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Milwaukee, WI, US

Milwaukee, WI, US

Milwaukee, WI, US

• Project Champion and Product Manager for first production motorcycle telematics & cloud subscription service
• Managed $12M Spend, developed business case and provided budget oversight
• Collaborated cross-functionally to develop Connectivity strategies for H-D vehicles
• Identified and validated potential consumer opportunities, through market research and VOC
• Generated product requirements & user stories, created business cases, established business models and led team to product delivery while providing product launch and sustainment oversight
• Developed device life cycle plan for provisioning, managing and decommissioning product and services

Milwaukee, WI, US

• Led sourcing team that managed supplier business relationships for electrical suppliers, $350MM annual spend for 57 suppliers
• Mitigated supply security risks, developed commodity strategies, qualified suppliers and issued sourcing awards to suppliers
• Managed body/engine/motor controller, infotainment, instrumentation control module commodities. Other commodities owned included lighting, harnesses, sensors, on board chargers, RESS & 12V battery, electric machine.
• Setup supply chain for Electric Vehicle powertrain components and led the purchasing portion of H-D’s Electric Vehicle Strategy
• Served as the interim-manager for electrical supply chain – chose not to pursue this permanently

Milwaukee, WI, US

• Technical Expert for infotainment product and lead project interface to suppliers both domestic and international
• Lead Project Engineer for motorcycle industries first infotainment project, managing $3MM Expense & $1.5MM Capital
• Balanced business objectives against marketing, styling, manufacturing & engineering stakeholder feature “wants”
• Developed test plans, FMEA’s, configured final assembly calibrations, defined UX/UI and system performance criteria
• Created design guidelines for infotainment components, translated “voice of customer” targets into executable engineering requirements
• Delivered infotainment products for use in restricted packaging, harsh environmental and high vibration environments

Milwaukee, WI, US

• Responsible for managing new product development, current production maintenance and resolving field quality issues
• Managed 13 unique electro-mechanical parts and managed technical relationship with domestic and international suppliers
• Led project team and audited international suppliers to deliver product located in Taiwan, India and Italy
• Responsible for QCT on engineered components - rider control, pressure & ball switches, batteries, hall sensors & horns
• Supported quality engineers in reducing manufacturing related warranty issues within supply base
• Developed Business cases and led projects, largest project Atom-12 ($850k in capitol and expense dollars)

Fox Point, WI, US

Fox Point, WI, US

Auburn Hills, MI, US

• Test Setup & Data Collection on vibration table, anechoic chamber, unit cycle benches, thermo chambers
• Investigated and researched new technology for electric park brakes (auto release & noise reductions)
• Performed competitive benchmarking against other OEM parking brake systems
• Tested and soldered prototype control module circuit boards - 130 components, through hole and 1206 surface mount
• Installed Electric Park Brake Systems into OEM customer prototype vehicles used for testing and evaluationsTOWER Automotive Manufacturing Plant (Romulus, Michigan) (August 1999 - 2000)
• Supported Engineering and Quality with daily production gauge inspections, dimensional layout, & time studies