P&L responsibility for material handling segment. Includes account management, sales, contract management, proposals, technical content, pricing, project execution, delivery and service. Conduct annual business planning, goal setting, strategies and budgets. Manage sales and project management staff. Participated in acquisition due diligence. Expanded to include industrial segment. Report to President.

Brought in to improve productivity of project team. Developed a new delivery team. Established technical content of offerings. Developed outsourcing partnerships. Fostered key client relationships to increase sales. Report to VP of Engineering.

Director of Engineering November 1998 - March 2002Responsible for technical performance of all products. Provide input to technical direction of the company. Responsible for maintaining design standards and final machine performance. Participate in annual business planning, setting goals, strategies, budgets, etc. Manage the engineering staff, set and monitor performance expectations. Report to President.R&D Manager June 1997 – November 1998Responsible for new product development, from concept through manufacturing to market launch. Reported to Marketing, and spent considerable time not only evaluating concepts to meet customer expectations, but also market size and potential.

Engineering Manager February 1993 – August 1993, December 1995 – June 1997 Responsible for overall system concept, engineering labor estimation, mechanical design and project management. Provide input into the technical direction of the company. Manage a staff of 10. Establish and maintain design standards. Review all firm proposals for technical content, risk and labor estimation. Participate in annual business planning, setting goals, strategies, budgets, etc. Establish and monitor performance expectations. Reported to the General Manager.Engineering and Manufacturing Manager August 1993 – December 1995In addition to engineering duties above, I had two shopfloor supervisors report to me. Due to business growth the position was later made into two individual positions.

Senior Project Engineer January 1990 – February 1993Responsible for project management, design engineering, performance/cost requirements, scheduling, supervision, etc. Interfaced closely with Sales, Service and Manufacturing departments. Integrated industrial designer’s concepts relating to aesthetics. Designed weldments, precision machined parts and sheetmetal parts. Designed dust removal and air handling systems. Selected drives, bearings, pneumatic components, etc. Performed balancing/vibration analysis of high speed precision rotors. Supervised final designs, construction and product testing. Reported to the Vice President of Engineering.AccomplishmentsThe redesigned sander line was a silver medal medallist in a national design contest and finalist in the bi-annual woodworking machinery show “Challenger” competition.A long history of losses in product liability lawsuits was reverse with a four case winning streak.Formed one of the first multi-functional teams in a cost reduction effort.Project Engineer Responsible for development/revision of design concepts. Supervised production of final designs. Responsible for final machine performance and service support. Assisted in product liability defense. Redesigned warning labels to meet current ANSI codes. Assisted in monitoring machine hazards and the development of safety features.

Hyser Electric was a small manufacturing company that produced custom packaging and material handling equipment. Typical machines included: Case packers, bag fillers/sealers, automated conveyor/transfer equipment, etc.Design EngineerResponsible for detail designs and drawings. Programmed PLCs. Tested prototypes to evaluate concepts. Assist in all phases of machine construction. Testing in machine development.