Jordan Kestel
Renton,WA
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Director of Global Lab Capabilities
MilliporeSigma
10.2023 - Current
- Assessed four global labs for personnel skillsets and instrumentation capabilities across Food Safety and Pharma sectors
- Addressed cross training labs on a global scale with focus on soon-to-retired skill profiles
- Reviewed process and implementation of next generation technologies, like AI, to improve lab efficiencies
- Lead knowledge managed initiatives to foster a global culture around knowledge sharing and preservation
- Challenged existing skillset mapping structure for relevance and effectiveness across Global organization
Project Engineer
BioControl Systems, Inc. SUBSID Millipore Sigma SUBSID Merck KGaA
12.2017 - Current
- Co-technical Lead on new PCR thermocycler rollout
- Lead product design of auxiliary tooling for primary products
- Coordinated product investigation with regulatory and patent departments
- Domestically/internationally traveled for supplier visits, trade shows, and interdependent site collaboration
- Updated modeling, drafting, and validation standards for onsite engineering department
- Built relationship with University of Washington and lead consecutive years of successful Capstone projects with teams of 46 students.
Temporary R&D Manager (While in project engineer role)
BioControl Systems, Inc. SUBSID Millipore Sigma SUBSID Merck KGaA
06.2023 - 10.2023
- Managed Team of 7 research scientist specializing in microbiology, molecular biology, and immunology
- Lead teams to maintain project continuity while site R&D management was on long-term leave
- Maintained team cohesion and productivity during company-wide reorganization
- Maintained project schedules with shortened resources during hiring freeze.
Oil and Gas Product Engineer
Dixon Valve and Coupling
01.2015 - 12.2017
- Spearheaded new engineering department location and pioneered new position
- Operated autonomously without direct supervision
- Headed product design for Oil and Gas market using SolidWorks as primary development platform
- Consistently held end user visits to communicate new product ideas and project development
- Regularly traveled domestically/internationally for supplier and customer visits
- Functioned as information conduit between end users, management, and related engineering departments
- Developed custom manufacturing tooling for CNC lathe and milling equipment
- Periodically lead product training for non-engineering personnel (Sales, Manufacturing, and Management).
Product Engineer
Dixon Valve and Coupling
02.2012 - 01.2015
- Became product specialist
- Accountable for customer engineering support
- Provided Engineering support to Manufacturing facilities and tooling departments
- Proficiently utilized flow analysis and FEA tools during product design
- Managed changing projects, prioritizing work and deadlines.
Education
B.S. Mechanical Engineering -
University of Maryland - A. James Clark School of Engineering
College Park, MD05.2011
Skills
- Proficient with engineering and design programs (SolidWorks, Pro/ENGINEER, FEA, Flow Analysis, Adobe Photoshop)
- Utilized manufacturing machinery for component fabrication (Bandsaw, Lathe, etc)
- Experienced with general computer software (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Organizational Leadership
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Interpersonal Communication
- Leadership Development
Engineering Projects
- Integrated Team Member- SAE Mini Baja Team, College Park, MD, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Worked with machine shop to build a full-rolling frame for Mini Baja car, Utilized Pro-Engineer for vehicle design, Successfully disassembled and rebuilt Briggs and Stratton carburetor, Performed regular testing including driver training sessions, Primary designer of vehicle roof paneling
- Biologically Inspired Robot Design, Spring 2011, Collaborated in a team to design and build a biologically inspired robot developed from an Alligator's gait, Successfully designed a robot to walk 25 times its own body length within target time, Project included: gait mapping, structure design, and servo-motor programming
Volunteer Experience
- Operations Coleader, Bellevue, WA, 2020, 2023, Hope Village Church, Helped young team develop process for setup/teardown of mobile church, Helped young team develop new process for managing personnel, Additionally volunteered for soundboard, Additionally volunteered as equipment truck drivers and load/unload operations
- Operations Subleader, Bellevue, WA, 2017, 2020, Kalos Church, One of three subleaders running operations for weekly set up and teardown of mobile church, Primary manager for implementing new processes, Lead coordinator of equipment truck drivers and load/unload operations
- Small Group Leader, Houston, TX, 2016, 2017, Lakewood Church, Co-lead biweekly young adults small group, Actively participated in young adults leadership ministry and training programs, Volunteer at church events as a member of the young adult ministry
- Volunteer With Elephants, Huay Pakoot, 02/2017, Collected observational data on tourism elephants reintroduced into the wild, Conducted biweekly health inspections on the elephants, Lived in remote village without modern comforts
Timeline
Associate Director of Global Lab Capabilities
MilliporeSigma
10.2023 - Current
Temporary R&D Manager (While in project engineer role)
BioControl Systems, Inc. SUBSID Millipore Sigma SUBSID Merck KGaA
06.2023 - 10.2023
Project Engineer
BioControl Systems, Inc. SUBSID Millipore Sigma SUBSID Merck KGaA
12.2017 - Current
Oil and Gas Product Engineer
Dixon Valve and Coupling
01.2015 - 12.2017
Product Engineer
Dixon Valve and Coupling
02.2012 - 01.2015
B.S. Mechanical Engineering -
University of Maryland - A. James Clark School of Engineering