Andrew Karth Email & Phone Number

Independence, Oh

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Working to develop new and innovative lighting products for the Decorative LED and Fan group at Kichler Lighting

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

• Led a cross-functional product development team with members from engineering, quality, industrial design, marketing and manufacturing. • Worked with research and marketing to develop customer driven product specifications.• Interfaced with domestic and international (Chinese) suppliers and OEMs to source individual components and the manufacture of complete finished products. • Traveled to China to direct the production launch of a new product with an OEM and oversee the production of injection mold tooling• Oversaw team of 4 designers and test engineers to ensure product design met design specifications and performance goals. • Led cost saving efforts on motor re-sourcing saving $200k annually.• Worked to develop design solutions for 3 new products, both independently and in conjunction with the engineering design team.• Maintained project schedules, detailed BOMs, cost information and product design documentation throughout the life of projects.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

I have over ten years experience in product development in the lighting and home products industries as a product development and project engineer. I enjoy full cycle product development from conception to product release.I am currently looking for a role in product development that utilizes my unique set of skills to benefit the company.Please contact me on LinkedIn or at andrew.karth@gmail.com

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

• Lead Product Developer/Project Manager on numerous development efforts supporting both domestic and international customers with the design of LED lightguides and edge-lit LED lighting fixtures. • Coordinated internal departments during product development and production implementation efforts, including Optical R&D, quality, manufacturing, business development and finance.• Primary liaison between Rambus and key customers for product design, technical assistance, product specifications, deliverables and schedules.• Created and maintained BOMs and prints for customer prototypes and fully manufactured products.• Created and maintained Microsoft Project schedules for customer development initiatives through manufacturing launch initiatives to ensure on time project completion• Active role in manufacturing and quality for production launch initiatives on products/projects shipping more than 30,000 injection molded lightguides per month.

Wilmington, Oh

• Designed, developed and validated in house manufactured components including sheet metal, bent tubing, machined metal and plastic, in addition to purchased components including investment castings, traditional casting, injection molding and aluminum extrusion. • Designed and developed patented physical mechanisms to simplify the loading procedure of emergency patient transport equipment. Issued US patent No. 9,114,047• Created and maintained BOMs, components, assembly prints and models for products with hundreds of components and fasteners.• Developed production specifications based on customer, manufacturing and product management.• Functioned as Lead design engineer for the development of top tier European products, heavily involved from concept through manufacturing implementation phases• Led failure analysis and prevention efforts on new part designs including FEA, DFMA, and design reviews.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

• Developed and designed the initial product in a line of reflector lamps (a first for Venture Lighting) • Developed, designed, and implemented a new manufacturing line overseas for reflector lamps• Personally oversaw the training of 6 line employees and process troubleshooting• Cultivated new international business relationships with vendors and suppliers; traveled to India, Taiwan to further relationships• Assisted in creation of a new product segment for Venture Lighting, the fixture market, in order to bring a value added product to market

Mem, Masters Of Engineering And Management

Activities and Societies: Timken Foundation Fellowship RecipientLocated at Case Western Reserve University, in Cleveland Ohio.

Bs, Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Alpha Chi Sigma, Delta Kappa Epsilon