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Livonia, Mi, Us

Friedrichshafen, Baden-Württemberg, De

Southfield , Michigan, Us

• Obtained 2 patents for Electric Vehicle Service Equipment (EVSE) components .• Design and release of BISG for JLR, Inverters for Ford and Stellantis and Gen3 EVSE for FCA.• Worked with suppliers to develop die cast, extruded, stamped and plastic injection components as Part of Team that won 2021 Automotive News PACE Award for GM’s Hummer BDU.• Managed fabrication of mock-ups, including A-surfaces, for internal use and to support Sales.• Led investigations for future applications into: Advanced Cooling, Boltless Technologies to join Busbars, Alternative Conductor Materials and Laser Etching to replace certification labels. • Led teams to produce DFMEAs and related documentation.• Developed leak test fixtures and test specifications for components to support product requirements.• Taught tolerance stack-up analysis to colleagues in China, India, Morocco and the Philippines.• Directed CAE simulations for: mold fill and solidification, thermal transfer and structural analysis. • Oversaw creation of component and assembly drawings for internal use and customers. Making use of GD&T to economically support High Voltage creepage/clearance and assembly considerations.• Actively led component and product testing for: impact and roll-over, leak and HV isolation.• Constructed 3D models using SolidWorks for high level component, assembly and fixture concepts.

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

• Planned and executed all incremental testing and development to meet export market requirements for 4 vehicle programs while achieving timing attributed with saving an average of $2M / program.• Planned and executed chassis dynamometer, track and wind tunnel tests of other vehicles. • Directed and oversaw prototype builds of vehicles and subsystems to be tested.• Wrote Modification Center Process Sheets for North American built products to be exported and trained port modification facility personnel to perform all necessary procedures during launch.• Developed cooling, induction and electrical system changes to allow C/D vehicle sales in Middle East markets. Attributed with increasing revenue by $90M.• Conducted senior management and studio styling reviews of options to meet design requirements.• Collaborated with Ford Thailand to develop product to comply with GOST regulations and meet other Russian market requirements.• Developed Ford’s first refrigerated console for Navigator/Expedition for the GCC market.

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

• Program Manager for 2008 SuperDuty (pick-ups & chassis cabs) for all export markets.• Served as technical liaison to Marketing Operations to support Army TACOM and other fleet bids.• Developed tool for marketing to calculate vehicle capacities with various armor scenarios, reducing time required to provide TACOM quotes by 30%.• Acted as technical liaison between marketing, engineering and requirement authors to improve customer satisfaction, reduce build complexity and streamline testing requirements.

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

• Developed tooling and processes to produce aluminum cylinder heads, Prototype through Job #1.• Managed builds at suppliers’ facilities for LPSPM, Gravity SPM and precision sand tooling.• Coordinated PFMEA, DCP (Dynamic Control Plan), PPAP and PSW documentation. • Developed multi cavity production mold for 5.4L 4V heads that increased productivity by > 75%.

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

• Modeled fill and solidification of castings made in US, Canada, Mexico, Australia, South Africa. • Conducted testing to validate CAE models at Casting Advanced Research and Development Plant. • Trained engineering teams for ISO 9000 audits.

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

• Developed tooling, fixtures and processes to produce iron castings, Prototype through Job #1.• Oversaw builds at suppliers’ facilities for DISA and conventional tooling for gray iron castings.

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

• Designed core package, tooling and process to convert cylinder blocks to vertically parted (DISA) molding which reduced cylinder bore variability 75% eliminating the largest cause of scrap, increased crankcase strength, improved production ergonomics and reduced casting cost by $1 / block.• Employed Taguchi DOE techniques in the foundry to optimize core manufacturing processes.

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

• Designed production patterns, hot and cold core boxes and fixtures for automotive iron castings.• Sculpted clay models and presented design proposals to improve part manufacturability.

• Designed plastic injection molds, plastic components, and brass castings.Customers included: Artisan Mold, Buckeye Plastics, Millwrath Corp., Phoenix Products and Streamway Air Products.

• Supervised QC Inspectors across three shifts and Vacuum Metalizer operation and maintenance.• Estimated costs for material, cycle time and packaging of parts for quotes.• Applied for, and received, Ohio State Grant to train personnel in Statistical QC methods.• Worked directly with customers to define quality expectations and address concerns.• Last person to train under Joe Goldsmith to learn plastic injection mold design.

• Performed 100% dimensional layout, verification of plastic injection and blow molded parts.• Oversaw set-up of painting fixture and pad printing operation to support quality objectives.• Set up Quality Control Lab at newly acquired, second manufacturing facility.

Master'S Degree, Automotive Systems Engineering

Post Graduate Certification, Advanced Electric Vehicle Engineering

Bme, Mechanical Engineering And Art Electives

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