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Atlanta, Ga, Us

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

As Senior Product Manager in the Supply Chain Technology organization, I led the development of software that enables The Home Depot's customers and delivery partners to understand the real-time status of their delivery. Working in a balanced team alongside developers and User Experience Designers, I develop an understanding of customer pain points and jobs to be done, define the product vision and strategy, develop user stories, and manage the development backlog.

As Senior Product Manager for GE Transportation Digital's Asset Performance Management business, I own a portfolio of cloud-based Internet of Things (IoT) SaaS products and an accompanying managed service. My portfolio provides descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics and includes two big data/machine learning partnerships, GE and non-GE locomotive health monitoring, and digital twinning.

In my final rotation as part of GE's Experienced Commercial Leadership Program (ECLP), I had responsibility for GE Power Service's Base Fleet product line, including fleet intelligence, value analysis, fleet performance KPIs, and future upgrade operations. About ECLP:GE's Experienced Commercial Leadership Program (ECLP) is a two-year rotational program designed to develop sales, marketing, strategy, and leadership skills. ECLP gives you the opportunity to differentiate and accelerate your career through exposure to senior leadership, working on high impact assignments and access to world-class marketing and leadership training

In my second rotation as part of GE's Experienced Commercial Leadership Program (ECLP), I have responsibility for growth and installed base integration for GE's Power Generation Services and Alstom's Thermal Services. This includes global and regional market revenue pool analysis, and data visualization for installed base analysis.

In my first rotation as part of GE's Experienced Commercial Leadership Program (ECLP), I had responsibility for Distributed Power Service's predictivity and field services marketing efforts. This included close collaboration with DPS product management to develop and market new offerings related to predictivity and field services.

Columbus, Indiana, Us

As a Technical Support Manager, I shared customer support responsibilities and had sole ownership of the technical support for 20 national accounts in the upper Midwest (Chicagoland, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota) worth more than $30 million in yearly sales. I was also responsible for maintaining strong relationships with customer representatives from the shop floor to the boardroom. My responsibilities and accomplishments included:-Leadership of all technical customer support for Cummins on-Highway product.-Owned delivery of customer marketing messages to ensure Cummins market position is clearly understood.-Supported Cummins presence at national industry trade show events as a technical product expert.-Conducted product and business updates to Cummins customer support call center and distributor field team.-Developed and executed support strategies for customers, the distributorship, and dealerships within the territory.-Led customer engine technical support and problem resolution.-Nurtured relationships with customers, distributors, dealers, and OEM counterparts (PACCAR, Navistar, Freightliner, Volvo, and Mack)

Columbus, Indiana, Us

As Recruiting team leader, I work with a team of 15 Cummins engineers to recruit diverse talent out of New Mexico State University. Together, we manage relationships with students, faculty, and administration to promote Cummins as an ideal opportunity for intern and full-time candidates. As team leader, my accomplishments and responsibilities include:-Leadership of the effort to hire 50+ diverse candidates from 2011-2014.-Processing of all candidate profiles in Taleo to ensure visibility at the next level of interviews. -Development the strategy to improve Cummins brand on campus to one of the most favored employers for engineering graduates.-Initiated relationship with New Mexico State's Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), including securing sponsorship, which helped to enable the team's participation in the final competition.-Establishment of sponsorship of the SAE Mini Baja team for the 2012-2013 school year.-Facilitated Engine Business Unit CTO visit to Campus to serve as the 2014 Bromilow Distinguished Lecturer.

Columbus, Indiana, Us

As Senior Cost Reduction engineer, I was fully responsible for leading projects to validate cost saving design changes for current product Heavy Duty Engines. Included in the scope of this position was leadership of the approval process for a Chinese Joint Venture's design change requests, rapid problem solving for emerging issues, and general support of supplier development. My specific responsibilities and accomplishments included:-Leadership of technical projects supporting strategic purchasing decisions to diversify the supply base for gears with an estimated savings of $1.74 million.-Coordination with multiple departments to execute component validation and supplier approval for critical supplier diversitfication projects.-Analysis of design reviews and related engineering job requests from Chinese joint venture to recommend appropriate course of action to meet the intent of the new design proposals-Creation of a new process to improve the efficiency of engineering job request submissions-Validation and implementation of improved emissions control software for Heavy Duty Engineering-Completion Six Sigma Green Belt Project to improve validation process for hydraulic drive units on Heavy Duty engines

Columbus, Indiana, Us

As a Mechanical Development Engineer, I was responsible for all gear train development activities on a 13 liter engine developed for China and a 11.9 liter engine developed for the North American Market. My primary responsibilities and accomplishments included:-Component validation using tools such as DMAIC, DVP&R, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, Fault Tree Analysis and 7-step problem solving.-Supplier Management to ensure delivery of component designs, samples, and data to support validation activities.-Translation of customer requirements from voice of customer to technical profile deliverables.

Boston, Ma, Us

As a process planning intern, I leverage my relationship skills to complete process documentation for the assembly of turbine engines. Specifically, my accomplishments included:-Collaboration with a planning team and hourly union employees to improve and update process planning documentation for the assembly of two Marine and Industrial Engine lines, developing approximately 1500 operational methods sheets.-Participation in a Kaizen event that improved the efficiency of an industrial engine assembly operation.

Boston, Ma, Us

As a Lean/Six Sigma Co-op at GE Aviation, I spent approximately 9 months developing skills in a fast paced production environment. My responsibilities and accomplishments include:-Total responsibility for production control for components critical to the assembly of jet engines.-Execution of a lean projects involving work station tooling with a total savings of over $350,000.-Part time supervisory responsibilities of 19 union employees.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Marketing, Strategic Management

Exchange Program, Doing Business In China

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering Technology