Running day to day operations of C&M Topline (cmtopline.com)C&M Topline is an industry leader in vibratory finishing and deburring. We have manufactured quality and affordable vibratory finishing equipment in the USA since 1972. The C&M Topline products range from Rotary Tumbler Bases with five sizes of Rotary Tumbler Barrels, three sizes of Bench Top Vibratory Bowls and two sizes of Vibratory Finishing Tanks (i.e. Mr Deburr). C&M Topline vibratory finishing and deburring machines replace expensive hand processes with an inexpensive means to deburr, degrease, clean and polish.

I provide leadership for a team responsible for developing and executing campaigns in support of program capture and marketing communications at Astro Aerospace, a strategic business unit of Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems.

• Focusing efforts to understand business opportunity, and technical feasibility• Driving and developing new-product concepts via discussions• Preparing and presenting strong business cases and plans to leadership• Coordinating market evaluation/assessment• Costing and proposal management• Influencing and creating cross-functional support for new product ideas• Fostering collaboration and Innovation• Educating target-market audiences about Astro capabilities though presentations, conferences, traditional and digital marketing medias

Expertise:• RF design• Quality engineering• FEA• Mechanical design• Thermal design• Manufacturing engineer support• Materials and process engineering Selected Accomplishments and Experiences:• Created a manufacturing work instruction delivery/signature process using Adobe Acrobat Professional to streamline complex manufacturing instructions, projected 50% increase in efficiency and a reduction in operator errors• Championed the use of Wi-Fi enabled mobile workstations, for on the spot shop-floor access to manufacturing and engineering data, saving the manufacturing team $200,000 a year in lost production time and paper waste• Helping to clarify organizational market growth startegies• Regularly visited supply chain partners to audit production runs and perform failure analysis• Performed multi-attribute analyses and trade studies for various capital expenditures

Selected Accomplishments and Experience:• Efficiently communicated detailed requirements to technical, management, and manufacturing stakeholders• Successfully managed operations during product manufacturing and was able to analyze design change impact on production planning, inventory, and customer requirements • NPI Project manager during accelerated production and testing R&D phases, successfully procured parts from vendors, managed manufacturing on/off site, regularly complete production/testing on-time and under budget• Traveled extensively in a lead project engineer role and was able to exceed schedule expectations in a challenging and demanding environment• Used project management techniques including Gantt charts and network diagrams to create actions and priorities to assist with the achievement of critical product design and production milestones

Selected Accomplishments and Experience:• Created an innovative solution to a customer requirement that lead to US and European patent filings• Production process expert and lead trainer• Created a more efficient RF test system • Oversaw multiple advanced material development programs at offsite suppliers sites and was responsible for improved manufacturability and mechanical performance

Utilized many social media channels including Facebook, Google+, Instagram, and Twitter to share outdoor sports and lifestyle oriented stories and identify people with a passion of the trail space category that may be interested in engaging with the Teva brand.