LORI WATSON

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PROCESS / PRODUCT ENGINEER

Chemical engineer with manufacturing and research experience with strong technical expertise including interactions and reactions, urethane chemistry, electrostatic coating, electrophotography, microfluidic systems, and such materials as elastomers and polymers. Strengths in process development and ownership, process and equipment optimization, cost reduction, and root cause analysis. Adept at designing experiments, analyzing and interpreting data, and devising cost-effective solutions. Training in lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and Process Safety Management.

Core Competencies

New Process Development Project Management Quality Control Plan Statistical Analysis

Cross-Functional Team Leadership Continuous Process Improvement Relationship Management

Design of Experiments (DOE) Requirements Gathering & Definition Process Capability Analysis

Research & Development (R&D) Technical Problem Solving Process Safety Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

DANCHEM TECHNOLOGIES INC., Danville, Virginia 2013-Present

Custom manufacturer of fine and specialty chemical products, provider of capacity and technical support to companies on a national and global scale

Applications Engineer

Manage project/product development from beginning to end including the scoping, design, execution and optimization of customer processes. Prepare budgetary cost estimates to determine economic feasibility and justification for new or expanded business opportunities. Maintain manufacturing procedures and documentations of new installations to comply with various regulatory systems (ISO, GMP, and PSM)

Using stage-gate process introduced and scaled to commercialization products/processes with $1M+ revenue potential

Managed CAPEX projects $10K - $250K for optimization of existing equipment and installation of new equipment for new and existing processes to ensure product quality and target cycle times

Discovered root cause of equipment failure to achieve process scale up. Using DMAIC methodology implemented low-cost equipment modifications and process input changes to improve daily throughput and first-pass yield by 30%

Participated in a kaizen event that shortened product shipment cycle times by 40%.

ZEOCHEM, Louisville, Kentucky 2012-2013

Manufacturer and global supplier of high quality molecular sieves and chromatography gels.

Process Engineer

Work with production team to develop process studies on methods to optimize manufacturing systems. Co-ordinate off-specification production investigations and facilitate preventive action plans.

Developed a statistical correlation between an in-process and final process measurement for a final product specification that reduced off-specification material by 10%.

Devised and implemented a method for increasing the utilization of a high-cost raw material by 20%, leading to a decrease in raw material costs and improved final product performance.

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LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL INC., Lexington, Kentucky 2005-2012

$4B manufacturer of printing and imaging products and systems, including printers, multi-function equipment, printing supplies, and printing services, with 13,000 employees globally.

Development Engineer – Inkjet Fluidics R&D

Conduct research, analysis, experimentation, and functional testing to ensure material compatibility of new product components. Perform requirements definition and analysis to select and design tubings, fittings, connections, and seals for new products. Specify tolerances, troubleshoot quality defects, and evaluate part failures. Manage relationships with key vendors and partners.

Investigated leakages in a new product and partnered with an extrusion vendor to identify a higher-quality sealing solution that reduced parts cost by 50% while resolving the leaks.

Selected to present a poster at the 2010 Lexmark Research Symposium on testing and calculating air permeation through a tube.

Process Engineer – Developer Roll Urethane Coating Operations

Developed, optimized, and supported manufacturing processes for in-house and vendor production. Drove quality assurance and enhancement through continuous process improvement and cost reduction initiatives. Monitored cartridge component yields to track problems and assign corrective action. Collaborated with R&D on new process development to support new item production.

Served as Unit Process Owner from January 2006 until transition to Development Engineer (2010).

Used lean manufacturing expertise to reduce coating cure and bake times from 38-54 hours to only 15 hours as head of a cross-functional process improvement team, and chosen to present a poster at the 2010 Lexmark Excellence Symposium about the process optimization.

Discovered the root cause of a print defect to avoid delays to new product launch. Developed full-factorial DOEs to evaluate potential interactions, leading to a low-cost solution.

Supported R&D’s launch of the first product to come out of the Juarez manufacturing plant by developing a new coating process and system to facilitate production.

Developer Roll Product Engineer

Resolved functional problems. Analyzed weekly scrap data to identify irregularities and pinpoint opportunities for process improvement and quality initiatives. Led qualifications for part and process changes. Headed cost-reduction projects. Identified and evaluated new sources to meet increasing volume demand while maintaining cost efficiency.

Devised and implemented a new product qualification process that significantly reduced process time from 12-16 weeks to only 8 weeks.

Trimmed core scrap from 35% to under 10% by performing targeted root cause analysis and using results to implement a milling change and a new visual inspection process.

Saved hundreds of thousands of dollars annually by creating a formal qualification process to ensure consistency and conformance across 6 platforms and 2 electrostatic coating processes.

Cut developer roll scrap by 50% in color cartridge assembly by creating and launching a failure analysis process for the assembly vendor. Traveled to China to train engineers and operators.

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EARLY CAREER

Spalding University, Louisville, Kentucky (2003-2004)

Part-Time Instructor

Taught general physics and physics for rehabilitation sciences to undergraduate students in multiple majors and fields of study.

Electrooptics Research Institute, Louisville, Kentucky (2002-2003)

Graduate Research Assistant

Conducted masters-level electrical engineering research and experimentation. Reduced costs by simplifying processes and systems to eliminate unnecessary purchases.

Kentucky Pollution Prevention Center, Louisville, Kentucky (2000-2001)

Engineering Student Assistant

Performed multi-industry assessments for pollution prevention and energy efficiency. Identified a solution for one client to reduce landfill waste by 25%.

FORMAL EDUCATION

Master of Engineering in Chemical Engineering, 2005 (with high honors)

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, 2002 (with high honors)

University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky

CERTIFICATION

Six Sigma Green Belt

Hazard Communications

Hazard Waste Operations and Emergency Response

Confined Space Rescue

First Aid/CPR

AFFILIATION

American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

DanChem Process Hazards Subcommittee (Co-Chair)

DanChem Emergency Response Team

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