With more than 60+ years combined experience, Southern AM Engineering team has supplied customers with electric motors, revenue equipment for transit authorities, custom design engineering solutions and competitive bid sourcing services. We are a business partner, a trusted provider of comprehensive product lines and related engineering design solutions, backed by a solid guarantee, fast and friendly service, and incredible sourcing capabilities. Our mission is to listen to our client's specific needs and deliver high performance products backed with responsive service, continuous product innovation and operational excellence. We have experience with Siemans, Lincoln, Genfare, Balder product lines to name a few.Visit www.southernameng.com to see detailed descriptions, videos, and photos of these projects.

Designed and built project driven manufacturing business targeting the mass transit industry with different end products leveraged similar processes and techniques. Established and executed company mission, vision and business plan including marketing, financial, HR, and operations plan. Managed manufacturing operations including employee development, performance management, budget planning, goal alignment, and project execution to meet product service levels and quality specifications. Applied quality systems, processes, and methodologies to drive cost improvements. Conducted on-site client visits to promote positive working relationships, ensure satisfaction with services, and identify and resolve any issues and concerns. Oversaw compliance with all contract terms and with transportation industry health, safety, and environmental requirements.• Designed and sourced UL approved manufacturing equipment from Bulgaria and Germany • Responded successfully to RFPs securing Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) and Orange County Transit Authority as clients • Customized end products included full line generator, electric motor winding line, generator stators winding line, three-phase transformer winding, steering gear boxes, electric panel and hard wiring• Negotiated competitive supplier contracts for products from leading global manufacturers such as GenFare, Allen Bradley, Telemecanique, Bosch, Schneider, Cole Hersee, Square D, Durant, Omron, GE, Bull Motors, Control Techniques • Reverse engineered various OEM components for traction motors, generators, air conditioning motors, wheel chair ramps, electronic drives, cashboxes, fare boxes, bill scanners and validators, coin scanners and validators • Integrated the use of test equipment including AVO, surge tester, dynamic balancer, high voltage and currant hypotronic tester, Baker Motor tester, Dynamic Balancing Tester, Micro Meter Tester, Baker Surge Testers

Managed the day-to-day operations of company included purchasing, marketing, escalated service requests for electrical and electronic systems of passenger transportation vehicles (trains and buses). Stayed apprised of emerging manufacturing technologies and made recommendations for their use at Crain. Communicated with staff and customers on various complex technical issues with formal and informal presentations. • Instrumental in growing the business 28%, from 3.75M sales to 4.8M sales• Hired, trained and led five technical staff in system testing and development, troubleshooting, and debugging• Designed and tested control systems, motors and motor control, robotics, power conversion (inverters, converters, etc.), wire harness, embedded electronics, hybrid electric or full electric vehicles, systems-level electrical systems integrating commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components• Secured new business applying prototype manufacturing techniques integrating physical sensors, electrical signals, analog filters, digital filters, controller area networks, digital signal processing, data post-processing, and microcontrollers.

Consulted clients in the design, develop, and optimization of manufacturing processes including assessment and repair of custom automated assembly and test equipment. Participated in design reviews, process hazard analysis and process safety startup reviews. Provided training and documentation as required. Followed corporate standards for development processes, tools and platforms. Reported status of active projects to management, customers and other team members. Managed effectively with client and employees across all levels of the organizations. • Led the custom installation and commissioning of full bottle inspection and rejection line for major consumer product manufacturer in UK.

Managed new project start-up and transition to client Production Director for full system design of wire and cable manufacturing machines including machine controls. Identified, recommended and implemented production lines quality improvements to reduce defects, decrease cycle-time, downtime and set-up times using statistical and lean methods. Prepared analyses for review setting forth progress, adverse trends or obstacles and appropriate recommendations or conclusions. Developed, recommended and implemented cost-effective recovery plans for off-schedule and unanticipated obstacles to ensure customer satisfaction while maintaining adequate project profit margins. Partnered with sales team and clients in the procurement, implementation and support of equipment and components (motor frame size, power electronics convertors and invertors, PLC, relays contactor etc.)• Invented and patented fully automated barring unit to fit any power generator, steam generator, gear • Created a development of take up and pay off stands for stranding machines for the wire industry, introducing new approach of traversing spools • Designed systems that integrated relay control, logic control, PLC programming, vector drives, 4 quadrant drives, proximity switches, D/A and A/D converters, EEprom, and counters

Designed and operated complete rewinding line for stator generator that include stripping coils, cleaning slots, forming new coils, insertion of new coils, welding and testing, all computerized and semi automatic. Repaired fractional horsepower to 300 kilowatt equipment, three phase AC motors, slip ring motors, two and one speed induction motors, and DC motors armature winding. Skilled at fault finding, complete rewind and fitting, balancing and field rewind to electrical industry standard. Drafted schematic drawing on CAD system. Performed work to British standards.