David Blanco

David Blanco

Honors Program Office Assistant

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Solutions Development Manager at Saddle Creek Logistics Services

  • Education

    • University of South Florida

      2016 - 2018
      Master of Science (M.S.) Industrial Engineering 3.9 GPA
    • University of Florida

      2008 - 2011
      Mathematics
    • Florida Southern College

      2012 - 2013
      Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Mathematics 3.55 GPA

      Activities and Societies: FSC Men's DII NCAA Soccer Team, Mathematical Honors Society of Kappa Mu Epsilon, Honors Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Math Club - Secretary

  • Experience

    • Florida Southern College

      Aug 2012 - Apr 2013
      Honors Program Office Assistant
    • Lakeland Electric

      Oct 2012 - Jul 2013
      Fiscal Operations Intern
    • IGT

      Aug 2013 - Oct 2017

      • Develop, manage, and implement Lean Six Sigma projects throughout Lakeland facility• Facilitate training and presentations for various teams within the printing facility• Lead continuous improvement efforts resulting in $1M+ in cost savings in 2016-2017• Implement various processes to assist support groups with process time and accuracy• Plan and perform tests and repairs to the world’s largest instant ticket printing press • Manage software personnel and projects to ensure timely delivery and accuracy of data• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to provide software and data support for projects• Work alongside subject matter experts to automate processes for increased efficiency• Act as liaison between the GSD Team and the Lottery’s Technical Team for improvements • Analyze production and financial data, providing constructive feedback to development team• Partner with software developers to debug code and solve technical issues• Perform statistical analysis to ensure software programs adhere to client specifications• Document processes within the software team which led to automated processes

      • Quality Engineer

        Jan 2015 - Oct 2017
      • Game Software Development Coordinator

        Apr 2014 - Jan 2015
      • Data Quality Assurance Technician

        Aug 2013 - Apr 2014
    • Saddle Creek Logistics Services

      Oct 2017 - now

      • Design warehousing and fulfillment solutions for existing and potential clients utilizing cost modeling analysis and AutoCAD designs for concepts of solution• Manage warehousing and fulfillment cost model ensuring reliability of cost calculations and flexibility of cost allocation in a fluctuating business environment• Provide mathematical support and training for ad hoc requests from executive team • Design warehousing solutions utilizing cost models and designs in AutoCAD• Perform Operations Research, Production Analysis, and other statistical tools to obtain optimal solution• Create technical documentation for the Solution Design team

      • Solutions Development Manager

        Aug 2019 - now
      • Solutions Design Engineer

        Oct 2017 - Aug 2019
  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to David Blanco
      Game Changer Award (Presidential Award) International Game Technology Feb 2017 - Awarded Presidential Award at IGT for work in a cost reduction ($600,000 - $1,000,000 annually) project for the Lakeland printing facility- Worked alongside colleague to develop printing technique for specific instant ticket games- Project yielded $2M+ in cost savings within first year of implementation