CORWIN MILLER

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Broadview Heights, OH 44147

Cell: 440-***-****

E-Mail: acx094@r.postjobfree.com

Career Summary

Started in the pharmaceutical industry and learned the key characteristics to manufacture products with the highest level of quality. Moved into team leadership and test development in a chemical lab while learning new analytical techniques and welding. The next big challenge was learning how to design and develop new products and introduce them into a competitive marketplace, which was accomplished with the release of one of the highest grossing products of 2013. Currently, I am the Plant Manager at ASI and responsible for all manufacturing activities at the Avon Lake site. Product lines consist of water treatment products from drinking water, waste treatment, boiler treatments, and power plant water applications. Very experienced in safety, environmental safety and root cause analysis. Strongest skill set is acting as a leader to develop new test methods and materials to improve the production process or meet customer needs. The next stage is to grow and develop this skill set, learn new skills, and improve the products and quality for a manufacturing facility.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Plant Manager

Manage, prepare, and adjust the manufacturing and shipping schedule for Avon Lake manufacturing site. Prepare batch manufacturing tickets, instructions, and inventory pulls. Manage a 5 person team for all aspects of production and maintenance.

Consumable R&D Engineer

R&D Design Engineer

Design and develop welding electrodes. Troubleshoot designs, improve process control, manage mature products and work with customers to provide the highest quality welding electrodes. International work experience and direct on-site work with customers to find root cause problems and implement fixes.

R&D Chemical Lab Engineer

Developed test methods for XRF, OES, GC, wet chemical analysis, and combustion analysis. Team focused work center and specialty testing. Served as team lead and worked directly with the production lab teams to improve product quality. Designed a method to analyze Cadmium in steel matrices, which is held under US Patent 8,730,470 and is currently applied to all analyzed samples.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Applied Specialties Inc – Avon Lake, OH 2014 - Current

Plant Manager

Develop manufacturing schedule

Manage manufacturing team

Make and adjust batch manufacturing tickets

Manage all warehouse activities

Maintain production inventories

Schedule all bulk chemical truck shipments

Facility and production maintenance

Plant design and process improvements

Any additional tasks in manufacturing, shipping, or maintenance as needed.

LINCOLN ELECTRIC COMPANY – Euclid, OH 2006 – 2014

Consumable R&D Engineer

Design of Experiments experience with consumer driven products.

International business experience with Mexico facility.

Six Sigma and Design for Six Sigma

FMEA and Root Cause Analysis

Design of new product lines.

Microscopy analysis of fracture surfaces.

Strong Quality Assurance experience working closely to improve product quality.

ISO 14001 coordinator for the R&D and Testing services department.

Improve the environmental performance of Lincoln Electric by maintaining the ISO programs and acting a safety resource for the departments.

Develop specific tests and design methodologies to improve the Lincoln Electric Product lines.

Troubleshoot and repair lab equipment and tests.

R&D Chemical lab engineer responsible for all analytical data generated from the chemical lab. Work closely with design engineers to develop new welding consumables. Performed calibration work on GC, XRF, IC, OES, wet chemical analysis, and ICP-MS. Excellent troubleshooting and team building skills.

Monitor quality of data and improve analytical methods.

Create calibrations and systems of analysis for the production and research labs.

Interact with suppliers and customers to improve analytical techniques or track down analysis errors.

Maintain process work flow in the labs and provide detailed reports.

BEN VENUE PHARMACEUTICALS - Bedford, OH 2001 – 2006

QC Chemist I

Quality Control Chemist working primarily with HPLC and GC for the analysis of pharmaceuticals. Some method development experience and extensive troubleshooting for HPLC, IC, GC, and other wet chemistry techniques.

MATRIX - Solon, OH 2000-2001

QC Chemist

Quality Control Chemist responsible for the analysis of hair care products. Some troubleshooting of failing products. Primarily wet chemistry techniques.

EDUCATION

CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY – Cleveland, OH 2001-2005

Masters - Chemical Engineering

Research focused on fluid dynamics and flow modeling.

GROVE CITY COLELGE – Grove City, PA 1996-2000

Bachelor of Science – Chemistry

Extensive use of NMR and FTIR techniques for Qualitative analysis as well as research goals. Excellent theoretical background in chemistry specifically Analytical and Physical chemistry.

ACCREDIATIONS

Eagle Scout

ISO 14001 Coordinator

Welding School

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