Dave Lake

About Dave Lake

Experienced Senior Manager with 29yrs working in the consumer goods industry, with special focus on Research and Development of superior packaging for products. Skilled in the development of new shapes, technical designs and materials to meet packaging needs for new product types - spanning liquids, powders and solids. Strengths include multi-functional leadership and collaboration with sense of urgency to be first to the market or maintain category leadership. Efforts involve scouting new technologies as fit to enable breakthrough disruption in the marketplace. Continually work to optimize commercial Packaging formats for lower cost yet parity performance to the consumer and in manufacturing. Strong, proven, results-oriented senior manager, team leader and innovative engineering professional.

Experience

1. Senior Manager & Innovation Engineer, Research & Development

   Procter & Gamble

   Jan 1992 — Present

   R&D platforms and technology experiences include design and development of custom injection and blow molded packaging components across Beauty, Household, Pharmaceutical, Personal Health, and Feminine Care businesses. Specific rigid components expertise includes jars, closures, bottles, tubs, devices and plastic tampon applicators.Product types include liquids, creams, lotions, powders, tablets, tampons, and substrates.Packaging project formats led, managed, supported and deployed include tube, pump, trigger sprayer, canister, bottle, peel & reseal pouch, carton, blister, child resistant package, thick wall jar, vial, and display. Also have extensive experience in transport shipping containers and unit loads.Work extensively with external, global business partners to design and develop custom molds and assembly equipment. In addition to USA, have spent quality time at supplier partner locations in Europe, China, Japan, Thailand, Canada, and Mexico, leading various projects.Rigid plastic packaging materials developed include polypropylene, polyethylene, polyester, and related Masterbatch [colorant]. Flexibles include various peelables, barrier laminates, and heat seal coatings. Paper types include typical corrugate and various carton grades, like SBS.

Education

• University of Cincinnati

  Bachelor of Science

  1988 — 1992

Skills

• Blow Molding
• Injection Molding
• R&D
• Consumer Products
• Plastic Part Design
• Plastics
• Fmea
• Packaging Engineering
• Packaging
• Continuous Improvement
• Design for Manufacturing
• Rapid Prototyping
• Open Innovation
• Design of Experiments
• Commercialization
• Product Development
• Chemical Engineering
• Lean Manufacturing
• Manufacturing
• Innovation Management
• Product Innovation
• Quality System
• Product Design
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Pro Engineer
• Tpm
• Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Engineering Management
• Manufacturing Operations
• Polymer Science
• 5s
• Polymers
• Spc
• Process Engineering
• Finite Element Analysis
• Extrusion
• Materials
• Coatings
• Manufacturing Operations Management