Daniel Cobb, PE

Experience

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  Chapman Corporation

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1999

  Product Development Engineer

  Designed and developed new products for the electrostatics industry. Supervised technicians and toolmakers for prototype development. Provided applications and field service support to customers and sales staff. Created and maintained ISO-9001 product development documentation. Interfaced with regulatory agencies for product approvals.● Project Leader for Electrostatic Charging Bar Development. The project was completed on time, and the finished product offered superior performance at a 33% cost reduction.● Developed a worldwide compatible power supply, allowing the company to reduce inventory and streamline production. Show less

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  STEAG HamaTech, Inc.

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2002

  Mechanical Engineering Manager

  Provided leadership for the mechanical engineering department. Led a staff of nine engineers and designers in the development of automated replication equipment for optical discs (CDs and DVDs). Fast-track promotion history resulting from demonstrated talent and drive.● Led a cross-functional team of engineers and designers from the mechanical, electrical, software and service engineering teams. The team identified and solved 20 customer-critical performance issues with the Unijet CD replication system in an aggressive three-month schedule.● Drove uptime, yield and cost improvements that resulted in a 30% increase in production and 5% reduction in cost for the Unijet CD replication system. Results accomplished within eight months. Show less

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  Contech Engineered Solutions

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2013

  Director - Product Development

  Responsible for the new product development program, laboratory testing initiatives and intellectual property strategy. Led a team of ten engineers, project managers and technicians in the development of highly-regulated water treatment products. Collaborated with product managers to drive product line portfolio strategies and prioritization of the product development pipeline. Managed the Company’s extensive international intellectual property portfolio consisting of over 200 issued and pending patents, and over 150 registered and pending trademarks.● Assembled a high-performance product development team, drawing talent from three formerly-competing businesses as part of a multi-company acquisition. The team delivered multiple new products and product improvements that now contribute in excess of $10MM in annual revenues.● Designed and implemented a Stage-Gate product development process that leveraged internal and external cross-functional teams to improve decision-making, quality and speed of new product development projects. Gating process resulted in $500k capital investment avoidance by killing a project with a weak go-to-market business case.● Led a two-year, $1.5MM development program to successfully launch the ChamberMaxx product into a highly specification-driven and patent-protected engineering market. The product is now a patented, multi-million dollar product line.● Led cost-reduction effort on the Company's flagship filtration product, yielding more than $500k in annual material and labor savings.● Intellectual Property program delivered 38 U.S. patent applications and 19 U.S. patents issued in a five year period. Personally named as inventor on thirteen U.S. patents and others pending.● Proficient grant writer with 100% success rate. Awarded six grants from the Maine Technology Institute to fund and carry out cutting edge research and development. Show less

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  IDEXX Laboratories

  Mar 2013 - now

  Sr. Project Manager III - R&D Engineering / Instrument Development

  Cross-functional leadership role focused on developing new diagnostic instruments for the veterinary healthcare market. Responsible for driving complex project execution among multi-disciplinary teams. Manage project lifecycles from scoping through implementation while ensuring ongoing success and customer satisfaction. Establish trust and confidence with key project stakeholders, including core teams, review boards, steering committees and suppliers. Present information clearly and concisely to build rapport, persuade others and promote shared-understanding.● Collaborated with CTO to promote and develop innovative thinking across the organization. Drove engagement and interactively trained over 400 employees on a new ideation methodology. The training course is now institutionalized through the corporate Learning and Talent Development program.● Engineering project manager for the development, validation and implementation of control system PCBAs for a new-to-market chemistry analyzer. Also led the manufacturing transfer and material qualification of the analyzer’s fluid handling pump assembly.● Currently leading a series of five cost-reduction projects that will contribute more than $2MM in annual savings to the chemistry analyzer line of business. Show less