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Appleton, Wisconsin, Us

Developing Custom machines for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries.

Fort Collins, Co, Us

CAD DesignProduct Development

Product DevelopmentSupply Chain Development

Appleton, Wi, Us

Responsible for providing detailed knowledge of EPLAN Platform to prospective customers, qualifying leads, development of demonstration systems, and creation of marketing material. • Developed expertise in EPLAN software to communicate product benefits to potential customers.• Utilized ethnographic interviewing techniques to conduct prospective customer engineering needs assessment.• Designed electrical and pneumatic layouts to facilitate building product demonstration systems that highlight selected products and demonstrate the value of the software platform. • Leveraged experience of building functional engineering systems to develop EPLAN standards, templates, and workflows.• Drew upon executive presentation experience to create EPLAN Product Webpage, technical descriptions, and marketing videos.

Menasha, Wi, Us

Responsible for development of engineering systems, process, and standardization of engineering resources; as well as the design and prototyping of electrical systems in the renewable energy sector. • Utilized product engineering skillset to develop electrical equipment containment solutions to meet project specifications.• Utilized engineering system development experience to conduct research, document, and manage compliance to engineering standards.• Leveraged experience in various industry to create engineering process maps and implement design, test, and data capture workflows.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Responsible for the development, testing, and evaluation of product concepts that address high value consumer needs utilizing emerging technologies. • Utilized consumer research techniques to understand consumer needs and define “problems to solve”.• Applied design thinking processes to develop concepts that addressed consumer needs. • Leveraged project management and estimation skillset to create project proposals including cost, timelines, and potential valuation.• Conducted competitive product analysis to validate market need and product viability.• Developed and executed learning plans which provided comprehensive data to support recommendations to develop, kill, or shelve concepts. • Leveraged storytelling and proposal building skills to seek investment in product commercialization efforts from executive leadership teams, potential business leader investors, and category managers.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Collaborated with category managers, industrial design, and engineering to define and design mechanical and mechatronic dispensing technology. • Developed product specification documents and proposed design alternatives to meet requirements. • Designed and built prototypes and test fixtures for design verification, lifecycle testing, and market acceptance testing.• Created detailed engineering drawings and conducted DFMEA and tolerance stack up analysis to mitigate potential design defects. • Developed relationships with vendors and suppliers to source prototype parts and materials at cost advantaged rates. • Successfully facilitated mechanical design team formation, trained, and mentored new designers in injection molding design.• Successfully developed and implemented CAD management standards, documentation template, and processes for Adept PDM implementation. • Used ability to explain technical information in layman terms to effectively serve as a bridge between the business and technical teams.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Responsible for preparing 3-D models of paper machine plant components, creating equipment general arrangement drawings from 3-D models, designing and detailing fabrication drawings for equipment removal and support structures working with various engineering disciplines to troubleshoot design problems.

Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Us

Responsible for preparing 3-D models of paper machine plant components, creating equipment general arrangement drawings from 3-D models, designing and detailing fabrication drawings for equipment removal and support structures working with various engineering disciplines to troubleshoot design problems.