Kenneth Ranstrom

Experience

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  Gustavus Adolphus College

  Aug 2008 - May 2010

  Consulting Assistant

  -Provided technical support for staff, faculty, and students in the form of network registration, installation, updating, and removal of software, as well as the removal of malicious software.-Interacted with customers over the phone and in person.

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  College Pro

  Jan 2012 - Jul 2012

  Franchise Manager

  -Managed all aspects of a painting franchise.-Marketing, sales, and customer service.-Interviewed, hired, trained, and worked with one employee.-Calculated profit and expenses for each job and ensured that budget was followed.-Implemented and enforced proper safety procedures on job sites.

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  Dentsply Sirona

  Feb 2013 - Jun 2019

  - Identified, planned, designed, executed, and implemented process improvement through change management system that led to a cost reduction in raw material of 66%.- Performed the development work and the verification study as part of a cross-functional team that implemented a process changes that eliminated the need for a final 100% inspection step leading to $50,000 in savings.- Created and updated documents such as specifications, procedures, risk analysis, inspection plans, protocols, reports, etc.- Analyzed equipment yield data and communicated to operations and engineering team which products needed to be investigated and/or improved prior to manufacturing.- Managed continuous improvement projects. Assigned and communicated tasks required for change to be implemented across multiple departments.- Performed root cause analysis and implemented corrective actions to address non-conformances, which led to a reduction of the number of non-conformances generated by 50%.- Provided technical and engineering support for processing equipment to reduce downtime.- Communicated and coordinated repairs of processing equipment with maintenance department and equipment vendors.- Planned, designed, validated, and implemented new test methods and new testing procedures that were used to recover product placed on non-conformances.- Supported installation of new processing equipment by executing IQ protocols and writing IQ reports.- Developed and established process parameters utilizing DOEs and executed IQ and OQ with established parameters.- Worked in FDA regulated and Medical Device cGMP environment.- Trained operators and engineers to new procedures.- Calculated process capacities to determine if current equipment could handle the forecasted production volumes and the material needs for budgeting.- Created costing models for manufacturing processes and provided costing data for ERP system.- Provided BOMs and route information for ERP system. Show less - Designed ceramic brackets using Solidworks, performed tolerance stack, created drawings, and maintained designs through the design for manufacturing process with the injection mold tooling groups.- Used Geomagic 3D software to inspect and measure parts.- Created macros, scripts, and automation to reduce labor required for routine reverse engineering, validation, and lot release inspections using Geomagic Software.- Scanned parts using CT scanner and constructed 3D surfaces of scanned parts.- Designed and implemented new scanning fixture that reduced the number of scans required by 83%. Show less

  • Manufacturing Engineer

    Sept 2013 - Jun 2019

  • Design Engineer

    Feb 2013 - Sept 2013