line Lead, leading five production lines within the plant with 10 direct reports.
• Perform Mass Balance within Focused Improvement for the Process Room which yielded $135,685 in savings with a potential of $396,230 in savings with fines reduction and recipe reformulation.
• Implemented $174,000 in ConAgra Cost Reduction Projects as part of Focused Improvement and Autonomous Manufacturing Development pillars.
ConAgra Foods Continuous Improvement Intern Summer 2012
Crunch N’ Munch, Fiddle Faddle, and Poppycock in Lincoln, Nebraska
• Applied projects with TPM tools to the Bag-in-Box line to yield an estimated around $65,000 in savings.
