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Resume:
Anne Hansen
Development Engineer
CAREER SUMMARY:
Extensive experience in many aspects of manufacturing and engineering, including product development, technical service, process control, quality assurance, equipment startup, troubleshooting and production supervision.
&#; Created several new products to expand product lines and meet specific customer needs.
&#; Managed all aspects of development from product conception through full production.
&#; Supervised production personnel in startup and continuing operation of new cast film lines.
&#; Success in leading continuous improvement projects in process development and vendor qualification.
&#; Strong analytical skills, including the ability to conduct designed experiments and establish statistical process controls.
&#; Created key product documents including product specifications, quality guidelines, process control procedures, including ISO documents, and technical data for marketing materials.
&#; Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including supervisory experience.
&#; Experience in variety of technologies including polymer extrusion, compounding, coating, laminations, film manufacturing, heat sealable and pressure sensitive adhesives, packaging and construction materials.
EDUCATION:
Master of Business Administration Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS:
Developed flexible jacketing material with pressure sensitive adhesive for use in protection of insulation systems. Created opportunity for expansion of business beyond tapes. Required understanding of new market, with challenging technical issues. Patent pending on product design.
Created linerless foil-backed tape for HVAC installations. Unique concept requiring balance of several material and process variables to achieve optimum product.
Produced new line of cold weather HVAC tapes to expand market penetration. Project included analysis of competitive brands, evaluation of several adhesives, creation of marketing materials and establishment of process and quality controls.
Led process engineering group in development of production parameters for seven new biaxially oriented polypropylene film products, with unique conditions established for each of three lines.
As leader of team of engineers, technicians and production personnel, started three new coextrusion cast lines. Responsible for formulating product construction, identifying and solving process problems, instituting process and quality controls, and training and supervising operators, resulting in successful market introduction of over million pounds of stretch film in one year.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Senior Product Development Engineer -
Ideal Tape Co., Lowell, MA
Manage new product development projects. Provide technical support for marketing, production and purchasing departments. Primary responsibility for developing new products based on pressure sensitive adhesives to enhance market position in HVAC and Insulation industries.
&#; Developed new flexible jacketing product for entrance into $ million market. Overcame complex technical obstacles to formulate new linerless, environmentally friendly HVAC tape.
&#; Projects included evaluation of acrylic, silicone and rubber adhesives. Tested a wide variety of tape backings, including textile, film, foil, paper and laminates.
&#; Multiple success in continuous improvement projects to reduce costs, quality new vendors, improve process efficiencies, and address customer complaints. Introduction of prefinished glass cloth for electrical tape reduced costs by % and improved quality level from % failure rate to % failure.
&#; Led interdepartmental task force to qualify new adhesive in less than three months, in response to drastic reduction in raw material supply.
&#; Created and manage electronic databases for adhesive formulations, lab trials, test data on new products, and new raw materials under evaluation.
Product Development Engineer
Bemis Associates Inc., Shirley, MA
Leader of several projects to develop new polymer adhesive products and technologies. Scope of work included defining product requirements, investigating potential solutions with multiple vendors, conducting laboratory and production trials and testing of product with analytical equipment and in customer end use tests.
&#; Handled three to four projects simultaneously and effectively allocated resources to achieve goals in each.
&#; Extensive work with analytical equipment including TMA, DSC, FTIR.
Development Engineer Supervisor
AEP/Borden Proponite, North Andover, MA
Supervised process engineering group responsible for introduction of new products, installation or scaleup of equipment, development of process capability, troubleshooting daily production problems.
&#; Organized activities for five technicians covering three biaxially oriented polypropylene production lines, plus auxiliary processes of slitting, metallizing and scrap recovery.
&#; Coordinated with Production and Quality Control to establish process control specifications for critical film properties, with the ultimate goal of obtaining ISO registration.
&#; Directed startup of three new pieces of process equipment, including prepurchase specifications, vendor qualifications, installation, startup and establishment of standard conditions.
Senior Development Engineer
Borden Global Packaging, North Andover, MA
&#; Supervised development of blown and cast film products and processes. Established productivity improvements with specific emphasis on instituting product, process and quality specifications.
&#; Devised and conducted designed experiments to develop products meeting specific performance criteria.
&#; Originated and implemented quality control guidelines for all cast film products. Also, composed and produced process and quality manuals for multiple products.
&#; Created series of computer programs for tracking and analysis of process and quality data, including SPC and process capability.
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