Danielle Clark Email & Phone Number

Utica, Mi, Us

Troy, Michigan, United States

Sterling Heights, Michigan

Auburn Hills, Michigan

Sterling Heights, Mi

• Responsible for the overall management of customer product development programs including components, systems, and full platforms. • Manage all areas of product line life cycle including impacts to Material Requirements Planning (MRP) caused by engineering changes and fluctuating volume demands based on customer releases.• Pre and post launch change coordination within Key Safety Systems and Ford facilities.• Interface with all levels of internal and customer management on all… Show more • Responsible for the overall management of customer product development programs including components, systems, and full platforms. • Manage all areas of product line life cycle including impacts to Material Requirements Planning (MRP) caused by engineering changes and fluctuating volume demands based on customer releases.• Pre and post launch change coordination within Key Safety Systems and Ford facilities.• Interface with all levels of internal and customer management on all aspects of planning, scheduling, organizing, directing, and controlling the program. • Coordinate with functional groups at Key Safety Systems including Supplier Quality, Purchasing, Core Engineering, and Application Engineering• Ensure timely completion within program targets. • Communicate and work with customer on all program related issues. • Support customer meetings and track open issues. • Coordinate prototype builds and pre-production shipments. • Oversight of cost performance of internal and external suppliers. • Track program financial status. Show less

• Manage engineering projects from definition, through planning, control and closeout for the Department of Defense. • Maintain lean engineering practices to ensure project compliance to stringent Federal Acquisitions Regulations. • Ensure project execution meets performance, schedule, and budget.• Support strategic planning and new business development operations. • Facilitate engineering proposal development from statement of work and bid process through customer negotiations… Show more • Manage engineering projects from definition, through planning, control and closeout for the Department of Defense. • Maintain lean engineering practices to ensure project compliance to stringent Federal Acquisitions Regulations. • Ensure project execution meets performance, schedule, and budget.• Support strategic planning and new business development operations. • Facilitate engineering proposal development from statement of work and bid process through customer negotiations and award.• Generate and report detailed metrics to evaluate project performance using EVMS reporting procedures. • Collaborate with functional management to determine feasibility of manpower projections and appropriate resources to support current and upcoming government contracts. • Managed all functional areas of $60 million Stryker power management upgrade program from initial concept and proposal through successful procurement, testing, and retrofit of new system while meeting schedule and budget. • Developed and proposed plan to clean up Stryker TDP, resulting in $6 million contract award from United States Government and the elimination of 5 years of unincorporated Engineering Change Orders. Show less

• Managed all performance metrics, in accordance with the Future Combat Systems (FCS) program and the Department of Defense, as required by performance based contract for payment (95% or higher CPI/SPI).• Conducted Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) teams to address any areas of deficiency.• Collected all data necessary to process weekly metrics for software at the Variant Level (C2V/RSV/MCS) and Common Software Level for the FCS program as instructed in VESDI 7-07.• Presented… Show more • Managed all performance metrics, in accordance with the Future Combat Systems (FCS) program and the Department of Defense, as required by performance based contract for payment (95% or higher CPI/SPI).• Conducted Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) teams to address any areas of deficiency.• Collected all data necessary to process weekly metrics for software at the Variant Level (C2V/RSV/MCS) and Common Software Level for the FCS program as instructed in VESDI 7-07.• Presented internal metrics monthly at project review meetings, addressing areas that are incapable (outside the goals set by management) or unstable (outside statistically determined control limits), while maintaining an analysis log in accordance with CMMI Level 5.• Assembled data required to create external metrics, as called out in the FCS Software Development Plan, in accordance with the designated templates called out in the Joint Supplier Software Measurement Plan.• Communicated external metrics to the FCS Lead System Integrator (Boeing/SAIC) on a monthly basis, including the analysis for any variances outside the project goals.• Managed the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) Grant which was awarded GDLS as part of the Economic Development Job Training Program. Responsible for all aspects of training under MEDC grant, including the scheduling of instructors, invitation to students, course evaluation metrics, and required paperwork for funding. Show less

• Created and facilitated schedules for two design studios, including all areas of the design process, from initial design to fiberglass model.• Managed CNC mill times, as required for the iterative design process. This step was critical to updating models with the directed changes that resulted from on-going reviews with upper management, vital to capturing the evolution of the design and achieving major milestone dates.• Prioritized CAD schedule, as necessary to maintain the design… Show more • Created and facilitated schedules for two design studios, including all areas of the design process, from initial design to fiberglass model.• Managed CNC mill times, as required for the iterative design process. This step was critical to updating models with the directed changes that resulted from on-going reviews with upper management, vital to capturing the evolution of the design and achieving major milestone dates.• Prioritized CAD schedule, as necessary to maintain the design schedule, due to CAD being a critical path item and an integral part of the design process. • Coordinated the fiberglass model builds with outside vendors, ensuring the model is up to date with the most recent design, while meeting cost and scheduled targets. Show less

Powertrain

• Facilitated regional powertrain product portfolios of Saab, GM Europe, and GM Brazil, including the powertrain joint venture with Fiat.• Core member of international team responsible for reducing portfolio complexity worldwide through convergence strategies aimed at realizing the synergies among the regions, joint ventures and alliances. • Liaison between Portfolio Planning and Powertrain Sales Group, responsible for assessing the portfolio for outside sales opportunities that… Show more • Facilitated regional powertrain product portfolios of Saab, GM Europe, and GM Brazil, including the powertrain joint venture with Fiat.• Core member of international team responsible for reducing portfolio complexity worldwide through convergence strategies aimed at realizing the synergies among the regions, joint ventures and alliances. • Liaison between Portfolio Planning and Powertrain Sales Group, responsible for assessing the portfolio for outside sales opportunities that utilize excess capacity while providing a positive business case.• Represented Powertrain in all International Product Center decisions to export North American vehicles.• Lead new product charter teams responsible for compiling and presenting the technical specifications and business cases of future products to the Powertrain executive staff.• Coordinated the successful efforts to provide a web-based plan, reducing structural cost and improving timing of revisions, while providing the data required to support the engineering workload model.• Managed cross-functional cost study group, responsible for analysis of plan change requested from platforms and new outside sales opportunities for powertrain. Show less

Metal Fabricating Division

• Compiled bid specifications and awarded contracts for turnkey installations of major industrial equipment.• Managed all areas of press pit foundation construction, including design reviews, safety adherence, budget, man-hours, and schedules.• Supervised teams of outside contractors and UAW skill trades working together to assemble, pipe and wire new transfer press equipment.

Product Development Center

• Regulated information stream between engineers and client (Ford).• Involved directly with customer relations.

Bs, Civil/Environmental Engineering

Mba, International Business

Executive Education Seminar, International Business

General Motors management invited high performers to represent Powertrain Division in an international consortium with other global.