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Polson, Mt, Us

Polson, Montana, United States

Strategic Thinker & Engineering Leader. Director of Engineering at Black Mountain Software. Multi-industry career within private/public sectors (aerospace, government-DoD, consumer products, semiconductor, and software).

Kalispell Mt

Joined global leader in materials engineering solutions during major M&A integration of SemiTool. Earned 2 promotions, from Senior Electrical Engineer, 2013, to Electrical Engineering Manager, 2014, to current Senior EE Manager role in 2017.Lead largest engineering group of 6 multi-disciplinary units in R&D. Direct onshore/offshore EE team, consisting of 12 direct reports, including 3 in India. Drive team efforts focused on control systems design, integration, and support of all products developed and manufactured in business unit. Report directly to senior director of engineering.

Columbia Falls, Montana

Led system-design installation efforts for grid-scale energy-storage system, from 25 (kw) up to 5 mw systems. Coordinated efforts of internal/external resources on embedded controller HW/SW development to replace PLC controls.

Polson, Mt

Played essential role in developing integrated process for improving efficiency of manufacturing operation, collaborating with production-support teams (procurement, receiving, and inventory, manufacturing engineering, test, QA, and contracts). * Achieved on-time delivery and budget alignment while developing tracking system to extract data directly from ERP/MRP system and compile production status into consistent form, resulting in improved efficiency.

Polson, Mt

Established/managed business and drafted strategic/tactical plans. Served in consulting capacity to deliver quality product-development services throughout product development lifecycle (e.g., ME/SW design, plastics, packaging, production, and marketing support). Served multi-industry public/private sector clients; emphasis on commercial and government-sponsored products and supported development of successful ventures for emerging products/technologies. Hired contract engineers.

Polson, Mt

Quickly earned promotions from manufacturing engineer to engineering manager. Established and led development-engineering department and grew engineering group to 26 (electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, and RF) to compete for more complex projects. Involved in technical side of strategic planning. Built operating budget.

Consumer Products DevelopmentDeveloped and managed home intercom audio equipment products, quickly earning progressive responsibilities and assignments based on demonstrated superb work ethic. Planned and orchestrated design team efforts. Coordinated projects with inter-disciplinary engineering groups. Provided technical support to marketing staff in sales presentations. Designed an acoustic isolation bracket assembly featured in Design News magazine. Given full charge authority for development of company's first home theater product; worked directly with the technology inventor to integrate and test core technology and to develop production product.

Systems Integration & Test LANTIRN Radar ProjectJoined the systems integration and test group for the LANTIRN radar. Performed system testing and evaluation, system integration, and performance analysis duties. Selected as member of the full-scale engineering development team charged with introduction and support of the first systems through production. Played a key role in developing tests for the complete system and its 6 highly complex subsystems. Served as team expert on the receiver exciter subsystem. Rated by superiors as #1 entry-level engineer after first year of employment.