DesignProduct DevelopmentEngineering Project ManagementMaterials and Product ValidationInnovationProduct Line Engineering

DesignProduct DevelopmentEngineeringProgram Management

• Significant Programs* Led Product Development activity on 2004 Acura TL Grille and Rear Garnish Molding;Guardian’s first opportunity with Honda* Responsible for Product Development of the 2001, 2004, & 2009 F-150 Series of Grilles (15); a must-win programs representing nearly half of the annual sales volume for its plant • Developed and maintained DVP&R / DFMEA and Red Pepper Documentation/ BOM / Master Timing / Open Issues / GD&T / SDS definition, VA/VE, benchmarking, best practices, material spec’s, and lessons learned on a variety of program across all the OEMs• Assisted sales team in negotiations for new business opportunities across all OEMs• Customer interface, studio feasibility, PMT, packaging, master section, and change control Interface with Customer Styling and Engineering to provide feasible to manufacture designs while achieving customer design intent and objectives• Worked in Cross-Functional Teams• Performed feasibility analysis of Styling data• Primary and secondary tooling feasibility• Assembly, chrome plating and paint feasibility• Created engineering solutions for non-feasible design conditions• Strategically improved margins on programs throughout life of product• Interfaced with manufacturing to optimize product design• Supplied direction for CAD design and manage design activities• Directed FEA (finite element analysis) activity and interpret results• Trouble-shot product design and process from concept through launch• Interpreted and applied customer-engineering specifications• Generated new business through relationship with customer