JOSEPH F.

HOVANEC
1201 Crabtree Lane, Deerfield IL 60015
847-513-3612; jfhovanec@gmail.com

EDUCATION
University of Wisconsin- Madison 2015-2018
- Bachelors of Machinery Systems Engineering
- GPA: 3.26; Honors: Deans List
- Coursework in Java, R, MATLAB, Statistics, Data analysis, Electronic circuits and Controls
- Involved with UW Baja Racing Team
University of Oklahoma; Norman, OK 2013-2015
- Worked towards a Bachelors of Petroleum Engineering
- GPA: 3.34 Overall, Honors: Presidents Honor Roll, Member of Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity for
Community Involvement

WORK EXPERIENCE
John Deere Horicon Works June 2018- Current
Manufacturing and Factory Automation Engineer
- Implement robust solutions to maintain a high level of efficiency, safety and quality on multiple extended
assembly lines with short cycle times. Respond with urgency and effectiveness to real-time, immediate
production and operations issues where minutes of lost time equates to thousands of dollars of added costs.
- Used Excel and line balancing modeling tools to analyze production data and workflow to cut labor costs by
over $200,000 in Q4 of FY19.
- Lead and coordinate shop floor production team and support departments to complete various capital
improvement projects and keep on production schedule.
- Advised on and managed the departments capital improvement budget. Ensured potential assets could have
significant ROI within the first year of implementation.
- Provided assistance to broker compromise for disputes between the Labor Union and John Deere.
- Program and maintain numerous PLC controls and Ignition SCADA Software applications.
- Participate in John Deere philanthropy events and community outreach programs.
BRP- Evinrude May- January 2017-2018
Platform Quality Engineering Co-Op

- Responsible for product warranty data analysis and failure mode investigation using Warranty Databases,
MS Excel tools and field returned parts.
- With assistance from design, manufacturing, machining, supplier quality and quality departments, design,
test and implement product or manufacturing changes to fix high fail rate components.
- Lead review meetings to update management and coordinate project participants.
- Comply with Engineering Standards to update official BRP processes in SAP and various databases.
Asahi Kasei Bioprocess May-September 2016
Manufacturing Engineering Intern

- Collaborate with the engineering and assembly teams to assist with the design, manufacture and testing of
custom-built medicine production equipment.
- Extensive work with computer aided design models and drawings.
- Contribute assembly and tooling knowledge to participate and lead in construction of equipment.