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Seattle, Wa, Us

Lowell, Ma, Us

Implement and maintain an Agile development process to prioritize, design and commercialize software releases. Use software to improve system reliability and add feature enhancementsInitiate VOC campaigns to identify and build new SW features. Implement licensing structure and create segmentation to drive incremental revenue ($4 million by 2025 forecast)Coordinate and deliver marketing collateral and campaign to support new product launch and sales effortsLead sustaining hardware engineering, utilizing customer service data to prioritize and design system reliability enhancements

Dublin, Oh, Us

Release new raw data and analytics solution to general availability, a $16 million/year opportunity. Initiate market survey to set pricing and packaging. Train sales and account management teams.Gather market insight to define RFID hardware product roadmap. Deliver on time and communicate across internal functions to support 20% annual revenue growth. Develop and maintain demo capabilities of current solution on-site and remote. Utilize demo to support sales and training of new features. Adopt and utilize stage gate development process. Evaluate performance to ensure 100% compliance against defined success metrics

Farmington, Ct, Us

Managed $10 Million of TruMark and other laser systems sales from purchase order through installation. Led quarterly sales trainings on new features and products leading to 20% yearly sales increase. Provided financial and profit analysis for TruMark product line. Defined discount allowances for special projects to improve win rate. Directed and trained regional sales managers to configure machine to satisfy customer requirements

Troy, Mi, Us

Deployed over $20 Million (40% of total revenue) of annual roll goods business. Coordinated day-to-day production to ascertain business metrics and customer requirements were met. Initiated and commissioned $1.5 Million in capital equipment for extrusion and recycling. Evaluated technical feasibility of new business, in addition to generating business cases. Responsible for implementing numerous quality improvements and cost savings initiatives, internally and with suppliers such as Americhem (color concentrate), Toray (foam), Adell (resin), and Stahl (paint). Benefited plant in Matamoros, Mexico and customer locations in USA and Mexico (30% travel)

Detroit, Michigan, Us

Spearheaded projects with numerous suppliers to reduce costs in excess of $2 million; this was achieved by optimizing manufacturing, design and logistics. Arranged and summarized validation testing to ensure superior quality with reduced content

Tempe, Arizona, Us

Worked for laser and finishing teams to assist with engineering tests for the improvement of solar panel efficiency. Extensive metrology work (using a MicroVu. Zeta microscope, Dektak, etc.) as well as experience with soldering, materials testing (using Instron), and failure analysis.Initiated laboratory testing and worked significantly with statistical software (JMP) to summarize results of development study.

Friedrichshafen, Baden-Württemberg, De

Designed compression test structures to evaluate performance of brake pads after compression. Presented report findings to remainder of friction engineering team.Coordinated validation testing of foundation brakes for new Fiat BEV platform and reported results to Chrysler. Solved production issues using Holomapper and surface tracing techniques. Applied statistical programming (Minitab) to highlight laboratory test results.

Weinheim, De

Designed a cooling system to be used in addition to a wear tester on-site. Investigated tribology of seals and developed improvements in rating the wear rate of various polymers at a controlled pressure, velocity, and temperature. Researched and proposed improvements for electric vehicles. Modeled heat transport with Finite Element Analysis and coordinated assembly of cooling system on-site.

Mayfield Heights, Oh, Us

Developed porcelain enamel for home appliance coatings for Fortune 500 companies such as GE and Whirlpool. Applied both wet and dry (electrostatic) porcelain enamel to steel samples on-site. Performed bond strength, color match, and corrosion resistance testing for various porcelain enamel recipes.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

B.S., Materials Science And Engineering

Materials Science