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Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

Manage and grow partnerships with strategic accounts within the electric vehicle industry.

Blacksburg, Va

• Member of Senior Leadership Team responsible for creating InMotion product strategy, yearly goals, and monthly key performance indicators (KPI).• Manage team of 7 employees including associated budget, hiring, development, performance feedback, and reporting structure. • Led international team of 8 in motor product development for large original equipment manufacturer (OEM). Production launched in sister facility in Germany in 2017.• Lead team of 14 engineers to develop and… Show more • Member of Senior Leadership Team responsible for creating InMotion product strategy, yearly goals, and monthly key performance indicators (KPI).• Manage team of 7 employees including associated budget, hiring, development, performance feedback, and reporting structure. • Led international team of 8 in motor product development for large original equipment manufacturer (OEM). Production launched in sister facility in Germany in 2017.• Lead team of 14 engineers to develop and locally launch production of 2 platform product families on time with $2M capital. The first platform is in production, $12M/year opportunity. The second will be in low volume production starting Q3 2018, $10M/year opportunity.• Facilitate problem solving and standard work to improve product development process and evaluation of new business opportunities.• Manufacturing Engineering Manager. Oversee development of new manufacturing lines, selection, purchase and qualification of capital equipment, and process improvements. Show less

Radford, Va

• Conducted market research to identify new opportunities with existing customer base and to find new markets for existing products.• Estimated product and development cost inputs for evaluation of new business opportunities. • Led two product development projects using stage-gate process. One was launched into production and one was cancelled.

Radford, Va

• Led team of 5 to establish prototype and production supply chains for all new product development projects ensuring all product costs and capital expenditures stayed on budget.

Radford, Va

• Established prototype and production supply chains using an international supply base for new product development projects with production in North America, Europe, and China. • Led design reviews with engineers and suppliers to ensure parts could be produced to requirements and below cost targets. • Negotiated supplier agreements for high cost, customized components.

• Led team of 4 to set up new manufacturing line, hired and managed production staff of 28 for $25M two-year year government contract. Project was completed 6 months early.• Managed quality, delivery and cost for a $5M/month product line.

Radford, Va

• Established and implemented a supplier quality program including supplier audit process, supplier score cards, and part qualification process.

Winston-Salem, Nc

Winston-Salem, Nc