Make things bigger, better and easier everyday. Create and improve systems across all of Powerblanket and look for opportunities to automate processes and metrics. Build an amazing team through personal development and hiring. Manage short and long term strategies for growth and improvement.

Develop and execute strategies to increase profitability. Create an example of collective leadership to serve as a model for the entire organization. Perform regular strengths, weaknesses and trends analysis. Ensure goals across the organization are in alignment with company goals. Make important metrics visible to improve focus on the most important things.

Responsible for all aspects of operations; supply chain management, production, continuous improvement, inventory management, for several product lines from industrial heating blankets to portable chillers. Always looking for opportunities to improve all aspects of the operation. Instilling a culture of trust and clarity so every team member is comfortable providing critical feedback and making improvements.

Managed a team of design engineers. Increased sales through development of innovative new products. Identified potential market segments and value propositions to solve problems for customers. Created minimum viable products and supplied customer cohorts in order to test and validate hypotheses, leading to further product refinement. Continued to build, measure and learn with each design in order to provide the most valuable solution possible to customers. Created and documented manufacturing processes and facilitated product hand-off to product manager for ongoing customer centric product improvement.

Managed a team of design engineers to fulfill custom product orders and new product development. Created systems to increase visibility of metrics and increase inter-department cooperation and coordination. Drove continuous improvement in all aspects of processes. Coordinated with other departments to streamline interfaces and processes, increase sales and reduce costs. Managed available resources and priorities to maximize productivity.

Conducted needs audits for customers with applications requiring products outside the standard offering. Performed heat transfer calculations based on expected boundary conditions. Designed solutions and presented value propositions and quotes based on needs audits and calculations. Created 3D models and manufacturing drawings for customer approval and production. Managed creation of new parts and bills of materials in MRP system. Ascertained customer expectations and evaluated market opportunities for new products through fulfillment, and followed up with customers.

Involved in developing a blockchain based payment solution alternative for industries that are at risk of banking services being affected by public sentiment and other factors outside of their control. My responsibilities included testing, creating and maintaining documentation, managing various AWS instances for testing and operations and maintaining docker containers.

Supported production of over 1 million parts per month on three different product lines encompassing nine automated and three semi-automated processes. Composed, executed and reported on engineering protocols. Conducted root cause analysis and carried out corrective and preventive action plans on products and processes found to be outside of specifications. Qualified new pieces of automated production equipment, including installation, operational and performance qualifications. Performed qualifications for new products, molds and processes to assure compliance with regulatory standards. Drafted engineering change notices (ECN’s) and extra process work orders (EPWOs).

Forex trading and education

Responsible for scheduling and logistics of up to 35 employees and 6+ projects concurrentlyCoordinated project progress with architects, general contractors and subcontractorsGathered and submitted specifications for designer approvalCoordinated ordering and delivery of parts and materialsDeveloped project conceptual and detailed designs for commercial swimming pools and fountains using AutoCADReleased drawings and coordinated fabrication with various manufacturers prior to productionManaged various service and construction projects from bid through final completion for contracts in the range of $50k to $4M including; Prepared operations and maintenance manuals for completed projectsProgrammed programmable logic controllers (PLCs) for systems automationPerformed troubleshooting on pumps, chemical controllers, heaters and PLC based automation systemsProvided computer network support and designed and developed company website and e-commerce site using PHP, MySQL and HTML

Instructed snowboarders of all ages and ability levels in groups of up to 10 people.Received AASI (American Association of Snowboard Instructors) certification.