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Cullman, Al, Us

Hudsonville, Mi, Us

Program ManagementLaunch ManagementIndustrial Engineering Product Line: Exterior Lighting, Interior and Exterior Trim, Electronic Sound Components Customers: Honda, Mercedes, North American Lighting, Panasonic, Magna, Lear, SMP and Grupo Antolin

Warren, Mi, Us

Responsible for managing across all Proper Group Corporate and Manufacturing Facilities: Program Management Advanced Product DevelopmentProcess EngineeringAPQP Engineering, Cost Development Continuous Engineering ImprovementCapital PlanningFacility Expansion Project Manager for Pulaski TN 40,000 sqft. plant and equipment addition.Focused Business Segments of Exterior Trim , Structural Components for Volvo, GM, BMW and Canoo. Exterior Lighting for NAL, Lordstown, Magna, Valeo and SL America.Complete Product Development Responsibility for BMW, Lordstown, and Canoo

Warren, Mi, Us

Sales and Program Development across all Proper Group Corporate and Manufacturing Facilities. Business Development Sales / Account Management Program Management. APQP EngineeringConstruction Project ManagerFocused Business Segments of Exterior Trim, Structural Components and Exterior Lighting for the Automotive Industry. Changed sales focus from transactional customers to long term client relationships.Senior Project Manager for the development and execution of a new 45,000 sqft. start up facility in Pulaski TN for the Automotive Exterior Lighting Business. Developed the Plant Vision from Concept through Completion, Print to Punch List.Business Unit Director for Exterior Lighting Product Segment.Solely responsible for Development, and General Management for the Exterior Lighting Business Segment. Grew the Exterior Lighting Business Unit from $1.1MM annual sales with one customer in November of 2015 to $30MM in yearly sales for launch in 2018 model year. Onboarded 4 new customers, North American Lighting, Magna AutoSystems, Valeo Lighting, and Dakkota Integrated Systems in less than 18 months. Run rate of lighting sales is over $35MM per year booked till 2023. Managed the overall Business P&L for the Exterior Lighting Division in Pulaski TN and Warren MI Facilities.

Sterling Heights, Mi, Us

Program Launch Systems Implementation and Senior Account / Program Manager for Interior Products. Gate System and Launch Management System Implementation and Training.

Saitama City, Saitama, Tokyo, Jp

Key Member of the Senior Staff Managing Team for the New Facility Expansion ALNA Pulaski TN. New Program / Product Launch Manager for Magneti Marelli's Automotive Lighting Division in US. Managing Forward and Rear Combo Lighting Programs. Jeep Cherokee DRL and Head Lamps were the first project the team launched for FCA in less than 12 months from Brown Field site to SOP. Responsible for All Program Launches.Customers: FCA, Mercedes, Volkswagen, Honda, GM

Paris, Il, Us

Managed the Production Molding and Coating Department's Technical Staff. Injection Molding BMC MoldingHard CoatingAnti Fog CoatingMetallization CoatingDirected the Plant Industrial Group New Capital IndustrializationFacilities Engineering Preventive MaintenanceInjection Mold Tool Room. Managed Plant KPIs for my responsible areas, Developed and Managed Plant Budgets for Capital Projects.Customer of Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Ford

Paris, Il, Us

Managed the Facility Expansion Project, a $20+ million Greenfield Site addition of 210,000 sqft. From Concept Prints to Punch List. Directing the Builders, Site Managers, Engineers and MEP teams.Supported the Industrialization of the Injection Molding, Coatings and Assembly Capital Equipment. New facility launched on time and under budget. First Customer Program launched out of the new plant started production on time, 10 month aggressive project.

Auburn Hills, Michigan, Us

Director of Program Management and Product Development Automotive Glass Division 2008-Feb 2011Director of Program Management and Product Development Automotive Trim Division 2003-2008Senior Program Manager 2002-2003Sales / Engineer 2000-2002Responsible for Directing the Heavy Truck and JOEM customers across all Guardian Trim and Glass Fabrication Plants in NA, Europe and Japan. Program Management Advanced Product DevelopmentDesign Engineering APQP Engineering, Cost Development Capital ProjectsCommodities include Exterior Trim, Bodysides, Chrome Grilles, Windshields, Back-lites, Roof Trim, and Exterior Pillars, Commercial Solar Parabolic Mirrors. Customers Nissan, Toyota, Honda, Daimler Truck, VW, Ford, PACCAR, Solar One.

Fraser, Mi, Us

Platform Manager 1996-2000Project Manager 1992-1996Quality Engineer 1990-1992CMM Operator 1989-1990Assembly Line Team Leader 1987-1989