PCBA and final assembly manufacturing.

Final assembly manufacturing of outdoor products.

Final Assembly manufacturing of Industrial Lighting.

Raven Industries ATD develops products for the precision agriculture market. This position required leadership of the R&D team and the Process Engineering team. • Delivered department leadership through a service first attitude.• Managed department budget in excess of 1 million dollars with 10 team members.• Drove new design prototyping process that reduced development cycles by 50%. • Developed personnel through hands on mentoring and individualized personnel development training.• Supported Continuous Improvements using lean manufacturing principles. • Developed metrics for new product introduction and test support effectiveness.• Helped develop instructions for engineering processes to meet ISO9001 standards.• Created Sharepoint workflows that improved the manufacturing plant efficiency.

Electronic System & Applied Technology Divisions (Precision Agriculture Products)Lead a cross functional team of design engineers and process engineers for contract product development and manufacturing. Oversaw the design of gps products and adjustable bedding products from the development team. Other activities included:• Quote and estimate engineering design opportunities• Lead product design team, process engineering and customer through gated product development process.• Guide team members through their personnel development plans • Participated in multi-division corporate innovation team• Perform due diligence studies on potential product or company acquisitions.• Designed and developed SharePoint site and workflows for paperless manufacturing floor. • Work with vendors and material department to setup supply chain.

Electronic Systems Division (Electronic Manufacturing Services)The primary responsibilities were to be the technical contact for production integration of our customer's designs and to lead the onsite cross-functional team. Other job activities included:• ECR, ECO, ECN implementation.• DFM analysis• Project Cost Estimating and Scheduling• Supplier Quality Reviews• Production Assembly Line Setup• Production Process Validation• Continuous Improvement and Kaizen Efforts• ISO9001 Quality CertificationOne product that I lead the integration into production was the printed circuit assemblies of our sister division's Cruizer.

Keyence Corporation is a leading manufacturer of factory automation sensors with annuals sales of over $1 billion. This position entailed driving direct sales in the territory of southern Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska.

Dwyer Instruments is a leading manufacturer in the controls and instrumentation industry with annual sales of over $100 million. This position entailed managing sales in the territory of northern California, Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming.