Devin Newman

8 years of PTFE extrusion experience. Rising from an operator to a key piece of the engineering team. Great experience in training, preventative maintenance, LEAN manufacturing principles, and Solidworks.

Optinova, Maple Plain, MN

Associate Extrusion Technician, November 2016–March 2018

• Learned to operate a full PTFE extrusion line in 6 months with no prior extrusion experience
• Able to reliably run entire production system alone within 11 months
• Endeavoured above job expectations and definition to work with engineers to improve extrusion process

Extrusion Technician 1-3, March 2018–October 2019

• Implemented several process improvements to production system
• Extended personal skills beyond production into quality, packaging, and receiving.
• Trained 5 separate PTFE technicians to certified status, 3 of which are still present today.

Engineering Technician 4, October 2019-December 2024

• Listed as “mission critical” person for company acquisition
• Revised our filtration system to save $20,000 a year.
• Worked with customer service personnel to transfer costomer P/Os through process to create production work orders, inspection documentation, and production run sheets (recipes).
• Self-taught knowledge on creation of completely new production parts that pushed the boundaries of previous possibilities, and succeeded
• Designed tooling for new parts, worked with machine shops for fabrication, and trained operators on the new processes and techniques required to make them. 
• Reverse engineered hydraulic piston to create critical spare

Highschool GED

Associate's of Applied science degree from Minneapolis Media institute