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Robert Thomas

Avon Lake

Summary

Dedicated and focused project management specialist with several years of experience excelling at prioritizing, completing multiple tasks simultaneously and following through to achieve project goals. Flexible, detail-oriented and adaptive team player with expertise in equipment operation, staff training and development, customer service and process improvements.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

EHS- Advisor Regulatory I

The Sherwin-Williams Company
Cleveland
02.2023 - Current

· Worked as Product Manager for SW CARES Software Package, managing Digital EHS needs for company on Global Scale.

· Developed over 100 Tableau Reports & Dashboards to create Data Visualizations.

· Managed Continuous Improvement for over a dozen software applications including launching new features,

· Managed Sherwin-Williams EHS Learning Management System to assist manufacturing sites in completing regulatory Training

· Launched Sustainability Reporting, Air Emission, and Waste Tracking applications.

· Rolled out AI Large Language Models (LLMs) to sites to increase quality of qualitative data entry.

· Served as Project Manager for team managing project timelines and communications.

User Experience & User Interface Teaching Assistant

Columbia University - 2U Inc.
New York
11.2022 - Current
  • Lead discussions on UX topics to promote critical thinking, and improve design skills.
  • Performed demonstrations of Figma, and assisted students in creating digital prototypes.
  • Lead student design teams in creating digital products, serving as mentor and stakeholder.

Temporary Environmental Specialist

The Sherwin-Williams Company
Cleveland
02.2023 - 02.2024
  • Supported preparation of 2022 Sustainability Report with validated climate & footprint data.
  • Prepared carbon emission estimates and summarized energy and waste data.
  • Created configuration files for new Sustainability Reporting module implementation.
  • Support member on new EHS Platform loading data, trouble shooting issues and creating reports.

Graduate Student Instructor: Graduate Safety Engineering

University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
01.2022 - 05.2022
  • Conducted lectures on safety engineering methods.
  • Aided students in the understanding of complex concepts.
  • Graded and offered feedback on student assignments.

Graduate Research Assistant

University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
08.2020 - 05.2022
  • Worked under the guidance of Professor Nadine Sarter, world renown researcher.
  • Reviewed scientific studies on how commercial airline pilots visually process information to assist in writing literature review.
  • Completed eye tracking analysis of primary flight display in lab cockpit simulator to identify differences in pilots usage of cockpit instruments.
  • Analyzed discussions of aviation focus groups to identify thoughts on visual scanning trends.

Production Modeling Student Consultant

The Ohio State University at C. Krueger's, Finest Baked Goods
Columbus
01.2020 - 05.2020
  • Performed production growth modeling of baking operations to support financial planning of kitchen expansion.
  • Interviewed employees and performed walk-throughs to identify unsafe working conditions and production bottlenecks.
  • Recommended ergonomic and operations improvements to reduce employee injury risk and work-related stress.

User Experience Consultant

Tego Safety Application
Columbus
10.2018 - 03.2020
  • Created wire frames & low fidelity prototypes for mobile application using Figma.
  • Improved UX Design through analytics via Mixpanel to improve monthly average users.
  • Conducted interviews with potential users to identify novel features to improve product.

Health and Safety Intern

The Sherwin-Williams Company
Cleveland
06.2019 - 09.2019
  • Created an ergonomic tool in Excel that applied RULA, REBA, and NIOSH models to improve the quality of risk assessments while keeping user input simple.
  • Created a training video on proper lifting techniques of a 5 gallon pail.
  • Assisted in the training and use of ergonomic risk assessment tools at four manufacturing plants.

Regional Engineer Intern

The Sherwin-Williams Company
Cleveland
06.2018 - 09.2018
  • Assisted with the implementation of PFP database (Oracle software) to manage capital spending.
  • Tested PFP software entry forms, data import, export and data exchange features.
  • Trained new users on software use.

Education

Masters of Science - Industrial & Operation Engineering

University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
05.2022

Bachelor of Science - Industrial Systems Engineering

The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
05.2020

Skills

  • Matlab
  • Java
  • Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Figma
  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator
  • Adobe XD
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Heuristic Evaluation
  • User Interviews
  • Persona Creation
  • Design Systems
  • A/B Testing
  • Safety Inspection
  • Ergonomic analysis
  • General Safety Methods
  • Data visualization
  • Tableau development
  • Sustainability reporting
  • Project management
  • Data analysis
  • OSHA Reporting

Certification

Google UX Design Professional Certificate, Summer 2022, Completed three full design sprints including: Understand, Ideate, Decide, Prototype & Test., Performed user interviews to empathize with user needs, and focus on user centered design., Created wire frames & high fidelity prototypes in Figma and Adobe XD for a wedding venue, animal hotel and animal conservation application.

Timeline

EHS- Advisor Regulatory I

The Sherwin-Williams Company
02.2023 - Current

Temporary Environmental Specialist

The Sherwin-Williams Company
02.2023 - 02.2024

User Experience & User Interface Teaching Assistant

Columbia University - 2U Inc.
11.2022 - Current

Graduate Student Instructor: Graduate Safety Engineering

University of Michigan
01.2022 - 05.2022

Graduate Research Assistant

University of Michigan
08.2020 - 05.2022

Production Modeling Student Consultant

The Ohio State University at C. Krueger's, Finest Baked Goods
01.2020 - 05.2020

Health and Safety Intern

The Sherwin-Williams Company
06.2019 - 09.2019

User Experience Consultant

Tego Safety Application
10.2018 - 03.2020

Regional Engineer Intern

The Sherwin-Williams Company
06.2018 - 09.2018

Masters of Science - Industrial & Operation Engineering

University of Michigan

Bachelor of Science - Industrial Systems Engineering

The Ohio State University