Jackie Priestley

Experience

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  Famous Dave's of America

  Aug 2004 - Jan 2010

  Catering Specialist

  Catering manager responsibilities included the management of a 25 person catering team. Additional duties included overseeing the sales and execution of all caterings along with promotional material for the restaurant and all public relations events.

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  Texas Roadhouse

  Jan 2010 - Sept 2011

  Legendary Store Marketer

  Responsible for the marketing for the Texas Roadhouse in Westland, MI. Additional duties include managing street teams to drum up local business, creating marketing material, put on all social events with the community along with attending fundraisers representing Texas Roadhouse.

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  University of Michigan

  Sept 2011 - Dec 2014

  Research Assistant

  Research content involving chemical engineering equipment specializing in polymer processing for the MEL Encyclopedia of Chemical Engineering Equipment for the University of Michigan Chemical Engineering Department. My responsibilities included doing the research behind the content in the online encyclopedia, contact companies in the industry for permission to use images, and using HTML code to create the web pages included in the encyclopedia. I also lead the group as a project manager distributing tasks and ensuring that everyone meets their expected deliverables. Show less

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  DADCO

  May 2012 - May 2013

  Machine Operator

  Operation of centerless grinders and polishers. As a machine operator duties included maintenance and repair of all equipment used, testing to ensure that specifications are met and quality is ensured.

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  Pacific Industrial Development Company

  May 2014 - Apr 2016

  PIDC is a small, but growing, specialty materials company based out of Ann Arbor, MI with a production facility in Weihai, China and sales offices in the US, Europe, and Asia. We deal with catalyst supports, abrasives, and rare earth materials. The Process Technology Group’s focus in Ann Arbor is taking alumina and mixed metal oxides all the way from the R&D phase straight through to catalyst production launch and process optimization in Weihai, China. We also work with the R&D group in Ann Arbor to scale up any process they have as well as communicate with the applications group and sales team to ensure we maintain great relationships with our customers and meet their needs with all of our materials. Specific responsibilities include providing specialty formed catalyst formulations per customer requests along with developing new materials for production. Additional responsibilities are assisting in functional testing of materials; researching, formulating, and testing catalyst supports; and to the provide assistance to Process Technology Group’s chemists and lab technicians in day-to-day activities such as reactor loading, sample preparation, and equipment maintenance. Show less

  • Product and Process Development Technology Engineer

    Jan 2015 - Apr 2016

  • Application Engineer Intern

    May 2014 - Jan 2015
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  Tg Fluid Systems

  Apr 2016 - Jun 2023

  • Program Manager

    Sept 2021 - Jun 2023

  • Product Engineer

    Apr 2016 - Jan 2022
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  Kem Krest

  May 2023 - now

  Project Manager - Supply Chain and Logistics