With 12+ years of experience at industry leading companies like Bose, Bosch, GM, and now Century Mold, I have had the opportunity to guide project teams, create manufacturing designs, and direct product sourcing programs. I hold an MS degree in Engineering Management and a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering. I possess an uncanny ability to quickly connect with others—executives, managers, engineers, and production line associates—to identify underlying issues, to collaboratively develop innovative solutions, and to gain consensus buy-in for organizational change.Particular highlights include:Project Management:-Managing a project to outsource stamping to a strategic partner to reduce the direct material spend and free up production capacity within the facility.-Leading teams in the planning, budgeting, specification development, equipment qualification, and product design for optimized transducers.-Directing a strategic initiative to plan and manage the launch of a new manufacturing cell at a plant in Germany that I was able to complete 2 months ahead of schedule and 5% under the established budget.Manufacturing Engineering:-Designing the production process and managing the production line build out for a new secondary circuit vacuum-filling process for ABS and ESP systems.-Guiding the transition delivery, PPAP, and roll out of a second vacuum-filling production line in the US.-Applying proven methodologies such as VSM, DFM, and DOE to improve on manufacturing designs.-Planning and executing the overhaul of GM Powertrain’s line of grinding lathes with no adverse impact on production levels during the retrofit. The project resulted in a 50% yield increase upon completion.Specialtiesengineering, manufacturing, design, sourcing, international operations, project management, process automation, process improvement, Lean, Six Sigma, VSM, DOE, DFM, problem solving, testing, validation, requirements analysis, cost savings, process design