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MELVIN KYEES

Cooling Design Expert
Henderson,NV

Summary

Innovation-focused professional with 50 years of experience in the beverage equipment industry. Leads cross-functional teams to develop profitable product solutions. Successfully partners on projects with major beverage, beer, and spirit manufacturers such as Coke, Pepsi, AB-InBev, Molson Coors, Seagram's, Miller, Lancer, Hoshizaki, Servend, Manitowoc, and Cornelius. Approximately 70% of the beverage industry cold plate technology influenced by Kyees Aluminum Inc. Deep expertise in subject matter driving impactful outcomes through collaborative teamwork and adaptability. Skilled in research, analysis, and effective communication with a strong focus on meeting organizational goals. Experienced in providing accurate guidance using critical thinking and problem-solving skills to address complex challenges while fostering effective communication and collaboration in diverse team settings.

Overview

50
50
years of professional experience

Work History

SME Cold Plate and Foundry

Cornelius / Marmon Group
04.2024 - Current
  • Developed expertise in key product features and functionalities to enhance user understanding.
  • Created comprehensive documentation for best practices, facilitating knowledge sharing among team members.
  • Mentored junior team members, contributing to their professional growth and development.
  • Implemented new molding/ casting technique.
  • Analyzed current foundry operations.
  • Analyzing current production product.

SME Cold Plate Design and Cooling

Cleland Sales
04.2012 - Current
  • Developed expertise in subject matter, providing guidance to cross-functional teams on best practices.
  • Designed Product for the Beer, Water,and other Fluids.
  • Innovating designs in Beer cooling and water chilling.

SME Cold Plate Design & Coil Basket Design

Newton CFV / Middleby
2023 - 2024
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to enhance product knowledge and ensure accurate information dissemination.
  • Designed new Tool for making new cooling unit.
  • Designed internal configuration for cooling unit.

SME for Coca-Cola

Kyees Innovations. Inc.
01.2019 - 01.2023
  • Coil Basket Design and Rapid Prototyping for New Freestyle Unit.
  • New smaller Cold Plate along with Mold design.
  • Produced needed samples at our foundry.

SME Cold Plates / Foundry Innovation

Cornelius / Marmon Group
11.2021 - 04.2022
  • Developed comprehensive training materials to enhance team knowledge and efficiency.
  • Analyzed foundry post molding casting cooling and bandsaw efficiency.
  • Increased casting cooling system to maximise productivity.
  • Analyzed Tube Bending and Assembly.

SME Cold Plates / Foundry Innovation

Lancer Worldwide
01.2011 - 01.2020
  • Lancer Worldwide SME for new product.
  • Quality control thru changes on production product to maximize performance.
  • Designed all Coca-Cola Freestyle Cooling Units.
  • Worked with cross functional team to develop and patent my modular draft beer modular cooling blocks.
  • Made design changes on current product for 4.5oz flow capabilities.
  • Foundry Optimization saved Lancer Corp over $15 million in waste management.
  • Designed New internal carbonator units.
  • Designed Deep Dish, Twin Pour, and sensation.
  • Designed patented Modular Beer Tower.
  • Modified many production units to pass Pepsi & Coke criteria.

Director of Technology SME Cold Plates / Foundry

Manitowoc Food Service
01.1999 - 01.2011
  • Designed all Manitowoc Product offerings.
  • Headed up all R&D development for Manitowoc beverage equipment.
  • Responsible for product line Lifecycle. Including Budget,Timeline, and Margins.
  • Worked cross functionally to improve and Optimize Manufacturing Processes.
  • Implementation of Servend Flavor Pic Units.
  • Involved in Patented Inlet Manifold Design.
  • Designed GS1 & GS2 Freestyle for Coke.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to align IT strategies with business objectives.

Owner/Senior Director of Product Development

Chill-Pak
01.1996 - 01.1999
  • Company built around Flash Chill patented process for cold plates chilled by Water, Glycol, or Freon.
  • Designed Beer Delivery Systems for Bars, Restaurants, and home use. (Restaurant chains, Stadiums,Sport Bars)
  • Developed and implemented efficient operational processes to streamline daily activities.

Owner/Senior Director of Product Development

Kyees Aluminum Inc.
01.1972 - 01.1999
  • Actively involved in the Research and Development of Cold Plates for the Cooling of Fluids. Collaborating with engineers in New Product Development to assess the manufacturability of products and setting the Cooling Standards for the industry.
  • While working at Kyees Aluminum we pioneered for all fluids.
  • Developed and implemented efficient operational processes to streamline daily activities.
  • Developed Pepsi Proprietary Intellicarb Unit.
  • Developed Coke I Fountain Unit.
  • Developed the Coor's Beer Iced over Mountain design.
  • Mentored and trained employees in coil basket design.
  • Mentored and trained employees geneeral knowledge of tube bending and the CNC equipment used to bend different tubing configurations.
  • Employee Family Business
  • Managed inventory levels utilizing point-of-sale systems for accurate stock tracking.

Education

Bachelor of Arts -

California State University, Fullerton
Fullerton, CA

Skills

  • Training and mentoring
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Customer focus
  • Creative solutions
  • Strategic thinking
  • Deep expertise
  • Attention to detail
  • Problem-solving abilities
  • Self motivation

Accomplishments

  • My accomplishments. I have been fortunate to have been able to work In industry for 50 years. During those y we have designed product for the the key players in the beverage industry. We have chilled everything from fluids (beer,soft drink,milk water. ect) to making cooling units for ice cream and heat transfer for submarine defence battery systems.
  • Pioneered, hard pluming to valves.
  • Designed Cooling Product for Cornelius, Lancer's, and Manitowoc.
  • Designed all Free-style Units for Coke-Cola.
  • Innovated Cold carb designs for Manitowoc
  • Designed first Pepsi Intelicarb Units.
  • Developed Flash Chill units cooled with Ice, Glycol, or Freon.
  • Developed the Coor's mountain for Draft Beer.

Languages

Spanish
Limited Working

Timeline

SME Cold Plate and Foundry

Cornelius / Marmon Group
04.2024 - Current

SME Cold Plates / Foundry Innovation

Cornelius / Marmon Group
11.2021 - 04.2022

SME for Coca-Cola

Kyees Innovations. Inc.
01.2019 - 01.2023

SME Cold Plate Design and Cooling

Cleland Sales
04.2012 - Current

SME Cold Plates / Foundry Innovation

Lancer Worldwide
01.2011 - 01.2020

Director of Technology SME Cold Plates / Foundry

Manitowoc Food Service
01.1999 - 01.2011

Owner/Senior Director of Product Development

Chill-Pak
01.1996 - 01.1999

Owner/Senior Director of Product Development

Kyees Aluminum Inc.
01.1972 - 01.1999

SME Cold Plate Design & Coil Basket Design

Newton CFV / Middleby
2023 - 2024

Bachelor of Arts -

California State University, Fullerton

PATENTS

  • Beer-dispensing system and apparatus Patent number: 5564602 Grant
  • Apparatus for cooling fluids Patent number: 6098418 Grant
  • Apparatus for cooling fluids Patent number: 5743107 Grant
  • Cold plate and method of making same Patent number: 5484015 Grant
  • Apparatus for cooling fluids Patent number: 7722951 Grant
  • Low volume beverage dispenser Patent number: 6698229 Grant
MELVIN KYEESCooling Design Expert