Engineer Injection Molding

LEN VETSCH

N**** ***th Street, Elk Mound, WI ****9 C: 715-***-**** *********@*****.***

Professional Summary

Project Engineer with 20 years of injection molding experience with medical devices & high volume healthcare

consumables. Responsible for the chain of events from product concept to a robust manufacturing process.

Core Strengths

Developing long term customer relationships Leadership, team building, mentoring

Part design optimization for molding & assembly DMAIC, root cause analysis

Project management, prototypes to $2 million Production support

Cost estimating, quoting Honesty & integrity

Experience

Tooling/Manufacturing Engineer 09/2014 to 03/2016

Nolato Contour Baldwin, WI

Responsible for maintaining, repairing, and revising legacy injection molding tooling. Quoted costs to customers,

coordinated revisions with internal and external tool shops. Assisted project engineers with DFM (design for

manufacturing) of new part designs, and mold design reviews of new injection molds.

Project Engineer 08/2007 to 09/2014

Nolato Contour Baldwin, WI

Program management for new injection molded medical components. Including quoting, part design for manufacturing

review, conceptual tool design, sampling, process validation, and production support.

Project Team Lead 10/2005 to 06/2007

Donatelle New Brighton, MN

Lead a cross-functional project team consisting of tooling engineer, process engineer, quality engineer, and

engineering technician. Coordinated all efforts to design, build, and qualify production tooling through the part approval

process. Served as the main point of customer contact.

Engineer 10/2004 to 09/2005

Genesis Elmwood, WI

Provided engineering services for human and veterinary dental equipment.

Project Engineer 07/2001 to 07/2004

Red Cedar Plastics Menomonie, WI

Provided all engineering duties at a start-up company located on campus of UW Stout (business incubator). Served as

adjunct professor teaching plastics molding, industrial & graphic design, and plant layout.

Program Manager 10/1993 to 07/2001

Phillips Plastics Menomonie, WI

Coordinated new tool builds through production approval of high volume medical parts.

Manufacturing Management Trainee 06/1986 to 09/1993

Menasha Corporation Watertown, WI

In 1986,I was a Manufacturing Management Trainee in the Molded Products division. I worked in every department of the

plant and finishing my training by supervising 3rd shift production for 5 months. In 1987, I transitioned into a Tooling

Engineer position, building molds and fixtures for fiberglass compression molding. In 1989, I transferred to the Traex

division and performed plant engineering for an injection molding plant.

Education

Bachelor of Science: Industrial Technology 1986

UW Stout Menomonie, WI

Associate of Science: Mechanical Engineering 1984

Rochester Community College Rochester, MN

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