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Rueil Malmaison, Paris, FR

Rueil Malmaison, Paris, FR

Manage large customer projects to meet or exceed targets on delivery, performance, and customer satisfaction across the channel; supporting primarily urban mixed-use/multi-family development nationwide

Gainesville, Florida, US

Develop and test Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence algorithms for the US Army

Clearwater, Florida, US

Manage strategy and performance of an aftermarket car audio integration brand portfolio with demonstrated growth achieved by successful product launches, strategic brand partnerships, and excellent customer relations.

Novi, MI, US

• Project Manager and Lead Electrical Engineer at a tier-one automotive supplier responsible for capital investment (CapEx) projects exceeding $25M annually, comprising fully-automated new production lines, power.
• Managed, hired, and supervised cross-functional teams of technicians, engineers, and contractors to achieve aggressive automation growth goals that expanded process capabilities, improved cycle time by up to 800%.
• Designed, installed, programmed and released to production 1 fully automated manufacturing line per quarter, each with up to 8 Motoman robots (and 8+ safety zones protected with various lock out features) that start.
• Documented all designs, including schematics, panel layouts, and power distribution one-line diagrams in AutoCAD.
• Sourced, designed, or modified equipment to support multiple processes and control methods depending on the product being run.
• Programmed lines using both Allen Bradley and Mitsubishi PLCs (utilizing RSLogix and iQWorks), networked over various ethernet and serial protocols, standardizing on I/O Link for IE-Field when available.

Milwaukee, WI, US

• Global Trainer for the Software Quality Center of Excellence
• Developed and delivered training and development plans across international software development teams to increase competencies, standardize on-boarding, and facilitate on-the-job mentoring across the organization.
• Developed and implemented strategic and scalable Common Product Development (CPD) processes, templates, quality plans, and project metrics to standardize software quality, delivery, and performance across diverse.
• Partnered with strategic sourcing to develop a software supplier quality program to mitigate external risk brought in once third party software solutions were integrated into products. Lead Software Quality Engineer.
• Developed, assured adherence to, and managed product quality plan and quality metrics, test strategies, test coverage, sprint planning, release milestones, retrospectives, and anomaly management / triage. Strategic.
• Strategic planning for business unit. Led projects and teams for process improvements in New Product Introductions, Customer Satisfaction, Employee Engagement, and Career Development.Warranty Council Member

Milwaukee, WI, US

• Utilized Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) tools and analysis for optimum supplier selection and supplier management during New Product Introductions to achieve or exceed cost, delivery, and technology targets in the.
• Launched the first FDA compliant product in the organization on-time and 29% under budget.
• Assured health of supply chain by evaluating suppliers and components against business and product goals and assuring alignment with both product management and commodity management/strategic sourcing.
• Led design reviews and input Design for Supply Chain and Design for Six Sigma (DfSS) feedback to optimize designs based on the strengths of the supply chain and supplier capability, eliminating component obsolescence.
• Led a cross-functional team to develop a critical part management process that minimized risk in new products across supply chain, quality, and reliability for all business units and commodities across the organization.
• Developed and implemented an NPI Sourcing workload calculator to manage and standardize workload across the team and provide optimal support to all business units.

Milwaukee, WI, US

• Rotated through four roles with increasing leadership requirements in new product introductions and industrial manufacturing, each culminating in a presentation to a cross-functional, global executive leadership team.
• Received quarterly (or more) leadership training on topics including Negotiations, Leading for Success, Change Management, and Manufacturing Supervisor Academy.
• Led the Operations and Engineering Services Leadership Development Program Steering Committee to plan events, foster engagement, and provide training for current members and alumni.
• Planned and hosted the quarterly all employee meeting for an international organization of 600+ employees on two occasions.(Self-Assigned) Capstone Project: Intern Innovation Challenge
• Developed a US program for interns to collaborate cross-functionally on a business need, while learning engineering skills, innovation, company culture, and project management.
• Piloted with 10 graduating summer interns to great success – all 10 were offered full time positions, and 5 were offered the only incoming LDP positions.

Milwaukee, WI, US

• Responsible for assuring product design for manufacturability and fully managing manufacturing builds from prototype to first production run in the Low Voltage Drives business.
• Industrialized products to assure manufacturability of design in the Low Voltage Drives Business by providing design input and leading production assembly, manufacturing line layout, work instructions, prototype and.
• Performed Design for Assembly (DfA) analyses and provided design input to improve design for manufacturing.
• Led Failure Mode Effects and Analysis (FMEAs) of both process (pFMEA) and design (dFMEA) to mitigate risk and improve reliability of products by eliminating problems that could arise during manufacturing from design or.
• Integrated Allen Bradley products on the manufacturing line to optimize yield, cycle time, and performance by automating as much as possible to eliminate user error, and utilizing the Connected Enterprise (Industry.
• Optimized work instructions and trained manufacturing associates on assembly of new product.

