Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Hot Jobs That Pay $100,000+ at the Best Places to Work
Hot Jobs That Pay $100,000+ at the Best Places to WorkHot Jobs That Pay $100,000+ at the Best Places to Work Think you have to be a doctor or data scientist to earn six-figures? Think again. Thanks to Glassdoors Salary Estimates every job seeker can check out what a job pays before applying. And weve used that transparency to dig through millions of jobs to unearth 12 cool roles that pay over $100k.Looking for a bigger paycheck from your next job in 2019? Look no further. Youre one click away from a high-paying lage at some of the Best Places to Work in America .Regional Manager at lululemon Glassdoor Salary Estimate $90k-$144k Location San Francisco, CA Job Details You manage your regional portfolio, focusing on investment in existing stores and future store pipeline strategy. You manage, coach and develop Store Managers. You facilitate ongoing development that is focused on building SM capabilities, and you actively manage the store leadership pipeline to ens ure that succession plans are in place for each role and proactively recruit leaders for new stores. You lead innovation in the community, reaching out to new communities, as well as growing and driving traffic in established markets.Sales Engineer at Zoom Glassdoor Salary Estimate $113k-$141k Location Santa Barbara, CA Job Details The ideal Sales Engineer is passionate about our Cloud Meeting vision and can act as a customers trusted advisor and technical consultant.Category Manager/Senior Buyer at Trader Joes Glassdoor Salary Estimate $83k-$127k Location Boston, MA Job Details Owns their category. Follows trends articulates a strategy and vision for the category, stays informed about vendors, ingredients and capabilities follows up on the quality of inventory in warehouses.Is a skillful negotiator who is focused on obtaining the best value for our customers.Human Resource Manager at Boston Scientific Glassdoor Salary Estimate $59k-$154k Location Arden Hills, MN Jo b Details The individual is a key business partner providing both strategic guidance and hands-on support to a number Global Operations functions and their Leadership teams. He/She will partner with leaders and HR to design people and organization strategies and plans that support business objectives.Managing Director of Administrative Applications at St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital Glassdoor Salary Estimate $57k-$132k Location Memphis, TN Job Details The Managing Director of Administrative Applications in Information Services (IS) is the senior leader responsible for providing direction, oversight, and management of the Enterprise Administrative Application Portfolio. This individual is responsible for all activities and functions of the Applications Services group in IS, including the life cycle of the current administrative applications in the portfolio as well as working with Institutional and Departmental leaders in setting the strategic vision for the portfolio, in cluding during the budgeting process to understand the needs of the Institution or Departments.Director of Procurement at Omni Hotels Glassdoor Salary Estimate $82k-$120k Location Austin, TX Job Details The Director of Procurement acts as a liaison between individuals in the hotel and resort and supplier representatives in the procurement of goods and services required to achieve the objectives of each department.Director/Senior Manager of Consumer Insights at 23andMe Glassdoor Salary Estimate $138k-$330k Location Mountain View, CA Job Details This role primarily supports the data needs of the marketing and product teams, focusing on areas such as brand awareness, customer satisfaction, and customer segmentation. The Director/Senior Manager, Consumer Insights will report to and work closely with the Vice President, Consumer Marketing and Acquisition, and interact with a broad sortiment of 23andMe functions and senior executives.Senior Product Manager at Navy Federal Cred it Union Glassdoor Salary Estimate $141k-$205k Location Vienna, VA Job Details Collaborate with a cross-functional team to define and launch product vision and strategy. Assist with the execution of program priorities while maintaining the conceptual and technical integrity of the features or components for the team. Influence, and motivate product team and stakeholders towards continuous improvement of product.Director of Office of Pain Policy and Planning at NIH Glassdoor Salary Estimate $210k-$268k Location Bethesda, MD Job Details The Director, Office of Pain Policy and Planning will facilitate the implementation of trans-NIH pain research programs with the recent Federal Pain Research Strategy as a guide. The OPPP Director will lead trans-NIH and contribute to trans-agency strategic planning and policy activities whose ultimate goal is to leverage research efforts and related policies to improve the quality of evidence-based pain care across the nation.Network Secur ity Architect at Nebraska Furniture Mart Glassdoor Salary Estimate $100k-$146k Location Omaha, NE Job Details Responsible for the collection, analysis, and dissemination of cyber threat intelligence. These capabilities includes timely collection of advanced warning of impending IT vulnerabilities or threats, a thorough correlation, analysis, and storage of threat intelligence information, and operational support of the incident response process.Practice Director at Kronos Incorporated Glassdoor Salary Estimate $109k-$179k Location Orlando, FL Job Details The position leads all aspects of Professional Service delivery and has ultimate Customer ownership. Specifically, this position is responsible for overseeing the resource requirements and execution of customer project engagements, financial performance, customer satisfaction, operational excellence (quality), creating partnerships with Kronos sales and corporate departments and ultimately, ensuring the balanced success of the market.Senior Manager of Partner Talent Development at Salesforce Glassdoor Salary Estimate $112k-$160k Location Chicago, IL Job Details We are looking for a highly motivated leader and team player to join the Partner Development & Enablement team to co-design, launch and support a plan to engage partners in training university students and the hiring across the Salesforce ecosystem. University Programs is the Salesforce job training and career accelerator program for students.
