Dan Corbett Thoughts and Mountains

Resume

Education

University of Colorado – Leeds School of Business –
Master of Business Administration
Boulder, CO
9/07 – 4/10

• Emphasis in Marketing and Management Science
• Researched and wrote business plan for class 1 medical device wheelchair startup
•    Conducted industry and market analysis to develop competitive assessment and opportunity attractiveness
•    Designed, executed, and analyzed in-person and telephone interviews to determine market and customer needs
•    Defined customer segmentation, product positioning, and product pricing strategies
•    Developed executional marketing plan, with advertising and promotional materials, for regional product launch
•    Determined unit forecast and evaluated competitor activity and expected responses to market entry
•    Built 5-year financial projections, complete with expected company valuation
• Led team in New Product Development ideation process for an office paper pile management product
• Developed financial model, with a Monte Carlo simulation, to estimate winery product extension valuations
• Research: investigating and designing reverse inventory routing system for waste oil recycling

Lehigh University – Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Bethlehem, PA
8/00 – 5/04

• Minor in Manufacturing Systems Engineering
• Licensed Engineer-in-Training

Additional Education

• Graduate course in Energy Systems/Thermal Sciences – North Carolina State University, 5/05 – 8/05

Experience

Senior Project Engineer
Covidien Energy-based Devices
Boulder, CO
2/06 – Present

• Evaluated manufacturing, systems, and management capabilities at suppliers to assess present and future business relationships
• Supplier Quality core team member on Microwave Ablation Generator, RF Ablation Generator, Ablation Cooling Pumps, Electrode Return Pads, and Laparoscopic Electrodes New Product Development projects
• Developed and taught departmental initial/refresher training courses on BPCS Quality Management System software
• Created workload assignment model with availability and skills constraints for 24 person engineering group
• Investigated, recommended, and implemented corrective action plans at suppliers’ facilities for product failures
• Identified and quantitatively evaluated Critical-to-Function (CTF) parameters on new components
• Performed process capabilities studies, gage repeatability and reproducibility studies (GR&R), and PFMEA’s for new components
• Streamlined Marketing Literature creation, printing, and stocking process using LEAN methodology for a 4-hour per week engineering time savings
• Gathered information from multifunctional teams and wrote Failure Analysis reports on field product failures
• Created optimization model for receiving inspection assignments; should result in a 30% net inspection time reduction
• Researched, identified, and justified moving 674 parts to Ship-to-Stock
• Worked with R&D and sustaining engineers to determine component needs and recommend suppliers based on the analysis
• Recommended, and completed corrective action plans at suppliers’ facilities for product failure analyses and process redesigns
• Performed regression analysis to determine cause of increased viscosity in conductive adhesive
• Supported sheet metal and packaging components sourcing and quality assessments for China manufacturing transfer
• Using quantitative modeling and analysis, developed new suppliers to ensure capabilities and quality manufacturing systems
• Completed Six Sigma Green Belt Training

Contributor, Fly Fishing Expert
Backpacker Magazine
Boulder, CO
5/08 – Present

• Gear Test: Backpacking Fly Rods Review (March Brown Baden Powell and Brownsea Island, L.L. Bean Travel Series, and Cabela’s Stowaway 7)
• Gear Test: Patagonia Boaris Limited Edition Part 2
• Gear Review: Gregory Vibe Messenger Bag
• The Basics of Fly Fishing video

Process Improvement Manager
Ring Container Technologies
Salem, OR, Oakland, TN, and Albert Lea, MN
7/04 – 2/06

• Monitored and researched competitor product offerings and industry packaging design trends
• Implemented $60,000 per plant annual cost savings in case sealer glue usage by decreasing and standardizing application amounts
• Provided sales engineering assistance across US and Canadian customer base
• Coordinated production and inventory across West Coast manufacturing facilities to support out-of-state customers
• Analyzed opportunity and developed pricing recommendations for new customers
• Provided management, maintenance, and engineering support for 19 high volume extrusion and injection blow molding facilities
• Performed cost analysis for capital equipment upgrade projects via pro forma balance sheets
• Project manager for FIFO warehouse layouts in multiple plants to increase throughput efficiencies
• Coordinated production and inventory across West Coast manufacturing facilities to support out-of-state customers
• Collected and analyzed historical production and sales performance to make pricing recommendations for new customers
• Managed of Corporate Metrology Lab and personnel; scheduled, designed, and performed qualifications to ensure bottle and process >1.33 CpK, designed, fabricated testing fixtures, performed root cause failure analysis, and performed gage R&R analysis
• Programmed and maintained Statistical Process Control (SPC) systems for process and dimensional analysis using NWA Quality Designer/Analyst
• Processed and maintained Uniloy and Liberty extrusion blow molders for bottle quality and efficiency improvements
• Developed and taught GMP and SPC classes; supported related facility implementations

Integrated Product Design
Ingersoll-Rand
Bethlehem, PA
1/03 – 5/03, 8/03 – 5/04

• Developed a new pneumatic grinder with a cross-functional team specifically for the Southeast Asian market
• Developed marketing plan, including advertising, pricing, positioning, and distribution channels, for Southeast Asia
• Researched market size, competitor penetration, brand images, user preferences, international safety standards, and past sales trends in the Chinese market to develop user requirements and manufacturing plans
• Arranged customer research and one-on-one interviews with Chinese manufacturing users and purchasing agents
• Researched throttle types, preferences, international safety standards, and past sales trends in the Southeast Asian market to select materials, design, manufacturing location, and manufacturing processes.
• Used SolidWorks to design solid models of all components, complete with GD&T; Fabricated two working prototypes
• Designed and built experiments and fixtures with LabVIEW data collection for torque, horsepower, reliability, and noise testing

Manufacturing Engineering Co-op
Ingersoll-Rand
Security, CO
8/02 – 12/02, 5/03 – 8/03

• Provided process engineering support for lock production
• Designed a pneumatic spring-loading station which resulted in an average decrease of 4-hour  weekly maintenance downtime
• Designed and fabricated fixtures to assist in product assembly
• Project manager for flow optimization production layout changes
• Planned transfer to Just-In-Time (JIT) delivery for packaging materials to prevent shortages and for a yearly storage space savings of $12,000
• Developed a computerized training system on spring cylinder assembly for new employees and production line plant transfers

Water Snake Habitat Research Intern
Lehigh Earth Observatory
Bethlehem, PA
1/04 – 6/04

• Captured and implanted water snakes with radio transmitters to determine differences between water snakes in a highly urbanized environment versus a more natural location
• Relocated snakes every 48 hours via radio-telemetry and used GPS/ArcGIS to record and track snake locations

Professional Organizations and Technical Skills

INFORMS, ASME, ASQ, SolidWorks, Pro-E, I-deas, C++, PHP, SQL, LabVIEW, COIN-OR, Minitab, Modeling, Optimization, Monte Carlo Simulations, Statistical Process Control, Value Stream Mapping