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Port Royal, Pa, Us

Houston, Texas, Us

Apply a combination of field and laboratory experience directly to solving customers' problemsProvide specific support for ultrasound and eddy current portable instruments, probes and applicationsDevelop and deliver training for broader tech support team specific to EM and UTPrepare and publish training materials on new products and new product featuresProduce YouTube video series documenting NDT instrument operations, please see links

System engineering role for Mentor product line – lead engineering team technically from deep experience in product designDefine detailed requirements for UT & EM flaw detectorsAdvocate for the customer and end user – drive high level design decisions and trade off of competing requirementsDefine validation plans Provide training and technical support to commercial team and directly to customersDelivered paper to American Society for Non-destructive Testing on innovations in phased array ultrasoundDeveloped new method for measuring electrical conductivity from first principals and led implementationPatent issued (US 10018465, published March 2017, issued July 2018) for multi-dimensional evaluation of ultrasound or eddy current signalsLevel I and II Eddy Current certification – completed classroom work while developing instructional apps for Mentor EM

Boston, Ma, Us

Led a globally distributed team (China, Germany, India and the US) through development of a revolutionary instrument platformBudget of $11.5 MM over three years - delivered first product on a new platform selling 800 units since release in February 2014, second major product on this platform released May 2016Led introduction of Agile development within immediate business groupPatent granted (US 9881510) for system of apps on instrument - combining instruction, procedure, instrument control and data displayPatent granted (US 9465008) for dynamic gain compensation of eddy current signalsReceived Frost & Sullivan award for innovation in eddy current instrumentation

Boston, Ma, Us

Led process and systems integration as GE Inspection Technologies moved from GE Enterprise Solutions to GE EnergyReceived CEO Technology Award for Engineering Process Excellence – applied Lean concepts to New Product Introduction Process

Boston, Ma, Us

Led international team (China, Germany, US) to deliver the smallest, lightest and toughest ultrasonic flaw detector ever done at GEITDelivered on time and within budget while training a new team in Shanghai on ultrasonic testing and instrumentationReceived CEO Innovation Award for USM Go flaw detector delivery

Boston, Ma, Us

Led training and mentoring for DFSS within GEIT - classes in Germany, US and the UKLed continued improvement of NPI process and project reviews across four major product linesReceived GE Inspection Technologies Growth Award for Project Engineering Central

Boston, Ma, Us

Defined and led introduction of the first formal New Product Introduction (NPI) process at GE Inspection TechnologiesMentored engineers through Greenbelt training and certificationLed rollout of global engineering data management system tying together sites in China, Germany, US and the UK. Budget of $2 MM, internal team of 3 plus contract IT resources; delivered on time. Connected sites in Europe and US on common system

Led a small team to design custom ultrasonic testing systems for specific customer applicationsInterfaced directly with customers to elicit requirements, review designs and validate systems on customer sitesExtended custom designs for repeat sales

Led software development process improvement efforts – formalized process following the Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity ModelDesigned, implemented and validated operating software for ultrasonic instrumentation, both conventional and phased arrayC and C++ code for implementation, Visual Basic for test automation

Ultrasonic Level I and II certifications – learn non-destructive testing techniques and applicationsComplete and maintain systems instrument operating code, 120 kloc in CCustomize general purpose instrument for specific customers – direct interaction and on site support for validation and maintenance

Began career as sole engineer with a 50 person company manufacturing DC plasma display panelsPromoted in first year to supervise six electronic techniciansDesigned electronic display drive systems, wrote and maintained operating software using Z80 assemblerDirect interaction with customers – requirements through estimation, delivery and supportManager of electronic manufacturing and quality departments