Brent Olson
Technical Director
- Role
- Mercer Mass Timber Technical Director at Mercer Mass Timber
- Location
- Spokane, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Brent Olson
Highly knowledgeable Research and Development Director who excels in assembling teams…
Experience
Mercer Mass Timber Technical Director
Jun 2022 — Present · Spokane Valley, WA, US
Managed quality control across three mass timber factories; responsible for process, product, materials characterization, and product certifications and qualifications related to GLT and CLT products. Integrated multiple factories’ quality assurance programs into a cohesive group with common metrics following factory acquisitions. Improved technical aspects of industry wide product standards through industry wide collaboration on product standard committees. Expanded raw material supply chains through consultation with and direction to vendors during developmental and certification efforts. Reduced raw material waste through material grading improvements, implementing strategic quality control sampling, and developing additional product repair capabilities and processes
Education
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
BS
Washington State University
PhD
Washington State University
MS
Skills
- Contract Negotiation
- Continuous Improvement
- Manufacturing
- Negotiation
- Microsoft Office
- Purchasing
- Process Improvement
- Materials
- Autocad
- Business Process Improvement
- Product Development
- Analysis
- Lean Manufacturing
- New Business Development
- Process Engineering
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Fire Door Development
- Statistics
- Polymers
- Project Management
- Strategic Planning
- Data Analysis
- Technical Recruiting
- Management
- Team Building
- Engineering
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