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Ohio, United States

Build a robust and sustainable platform for continued rapid growth. Own cross-functional initiatives for execution excellence in a fast-paced environment. Drive product roadmaps from early stage R&D through product commercialization. Special Power Sources (SPS) provides remote power solutions with innovative Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) technologies.

Consulting for business growth, process improvement, product/technology development and STEM.

Business relationship manager for STEM educators and customers. Write curriculum and launch new products that use a DIY-based approach to teach basic flight concepts and create RC flight experiences for students from early-elementary through senior high.

• External business relationship management with internal execution focus.
• Develop and manage domestic and global B2B customer relationships.
• Overhauled product roadmap by incorporating customer feedback and market trajectory.
• Defined and released several new STEM products.
• Drove improvements to manufacturing quality, fulfillment accuracy and costs.

Experienced professional specializing in the commercialization of high-value, technology-based solutions. Numerous contributions in both projects and manufacturing businesses spanning the value chain from research and development, through fulfillment and to aftermarket service. Develops and executes growth strategies. Brings energy and process discipline.

Akron, Ohio, US

• Promoted to lead a 15-person improvement team and large OEM equipment product line managers in the $1B Power segment.
• Modernized legacy core engineering tools and processes  Implemented model-based design methods and consolidated redundant design software. Overhauled structure of design standards to eliminate causes of rework.
• Simplified project execution by uncorking legacy ERP functionality for master data management.
• Untangled back-office processes for part creation and numbering, procurement releases and material tracking.
• Institutionalized basic project management processes with dashboards to monitor progress and profitability.
• Five improvement team members were promoted to +1 roles, and two team members took +2 roles.

Akron, Ohio, US

Develop and drive competitiveness and growth initiatives across B&W's worldwide business units and operations. Work with business leaders to more effectively align and standardize Product Management functions to create forward-looking strategies and product plans.

Akron, Ohio, US

Lead the strategic direction and operation of the Research Center and direct long-term technology development activities for the B&W Power Generation Group. Additional activities included managing to due diligence for and the integration of an industrial technology company.

Akron, Ohio, US

Evaluated techno-economics of new technologies and products in various stages of development. Assessed capital and operating costs, performance, risks, and technology readiness of new products. Developed and implemented StageGate© product development and overall innovation management processes.

Chicago, US

Improved business processes and quality management system used in medical device manufacturing. Led cross-functional, transactional Lean activities that included engineering change control. Led team of 60+ to correct findings from an FDA audit.

Schenectady, NY, US

Responsible for development plans, pricing, orders, sales and margin for product lines including flame detectors and combustion diagnostics sensors for gas turbine and fossil-fuel power plants. Grew flame detector orders by 50% and sales by 35%. Developed and executed marketing and pricing strategies to remove conversion/upgrade barriers.

Boston, MA, US

Improved profitability, on-time delivery and technical performance in three GE businesses. Developed two products using Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) that led to US patents. Led a cost of quality turnarounds on engineering projects. Improved inventory balance tracking methods. Led a “Tiger Team” with representatives of GE Panametrics, NASA, NOAA and Boeing.

Led teams of engineers and technicians to start-up and commission low-emission combustion equipment in utility power plants. Owned all on-site activities including safety, customer interface, equipment shakedown, test program design and execution, and performance guarantee tests.

Planned field tests, analyzed data, and drove quality assurance. Performed on-site troubleshooting of emission control system performance. Managed a full-scale technology demonstration program.

Proposed and managed computational modeling projects for combustion, gasification and emissions control systems.

Led a team of engineers who applied computational models to combustion and emissions control systems. Created product design and application guidelines using modeling results and validated model predictions using laboratory and field data. Co-authored several technical papers.

Optimized designs using computational flow, combustion and heat transfer models. Supported particle bed nuclear reactor component design with experiments and modeling.

Columbus, Ohio, US

Taught undergraduate heat transfer and turbo-machinery laboratory courses. Research included testing augmented heat transfer surfaces. Thesis topic was computational fluid dynamics (CFD).

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering