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Salt Lake City, Ut, Us

Logan, Utah, United States

Responsible for product development activity across many different categories including: electric and gas heaters, air purifiers, TV enclosures, process improvement at horse feed pelleting plantOverseeing design, manufacturing, product launches, new brand launches across three different overseas factoriesImplemented business processes for customer service, quality assurance, product improvement, product development, new product launches

Logan, Utah

As the Engineering Manager at iFit, I demonstrated exceptional leadership skills while overseeing a dynamic team of six engineers and two interns. My responsibilities extended beyond managerial duties within the mechanical group, as I also coordinated integration the electronics and manufacturing teams. Throughout my tenure, I successfully navigated various challenges, emphasizing quality assurance, overseeing manufacturing processes, and resolving issues promptly.

Brigham City, Utah

Mentored and managed engineering interns and new hires to the groupDesigned and carried out process testing for new inflator designsDeveloped SharePoint site for top management reporting and global team coordinationOrganized and automated auditing process to ensure production machines are compliant to global standardsLead global team to create processing standards for manufacturing equipment

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Authored Course in:Autodesk Fusion 360SolidWorks

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Assembled, managed, inspired and mentored high performing software development and engineering teams, both locally and remotelyMade recommendations to top management concerning new product developments which affect profit, schedule, costs, customer relations, and cross-functional team relationsLead, created and managed cross functional teams assigned to deliver leading edge processes and products for mining customersDesigned and implemented lessons learned process and system to drive improvement and project performance

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Managed and implemented projects to improve ISO 9001 documentation for manufacturing divisions in Illinois, Tennessee and South CarolinaProject Manager for custom non-conformance system, which led to improved visibility of poor performing suppliers, required engineering changes and customer complaints. The System processes over 400 issues a month from 530 unique users in 15 different sites in Australia and the United StatesDeveloped KPI tracking tool that combined data from ERP system (Oracle), custom applications and SharePoint which improved overall efficiencies and improvement initiativesDevised and launched professional development classes to mentor, motivate, coach and cultivate employees and managers from across the organization

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Defined and coordinated scoping requirements for Oracle/Enovia implementation from offices in Germany, India, Denmark, USA, Australia, ChinaConducted global presentations through video, and online meetings.Managed team responsible for global CAD library. Created custom training material to transition 150+ users from 2D CAD (ME10) to 3D CAD (SolidWorks) in multiple locations (Utah, Pennsylvania, India, Denmark) resulting in more than 500 hours of live training Created videos and support documentation for CAD tools (SolidWorks) and ERP system (SmarTeam) Helped managed ongoing metrics tool for Technical Systems team utilized by upper management.Received Innovation Strategy award in 2012 for developing CAD automation tools reducing drawing creation time from 80 hours to less than 8 hours, which increased engineering productivity and reduced company expenses.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Managed Engineering projects for mining process equipment for copper, coal, iron ore, gold and fertilizer industriesImproved Engineering department’s processes and workflows by implementing standards and procedures for drawing and 3D model creationEntrusted to coordinate all disciplines associated with the scope of supply in order to ensure on-time delivery within budgetFive years lead experience as project engineer directing developmental project teams throughout entire process culminating in successful project completion

Engineered aftermarket aerospace parts for commercial and military aircraftPrepared detailed engineering drawings and documents for FAA and Military approvalsCoordinated with the manufacturing floor to optimize designs and improve the quality of the manufactured goods

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

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