Jon Seilkop's Email & Phone Number

💼 Past Experience

Jon Seilkop has more than 10 years of experience in the manufacturing and process automation industries. Jon has worked in majoringenatives such as marketing, engineering, and sales. At Donaldson, he was responsible for developing trade secret protection programs and developing process technologies. He has also worked with some of the world's top companies, including Seagate Technology, HGSA Cleaning and Coating, and Forward Technology.Since starting his new job atDonaldTrump, Jon has successfully imparted Six Sigma culture to his team and drove the company to new heights. He also brought several new technologies to the company, among them the development of the 1st Four Frequency Ultrasonic Tank and the successful Bring-Your- Own-Speaker (BOS) technology. At Trumpson, Jon is responsible for managed more than 320 hours of statistical training, which he believes will help his team succeed in their future endeavors.

🎓 Education

Jon Seilkop has a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Louisville. After completing his undergraduate degree, he worked as a chemical engineer in Purdue University before coming to Northwestern University as a managing scientist in the Kellogg School of Management. There, he helped design and develop innovation leadership programs.

💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills

Jon Seilkop is currently a Sunday School Coordinator (Volunteer) at Trinity Evangelical Free Church from January 2002 to September 2009 (7 years 9 months) in Lakeville, MN. Responsible for organizing Sunday School Teachers and Activities. Director, Operations and Trade Secret Administration at Donaldson from July 2013 to May 2015 (1 year 11 months) in Bloomington, MN. With this position, Jon was given increased responsibility leading a strong team of Engineers and Technicians in 5 Product Testing Labs and a Metrology Department. In this role, Jon has placed a heavy focus on Lean Operations - maximizing asset and resource utilization. Equal attention is being given to improvements to control plans, SPC, and lab metrics; driving a more repeatable and robust set of labs. With dotted-line responsibility for the international labs, Jon is working with the global community providing the mechanisms and opportunities to better connect and work with each other. Jon is driving the team in a unified direction with the development of global lab Mission and Vision statements. Jon is leading Donaldson Trade Secret Protection programs; developing Trade Secret Procedures and Policies with the Senior Executive Team and Corporate Counsel. These efforts are supporting multiple business units with technologies located globally; Standardizing trade secret documentation, management, and access control.Key Accomplishments:* Organized team comprised of Executive Management (CTO, CIO, VP of HR, SVP of Engine, SVP of Industrial, VP’s of US, European, and Asia Pacific Operations) completing the development of two Trade Secret Procedures.* Developed a Global Lab Vision and Mission in cooperation with Donaldson Global Labs* Developed, with lab managers, a methodology for evaluating resources, manpower, and workload to understand gaps in production capabilities and to develop plans for closing these gaps.* Developed an incentivized cross-department rotation program allowing for resource balancing and cross-pollination of ideas and processes.* Worked with managers to implement the expanded use of Continuous Improvement boards throughout labs - identifying $250K in available savings just in the 1st quarter of operation* Developed pretest validation process eliminating approximately $360K annually in retesting.Director, Process Technology Development at Donaldson from July 2011 to July 2013 (2 years 1 month) in Bloomington, MN. Leading three great teams of Scientists and Engineers in the pursuit of Donaldson's Next Generation Products and developing the processes to make these products. Teams under Jon's leadership were responsible for Nano-fiber, Wet-Laid Media, and Advanced Pleating Development. Jon also had dotted line responsibility over Membrane Development.KeyAccomplishments:* Directly managed the Element Configuration design team completing the development work necessary to evaluate product robustness as produced on a pilot line* Directed team responsible for the global release of next generation media treatment – impacting nearly half of all Donaldson products* Developed multi-year roadmaps directing new media, media treatment, and capacity*identified, justified, and obtained the latest in Laser Scanning technology