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• Developed a novel method to manufacture air bearings, including an economical and ESD-safe air bearing for material transport.
• Designed and built custom laboratory equipment, tooling, molds, and assemblies for engineering and product development at Spinnaker Air Bearings.

• Set the vision for and led the full digital transformation of the company. Led and managed the engineering and development of numerous products and services. Applied strategic direction, operational governance, and.
• Significantly increased sustainable, incremental revenue through engineered solutions. Initiated and led the migration through multiple generations of infrastructure design and architecture.
• Developed numerous products for both external and internal users. Gathered requirements, wrote user stories, designed UI, mockups and prototypes. Client and user training.
• Created an environment to discuss and review strategic projects and progress.
• Cultivated deep customer relationships through collaborative solution seeking.
• Established processes to enable agile development and built a network of engineers to leverage expertise and mindshare.

Dallas, TX, US

• Aggressively prospected, networked, and carried out tactical marketing and sales plans to promote sales of sophisticated internet, data, and telecom services and solutions. Cultivating and deepening relationships at.
• Identified requirements, tailored proposals, and negotiated data networking solutions that included internet hosting, VoIP, WAN, managed VPN, business continuity, and professional services.
• Maximized account retention by applying best account management practices and providing high-quality customer service.

• Specialized in development and testing to support sales representatives in growing account sales. After consulting with clients to determine specific project requirements, developed code, tested, troubleshot, and.
• Expanded business by formulating and presenting sound proof-of-concept prototypes for new product feature development.
• Clearly delineated programming requirements as part of preparing RFPs.
• Delivered persuasive product demonstrations to help close sales and build client partnerships.

• Managed and maintained network and information systems. Analyzed business workflows and built custom databases and Interfaces.
• Provided application development consulting and technical support.
• Diplomatically and strategically challenged stake-holders to define business strategies to facilitate business decisions.

Engineering and product development of a next-generation rotary die cutting blanket for the corrugated box industry.

• Contributed to numerous design efforts and manufacturing challenges from product design and process optimization to automation and robotics. Extensive use of AutoCAD software to model design solutions, tooling, molds.
• Mechanical design of tooling, molds, machinery components. Industrial design, product development and modification.
• Programming of industrial controls and robotics.
• Managed machine shop scheduling and coordination.
• Engineering management functions.
• Database design, development and programming.