Christopher Gibson Email & Phone Number

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Project Manager (2015 – 2017)
• Led a $4M design and verification project for the fuel system and critical modules of the Volvo High Pressure Direct Injection natural gas Engine. With the development team, identified the technical risks and.
• Specified and managed implementation of a JavaScript tool that automated the workflow of the Westport Product Development process. The tool manages quotations, approvals, and resource demand and supply. Engineering.
• Responsible for developing and implementing Project management and Engineering change processes for Global engineering team, including delivery of training
• Trained project managers in the use of Monte Carlo estimating methods for pre-product development projects and for early estimates of large automotive product development programs
• Developed the pre-study sub-process for Westport’s Product Development Process Project Manager (2012 – 2013)

- Led a cross-functional team through production ramp-up of the 1020ACS fuel cell stack.- Successfully led team through significant cost reduction projects, cutting the cost of the product in half.- Managed several successful and profitable engineering services contracts using the 1020ACS team to perform work for governments and large companies.

• Planned for and managed the day-to-day engineering and manufacturing implementation for a new liquid-cooled fuel cell stack design.- Led the development of a 14kW fuel cell system for a military tow tractor application:
• Led a successful negotiation of technical requirements with the military customer.
• Reached all significant payment milestones on-budget.- Led a multi-disciplined team of Engineers and Technicians in taking ownership of AirGen design from Coleman Powermate (AirGen is a 1kW UPS with a Ballard fuel cell.
• Managed budgets and schedules for all product-development activities.
• Reduced expenditures significantly by leading multi-departmental team in prioritization of design changes.- As Assistant Program Manager, led the product development and commercial launch of Nexa, the world’s first.
• Managed problem solving activities to achieve Nexa Job 1 on required date.

- Installed a gluing centre to perform critical assembly operation of bipolar plates in a high-volume environment. This included generation of a detailed equipment specification, and management of design reviews. An initial process FMEA was completed to guide the design process.-Qualification of high-volume gluing process to support production launch

Troy, MI, And St. Thomas, ON

Worked on start-up phase of the world’s largest contract for manufacturing of hydroformed pickup truck frames.- Managed a CNC tube-bender contract to ensure that equipment was delivered on time and that the product was capable of operating in a very high-volume environment.-Trained 25 team members. Wrote and maintained easy-to-follow operator’s.

Beng, Engineering

Systems Analysis And Design (Comp 2831), 96%

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