Selected to spearhead the delivery of appliance products and define the strategy for the department with 40+ engineers. Coordinate, lead, and execute new developments, cost, and quality improvements. Control a $10M budget covering project prototypes, testing and lab costs, on- and offshore consultants, and travel. Monitor the performance of department managers based on global and regional metrics. ► Appointed to take over department and lead large-scale redesign of every product sold within the North American market; redesigned and realigned global strategies for cooking appliance products via applying the modular approach to systems, hardware, and software. ► Managed a global team of engineers in Tennessee and Brazil; to deliver new consumer innovation and maintain current electronic solutions to enable a complete appliance portfolio from basic to advanced cooking appliances. ► Planned and executed major global initiatives, which led to many firsts for Electrolux North America. Examples include the first touch screen on a mass-produced oven and the first connected appliance with developed apps. First multiregional user interface design; adopting a common design strategy across global designers with production in Europe, Asia, and North and South America. adopting common design strategies across global designers. ► Strengthened performance by restructuring the department, including redefining job roles/titles, partnering with HR to manage annual salary reviews, and developing annual KPIs. Carefully matched the organization to a streamlined development process that realized predictable delivery time and results. ► Successfully delivered innovative designs to new operation facilities within time, cost, and quality requirements.

► Promoted to lead a 25+ member global team in product development and production launch of new cooking appliances. ► Serve as a hiring manager for offices in Springfield, Tennessee; Stockholm, Sweden; Rothenburg o.b.T, Germany; and Forli, Italy. ► Travel to Europe monthly to facilitate major projects and coach team leaders on managing KPIs toward attainment of business goals. ► Set a budget and compensation structure for the global department. ► Establish and maintain the end-to-end product development process to make electronics predictable for delivery and meet project goals within a stage-gate process. ► Make technical decisions governing electronic control systems for all new cooking appliance projects worldwide.

► Coordinated daily activities of an 8-member engineering team. ► Made assignments to team members, reviewed all work and provided coaching on key improvement areas. ► Managed annual goals, rankings, and compensation adjustments. ► Collaborated with marketing team to define new product specifications and generate viable technical solutions within timing, cost, and quality parameters. ► Provided technical specifications to hardware and software teams to execute project needs.

Advanced to focus on creating new modular control systems for all NA cooking products. ► Drove creation of 13 new electronic control modules, 5 in mass production.► Enforced new development and test processes.► Worked with suppliers on new designs for manufacturability. ► Attended the global summit in Stockholm on modularization of electronics. ► Co-developed global “rules” for future control design.

► Promoted to manage lab facilities in Springfield, TN, and L’Assomption, Canada. ► Concurrently ran 2 electronics development labs, a software validation lab, and a UL controls lab. ► Directed daily work of 18 electronic technicians while handling all yearly appraisals and KPIs. ► Maintained schedules and prioritized work to ensure on-time product delivery. ► Maintained the calibration process for reports and to ensure proper equipment functioning. ► Created and maintained a work order system to schedule and record lab work and records. ► Managed and designed a 4K-square-foot electronics lab expansion in Springfield, TN.

Designed and implemented complex cooking controls, with emphasis on product system application, cost, and quality. ► Solved EMC problems in the applications to make the controls more immune. ► Maintained current controls in production on Kenmore and Frigidaire product lines. ► Directed a team of electronic technicians to set up testing for component and product validation. ► Project leader on electronic hardware design for a new line of cooking products. ► Directly managed schematic entry, board layouts, weekly meetings, budgeting, product planning, a control application, control validation, and production implementation. ► Projected annual volumes of 65K units. ► Awarded patent invention for new hardware design to control variable speed convection cooking.

► Developed and maintained circuitry and printed circuit board for the latest Electronic Surface Element Control based on Microchip’s PIC18.► Helped create and maintain printed circuit boards for new electronic oven control and variable speed convection controls with theater lighting capabilities.► Interpreted technical and non-technical specifications from marketing and industrial design team and created associated controls. ► Partnered daily with other departments to clarify and implement new controls affording better performance and ease of assembly.

► Maintained a working electronics / R&D laboratory. ► Troubleshot electronic PCBs using DMM, oscilloscope, and schematics. ► Created testing procedures and fixtures for electronic oven controls.► Performed company’s standard component test on multiple electronic controls.► Designed a new electronics laboratory and oversaw placement laboratory equipment for best workflow.