Dillon Stoddard
LEAN, OPEX, and Manufacturing Engineer in Worcester, MA
Studied mechanical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. More recently I've been working as a Manufacturing Engineer at Nuvera Fuel Cells LLC. At Nuvera I've been working on bringing hydrogen fuel cell engine production from small-scale beta versions to a regular production scale. Building 1 engine every 2 weeks to building multiple engines per day.
I've worked for 2 years for a high-end airplane propeller company and 2 years for Vibram Corporation. As a Process Engineer at Vibram Corp, I focused on creating efficiencies, reducing waste, and managing value streams in the footwear industryI've become an expert in Lean, Six Sigma, and Operational Excellence learned a lot about lean manufacturing, and some of the in's and out's of manufacturing.
Photography enthusiast and artistically inclined. Creative, eager, and on the go. Interested in user-centered innovation, manufacturing, design, and business.
"I feel, sometimes, as the renaissance man must have felt in finding new riches at every point and in the certainty that unexplored areas of knowledge and experience await at every turn." - Polykarp Kusch.