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Columbus, Indiana, United States

Columbus, Indiana, United States

Led and coach multidisciplinary technical teams in global manufacturing locations (40+ talented people in engineering, manufacturing, quality, operations, logistics, maintenance, finance, safety) to design, develop and implement production processes for aftermarket and remanufacturing products in global markets: USA, Mexico, Brazil, India, China, Europe, with cost reductions of more than $20 M USD every year.Hired and developed talent with strong technical, leadership, and managerial skills to ensure efficient operations and successful aftermarket product launches.Transferred technical knowledge, technology, products, processes and equipment across regions to execute business and operations strategy.Improved and standardized the prioritization of product projects and operational methods, to be released in manufacturing Plants, ensuring product compliance, quality, cost and safety for global aftermarket products.Served as a technical member of the capital steering committee, evaluating and authorizing capital investments of $10M-$15M annually.Participated as a technical advisor / coach for aftermarket planning strategy sessions to define short and long term strategies, considering remanufacturing product road maps, timing to the market and resources.Sat as the technical expert/collaborator on product, demand and supply monthly reviews as part of the strategical business planning for aftermarket new and remanufactured parts.

Columbus, Indiana, United States

Global Engineering leadership of talented resources for deployment and implementation of Remanufacturing Products, Process and Methods (NorthAmerica, LatinAmerica, Europe, India and China)to ensure remanufacturing capabilities for Global Aftermarket Strategy, fostering a culture of high-performance and ensuring successful product launches.Improved rate of remanufacturing (recovery) to highest yield by using newer and sophisticated technology methods, with benefits of more than $10 M USD per year.Developed a great understanding of global cross cultural approaches, that helped to provide more efficient coaching and technical guidance to execute the business objectives and functional excellence.Collaborated with third-party remanufacturing suppliers to increase aftermarket offerings, ensuring high-quality production of remanufacturing parts for aftermarket Supply Chain . Implemented advanced remanufacturing and fabrication processes for diesel engine parts with complex geometries, such as cylinder blocks, cylinder heads, and fuel systems, aligning with quality and performance standards.Acted as a Chief Engineer for aftermarket parts and remanufactured products: Diesel engines, turbos, fuel systems and after treatment, leading cross functional design reviews, approving the releases for aftermarket of multiple parts in US, Mexico, and India. Provided leadership in the adoption of additive material technologies, including thermal spray applications, laser cladding, and cold spray, while incorporating safety measures to protect operational personnel.Coordinated efforts with Cummins Rebuilt Centers to reconstruct high-horsepower engines for heavy-duty equipment in mining, rail, and power generation applications, ensuring adherence to quality and performance standards.Document owner of more than 50 remanufacturing practices to deploy across regions and for standardization of manufacturing methods and ensure consistency in products.

Columbus, Indiana, United States

Responsible to lead, guide, coach and performance evaluation of functional engineering group focused on design, development, implementation and release of aftermarket parts to support internal and external customer needs.Successfully implementation of managerial programs to achieve directions from business management strategy, for products manufactured in both Cummins Facilities and external suppliers facilities.Global involvement on strategic and operating planning process for medium and long term business and sustainability initiatives. Full adherence to engineering standard work and product/process validation procedures to ensure business plan.

San Luis Potosí, México

Responsible for developing capacities, capabilities and Engineering leadership of 30+ talented people to provide technical support to Plant Operations for parts manufactured and remanufactured in Mexico (Exports) and support to Marketing/Commercial for Engines and Parts (Imports) offered in the Local Market.As a technical leader for the Plant, I participated along all the staff functional leaders in projects to obtain Quality Systems certification and achieve ISO9000, TS16949, and other specific certifications for marine and power gen applications (Lloyd´s and Korean Register, etc.). I became Quality Systems certified auditor in order to lead my teams and support the Plant in the creation, development and documentation of all the requirements of the norm, SOP, scorecards, KPI´s. etc. I performed internal audits to other functions, and participated with the external auditors as a process owner. Finally resulting in none conformance findings and obtained certification for technical processes and for the overall site. I also served as the supplier contact with Global Cummins factories, to align product specifications, technical requirements, source approval validations and PPAPs for parts that SLP machined, assembled and delivered to them. Frequent Customer interactions resulted in successful technical negotiations and approvals. It was assigned as a Customer representative and tasked with implementation and leadership of the first Product Quality Council to develop projects for reduction of RPH / PPM, customer and warranty complains and provide reliable and free of defect products to the customers. Governance rules were stablished first, data analysis resulted in project selection and prioritization. Multiple cross functional teams formed and trained to perform and improve product quality and reliability. Significant reduction in warranty claims, quality costs and RHP indicator.

