Daniel Heater

Daniel Heater serves as the LED Planning & Production Control Manager at Cree LED, overseeing an annual revenue of over $400 million and focusing on team development and process improvements to achieve strategic objectives. Prior to this role, Daniel held positions at Eastman Chemical Company as a Manufacturing Engineer, where responsibilities included implementing engineering processes and leading continuous improvement projects, and as an Industrial Engineer Intern at Value City Furniture, working on workflow improvements in manufacturing. Daniel holds a degree in Industrial & Systems Engineering from North Carolina State University, encompassing manufacturing, statistics, logistics, and programming.