About this Candidate
DAVRON CV: Candidate 3809004
DIRECTOR, PROCESS IMPROVEMENT | CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING | YIELD & OEE OPTIMIZATION
Core Expertise
- Global process engineering leadership driving yield, OEE, energy, and cost improvements.
- Cross-functional product commercialization linking R&D, pilot plants, and manufacturing.
- Capital project delivery with accelerated schedules, under-budget execution, and risk reduction.
- Process safety and PSM program leadership including PHAs, MOC, and risk mitigation.
- Engineer development through competency models, training plans, and organizational design.
Project Background
- Delivered $7.5M+ in annual productivity and cost savings across a 22-site global manufacturing footprint.
- Increased yield by $2M and improved OEE/production by $2.2M through reactor and controls optimization.
- Completed strategic product capital project 30% faster and $800K under budget while lowering execution risk.
- Reduced required risk-mitigation capital by $3.3M after reviewing 150+ PHA recommendations.
- Enabled $3.1M in production capacity prior to construction completion through business collaboration.
- Led transfer and commercialization of multiple product families, improving quality by 12%.
Key Skills
- Process improvement | Yield enhancement | OEE optimization | Debottlenecking
- Process Safety Management (PSM) | PHAs | MOC | Risk assessment
- Technology transfer | Pilot-plant scale-up | New product commercialization
- Capital projects | CapEx planning | Project KPIs | Cost control
- Process modeling & trials | Reactor, distillation, and mixing optimization
- Team building & leadership | Competency development | Organizational design
Education
- B.S., Chemical Engineering — University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; completed Army ROTC basic leadership course
Why Interview this Candidate?
They are a seasoned chemical process engineering leader with 25+ years building teams and delivering measurable manufacturing improvements. They have a proven record driving multimillion-dollar yield, cost, and capacity gains while executing capital projects ahead of schedule and under budget. Their cross-functional strength linking R&D, pilot plants, and operations enables rapid commercialization and sustained operational reliability.
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