San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Responsible for Engineering leadership to provide Engineering support to Plant Site Operations for parts manufactured and remanufactured in Mexico and support to Marketing/Commercial for Engines offered in the Local Market.Leader of Government and Regulation Authorities affairs to obtain Mexican certification for emissions compliance of EPA and EURO diesel engines offered in the region. Defined process map and SOP´s to gather Government and Regulation Authorities emissions requirements, to collect information and documentation, preparation for audits and meetings to demonstrate compliance and gain approvals. Successfully obtained Mexican Regulatory Approval for 98´s and ´04 engines.Coordinator of a greenfield project to build, establish machining, remanufacturing, assembly and testing process and capabilities for reman engines of heavy duty and high HP applications. Oversaw a multi-national working team to follow NPSU project methodology, executed activities and perform management review with Top Leadership Teams for advancement and approvals. Strong leadership with Manufacturing Engineering teams for selection of equipment, tooling, gages, service installations, capital investment and commissioning of assets. The conclusion of this project resulted in the largest remanufacturing operation in the site.Named Business Operation leader for specific remanufacturing lines to supervise day to day operations needs, resource assignment, production schedule, maintenance, cost of quality, cost of product, shipments and on time delivery. Daily operations meetings with supporting functional team members to review performance scorecards, KPI results and trends, define preventive and corrective actions, weekly and monthly meetings with Leadership teams, all resulted in productivity improvements of 15-20%.

San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Assigned to lead a green field project for construction, installation and start-up of a technical pilot center and wind tunnel capable to repower customer vehicles with cummins engines, perform vehicle performance testing and cooling package and fuel consumption validation. Installation and Start-up was completed on time and capital budget approved. Repowered vehicles were then evaluated in comparative field testing vs competitors. Comparative and competitive data collected and analysis real time and documented in Cummins Technical Reports (CTR). Resulting CTR´s of the repower activities on the pilot center became the input of Marketing programs to create customer preference for Cummins engines, boosting engines sales and customer loyalty.

San Luis Potosí, Mexico

As a Field Testing Engineer I was assigned to a multi-national NPI project, to install prototype engines in vehicles of selected domestic fleets to perform field testing, by monitoring real time performance of these prototype engines, reporting back to the engine design groups for customization changes, before final engine deign is released for OEM installations.As a result of those field tests, engines released in 1995 and 1996 where fully customized for road conditions and on-road traffic regulations in domestic market, meeting OEMs and Fleet owners expectations.

San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Provided technical support to machining production lines, engine assembly and testing processes with product specifications, classification of characteristics, geometrical and dimensional tolerances, drawing change control, and acceptance criteria to ensure final product integrity is maintained. Participated in cross functional NPI projects to create, revise and implement process documentation, operation instructions, tooling and gages definition, product-process compatibility matrices, process flows, control plans, process FMEA and PPAPs.

San Luis Potosí, Mexico

As a Product Validation Engineer at Cummins in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, I led the installation and start-up of a new applied mechanics laboratory for diesel parts development and validation. I defined, planned and executed engine and parts testing audit programs, ensuring real-time data collection and analysis are performed, and ensure products are produce within performance specs. Additionally, I developed manuals and procedures to standardize product validation testing activities. I provided training to product technicians according manuals and procedures.

Mba, Marketing And Bussines

Master Of Science - Ms, Manufacturing Procesess

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering