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San Francisco, California, Us

• Leading a Mechanical Engineering team to create state of the art professional audio and video products• Product, resource, and budget planning• Creating and revising design and testing procedures• Product design and testing• Collaboration with Dolby manufacturing and contract manufacturers

San Francisco, California, Us

• Mechanical Design of the first Dolby branded speakers ever sold: The CS136MH horn and CS136LF low-frequency cabinet make up the Dolby System 136 and System 133 that are intended for use in Premium Large Format Cinemas.• Design loudspeaker and amplifier systems for the Cinema and Professional sound markets. Drive expansion of Dolby Atmos theaters with superior hardware.• Create procedures for documentation, testing, quality, and manufacturing for Cinema Loudspeakers.• Work with worldwide supply partners to manufacture custom drivers, molded plastic, sheet metal, and wood components for assembly in Dolby factories and contract manufacturers.

Olathe, Ks, Us

• Consistently introduce industry-leading GPS navigation and communications products to market on time, on budget, with no significant production problems and high customer satisfaction• Lead mechanical design from concept to mass-production• Design, fabricate, test, and support production of a wide variety of parts including die castings, machined parts, sheet metal, and molded plastic parts with minimal supervision• Innovate and create new product categories for Garmin, such as vivosmart (a sleek, rugged, Bluetooth-enabled activity band with capacitive touchscreen and OLED display), wrist heart rate monitoring devices, the zūmo Tire Pressure Monitoring System, and the Xero Bow Sight with heads-up display and laser rangefinder. • Mentor and review designs for junior engineers• Design FAA certified aviation products (high-reliability navigation equipment) including weather RADAR and Attitude Heading Reference Systems• Design consumer electronics (nüvi, zūmo, and dēzl GPS products) including Garmin's first Cellular-network connected PND and first PND mount with integrated speaker• Design rugged outdoor and exercise products including dog tracking/training collars• Successfully met requirements for projects with annual production ranging from 500 to over 10 million units per year• Worked with OEM automotive and motorcycle customers• Developed expertise and trained others in vibration testing• Created Audio Working Group to bring together Mechanical, Electrical, and Software Engineers to improve the sound quality and intelligibility of Garmin devices. Areas of focus include recorded sound quality for action cameras, speech prompts for nüvis, and speech recognition and Bluetooth hands-free• Received 7 utility patents and 6 design patents

Dulles, Virginia, Us

• Transition military bullet production operations from batch-process to lean one piece flow. • Increase operator efficiency by removing barriers to productivity. • Redesign manufacturing equipment to meet above goals and help the company successfully navigate the transition from "cost-plus" to "fixed-price" government contract.

Akron, Oh, Us

• Custom machine modifications and process improvements for $4 million belt assembly cell with several novel features. • Worked closely with Manufacturing Engineering and Union Labor to make product succeed.

Manhattan, Kansas, Us

• Designed new mechanic’s hand tool for patenting and production• Managed Pro/Engineer solid modeling project• Designed and prototyped new type of plumbing tool

Detroit, Michigan, Us

• Analyzed dimensional data with GM engineers to improve car build• Helped develop new software for dimensional data analysis and SPC (6-sigma)• Trained local and visiting engineers on use and capabilities of software