Nathan Gerber

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OBJECTIVE To solve packaging, logistics and distribution problems that impact business profitability.

EDUCATION

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University May 2018

M.S. in Packaging Engineering (Forest Products) GPA: 3.58 Thesis: Investigation of New and Recovered Wood Shipping Platforms

North Carolina State University May 2016

B.S. in Sustainable Materials and Technology (Minor: Economics) GPA: 3.85

EXPERIENCE

Graduate Research Assistant, Virginia Tech 2016 – 2018

•Used feedback from National Wooden Pallet and Container Association’s (NWPCA) Science and Technology Committee to design and implement industry-wide survey.

•Analyzed survey data to identify trends in production, material usage, and waste.

•Identified growth opportunities in U.S. wooden pallet and container industry production and wood material use to give association members strategic planning information.

•Presented results to the NWPCA 2018 Annual Leadership Conference.

Laboratory Manager, Center for Packaging and Unit Load Design, Virginia Tech 2017 – 2018

•Tested commercial packaging in accordance to ISTA, ASTM, or ISO standards.

•Supervised laboratory technicians to improve standardized and custom testing operations for pallets, corrugated boxes, individual packages and unit loads.

•Trained technicians to use lab equipment and run ISTA, ASTM, and ISO tests.

•Created test tracking measures to update the laboratory director and managers.

•Established procedure to remove equipment for renovation with space constraints.

Undergraduate Research, College of Natural Resources, NC State 2015 - 2016

•Developed hardware and software to read wood moisture content on a smart phone.

•Designed foundation for economic applications of Qualitative Input-Output Analysis, Structural Path Analysis, and Graph Theory for supply chain identification.

•Published an article titled Qualitative Input-Output Analysis of North Carolina Carolina Forest Sector Supply Chains in Bioproducts Business, a peer-reviewed journal.

RELEVANT COURSES: Industrial Ecology, Advanced Supply Chain Management, Forest Products Market- ing and Management, Pallet and Container Design

SKILLS

Computer: JMP PRO, Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), PDS, Best Load, programming logic, C, C++, Java, HTML

Professional: Kaizen, Lean Thinking, team leadership, team-work, project management, strategic think- ing, tactical thinking

Personal: Problem solving, critical and analytical thinking, dependable, self-motivated

CERTIFICATION, LICENSES and HONORS

•International Safe Transit Association (ISTA) CPLP – Technician Level

•Sit Down Forklift, Stand Up Forklift, and Low Lift Walkie Electric Hand Jack License

•Member of ISTA and Xi Sigma Pi Forestry Honors Society