Engineer Design

NICK SIEFERS

Email: *********@***.*** / Cell: 210-***-****

*** *. ****** **. #*** San Antonio, Texas 78202

Chemical Engineer with 10 years impressive experience and expertise in

research and development, manufacturing, and design. Industry success at

optimizing processes to yield lowest cost and maximum quality. Utilizes

outstanding leadership and communication skills to effectively manage

research and development projects, plant operations and personnel.

Education

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN BS Chemical Engineering - 5/03

Experience

Senior Chemical/Design Engineer - 900 GLOBAL, San Antonio, TX (formerly

Columbia Industries)

March, 2008 - Present:

. Oversee R&D department and manufacturing operations of a urethane

elastomer chemical plant that produces chemically enhanced bowling balls

with a composite filled polyester core

. Supervise 2 Research and Development technicians and 23 production

employees

. Research, develop, and implement concepts(physics/chemistry) of urethane

elastomer technology using the following techniques:

o DOE Analysis (JMP)

o Moment of Inertia Testing

o Polyol and Isocyanate formula creations and manipulations

o Atomic Force Microscopy

o SEM Analysis

o Frictional component analysis of chemically reacted urethanes

. On team that designed and implemented first Remote Control Bowling Ball

. Optimized molecular chemistry substrates that enable friction enhancing

formulations

. Responsible for the concept/design/production implementation of all

manufactured parts via "Pro-Engineer" CAD software

. Fabricated and implemented numerous cost saving projects that net over

$250K savings/year

. Slashed process variation in six months by 20% via DFSS analysis

techniques

. Developed new production process flow to minimize cost and improve

efficiency

. Scale-up design from laboratory to large production batch systems

. Schedule all product components to build in order to meet requested

product launches

. Simulation modeling and component analysis of rotation kinetics and

inertia

. Solve and eliminate production problems/issues

. Worked with sales team to develop full line consumer products (balls,

bags, shoes, etc)

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. Purchasing Agent for production raw materials (supplier contact, BOM's,

QuickBooks)

. Conduct several seminars around country to educate distributors and pro-

shops on latest technological advancements

. Component design of Military Run Flat Tire System

Senior Research Engineer - United States Bowling Congress, Greendale, WI

January, 2007 - March, 2008:

(Left USBC due to job offer and career advancement with 900 GLOBAL. In

early 2008,

900 GLOBAL purchased and reopened the San Antonio plant of former employer,

Columbia Industries)

. On 6 member team at the national governing body of bowling headquarters

. Research and reported findings on rotational inertia & reaction of a

bowling ball

o Recommended manufacturing specifications based on scientific

data and analysis

. Research in other areas of bowling ball motion using physics and math

properties

. Published several technical articles

. Presented several technical seminars for various levels of understanding

. Developed patented process "Methodology for Analyzing Bowling Ball

Motion"

. Conducted systematic testing and analysis using Six Sigma guidelines and

multiple linear regression statistical techniques

. Implemented programs/software that ball companies use for research/design

Research & Development Design Engineer - Columbia Industries, San Antonio,

TX

June, 2003 - December 11, 2006:

(Left Columbia Industries due to plant closing)

. Responsible for the concept/design and production implementation of new

bowling ball interior core shapes via "Pro-Engineer" software (~ 80

versions of cores per year)

. Cost benefit analysis to optimize designs in conjunction with increased

quality

. Use of "Pro-Engineer" to design workable injection mold parts for new

core shapes

. Relate physical properties (i.e.: moments of inertia) of core designs to

real world bowling

. Test core designs by bowling using C.A.T.S and write reports on findings

. Created a chemically synthesized polymer to maximize ball performance

. Improved quality by reducing process variation using six sigma principles

o Increased Percent Acceptable Product from 50% in '05 to 80% in

'06

o Reduced "2nds" by ~ 40% in fiscal '06

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Engineering Intern - DuPont Photomasks, Inc., Kokomo, IN

Summer 2000, 2001, 2002: Facility, Clean & Pellicle, Process Engineering

. Reported to Engineering Manager at Photomask (semiconductor industry)

manufacturing facility

. Extensive Hands-on experience of photolithography/clean-room processing

. Developed identification system for clean room facility instrumentation

and equipment

. Developed computer software to track, monitor, and control PM efficiency

. Developed PFD, PCP, and FMEA control documents on facility

instrumentation to meet QS-9000 qualifications

. Implemented X/Y Centrality improvements when changing apertures on

photolithography machines

. Conducted preliminary study to address tractability and shelf life of

product compacts

. Gathered and analyzed data to determine area cycle time and efficiency

. Created and administered QS-9000 gage studies for CD metrology tools

. Assisted site SPC(Statistical Process Control) leader with new

programs and analysis of production data

. Learned fundamentals of high purity water for microelectronics

Additional Skills

. Purdue Courses in: Computer Aided Design AutoCAD, Mat Lab,

Environmental Engineering, Basic/Pascal/C/C++/Visual Basic Computer

Languages, Aspen Modeling Program, Pro-Engineer, WinSPC, QS-9000

Standards, Microsoft Office

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