Lane Oltmanns has over 27 years of experience in mechanical engineering and business development roles at Gates Corporation. He has held various engineering, management, and director level positions managing product lines ranging from $125M to $800M in revenue. Oltmanns has extensive experience in new product development, commercialization, lean manufacturing, and quality systems. He has a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and is a Six Sigma Black Belt.

1. Lane Oltmanns
Mechanical Engineer
594 Wyoming Circle
Golden, CO 80403
(720) 273-5366
oltmanns4@msn.com
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Experience
February 2011 to Today, Director of Business Development
Gates Corporation, Denver CO (Global HQ)
Business Development
 Promoted from engineering organization to become
director of business development
 Researched market opportunities and quantified
business potential, market size and share
 Created strategic plans for profitable growth
 Defined product portfolio requirements based on
technology trends, competitive positions, regulations
and customer needs
$168M Business
Product Line Management
 Managed product life cycle for entire portfolio of
products from cradle to grave.
 Defined, justified and prioritized R&D projects
 Managed all phases of critical commercialization
projects with engineering, manufacturing, sales and
customers
 Planned for global manufacturing capacity and
supplement with sourcing programs as needed
 Designed sales programs including pricing, catalogs,
marketing collateral and training
$125M Business
January 2006 to February 2011, Engineering Manager
Gates Corporation, Englewood CO (Customer Solutions Center)
Product Application
 Promoted from within my department to manage the
team of senior engineers.
 Provided technical information and field support
 Collaborated with customer engineering,
manufacturing and quality teams for new system
design, existing design improvements, cost
reductions (VE/VA), problem solving and training.
$800M Business
Engineering
Support
12 Engineers
$2.5M budget
Technical Product Line Management
 Increased new product sales by working with global
business units to identify, quantify and prioritize
development projects according to market
opportunity.
 Performed competitive product line gap analysis in
targeted markets.
 Maximized speed and quality of GFQP product
commercialization through disciplined and focused
project management, communication and cross-
functional team leadership.
 Tracked and reported individual, regional and global
development project performance including NPV,
project priority, annual sales, margins and on-time
performance.
Project
Management
2 Engineers
$500K budget
Personality Traits
 Hard-Wired for
Customer Service
 Engineer DNA for
Organization and
Problem Solving
 Fact Based Business
and Strategic Thinking
 Quick Learner and
Hard Worker
Engineering Skills
 Six Sigma Black Belt
 27 years of experience
including: design and
fabrication of polymeric
composite products
 Lean Manufacturing
 Project Management
 Design of Experiments
 DFMEA and PFMEA
 Weibull Analysis
 8D Problem Solving
 SPC
Software Skills
 Very proficient in all
MS Office applications
including Access and
Project
Education
University of Colorado at
Boulder, 1985-1989,
Bachelor of Science
Mechanical Engineering
Languages
 Comfortable
communicating with all
levels of the
organization. Fluent in
End User, Customer,
Sales, Marketing,
Executive and
Technical Languages

2. Lane Oltmanns
Mechanical Engineer
594 Wyoming Circle
Golden, CO 80403
(720) 273-5366
oltmanns4@msn.com
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July 2003 - January 2006, Engineer
Gates Corporation, Englewood CO (Customer Solutions Center)
Product Application
 Provided technical product information and support.
 Managed commercialization projects with cross-functional teams with membership from sales,
marketing, technical and customers.
 Collaborated with customer engineering, manufacturing and quality teams for new system design,
existing design improvements, cost reductions (VE/VA), problem solving and training.
 Communicated industry requirements to product development.
May 2001 - July 2003, Engineer
Gates Corporation, Ashe County, NC (Manufacturing Plant)
Product Commercialization
 Used product and process development skills to commercialize new products.
 Utilized Lean Manufacturing & Six Sigma tools to improve quality reduce cycle time and increase
profits.
 Earned Six Sigma Black Belt certification.
 Applied statistical and scientific test methods to validate material, product and process performance.
 Created and maintain product specifications, control plans, FMEAs and ISO/TS 16949 documentation
 Optimized product and process using tools such as SPC, design of experiments, Weibull analysis and
8D problem solving.
August 1995 - May 2001, Engineer
Gates Corporation, Elizabethtown, KY (Manufacturing Plant)
Product Commercialization
 Same roles and responsibilities as above.
 Received technical award for developing new manufacturing process that reduced cycle time
June 1990 - August 1995, Engineer
Gates Corporation, Denver CO (Advanced Technology Center)
Research and Development
 Performed engineering analysis of process equipment and products using tools such as finite element
analysis, computer aided design and mathematical modeling.
 Designed, installed and managed a 200 user computer network for the AT&E division
 Managed technical projects through planning, budgeting, development and testing.
 Received technical award for developing a proprietary method for product design that improved
product performance and reduced development costs.
June 1989 - June 1990, Engineer
Gates Corporation, Denver CO (Global HQ)
Corporate Management Trainee
 One-year corporate training program sponsored by product application and marketing.
 Completed marketing and engineering projects for to gain a broad exposure to the organization and
build leadership skills.
 Managed product development projects through the application research, specifications, government
approvals and market introduction phases.
 Updated, compiled and edited technical literature. Provided technical product training for distributors
and Gates field representatives.