Nathan Van Sell
Chemical Engineering graduate from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, with MBA and JD degrees from Indiana University. Currently working as Project Manager at Endress + Hauser, Inc.
| Headline: | Engineer |
| Skills: | Business, Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Law, Management |
| Groups: | Linking Indiana |
| Interested in: | Consulting opportunities, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Providing services to startups, Trading services |
| Schools: | Indiana University System - Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Endress + Hauser, Inc., Indianapolis, IN |
| Position: | Project Manager |
| Time period: | April 2008 - Present |
| Description: | • Represent product management, sales and service to outside suppliers in the pursuit, capture, installation, and life cycle support of business
• Monitor and gauge profitability; responsible for meeting profitability goals • Oversee or create support materials that required for the pursuit and/or implementation of business • Point of contact in communication between internal resources at Endress + Hauser (including international partners) and the key customer stakeholders in a project • Coordinate resources within Endress + Hauser in support of customer project requirements through project life cycle • Evaluate inside sales engineers’ proposed solutions to customer problems to determine if the proper technology was supplied for the application and performance goals • Advise regional center inside sales force on bids, quotations, and project orders • Support sister sales centers with project pursuit, when they identify influence centers within the U.S., by researching, documenting, logging, and disseminating pertinent information • Core focus on renewable fuels and power industries; including working with the industry managers to research new technologies and processes for our instrumentation |
| Employer: | Endress + Hauser, Inc., Indianapolis, IN |
| Position: | Inside Sales Engineer |
| Time period: | September 2006 - January 2008 |
| Description: | • Applied process control theory to evaluate the customer application and specify the proper process instrumentation, including flow, level, pressure, temperature, and analysis technologies
• Provide application and technical support to representatives, direct salespeople and customers • Facilitator for Quarterly Quickstart training sessions; responsibilities included presenting training materials explaining the scientific theory and practical application of the instruments to new employees of the Endress + Hauser organization • Reviewed and submitted orders • Expedited orders internally with the production centers |
| Employer: | Indiana University, Randall L. Tobias Center for Leadership Excellence, Indianapolis, IN |
| Position: | Program Coordinator |
| Time period: | August 2004 - January 2006 |
| Description: | • Developed literature for broad marketing purposes
• Co-authored Request For Proposal submittals • Wrote Institutional Review Board required documents for human subject research • Developed preliminary budget input for Center’s programs and projects • Webmaster (www.tobiascenter.iu.edu) • Developed guidelines and forms for the Center’s sponsored research and graduate fellowships |
| Employer: | Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Indianapolis, IN |
| Position: | Project Consultant |
| Time period: | July 2004 - September 2004 |
| Description: | • Represented business school to client and resource companies in order to develop relationships for the proposed Indiana Supply Chain Control Center
• Edited the proposal to be submitted to the Indiana 21st Century Fund • Developed early marketing materials for the Center • Conceptualized preliminary drawing for the site layout of the Center • Researched the latest track and trace inventory methods and the associated vendors for future use at the school |
| Employer: | Process Division, Inc., Columbus, OH |
| Position: | Territory Manager (Indiana/Kentucky Territories) |
| Time period: | July 2003 - May 2004 |
| Description: | • Worked with the customer to evaluate and understand their process to properly specify the right equipment, such as valves, heat exchangers, tanks, pumps, valves, and other miscellaneous instrumentation, for their application
• Maintained an Indianapolis based territory in the Indiana/Kentucky region of the process industries • Revived inactive accounts and developed new accounts through research and cold calling • Coordinated and conducted training for maintenance teams at customer locations |
| Employer: | George E. Booth Co., Inc., Indianapolis, IN |
| Position: | Account Manager |
| Time period: | January 2002 - April 2003 |
| Description: | • Examined customers’ processes and engineered the right solution for the process control problem by evaluation of the application including process conditions, material considerations, and process control goals
• Converted upset or otherwise lost customers back to active accounts • Developed new accounts through research and cold calling • Responsible for troubleshooting in-service instruments |
| Employer: | George E. Booth Co., Inc., Indianapolis, IN |
| Position: | Customer Service Specialist (Ohio Territories and Water/Wastewater Industries) |
| Time period: | July 1999 - January 2002 |
| Description: | • Applied process control theory to evaluate the customer application and specify the proper process instrumentation, including flow, level, pressure, temperature, and analysis technologies
• Served as part of a team of engineers between the customer, manufacturer and supplier that standardized pH analysis instrumentation at Proctor & Gamble • Assisted customers with technical issues • Prepared quotations |
| Employer: | Archer-Daniels Midland, Decatur, IL |
| Position: | Production Assistant (Corn Sweetener Division) |
| Time period: | June 1998 - July 1999 |
| Description: | • Handled engineering, process management, and health and safety issues at the largest wet milling corn plant in the world
• Identified contamination causes in the fuel alcohol production process that cost over a million dollars per year in losses and applied scientific principles to specify steps to eliminate the losses • Part of a team that started up a belt filter wastewater sludge drying process that was integral to the successful growth of the plant production |
EDUCATION
| University: | Indiana University System - Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis |
| Time period: | 2008 |
| Degree: | JD |
| University: | Indiana University System - Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis |
| Time period: | 2004 |
| Degree: | General Management, MBA |
| University: | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |
| Time period: | 1998 |
| Degree: | Chemical Engineering, BSc |
INFORMATION
| Memberships: | Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, IN
Member, Indianapolis Bar Association Member, Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity Member, Committee on Diversity Initiatives Mentor for two first year law students Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Indianapolis, IN Member, Staff Council Member, International Leadership Association Chair, Backpack Attack Drive Co-Chair, Day of Caring Drive Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN Alumni Club Chairman, Alumni Advisory Board (2004-2006) |