Friday, November 22, 2019
PVC Piping A Green Dilemma
PVC Piping A Green Dilemma PVC Piping A Green Dilemma The green building movement is gaining momentum with the goal of leaving a lighter footprint on the environment through conservation of resources. New design and construction technologies are being used to create healthier, more energy-efficient, and sustainable homes and commercial buildings while balancing the use of cost-effective, low maintenance construction products.However, there seems to be no agreement on the definition of a green material and no standards organization willing to offer a definition.A good case in point is the use of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in commercial piping systems. Most will agree that PVC piping offers many advantagesdurability and strength combined with chemical, weather, and corrosion resistance and biological inertness, leading to effective wertzuwachs and long tafelgeschirr life in the fieldmaterial flexibility and lighter weight, enabling greater design flexibility, ease of installation, and lo wer installation time and costease of color coding and marking to identify safe acceptable uses and applicationscost-effectiveness in terms of manufacturing, transportation, and ease of installation.PVC proponents point to a study, titled Green Building Technologies that Use Plastic Pipe and Tubing to Function, which concludes that plastic pipe, tubing, and fittings play an integral role in the proper functional, safety, and environmental performance of key green building technologies. The study was compiled by Sustainability Edge Solutions and is available through the Plastic Pipe and Fittings Association at plasticpiping.org.Plastic pipe, tubing, and fittings play an integral role in the performance of key green building technologies.Opponents are concerned with PVCs persistent bioaccumulative toxicants such as dioxin released not only during the manufacturing process, but also during the products lifecycle, including possible burning in landfill fires.Whos Right?Much like a legal case, each side can line up experts in the field who can provide testimony to support their positions. There are also significant financial issues to consider. Beyond the multibillion-dollar building material manufacturing and supply market, states, and municipalities are issuing financial and other incentives in the form of tax credits, fast-tracking building permit approvals, utility subsidies, grants, and loans to those demonstrating green building solutions. Innovative financing mechanisms are increasingly being made available to assist with capital costs of installing green building technologies, especially when favorable projected operating cost savings can be demonstrated.The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has developed a pilot LEED accreditation program intended to foster the use of sustainable building techniques. Buildings are given a LEED assessment rating based on their use of green building technologies as defined by the organization and financial incentives for t he builders are often tied into the LEED assessment.The Technical and Scientific Advisory Committee of the USGBC studied the environmental and health effects of PVC and after five years issued a statement in 2007 that was inconclusive. As of this writing, the organization has not issued any further declarations regarding the use of PVC in green building alternatives.Similarly, the Green Building Initiative (GBI) is a not-for-profit organization, whose mission is to accelerate the adoption of building practices that result in energy-efficient, healthier, and environmentally sustainable buildings by promoting credible and practical green building approaches for residential and commercial construction.GBIs Green Globes building guidance and assessment program offers a rating and certification system on overall environmental performance and sustainability of commercial buildings. But like the USGBC LEEDs program, it doesnt formally address what are considered green building materials.Th e National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Model Green Home Building Guidelines, which are being adopted locally and are being promoted by GBI, are also material-neutral, performance-based, and encourage the use of energy efficiency as a material selection criterion.So for now, green builders have their choice of PVC or conventional metal piping materials. But, it would behoove them to stay on top of the controversy and be prepared if and when a formal declaration by one of the accreditation organizations on the use of PVC is made, either way.Tom Ricci is the owner of Ricci Communications.Much like a legal case, each side can line up experts in the field who can provide testimony to support their positions.
