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I love to bake, and when it comes to chocolate I use "the good stuff".... but it's been getting more and more expensive to do so. Climate issues…
I love to bake, and when it comes to chocolate I use "the good stuff".... but it's been getting more and more expensive to do so. Climate issues…
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In case you ever wondered how #supplychain vessel's pass through the #PanamaCanal, here is one of the best visualizations I've ever…
In case you ever wondered how #supplychain vessel's pass through the #PanamaCanal, here is one of the best visualizations I've ever…
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Looking back on a recent Vessel Manufacturing Summit. Specialists from Feldmeier's seven plants traveled from four states to collaborate on…
Looking back on a recent Vessel Manufacturing Summit. Specialists from Feldmeier's seven plants traveled from four states to collaborate on…
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Experience & Education
Patents
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Methods of making compositions comprising a UV-Absorbing chromophore
Issued US 7,572,610
Projects
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Sterling Process Engineering and Services Inc.
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Providing ownership and management analysis and direction for growth. Acting in a Creative and Strategic role. Design & Process Solutions acquired AsepticSystems and the assets of Food Plant Design LLC from Mr. Grall. DPS is a sister company of Sterling Process Engineering & Services Co.
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Aseptic Systems
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Founded Aseptic Systems. Providing spares parts and Process Reliability improvements for Dairy, Juice and Particulate Sterilizers and Aseptic Storage and Distribution.
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Blentech Corp.
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Provided ownership and management with analysis and direction for growth. Over 200% increase in topline revenue over period.
Expansion of capability in sales, applications, and automation as a broader solutions provider. Process developments in wide variety of Food Cooking and Cooling systems for the Ready to Eat market.
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BEF Foods, Inc.
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Provided Engineering, Procurement, and Project Management services for consolidation of three business locations into one with implementation of $39.5MM capital expenditure, for several line that processed and packaged RTE sausage patties and links as well as soups and gravies.
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Littleford Day Inc.
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Managed strategic aims in food and pharmaceutical. Led integrated systems, fundamental process understanding, and requirements required to meet needs of food and pharmaceuticals.
Restructured business costs during recession.
Led Team on projects for Dental Adhesive, Cocoa Processing, Propane Extractives, Intensified Processing Platform.
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iSoy Technologies Corp.
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Technology Transfer from USDA. Set up pilot plant and production. Secured Venture Capital funding. Sold results of this bio-enzymatic lipid conversion technology to several cosmetic companies.
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Ann's House of Nuts
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Turnaround effort, restructured operations for private owners exit and sale to private equity. Gryphon Capital purchased the family company.
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Tropicana
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Worked with Margin Maximization. Provided support staff to Plant Engineering Process Improvement.
Developed and implemented ROI basis directed MRO dollars. Paybacks were measured in weeks. Results were directed to valuation and increase EBIT for IPO and ultimately PepsiCo acquisition. -
APV Americas Systems Engineering Group
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Provided Expert Witness, Project Management, Process Development for Aseptic Dairy Projects, Pharmaceutical Projects, and Meat Industry RTE Projects. Some projects involved construction detailing. Some projects involved Business Process Re-engineering.
Team provided resources while APV relocated business and rationalized acquisitions. Process Scale up for TacoBell FRP taco meat and Natural Biologics hormone extraction. -
Cream Products / Morningstar
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Provided engineering, maintenance, and operations management during run up to signing sales of company to Morningstar.( now Saputo)
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Internships, Farmstead Projects
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European Internship, Family Farming, Conveying Systems Design and Sales, and Damrow Reverse Osmosis Systems Installation and Startup Projects
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Have you heard of the “Gish Gallop”? It is a rhetorical trick of making so many (false) claims so fast that a depare opponent or interviewer cannot…
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I’d never heard of a Gish gallop until recently, when it started popping up in interviews, as a critique of a type of disingenuous argument. After…
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While I'm bummed I can't make it this year please stop by and say hello to Olgica Bakajin, Aleš Devenica, and Ivana Sedej.
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