Sales manager for Western Star trucks at three dealerships in Texas (Houston, Beaumont, and Corpus Christi). Lead sales team in prospecting/CRM, relationship building, truck spec'ing, change management, delivery, and after-sales issue resolution. Directly responsible for large oilfield services account.Coordinate new truck inventory.

My team manages all of the quote requests and orders for Western Star trucks. We work directly with franchised dealers and customers to design vehicles for rugged and specialized duty. Given the close relationship to customer requests, we work closely with our sales and marketing groups to coordinate product planning. With the experience in lean implementation from the plant, I have been a leading advocate for lean thinking in the "indirect" (i.e. office) environment. I am the leader of our department's suggestion system, which has become a benchmark within the company. I have led several continuous improvement workshops focused on waste reduction and robust processes. Responsible for coordination of pre-series builds of over 200 trucks with to meet the new EPA 2010 heavy truck diesel regulations Daimler Trucks N.A

Value Steam Manager position in the Finish Cab area for two years, then rotated into Paint/Cab-in-whiteManaged between 100 and 200 factory workers in a union shop; additionally, I had responsibility for continuous improvement, mfg. engineering, and lean implementation staff.When I started, the factory had failed at their first attempt at lean production; our system, modeled off the Toyota Production System was measured at 10% implementation. In my tenure there, the new management team increased this to 60%. One part of my area was deemed a benchmark for all Mercedes/Daimler production plants worldwide. Through these efforts, Finish Cab's labor efficiency by 15% in the first two years.In the middle of this time, as part of an industry downturn, our plant reduced staffing levels by about 45%. During this difficult time, I focused on communication, pride / respect, and professionalism - the result was no dropoff in efficiency or quality.Daimler Trucks N.A

Two year expatriate assignment at Daimler corporate headquarters in Germany, I was chosen to based on extensive cross functional expertise to be a liaison on an automated transmission development project.Test engineering and application engineering responsibilities included definition and testing of customer specified software features. I also coordinated the design and validation of the diagnostics and service literature.Represented the project at customer presentations to end users and dealers; I also spoke on behalf of the transmission at trade shows and a Society of Automotive Engineers national conference. Daimler Trucks N.A; Cost Reduction Task Team (Project FLITE) Selected to head sub-team to identify and coordinate implementation of cost savings ideas for transmissions and other powertrain components. I worked closely with a top consulting firm using proven methods to discover new savings and show strategic issues hindering further savings.Achieved over $1.7 million in cost reductions identified another $1 million potential over the course of six months. Acted as "program manager" for ideas to ensure savings ideas were implemented quickly and per the original idea. Created and implemented a very successful "Engineer Rotation Program" that brought new engineers into FLITE to continue new idea generation.Daimler Trucks N.A

Principal electronic systems integration engineer for powertrain components. Responsible for maintaining powertrain electronics compatibility matrix. Evaluated new shift systems / shift algorithms for reliability and safety as well as more subjective "driveability" analysis. Electronics engineering resident expert on "real world" truck operation. Acted as field service engineer for difficult problems and helped with prototype truck builds at factory. Daimler Trucks N.A

Design position and primary vendor contact powertrain division. This position consisted primarily of systems integration of vendor supplied transmissions (ArvinMeritor, Allison, and Aisin) and ancillary equipment into several different truck chassis. Largest accomplishment was the implementation of a new component specification system for transmissions, seats, and engines which saved 100's of hours of engineering annually.

Design engineer in "mast" area for material handling equipment manufacturer (brands include Hyster and Yale). Memberships and Awards