Engineer Project Manager

Dennis P. Van Asten

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Director of Global Advanced Manufacturing Engineering BE

Global strategy for automation roadmaps for all core processes, launching global high performance teams to

develop & implement automation, compare & analysis core process to develop bench marking + world class

manufacturing, global strategies to close mfg. gaps for all plants, implement & driving best in class mfg;

alignment of operation directors & plant managers, global management of equipment MU & CU, establish

equipment controls & monitoring standards, launching manufacturing execution system (MES), id defining

core processes critical to business strategy, drive new global technology based on core processes, designing

global advanced manufacturing strategy/roadmaps and implementation of strategies/roadmaps.

JCMS Toyota Lean Manufacturing Methods Id & drive new technology to Core Processes

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Kepner Tregoe Certification Determining Core Processes to Business Strategy

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DFMA – Design for Manufacturing & Assembly Develop/Implement mfg standardized processes

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Calibration & Alignment Manufacturing Capital Equipment Justification / Implementation

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Maturity

DMAIC Define,Measure,Analyze,Improve,Ctrl Determine critical skills & manufacturing

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experts

Professional Experience

Johnson Controls – Building Efficiency March 2011 Present

Global leader in the building efficiency delivering products, services and solutions that increase energy efficiency and

lower operating costs in buildings for more than one million customers. Commercial custom low volume & standard

high volume products with 24 manufacturing plants &2 distribution centers located all over the globe. 60% 70%+

travel

Director of Global Advanced Manufacturing Engineering – Building Efficiency

Global automation roadmap strategy for core manufacturing processes

Global capital strategies, standardization of equipment/implementation of

capital equipment

Liaison between design engineering, new product launch, and the global

factories

Implementation BBP (Best Business Practice/World Class Mfg) technologies

to drive a well integrated, cost efficient, and flexible manufacturing network globally

Identify &launch manufacturing execution system (MES)

Stirling Energy System January 2009–December 2010

Global leader in the utility scale solar electricity market. Pioneer in the design and development of concentrating solar

power solution. Commercial low volume & high volume solar power plants manufactured& field installation company

located in Good Year, AZ

Director of Manufacturing Engineering

Startup company new technology for solar, overall investment $400M

Coordinated, launched, and supervised $9.5M prototype solar power plant

Liaison between design engineering & outside vendors transferring

manufacturing IP

Supporting current low volume vendors & future high volume vendors

Implementation of Toyota Manufacturing Principles for a new $64 million

HVM facility

1 pc flow, manpower calculation / manpower coordination / manpower

scheduling

SES filed for bankruptcy December 2010 /lack of DOE funding/lack of

private funding

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Telsmith, Inc. 2006 2008

Heavy steel fabrication, Rock crushing equipment, Portable plants, Dry & Vibrating Screens, Feeders, Strata

Crawlers, assembly lines for low volume job shop & high volume facility in Mequon, WI.

Manufacturing Engineering Manager / Lean Champion

Director of Mfg & Industrial Engineers, Machining and CNC & Punching

Programmers

Capital – X Project Manager from $4.2 – $6.5M/ year facility upgrades

Toyota Lean Coach / Cross Functional team Manager, Lean concepts trainer

Lean Plant Layout facilitator / trainer

Supersteel Corporation 2003 2006

Light & heavy steel fabrication, Railroad engine cab assembly, light rail car assembly, Hay Products manufacturing for

low volume job shop & high volume facility in Milwaukee, WI

Sr. Industrial/Manufacturing Engineer

Toyota Lean concepts in Fabrication department reduce indirect labor costs

by $875,000.

Conducted Industrial Engineering studies to improve efficiency for light rail

car assembly low volume (4 cars/10 days) to reduce direct labor by $1 million per contract of

256 cars.

DaimlerChrysler Corp. – Sr. Industrial Engineer 1999 – 2003

Engine manufacturing plant producing three different engines on high volume assembly lines in Kenosha, WI.

Senior Industrial Engineer

Led projects to reduce manpower costs by $100,000 to $2.3 million.

Conducted studies to improve efficiency for three high volume (960 – 1160

engines) high tech automobile engine assembly lines.

Increased first time throughput by 8.5%, and overall throughput by 13% in

assembly department.

Worked with UAW and IAM union officials to settle labor/management

disputes.

Evaluated all aspects of overall effectiveness, including safety, quality,

delivery, cost and morale.

Coordinated final dress lines utilizing “one piece flow” and lean

manufacturing concepts in assembly and machining departments.

JI Case Corp. Manufacturing Engineer 1998 – 1999

Leading manufacturer of large agricultural farm tractors and equipment.

Square D Corporation Manufacturing Engineer / Maintenance Supervisor 1993 – 1998

Leading global brand of dry type electrical distribution and industrial control products, systems and services.

Generac Corp. Manufacturing Engineer 1988 – 1993

Manufacturer of complete small & large engine driven generator systems.

Education

B.S. Industrial Technology Bachelor of Science – Manufacturing Engineering Major

University of Wisconsin – Stout, Menomonie, WI 1988

ASQ Black Belt Course– 2005

Lean Leader Certification – MSOE& Johnson Controls Inc.

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