Christopher Golightly Email & Phone Number

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

• Designed and launched planetary and parallel axis gears for automatic transmissions in order to meet system and customer correlated duty cycle requirements for F150, Super Duty, Mustang, and Explorer vehicle programs• Created and performed design verification tests for all gear components in accordance with a DFMEA focused failure mode avoidance strategy and a customer satisfaction driven approach• Led delivery and PPAP of ten different suppliers simultaneously to support new transmission programs with yearly volumes of 2.3 million units in two Ford manufacturing facilities• Led design-driven cost savings testing, and implementation for gear components totaling $2.38 million per calendar year save to Ford on multiple transmission programs• Led the root cause analysis for all testing failures and NVH concerns for gears and similar mechanical designs for simultaneously launching transmission programs

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

• Aided the launch of the all-new 2017 Super Duty by analyzing truck sales, market share, customer option order trends and requisite manufacturing commodity planning• Developed conquest strategies to target specific market share deficiencies within Ford’s truck portfolio

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

• Assisted in developing, modeling, and testing all-wheel-drive calibrations on new Ford transaxle based driveline systems

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

• Launched a new transmission program within one of Ford’s transmission manufacturing facilitates• In charge of quality issue containment, closure plan development, product development communication and delivery to Ford’s vehicle plants for the then new 6 speed cost reduced automatic transmission for the 2017 model year Super Duty gas engine variants.

Memphis, Tennessee, Us

• Performed reliability engineer responsibilities for the paper making process at the International Paper Riverdale Paper Mill in Selma, AL• Led continuous improvement initiatives and drove process optimization for paper making development, manufacturing, and distribution

Blacksburg, Va, Us

Resident Adviser to over 100 new freshmen under the Resident Life Department at Virginia Tech.

Responsible for maintaining two eighteen hole courses and full practice facilities at Memphis National Golf Club. Turfgrass installation, fertilization, irrigation and disease prevention were all areas of focus in the agronomy section of the golf course maintenance team that I was an integral part of.

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Master'S Degree, Engineering/Industrial Management