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Major renovation and rebuild of historic propertiesManage hiring and supervision of sub-contractorsManage design and material acquisitionOn-going property management of rental property

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

* Establish global systems and best practices for managing Product Data and Quality Management Systems (QMS) documentation * Align documentation systems with Corporate strategies and initiatives to support current and future requirements* Implement Product Life Cycle Management (PLM) system integrated with SharePoint and Oracle enterprise systems* Manage.

• General contractor, Project management, planning, material acquisition, and overall
• Residential building and remodeling business
• Property speculation, project development, cost/risk analysis, general operations

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

• Developed and implemented business processes to integrate merging of two corporate engineering departments
• Developed and provided training/technical expertise to ensure smooth work flows and optimize use of new portal and corporate database management tools
• Alignment with multiple departments to implement continuous process and productivity improvements
• Provided technical solutions for new product supply chains and drive lean manufacturing objectives
• Managed Design and Documentation group supporting product and development tools
• Interfaced with configuration management team to integrate existing database into new product Lifecycle Management tool (PLM)

Greensboro, NC

• Management of 60+ employees including directional leadership, resource allocation, expense (~3.5M annually) and capital budgeting, performance reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Responsible for program management to facilitate selection and qualification of processes, equipment, and materials to meet productivity, quality, and schedule goals. Used six sigma DMAIC methodologies. Made.
• Managed Engineering Services team supporting products from concept phase thru to final production. Department functions included Prototype Assembly, Lean Mfg, PCB Design, Engineering Documentation, Component.
• Maintained well-trained and empowered technical team ready to adapt to changing requirements based on new business models, new products, and new technologies
• Implemented work request and service tracking program supporting company-wide service requests providing improved visibility to both operations staff and requestors on status of work
• SAP integration to improve management of materials planning, inventory, costing, tracking, cycle counting and general visibility of activities

• Managed technical team of 16 supporting the design, assembly, and documentation of all RFMD engineering printed circuit boards (PCB) used for evaluation, qualification, and reference designs
• Maintained department expenses budget (~2.5M annually), recommended resource needs, and managed capital expenses of technical department with rapidly changing scope of services
• Selected and qualified approved PCB and Assembly suppliers and established procurement and quality monitoring methodologies to reduce cost, lead time, and to ensure optimized performance
• Improved prototype design and assembly processes to meet schedule, cost and quality goals
• Provided leadership for Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Test (DFT) improvements
• Developed generic and specific formats for product manufacturing/assembly notes, created and maintained database of manufacturing notes for all required products.

Research Triangle Park, NC

• Interfaced with project management, engineering, design, manufacturing, test and procurement to provide product that meets quality, cost, and schedule requirements
• Worked with design and manufacturing to support design for manufacturability & design for test
• Initiated and implemented product and process improvements to shorten time-to-market (TTM)
• Supported manufacturing groups with required production documentation and databases
• Responded and resolved product issues to prevent/fix production delays
• Reviewed designs to support compliance with Corporate Standards and best practices

Interfaced with Engineering ad Design to identify fabrication methods, materials, and suppliers to meet product objectivesImplemented Valor-Genesis design rule verification tool to reduce time and cost during product development cyclesPurchased all prototype and early phase production boards (~1.4M)Introduced new technologies and established supply chain.

PCB designer of high density, multi-layer, SMT, Flex and Thru-hole boards supporting telecommunication productsCoordination with mechanical design to create complex PCB assemblies with innovative electro-mechanical approachesInterfaced with manufacturing meet design for manufacturing goalsIn depth knowledge of design guidelines, industry stds, and.

PCB Designer of high density, multi-layer, SMT and thru-hole boards used in military telecommunication devices.Met special design requirements for strategic military equipmentProvided Class III level documentation supporting productsInitiated and implemented PC-based CAD systemsSupported CAD applications, training, hardware, and software for PCB Design.

Diploma, Design And Drafting - Industrial Studies

Also conducted workshops for RIT faculty to educate on transition from manual into computer-aided-drafting processes

B.S., Environmental Studies

Activities and Societies: Worked with (LEES) Lake Erie Environmental Studies team during sophmore and junior yearSenior year spent in.