DANA JAMES RACKLIFFE

Glenville, NY ***** 518-***-**** adh3nm@r.postjobfree.com

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TECHNICAL MANAGER PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Innovative Process Engineering Manager with extensive experience improving quality and efficiency of products. Relationship builder with a strong background collaborating with cross-functional teams to initiate quality improvements, as well as with customers to determine requirements and shape product strategy.

SKILLS

Customer Requirement Analysis SAP ERP Conversion Process Engineering Product Development Research & Development (R&D) Quality Management Manufacturing Engineering Lean Manufacturing Project Engineering Team Management Team Building PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PROCESS ENGINEERING MANAGER 2018 – Present

Saint-Gobain, Granville, New York

Led the WCM QP&C pillar and served as the Department Head of Process Engineering. Improved quality and efficiency of products on several coaters, laminators, and slitting equipment. Supervised and mentored 3 Process Engineers.

● Reduced waste on several products, one product from 6% to less then 0.5% scrap.

● Determined root cause of defects on critical product lines.

● Ran a project to reduce material cost by $120K. Acted as Interim Quality Manager for 12 months.

MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING MANAGER 2012 – 2017

Von Roll, Schenectady, New York

Department Head of Process Engineering. Responsible for improving quality and efficiency of products on several coaters, laminators, and slitting equipment.

● Acted as lead engineer on designing and commissioning new state of the art mica coater and automated slitting machine. Responsible for start-up of both machines as well as the transfer of products to these machine.

● Also oversaw designing and commissioning of a Ballistic/Flexible Laminates coater, Vertical Coater upgrades and Batch oven.

● As well as transferring products from the New Haven site to the equipment at Schenectady.

● Worked with other department heads on Lean Manufacturing Initiative to improve on time delivery and customer satisfaction.

● Responsible for transferring over 600 products into SAP material masters, including BOMs and Routings.

● Created and maintained work instructions and SOPs for all manufacturing centers. Dana Rackliffe adh3nm@r.postjobfree.com Page 2

TECHNICAL MANAGER PROCESS AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER 2001 – 2012 Isovolta, Inc.,Rutland, Vermont

Developed new products on coating / laminating machines for high voltage electrical insulation to meet customer requirements. Improved quality and runnability of products on the mica paper machine and coaters/laminators. Traveled extensively and worked with people in Mexico, Canada, Romania, Japan, South Korea, Japan, Holland, Austria and throughout the United States to improve processes as Technical Support/Applications Engineer.

● Developed several new products and worked on a patent for a new mica insulation.

● Cut scrap rates on coater in half.

● Acted as key engineer in commissioning the most modern mica paper machine in Romania.

● Spearheaded training the customer's workforce on how to build high voltage coils and bars.

● Established monitoring systems on the mica paper machine that reduced start-up times by 75% and tightened process control to maximize efficiencies and improved quality.

● Developed a very cost-effective film faced tape that eliminated solvents and reduced energy cost while increasing line speeds by almost 100%.

ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FiberMark Inc.,Fitchburg, Massachusetts PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER Valentine Paper Inc., Lockport, Louisiana SHIFT SUPERVISOR Green Bay Packaging Inc.,Green Bay, Wisconsin RESEARCH ENGINEER Quin-T Corporation,Tilton, New Hampshire EDUCATION

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (B.S.) IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING,Concentration in Pulp and Paper Technology. University of Maine, Orono

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