Bryce Mcdonnell Email & Phone Number

Vernon Hills, Illinois, United States

• Provide system-level technical support to end-users, contractors, and sales representatives both over the phone, across emails, and in the field.• Resolve various ongoing problems occurring at sites through strategic review of installation reports, emails, and notes as well as through targeted follow-ups.• Create manuals, troubleshooting guides, and procedures for Intellihot gas units and the world’s first electric tankless heat pump through root-cause analysis.• Implement new product designs and complete startup for Intellihot units and onsite at commercial properties (hotels, apartments, restaurants, hospitals, schools).

• Perform in-depth technical background research of various ideas/technologies through literature reviews and engagement with university research groups.• Assess the technical readiness of ideas/technologies based on simple experiments and published data.• Engage with PI to design and conduct studies to advance and demonstrate the technical maturity of early-stage university technologies.• Develop partnerships with interested customers to scale technology towards commercialization, either licensing technology or forming a startup company.

• Implement DFA through rapid prototyping methods to re-design a hexapod walking robot with multi-functional parts that can be assembled by a pre-teen.• Program the robot to increase its stability and control.• Collaborate with professors and ETHOS Youth Stem Center for continuous feedback.

• Managed product life cycle of the next TRAAX ROD® torque rod for production approval.• Designed test fixture for revalidating Hendrickson’s composite leaf spring for the Mercedes Sprinter van.• Resolved burr formation issue occurring in the torque rod hub curling process.• Created, modified, and organized the documentation, drawings, designs, validation reports, and test reports for new products.

• Conducted research with the innovation director to identify technologies that track, gather, and store unique characteristics of each musical instrument.• Interacted with engineers to determine the optimal location for technology and to examine the production process for initiating modification at a corresponding manufacturing stage.• Assisted the computer science team in designing an application compatible with the technology linked to a cloud-based inventory management and data analytics platform.

• Designed and modeled a collapsible canopy for Radio Flyer’s wagon model.• Directed the assembly configuration design process to minimize steps and issues during user assembly.• Scheduled team meetings, aggregated design notes, and recorded meeting minutes.

Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States

• Assisted in the Special Care Unit for residents with Alzheimer’s.• Prepared and plate meals in accordance with their specific dietary restrictions.• Established and maintain relationships with CNAs to ensure safety and enhance the livelihood of each resident.