David Cayón
Vice President of Engineering
Experience:
Plant Engineering Intern – Responsibilities were as follows: Worked as the plant engineer assisting the production manager and the maintenance manager in a factory that produced chicken feed; capital project budgeting; project management of capital projects; energy management.
Project Engineer – Responsibilities were as follows: Design of ammonia systems; estimating of new and retrofit ammonia refrigeration systems; system check, test and start.
Sales Engineer – Responsibilities were as follows: Cold calls to new and potential customers; marketing event participation for existing and new customers; estimating of mechanical and refrigeration systems; project management.
National Food Group Chief Refrigeration Engineer – Responsibilities were as follows: Coordinated engineering and/or engineered multidiscipline projects for the food industry; developed standards for the refrigeration division; sales and estimating; design of new and retrofit ammonia and mechanical systems for the food industry; project management; system check, test and start-up.
Interim Branch Manager – Responsibilities were as follows: P&L management and reporting to corporate; service manager of industrial refrigeration technicians; sales and estimating of mechanical and ammonia refrigeration systems; project engineer; project management, that included job cost reporting and forecasting; Marketing.
Experience in the following industries: Vegetable and produce, fruit processing as an aseptic ingredient to third party, fluid milk dairy, NFDM drying dairies, MPC drying dairies, ice cream producing, cheese producing, cold storage and blast freezing, bakeries, fish freezing, beef, poultry and pork processing, Ketchup producing and pasteurizing, Salsa producing and pasteurizing, jelly producing, dry spices cooling and storage, fruit ripening and storage.
Education:
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University (2000)
Technical Training:
University of Wisconsin – Advanced Industrial Ammonia Refrigeration System Design.
Garden City Community College – Operator I
Imeco Institute – Heat Transfer Theory
F.A.G. Bearing Company – Bearing Failure and PM
Professional Affiliations/Certifications:
ASHRAE member
RETA member and former chapter secretary
Vice President of Engineering
Experience:
Plant Engineering Intern – Responsibilities were as follows: Worked as the plant engineer assisting the production manager and the maintenance manager in a factory that produced chicken feed; capital project budgeting; project management of capital projects; energy management.
Project Engineer – Responsibilities were as follows: Design of ammonia systems; estimating of new and retrofit ammonia refrigeration systems; system check, test and start.
Sales Engineer – Responsibilities were as follows: Cold calls to new and potential customers; marketing event participation for existing and new customers; estimating of mechanical and refrigeration systems; project management.
National Food Group Chief Refrigeration Engineer – Responsibilities were as follows: Coordinated engineering and/or engineered multidiscipline projects for the food industry; developed standards for the refrigeration division; sales and estimating; design of new and retrofit ammonia and mechanical systems for the food industry; project management; system check, test and start-up.
Interim Branch Manager – Responsibilities were as follows: P&L management and reporting to corporate; service manager of industrial refrigeration technicians; sales and estimating of mechanical and ammonia refrigeration systems; project engineer; project management, that included job cost reporting and forecasting; Marketing.
Experience in the following industries: Vegetable and produce, fruit processing as an aseptic ingredient to third party, fluid milk dairy, NFDM drying dairies, MPC drying dairies, ice cream producing, cheese producing, cold storage and blast freezing, bakeries, fish freezing, beef, poultry and pork processing, Ketchup producing and pasteurizing, Salsa producing and pasteurizing, jelly producing, dry spices cooling and storage, fruit ripening and storage.
Education:
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University (2000)
Technical Training:
University of Wisconsin – Advanced Industrial Ammonia Refrigeration System Design.
Garden City Community College – Operator I
Imeco Institute – Heat Transfer Theory
F.A.G. Bearing Company – Bearing Failure and PM
Professional Affiliations/Certifications:
ASHRAE member
RETA member and former chapter secretary