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Dầu Giây, Dong Nai, Vietnam

Overseeing teams in China and Vietnam developing and launching Ride and Utility products.

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Building, developing and leading the NPI (New Product Introduction) Engineering team for Walk Behind Mower, Snow, Utility and Rider/Tractor subassemblies and finished product groups in Vietnam.

Anderson, South Carolina, United States

I guided a talented team of engineers to develop innovative new products in the Chemical Sprayer and Hedge Trimmer categories as well as facilitated Value Engineering initiatives for handheld AC/DC products and ensured that our Document Control department ran as smoothly as possible to support the continuously growing business.

Anderson, South Carolina, United States

In response to the global pandemic, I had the opportunity to head the development of innovative new COVID combatting chemical sprayers as well as spearhead critical Value Engineering efforts for handheld AC/DC.

Anderson, South Carolina, United States

During this period of two years, my team and I developed a complete line of European consumer hand tools and assisted in the development of an additional line of professional tools. Supporting this program included spending 83 nights over 7 business trips to China in 2019 alone.

Dongguan, CN (Jan. 2015-Aug. 2017) / Anderson, SC (Aug. 2017- Dec. 2017)

For this period of three years, I was given the opportunity to work with a diverse, international team to develop and innovate outdoor products in new and exciting ways. Based in Southeast China and collaborating with colleagues in Europe, my team and I focused on how fresh ideas and newly available tech could be used to modernize old lawn tools and.

Anderson, South Carolina, United States

My career in product design started with a strong foundation in the basics: initially creating sketches and 3D CAD models of individual parts, then moving on to subassemblies and smaller structures, adding in important elements like stack-up analyses, GD&T and DFMEAs until finally being given creative control for full products with additional team members.

Leipzig Area, Germany

I spent 8 months living in Leipzig, Germany, working in one of the most state of the art and architecturally stunning manufacturing plants in the world, assisting in the successful initial launch of the 1-Series coupe and convertible and transitioning the 1-Series hatchback from the Regensburg facility. Our group was responsible for ensuring that all of.

Spartanburg, SC

As I continued my co-op opportunity with BMW Manufacturing in my second term, I continued to learn and grow in the department assisting with the 04/05 and 06/05 X5 package launches. Additionally, I was able to work with the Methods group in determining the root cause of a hood alignment issue on the, at that time, new Z4 pre-series and found and monitored.

Spartanburg, SC

In my first co-op term with BMW Manufacturing, I had the opportunity to assist with two new X5 package launches (04/05 and 06/05). Working with the team, we specified and scheduled the test vehicles and series pre-runner builds and maintained the updated build phase and project schedules for those vehicles. We generated and update a technical content.

Columbia, South Carolina

Best college Summer job ever! I spent the months between my freshman and sophomore years of university getting a crash course in the detailed workings of a car dealership. I was able to get hands-on experience in customer service, sales and maintenance; I did everything from washing cars and helping with documentation to swapping transmissions and.