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Davidson, Nc, Us

Detroit, Michigan, Us

Magny-Cours, France, Fr

• Multi-Disciplined with responsibilities from design and optimization, sourcing, budgeting and resource allocation.• Managed $MM internal and external (OEM) programs with high competition for resource allocation.• Significant reduction in manufacturing and recurring costs through efficient design and optimization. (Often greater than 40% reduction)• Efficient transition from Solidworks based design to Dassault 3DExperience/Catia.• Very effective use of 3DExperience as well as onboarding, setup, standards development and collaborative activities.

• Designed and Managed scale model part manufacture for NASCAR Aero program.• Full and Scale Windtunnel Modeling for various internal/external programs.• Reduced Case Modeling iteration from 5-10 minutes to <1 minute.

• NPD for boutique Mobility Startup.• USF4: FIA, SCCA, Homologation, Customer Engineering Support and Authoring.• Multi-Million CAPEX for a new composites division of an existing $400MM company.• NPD for boutique Mobility Startup.• USF4: FIA, SCCA, Homologation, Customer Engineering Support and Authoring.• Multi-Million CAPEX for a new composites division of an existing $400MM company.• Managed production, engineering and technical staff for M&P, design, and production.• Supported sales and R&D for Autoclave, Filament Winding, and Compression Molding programs.• OEM composite CAE / process validation and pilot.• Managed production, engineering and technical staff for M&P, design, and production.• Supported sales and R&D for Autoclave, Filament Winding, and Compression Molding programs.• OEM composite CAE / process validation and pilot.

Indianapolis, In, Us

• Optimized personnel roles to effectively meet project goals and deadlines, with high level resource competition and fluctuating program goals.• Responsible for program, department and project resources.• Established SOP, best practices, training of staff, and authoring of controlling laminate and process documentation. Responsible for all M&P.• CAE related to Gen 6 NASCAR chassis, sub-frame, suspension and sheet metal.

• Worked with cross functional teams to develop and analyze critical path(s) for multiple programs, and associated schedules.• Design, analysis and optimization of parts and assemblies, with heavy emphasis on structures and assemblies in composites and various additive manufacturing technologies.• Engineering / Design support of championship winning HPD/ARX, HPD/Lola, SCCA DSR

Waterloo, Wi, Us

• Managed daily tasks and worked with cross functional teams to successfully implement upcoming designs for production and R&D.• Engineering of composite bicycle frames (tooling / laminate design, M&P (Bladder and Compression Molding), to successfully resolve any program related difficulties.• Assisted CAE migration from SW/ANSYS to V5/Dassault.• Coordinated / Executed test plans and quality dispositions for frame validation and pilot.

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Upper Body Group. Concepts and BIW to production readiness.

Project Engineer• Engineering support for legacy programs and upcoming activities. • Supported the composites shop floor as M&P and Design Engineer.• Lead engineering, budget and efficiency activities, as well as design and process