Brian Gray Email & Phone Number

Lake Odessa, MI, US

Lake Odessa, MI

Act as program lead, mentor, coach, and main administrative liaison for a slate of STEM Robotics programs including FRC Team 5256, FTC Team 11098, FRC Team 9278, various community enrichment and outreach initiatives, as well as our school makerspace.

Lake Odessa, Michigan, United States

Planning, promotion, logistics, and coordination of volunteers for an offseason FIRST Robotics Competition event designed to promote equity and inclusion for high school girls.

Lake Odessa, MI

Planning, promotion, logistics, and coordination of volunteers for a 1st year off-season FIRST Robotics Competition event created to showcase rural teams in their home communities.

Lansing Delta Township, MI

• As a working team leader, assist with panel exchanges while also supporting the larger in-line spot repair operation. Order, prep and maintain body panel inventory. Fulfill all panel orders to GA. Ensure the.
• Championed a shift in focus to spot painting, resulting in repaint percentages dropping from an average of 11% or greater down to our target of 7% or lower.
• Sought repairs or replacements for unreliable and/or broken equipment that had been "lived with" and used as-is.
• Participated in special assignment seeking to understand scoring methodologies behind the Global Customer Audit review process

Lansing Delta Township, MI

• Planning and preparation for all areas of paint shop operations for upcoming product launches.
• Predict and solve for potential problems by reviewing math data and comparable products to identify build issues.
• Reevaliate and revise existing standardized work sequences for processes impacted by upcoming changes, creating new operations when conditions dictate.
• Utilize change as an opportunity to pursue and implement continuous improvement projects to increase efficiency and communication between departments.
• Travel to observe validation builds at PPO in Warren MI, as well as regular production at plants in Lake Orion MI, Arlington TX, Lordstown OH and Spring Hill TN to develop strategies based on best practices and lessons.
• Aid in overseeing a major paint shop building expansion as well as installation of new robotic sealer and paint equipment.

902 Leonard Street NW, Grand Rapids, MI. 49504

• A nonprofit educational organization based in Grand Rapids, Michigan with over 26,000 members in 142 countries, which promotes science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) through streaming video content and.
• Designed layouts and project direction for a 42’x80’ robotics lab, with the goal of designing a user-friendly tech playground for prototyping, tinkering, learning and experimentation.
• Coordinate a revolving support team of volunteers whose skill sets vary between professional, hobbyist and novice levels in organizing and staging departmental assets.
• Supervised an intern who was a computer engineering undergrad from WMU.

Lansing Delta Township, MI

• Supported the team responsible for the installation and secure of 1st and 3rd row seats, provided backup assistance for 2nd row seat installation team. Part of early involvement team for LDT and Lambda launches.
• Participated in multiple line rebalances. Initiated a complete overhaul of existing JES/SOS on multiple occasions. Acted as a resource for APS problems and questions.
• Persisted in bringing attention to throughput problem caused by malfunctioning AGCs for over 2 years, eventually causing issue to be addressed by tech support and vendor.
• Effectively used Level 5 TIP sheet to establish a causal relationship between tooling issues, downtime and maintenance actions taken, showing which actions helped and which did not.

Lansing, MI

Kalamazoo, MI

Event planner and promoter; sponsor liaison. Assisted in power-mapping, setup, troubleshooting, administration and teardown for a gigabit Local Area Network serving 120-250 attendees for 1-day, bring-your-own-computer gaming events held in changing venues. Championed a transition from single events to hosting 5-6 annually, leading the group into.

Charlotte, MI

Write artifact descriptions for database entry and tag for storage in vaults.Provide network and desktop tech support. Ensure database software functionality in mixed Win/OS X environment.Create flyers, graphics and other promotional materials for events.Build and upload new website.

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