Milwaukee, WI, US

• Responsible for standardizing processes, equipment, and design guidelines for Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) and manufacturing across all 9 international Rockwell Automation plants to optimize product quality.
• Utilized Six Sigma Methodology (DMAIC) to design and implement a new product introduction process/tool for selecting Printed Circuit Board (PCB) support method during solder paste application. Obtained six sigma green.
• Designed a novel test to analyze board design effect on Ball Grid Array (BGA) stability through manufacturing, a Design of Experiements (DoE) of Via-In Pad Plated Over (VIPPO) patterns that has simultaneous data.
• Implemented an automated MSA process for PCBA boards utilizing AOI data to assure process efficiency.
• Designed, delivered, and implemented new re-bake equipment and procedure globally to extend electronic component lifetime and improve product performance and reliability.

Milwaukee, WI, US

• Responsible for developing manufacturing test processes and equipment to be used across Rockwell Automation that minimize test time, increase yield, and reduce waste to optimally support Operations and Product Launch.
• Analyzed schematics and worked with design engineers during product development to develop efficient, functional tests for the final assembly manufacturing lines of I/O devices, PLCs, and Safety Products.
• Designed test fixtures, including electrical schematics, PCB layouts, and mechanical fixture drawings.
• Analyzed product designs to develop efficient, functional tests.
• Wrote C# code, run through NI's TestStand platform to optimize test time.
• Delivered over Ethernet/IP on a standard test platform designed with Rockwell Automation products.Project: Automated Inspection with Machine Vision

Milwaukee, WI, US

• Global Lead Supplier Quality Engineer for the Fastener and Metal Fabrication Commodities
• Led global commodity team of quality, sourcing, process excellence, and purchasing to facilitate optimum supplier performance and improve supplier metrics such as quality (PPM), On Time Delivery (OTD), Root Cause.
• Improved PPM and maintained at an all time minimum for all critical suppliers and commodities by managing suppliers through proactive continuous improvement projects including Kaizen, 5S, and other process improvements.
• Provided operations support by assigning and directing corrective actions and preventative actions (CAPA) for supplier caused quality issues at all international plants.
• Assured supplier success during New Product Introductions (NPI), product transfers, and Engineered to Order (ETO) projects by utilizing project management tools and maintaining accountability and expectations among the.
• Analyzed and mitigated supplier risk across all commodities by developing a dynamic and automated supplier risk assessment tool to quantify risk and drive proactive continuous improvement projects.

Milwaukee, WI, US

• Taught and tutored physics, astronomy, electrical engineering, and calculus to groups of 2-100+ students
• Increased student engagement to 80%+ attendance at optional exam reviews
• Improved student grades by an average of 2 grade points with regular attendance
• Planned 5x weekly sessions, exam review sessions, and online tutoring sessions
• Prepared and coached students for independence
• Won Outstanding SI Leader and Favorite Tutor Awards

Milwaukee, WI, US

• Physics/Cosmology DepartmentManaged UWM's undergraduate students in an international collaboration of scholars to discover and incorporate pulsars into timing arrays used to detect gravitational waves and ultimately.
• Remotely controlling world's largest radio telescopes, Arecibo and Green Bank,
• Training peers on how to identify pulsars and use radio telescopes,
• Presenting research to all levels of society, from specialized international conferences, to high school students, and
• Working with GBNCC, PALFA, NRAO, and LIGO research groups.Published as co-author on numerous research papers submitted to the Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, and others..

Milwaukee, WI, US

• Mechanical Engineering Fluids and Thermal Lab
• Assisted on lab research projects including Cold Gas Dynamic Spraying, Lead-Acid Battery Improvement, and focus on Green Tribology
• Focused research on the tribological properties (i.e. coefficient of friction, etc) of vegetable oils in comparison to motor oils
• Performed data analysis in Matlab
• Collected information for literature reviews
• Presented at UWMs Engineering Poster Competition in 2013, judged by industry experts and won 2nd place!

Milwaukee, WI, US

• Astronomy Department
• Studied a detached double white dwarf binary system in high-quality photometry
• Performed statistical analysis in python
• Reported in LaTeX
• Published findings in the Astrophysical Journal, "Properties of the Eclipsing Double-White Dwarf Binary NLTT 11748"
• Presented at American Astronomical Society Meeting, Winter 2013 and UWM's Undergraduate Research Symposium, Spring 2013

Dublin, Ireland, IE

• Performed in-house, custom, and IEEE standardized tests including: BIL, Hipot, Corona, NEMA/Water Testing, High Current Heat Runs, and HALT in a high-power lab (over 8000A, 100kV capacity)
• Discovered failure points and tested reliability of new, returned, and ETO reclosers
• Analyzed results from tests and documented in test reports
• Presented reports to upper management
• Contributed to development and feasibility studies with teams of engineersProject: Drop-In Component Replacement Feasibility Study
• Developed and completed an entire study from start to finish on the feasibility and reliability of component used in a new product launch of Sept 2013, culminating in a dFMEA

Conducted data analysis in SPSS to determine program effectiveness for multiple partners across the Milwaukee Metro Area

Master Of Science - Ms, Electrical And Computer Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Physics