Robert Drought
B.S. University of Phoenix
M.Ed. Curriculum& Instruction AIU
Packaging Course Design and Professional Instructor
With over 27 years of packaging engineering expertise in the manufacturing sector. Rob has worked as a packaging engineer in the automotive industries for companies including Delphi, GM, Aisin, Toyota, Subaru, Honda, Isuzu, Ford, Daimler, Bosch and Behr.
In the Warehousing and Logistics arena, Rob develops, designs and provides innovative packaging design concepts for companies as Intel, Transfreight, Unipak, Kubota, Yamaha and BRP.
For the semiconductor and computer component manufacturing industries, Rob develops innovative and creative packaging designs and provided training and instruction for the engineering community for companies including Intel, Fairchild, Motorola and TRW.
Rob's work also includes design densification and innovation with Photographic Films/Coated Papers and Ink Products (Mead, Cycolor, Sharp, Gestetner, Fuji)
In the medical field, Rob's work includes packaging design for pharmaceutical companies (Merck, Schein).
Education
— AAS in Packaging Engineering Technology – Sinclair College
— BS in Business Administration –University of Phoenix
— BS in Operations Management – University of Phoenix
— M.Ed in Curriculum and Instruction – American Inter Continental University
Professional Highlights
— President of TechPak Packaging Engineering, LLC, who provided the packaging project management for the Intel Pentium I and Pentium II Product Launches
— Keynote Speaker for IOPP National Committee Meeting for “Meeting European Waste Legislation Requirements”
— Served on Roundtable of Experts during SoftExpo National Convention to discuss waste control for the software packaging industry
— Served and assisted in the guideline manual for the IOPP P2C2 (Protective Packaging for Computer Components) Committee for the Environment
— Awarded German Government Environmental Award for work in helping to reduce packaging waste for electronic packaging imports
— Personally written over 4,000 Packaging Material Specifications for all levels of materials and designs
— Served as Chapter President for the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IOPP) Valley of the Sun Chapter for 6 years
— Holds 3 Packaging Design Patents in retail, automotive and coated film packaging.
— Developed the Curriculum, Designed, and Conducted Various Lectures and Training Manuals for Packaging Seminarsand Corporate Training Courses
— Received the Dale Carnegie Award – Dale Carnegie Institute Management Course as outstanding participant
— Other Technical Skills and Training: TOPS, CAPE, Experimental Design, TQC, PKG software, AutoCAD design, and Solidworks software
