Dale E. Olon-West, CPlasT
8559 Fredonia-Stockton Rd
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Currently proprietor of Mad Scientist Web Design offering freelance web development services to small enterprise and non-profit organizations.
EXPERIENCE
Polymer Technology & Services, LLC., Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Sr. Application Development Engineer
- Sales of engineering grade thermoplastic resins.
- Develop new customers in a territory including northeast Ohio, Pennsylvania and western New York.
- Offer engineering services to customers including material selection and classes in plastic applications.
PHB, Inc., Fairview, Pennsylvania
Project Engineer
- Responsible for all engineering duties of the Molding Division.
- Manage all aspects of tooling revision, maintenance and new mold builds including design approval.
- Create or direct all quotations for new projects.
- Provide leadership in cost reduction, process improvement and quality initiatives.
- Concept through startup of automation cell, demolding and heat transfer printing. See a video clip
Square D Company, Lexington, Kentucky
Senior Tooling Engineer - Plastics
- Member of the Advanced Manufacturing Group, a company wide resource for development of tooling and processes for all new products.
- Responsible for on-time delivery, cost control, development of molding process and statistical qualification of new molds.
- Design approval authority for all molds, built internally or by outside suppliers.
- Travel to outside suppliers for mold tryouts, qualifications and troubleshooting.
- Advise design engineers in development of plastic applications and cost reduction programs.
- Involvement in value engineering and material substitution efforts.
Infiltrator Systems, Inc., Winchester, Kentucky
Tooling Engineer
- Responsible for design supervision, on time delivery, machine interface, repair and revision of large gas-assist plastic injection molds and extrusion blow molds for two plants.
- Liaison to outside mold builders including occasional travel.
- Wrote corporate standard tool specification and instituted corrosion prevention and wear reduction improvements that doubled the expected life of mold tools.
- Made cooling system improvements that reduced cycle times up to ten percent.
- Management of multiple mold programs ($5M budget) and process improvements.
West & Associates, Dayton, Ohio
Self-employed Manufacturing Consultant
Provide services to small businesses on a contract basis including:
- Conception, documentation and employee training for MIL-I quality and calibration systems.
- Process improvement, cycle time reductions and tooling design.
- Various CAD, programming and data services.
- Project management of $2.5M government contract for USAF C-17 cargo plane program.
- Designed and marketed proprietary line of food equipment accessories.
Freund Precision Inc., Dayton, Ohio
Manufacturing Engineering Technician
- Design of injection molds and thermoformed products on the board and using CAD.
- Project manager for prototype and pre-production of $1M beverage dispensing machine project.
- Leader of clean room operation including production and assembly of molded products.
- Determined processes and estimated budgets for military and commercial contracts.
- Instrumental in regulatory agency compliance including UL and NSF.
Shiloh Industries Inc., Huber Heights, Ohio
Lead Machinist
- Supervised and trained up to ten machinists and helpers.
- Responsible for turnkey molding operation including tool design.
- Fulfilled quality assurance requirements.
- Performed shop scheduling and recommended capital equipment.
Moldcraft Inc., Baltimore, Maryland
Moldmaker
Poly-Seal Corp., Baltimore, Maryland
Toolroom Machinist
U.S. Army, Stuttgart, Germany
Aircraft Structural Repair, Machinist, Sgt.
EDUCATION
- Supervisory Skills I - IV, 2000
- Moldflow Filling Analysis A/B, 1998
- Process Mapping Workshop, 1998
- Certified Plastics Technologist, IPC Division of SPE, 1997
- CADDS 3D Wireframe Modeling and Drafting, 1997
- Practical Applications of Melt Rheology Workshop, 1996
- Fundamentals of Materials and Processing, 1996
- Introduction to ISO 9000 Quality, 1993
- S.P.C. Workshop Training Course, 1992
- Moldmaking Apprenticeship, Journeyman, 1985
- Maryland Military Academy, Honor Graduate 1983
- University of the State of New York, 1980
3 semesters, Regents External Degree Program - Europe
- Society of Plastics Engineers 1996
- Society of Manufacturing Engineers 1993
- American Chemical Society, Rubber Division 1999
- Selected to appear in Who's Who in Plastics & Polymers; First Edition 2000
TALENTS
- Skilled with product and tooling design, analysis, process improvement and value engineering.
- Proficient with various word processing, spreadsheet and other applications on DOS, Windows and Unix platforms. Familiar with several CAD/CAE applications including AutoCAD and MoldFlow.
- Program management, problem solving, creativity and team leadership.
- Expertise in plastic injection mold design, polymer materials and processing.