Christopher Goss Email & Phone Number

New Bremen, OH, US

Bloomington, Indiana, US

• Managed daily work and development of team of engineers, product label designers, and instructions for use (IFU) designers
• Company subject matter expert (SME) for: - EU MDR 2017/745 labeling requirements - ISO 20417 - "Medical devices — Information to be supplied by the manufacturer" - ISO 15223 - "Symbols to be used with medical device.
• Prepared gap analysis for current labels and company QMS against ISO 20417 requirements
• Managed website used for documentation and collaboration by all Cook Medical global labeling organizations

Bloomington, Indiana, US

• Developed gap analysis process for review of current product labeling against EU MDR requirements.
• Conducted gap analysis for four medical device product lines.
• Managed daily work of 12 engineers working on labeling analysis for more than 70 product families
• Wrote and edited labeling standards for use by six Cook organizations around the globe
• Built document management system within SharePoint for organization of 10,000+ project documents.

Englewood, CO, US

• Lead vertical transportation consultant within the Lerch Bates Strategic Accounts Team for national consulting clients, including Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse, EBI Consulting, Sunrise Senior Living, Kohl’s, Howard.
• Created maintenance specifications and contract documents for use as national agreements between clients and elevator service contractors across the country.
• Generated RFPs for elevator maintenance and modernization projects and provided resulting bid analysis and recommendation.
• Managed client customer service questions regarding vertical transportation equipment and contract coverage.
• Negotiated equitable agreements between clients and contractors regarding technical and financial performance.
• Developed client equipment portfolio databases by using property reports coordinated with local consultant offices.

US

Leader of all ethics and compliance matters for 500+ organization based in two geographic locations. Was nominated for position by operations leadership team based on past strong ethical leadership demonstrated in engineering management roles. Role is 20+ hours per week in addition to full-time role as mechanical engineer manager.Responsibilities.

US

• Responsible for the engineering team developing, testing, and implementing all North American model elevator new product design, cost reduction, factory support, and field support for the following elevator mechanical.
• Hoistway entrances (wall interface, interlocks, unlocking devices, aesthetic finishes)
• Car door operators (Glide A closed-loop belted operator, evacuation deterrents, gate switches)
• Machine support structures (machine room and machine room-less designs)
• Counterweight (frames, filler weights, safety braking system)
• Guide rails and hoistway mounting (rails, brackets, rail clips)

US

• Manager of engineering team responsible for identifying, evaluating, designing and implementing cost reduction opportunities for model elevator products (low-rise hydraulic elevators and mid-rise traction elevators)
• Developed cost reduction idea generation, evaluation, design, and implementation process for North American operation that allowed for the efficient tracking and prioritization of all proposals.
• Program lead and event manager for 2008 hydraulic elevator benchmarking event with engineers from USA, Italy, and Mexico. Event generated over $5300 (33%) in savings opportunities for 2-stop holeless systems and over.
• Program lead and event manager for 2005 mid-rise elevator, entrance, and packaging benchmarking event with engineers from USA, China, Mexico, Korea, France, Italy, and Spain. Event generated over $6800 (12%) in savings.

US

• Engineering manager responsible for all mechanical component design and system integration for North American model elevator products.
• Technical Manager for Weldless Door System program, a complete redesign of the elevator hoistway door that eliminated all welding to improve material cost, manufacturing cycle time, and aesthetics.
• Developed data evaluation tool and process using Excel pivot table with all customer order parameters to allow management and engineering decision makers immediate access to trends and dependencies without having to.

US

• Engineering manager of team dedicated to improving ride quality performance of Otis high-rise traction equipment.
• Developed performance target (8-8-48) with marketing team based on customer and consultant requirements and expectations.
• Identified elevator component improvements required to achieve performance targets.
• Taught field associates how to achieve optimal ride quality performance by using proper components for specific elevator speed and rise conditions.
• Collected ride quality data using PMT EVA system at customer installations of ride quality enhancements.
• Created car balance calculation program to minimize impact to ride quality by compensation chain and traveling cable.

US

• Performed structural analysis and generated 40-page and 46-page reports of calculations and explanations for the code compliance of the LRV and LRV5L hydraulic elevator vehicle structures.
• Test engineer for LVME roped hydraulic elevator system.
• Researcher and evaluator of over 100 improvement opportunity submittals.

Lexington, KY, US

• Designed brand new two- and three-stage fork masts for Clark Genesis Series cushion and pneumatic tire lift trucks using IBM CADAM.
• Developed, coordinated, and conducted test plan for stress evaluation using brittle lacquer and bi-axial strain gages to maximize data collection.
• Created styrofoam and wood mock-up of new mast design for marketing evaluation.

Global, US

• Mechanical component design engineer for construction equipment (front end wheel loaders, excavators, and dozers).
• Designed, analyzed, and implemented customer requested modifications of loader buckets, lift arm linkage arrangements, operator cabs, engine parasitic equipment, tow/lifting provisions, and electrical signaling.
• Test engineer for government contract compliance testing of modified equipment for US Navy and US Marine Corps.
• Developed first 3D kinematic model using Catia of lift arm linkage performance for Case.
• Developed dBase database for contract estimating of equipment modification requests.

Master Of Science, Management (Mba), Management

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mechanical Engineering