Thursday, November 21, 2019
3D Printing Cars OnDemand
3D Printing Cars OnDemand 3D Printing Cars OnDemand An advanced car created by Preston Tucker in 1948 was considered way ahead of its time, but when the first Tucker 48 prototype in Chicago was unveiled after years of building, last-minute problems cropped up. Fast forward to the 2014 IMTS in Chicago, where an entire car was 3D printed on the show floor in 48 hours by the team of Local Motors, headed by co-founder and CEO Jay Rogers. This time, however, Rogers drove it right into the streets of Chicago.Rogers, a graduate of Princeton, Harvard, and a former Marine, is aiming to disrupt automotive manufacturing. For 112 years or so we have been going through assembly welding, fastening, and adhering to make a car. We never had in our kit bag to any sizeable degree we consider to be modern additive, he says and believes that additive will have a huge impact on automotive as, Its a new tool in the kit bag that allows to reduce tooling costs in the places where its appropriate.The most im portant part is the speed of manufacturing new iterations, says Rogers, adding Instead of Henry Fords economy of scale, this is economy of scope. What it means, he explains, is, You can map the physical structure to meet the electromechanical. There is no tooling cost penalty to making the change.Building a Strati at the 2014 IMTS in Chicago. Image Local Motors Inc.Direct Digital ManufacturingEverything on Strati the 3D printed car built by Local Motors that could be integrated into a single materie piece, is 3D printed including the rahmen, exterior body, and some interior features. The mechanical components of the vehicle, like battery, motors, wiring, and suspension, are added on.Made from ABS plastic reinforced with carbon fiber, Strati is not just a 3D printed car, but an outcome of three processes. We call it direct digital manufacturing, says Rogers. Once we have a digital entwurf, we 3D print it, followed by the second process of milling the finer details. Then we go throug h the rapid assembly process where we attach all the non-3D printed parts. So its really printed, cut, and assembled.This isnt the first instance that a car has been 3D printed. In 2013, a team at Urbee used ABS plastic and fused deposition modeling (FDM) to fabricate a light and strong body for an eco-friendly car. Its second prototype was launched last year with a goal of 3D printing 50-60% of the car.Urbee was an aluminum chassis vehicle that used a Stratasys printer to put panels over it, says Rogers. The difference, he explains, is that Local Motors took every part of the car that wasnt mechanically involved and printed it in a single shot. So there is no longer chassis or body separate its all one thing.Jay Rogers and his team at the 2014 IMTS in Chicago. Image Local Motors Inc.Co-Creation ConceptA car guy through-and-through, Jay grew up a student of the industry. His grandfather owned the legendary Indian Motorcycle Company and was the first Cummins Engine Distributor in th e U.S. It was Jays family and personal passions that inspired Local Motors, an open source community that works together to design and develop vehicles and builds them locally in a sustainable manner with customer participation, which is now home to more than 60,000 car design concepts and 45,000 community members.Co-creation is online design thought of as the fastest process to get to the best idea with the least amount of capital, says Rogers. We paired micro-manufacturing with co-creation to bring vehicles to market at unprecedented speed, proving that an online community of innovators can change the way vehicles go from designed to driven.Strati is the first co-created vehicle as its design was chosen last May from more than 200 ideas submitted online. Now the company has forged an alliance with GE for co-creating its appliances at its microfactory. Two such microfactories are currently planned one in Knoxville, TN, and another at National Harbor, just outside Washington DC. The Knoxville microfactory will focus on rapid commercialization of advanced manufacturing learnings from Oak Ridge National Laboratory.The winning design of Reload Redacted. Image Local Motors Inc.Local Motors recently revealed plans to begin selling 3D printed cars next year. The company plans to build two versions of the ReLoad Redacted using a design that was submitted as part of a contest by a mechanical engineer Kevin Lo. It will initially be sold as a low-speed battery car, priced between $18,000-$30,000, and the high-speed version will be available by the end of 2016.In Chicago it took us 48 hours to build the Strati, says Rogers, We are now heading towards 24 hours and we want to get to 12 hours in the next 18 months, he adds. In the future, it is possible that car enthusiasts will be able to visit a microfactory, choose a model and options, and then zupflmmel up their 3D printed car the following day. That is Rogers vision for reshaping automotive manufacturing in America.Now with China and Singapore also joining the automotive 3D printing race, who knows one day we might actually be able to walk into a factory and custom print our cars on-demand?Learn more about the issues and challenges associated with every step of the additive manufacturing lifecycle at AM3D in Boston (Aug 2-5, 2015). For Further Discussion We paired micro-manufacturing with co-creation to bring vehicles to market at unprecedented speed, proving that an online community of innovators can change the way vehicles go from designed to driven.Jay Rogers, CEO, Local Motors
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