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Austin, Texas, Us

Responsible for construction, debug, startup and ramp of all new Lithium Ion Battery Winding and Assembly Equipment in the recently opened Austin Giga Factory.Hired and built Manufacturing Engineering team from scratch to support the aggressive launch plan for 4680 cells.Executed FAT’s, landed and started over $300 million in capital winding and assembly equipment over the last 10 monthsDeveloped and improved manufacturing processes such as laser welding, swaging and forming, winding, dispensing while working with cross functional teams to redefine product and quality specificationsSupported production start-up by driving yield, quality and availability improvements to meet or exceed ramp plan

New York, Ny, Us

Responsible for creating and implementing a global strategic manufacturing plan for Harry's Hard Products line. This includes starting new global manufacturing locations from the ground up including site, vendor and equipment selection for stamping, molding, automated assembly and extrusion lines. Lead the creation and implementation of global manufacturing expansion as well as created the organizational structure for the newly created Advanced Manufacturing Engineering team. SME actively engaged in mentoring team members across the organization.

New York, Ny, Us

Executive level position at a tremendously successful and growing start-up in the Consumer Products sector responsible for building and leading R&D teams for both strategic and executional initiatives. Designed and built high performing teams in both North American HQ and at our European factory. Created and implemented product and technology roadmaps that incorporated all facets of the organization as well as the inclusion of key external partners. Introduced industry leading Quality Control systems for both the R&D and Manufacturing organizations to drive product integrity to significantly higher levels. Initiated and implemented two new manufacturing cells that drove product performance to the highest levels ever achieved by Harry’s and delivered over $1 million in annual operational savings due to the deployment of these systems.

New York, Ny, Us

Leader of the Technical Program Management team that is responsible for creating, executing both strategic and program level R&D, engineering, and manufacturing initiatives in the consumer product industry. Developed both short and long term plans for high volume manufacturing equipment and operations, high accuracy instrumentation, and product development and design programs. Created, directed, and coordinated global teams in addition to developing future state organizational structure.

San Clemente, California, Us

Leader of a team of managers and engineers responsible for Advanced Manufacturing Engineering activities for all Smiths Medical facilities located within North America. North American AME department consists of 3 main groups; Advanced Process Development, Lean/Continuous Improvement and the Manufacturing Equipment group Utilizing the skill sets in these 3 groups, the mission of our group is to support ongoing manufacturing activities, collaborate with the R&D teams create new manufacturing lines and processes for New Product Introductions and to develop and oversee strategic plans to transform Smiths Medical manufacturing into a future state that supports the organization's growth plans This includes all tooling, automated assembly and packaging equipment projects, Lean activities and organizational Lean training, and all new Process Development projects as well as the validation plans for each.Responsible for developing, justifying and obtaining executive approval for all North American Capex programs. Working with dept. directors, finance and business development colleagues, filtered these capital requests and prioritized projects based upon business need and financial return.

As part of the R&D group, led the Open Innovation department with reponsibility for finding, integrating and delivering new products and technologies via external partnershipsInitiated and managed projects and innovation efforts through the entire life cycle to deliver technology solutions for critical business objectivesManaged collaborative research and development efforts working under a variety of contractual and Intellectual Property agreements to create technology solutions to customer driven needsManaged portfolio of technology projects to ensure alignment with organizational business strategy and maintained a pipeline of technologies that delivered world class shaving experiences for Schick customersUsed financial analysis tools to establish viability of projects and managed the project portfolio, continuously ensuring these met or exceeded organizational requirementsCo-ordinated product, technology and manufacturing process transfer activities to New Product Development teams and Manufacturing groupsResponsible for all University Sponsored Research Projects and relationships within Schick. Significant experience developing, negotiating and finalizing Industry-University agreements.Expert in Wet Shave Razors and Blades as well as the science and technology associated with the engineering, manufacturing and metrology practices necessary to develop and commercialize these products.

Leadership role responsible for developing and leading a global team focused on new blade edge technologies & instrumentationLed a high achieving team that delivered key technological and instrumentation advances that increased blade and product performance to unprecedented levelsManaged team effort to transfer new technologies to a high volume manufacturing operation Navigated cultural differences across global team to create a team dynamic built on trust and knowledge sharing and focusing on accomplishmentsDesigned and developed new grinding and precision machining equipment and processes used in the sharpening of Schick razor bladesCollaborated with R&D, Engineering , Quality and Operations to identify and create electro-mechanical instrumentation solutions that measured and characterized nanometer level attributes

Leader of cross functional teams repsonsible for finding, developing and delivering new Manufacturing Processes and technologies for ultra-precision, high volume production operationsLeader of cross functional project teams that included scientists, quality assurance colleagues, product designers and manufacturing engineersResponsible for the delivery of product specifications including engineering drawings, material specifications, manufacturing processes, vendor recommendations, test methods and other critical aspects of the technology or productInitiated and managed partnerships with outside technology firms to co-develop technology for SchickWorked extensively with suppliers to develop and enhance their manufacturing technologies and processes in order to deliver the sub-systems and raw materials used in our new productsTransferred new manufacturing processes to Schick manufacturing facilities world wide

Project Leader repsonsible for the design, development, construction and delivery of large scale, capital equipment used for the manufacturing of Schick razors and blades Managed large scale capital equipment design and construction projects Involved with New Product Launch from product design stages to fabrication, construction, installation, start-up and validation of high speed automated equipmentResponsible for managing the in-house design and construction of this automated equipment. Supervised designers, drafters, engineers, technicians, toolmakers, electricians and other various personnel associated with the design, construction and debug of the equipmentDeveloped technical specifications and selected vendors for custom and commercial equipment such as multi-axis servo systems, mechanical indexers, automated vision inspection systems, pneumatic devices, Robotic systems, various optical inspection devices and precision part handling mechanismsTeam Leader who was also responsible for coordinating and integrating the activities of Mold Engineers, Quality Engineers, Product Designers, Manufacturing personnel and outside vendors into projects

Mba, Business Administration

Bs In Mechanical Engineering