Resume

Towne for Congress

P.O. Box 22542

Lehigh Valley, PA 18002

TowneForCongress.com

Dear Residents and Citizens of the Lehigh Valley’s 15th Congressional District,

Please review the attached, which is my professional resume. As your Representative, I will not only be your public servant, but also your employee. As it is customary in my previous career as an engineer to present my resume, I will treat this job as no different in that regard.

However, there are two special requirements for a member of Congress and that is firstly to follow the Constitution of the United States, the supreme law of our country, and secondly represent the people of this district, so I freely offer two pledges to you that will remain in place during the campaign and term of office. The first is derived from the military oath of enlistment, and the second is derived from the oath of office.

1. I do solemnly affirm that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
2. I will faithfully represent the people of the 15th Congressional district, and will, to the best of my ability, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

Yours in Liberty,

Jake Towne (signed)

Jake Towne

Email: jaketowne@gmail.com

OBJECTIVE: I am seeking to represent the people of Pennsylvania’s 15th district in U.S. Congress by winning the next election, currently slated for November of 2010.

EDUCATION: Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1998-2002

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Minor in Classical Studies, GPA: 3.7/4.0

Included summer study at the University of Dortmund, Germany in 2001.

Attended Mises University in summer 2009 and studied free market economics.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Ablestik Laboratories, Integrated Business Team Process Engineer June 2002 – June 2005

  • Responsible for scale up of new products and troubleshooting of a $40 million product line of die attach adhesives used in array packaging. Troubleshooting emphasis is on team-based problem solving approach to customer problems using six sigma and 8D methodology. Highlights are listed below.

  • Scaled up >10 products from R&D lab benches into commercial production.

  • Identified and helped implement a process change that saved the team’s newest product (now generating a significant portion of annual sales) from market failure.

  • Worked closely with a resin supplier on a process change that saved >$150K in 2004-5, and >$1 million in 2006 in raw material costs.

• Ablestik Shanghai, Process Engineering Supervisor July 2005 – March 2009

  • Led the start-up and commissioning of two manufacturing cells at a brand-new expansion plant in Shanghai, China. Successfully qualified and transferred in over 100 Ablestik and Emerson and Cuming products.

  • Sole foreign expatriate at the facility for the first year and also trained and led multiple functions from production, production planning, logistics, process & quality engineering and laboratory, purchasing, etc. in performing. Hosted over 30 customer audits just in 2006 and led factory tours, answered questions and completed follow-up work so customers would qualify.

  • Awarded the President’s Award for most valuable employee in 2007 for this effort.

  • Second manufacturing cell start-up had expanded responsibilities, traveling globally between Japan, Belgium, and the US to have the equipment manufactured correctly, installed, and combining several quality systems and test equipment into a new unified quality system.

• Freelance Columnist at www.NolanChart.com, www.LibertyMaven.com other websites 2/08-present

  • Write a column “Yet Another Champion of the Constitution” that seeks truth on eco-political topics

  • Sample article “Why the Stimulus Plan Will Fail… and a Better Alternative”

  • Sample article “The Government’s “War” on Main Street“

SKILLS: Very good Mandarin Chinese capability, some Spanish, German. Six Sigma Green Belt+. Experience with Minitab, SAP, statistics. Worked with Cytec Industries as a summer intern in water soluble polymers.

INFO: Emergency Medical Technician (EMT-I), raised over $20,000 over 2 years for cancer research while in college, Martindale Scholar (spent time in Hong Kong studying the eco-political system). Member of Theta Delta Chi, Tau Beta Pi Engineering, Phi Beta Kappa, and Phi Eta Sigma Honor Societies. Hobbies include backpacking/hiking, surfing, running, yoga, and weightlifting. Extensive travel in Asia and Europe. Worked at local Habitat for Humanity chapters during my college years and have worked over 40 hours to-date in 2009 with HFH of the Lehigh Valley.  Volunteered over 40 hours at my hometown library, the Nazareth Memorial Library in 2009-10.