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Tempe, Arizona, United States

Collaborate with Sales, Project Management, and Estimating to ensure delivery of projects.

Greater Phoenix Area

Responsible for overseeing new product introductions, creating and maintaining supplier relations, and sustaining engineering in support of project management and sales.

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Responsible for updating designs based on fit and function Support Manufacturing with New Product Introductions and ongoing support of current products

• Process Improvements and Cost Savings Completed in-depth process analysis to identify highest priority opportunities Performed testing and process validation to validate cost improvement and overall yield increase Coordinated with machine programmers and tool group to deliver improvements on schedule• New Product Introductions Worked with design group to verify customer requirements and functional specifications Provided design input based on components machinability Supervised prototype machining and reported results and changes to design group Created work routers and coordinated with tool group to initiate full production runs

• Data Center Multifiber Cable Project Completed in-depth process analysis for cost feasibility and improvement opportunities Managed third party engineers to deliver proofs of concept and functional specifications Coordinated with local plant engineering resources to verify compliance with applicable local regulatory and safety standards in China, Mexico, and Poland• Automated Fiber-optic Production Cell Project Worked with prototype development team to develop optics processing machinery Procured and organized incoming components to deliver optics processing machinery on schedule  Iteratively tested and redesigned optics processing machinery for process and manufacturing robustness Developed a test plan and coordinated a Factory Acceptance Test for official machine approval and transfer to Mexico

• Fiber to the Home Cost Reduction Project- Project took less than a year to go from original concept generation to being released to manufacturing- Project resulted in millions of dollars per year in cost savings, 100% capacity increase and a patent pending- Iteratively designed and prototyped injection molded parts for testing on the production line in Mexico- Coordinated with safety and quality to ensure molded parts met all local standards

• Industrial Waste Conversion into Natural Gas Project- Designed, analyzed and fabricated pressure vessels for chemical processes- Performed material analysis and selection, based on process and manufacturing criteria