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Greenville, TX, US

Flint, Michigan, United States

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

2023 ARM Champion Recipient

Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Dallas, TX

Greenville, Texas

• Oversees the organization's biggest strategic transformation that optimized operations, increased participation by 200%, expanded partnerships to secure over $100M in funding that led to record growth. The REC.
• Cultivates relationships and strategic funding partnerships with corporations to… Show more
• Cultivates relationships and strategic funding partnerships with corporations to develop engaging programs to attract students from diverse backgrounds, including Girl Powered teams, deaf and hard-of-hearing.
• Pioneered and led the implementation of the Aerial Drone Competition, the fastest-growing drone initiative for K-12 students in the US. Since the launch of the program in 2021, the competition has grown to over 2,000.
• Manages 130 team members internationally with programs in 99 countries and 50 US States. Coordinate over 3,000 events globally utilizing over 300,000 volunteers each year. Organize and host the VEX Robotics World.
• Successfully navigated the organization through the COVID-19 pandemic by transitioning the world’s largest student robotics competition to a remote format, leading the launch of the VEX Robotics Live Remote Tournament.

Greenville, Texas

• Created and implemented the company’s vision, mission, and strategic direction.
• Drove the development of new infrastructure products for the IT industry, facilitating product expansion across the US, Europe, Canada, Mexico, and Asia.
• Developed and executed strategic plans that increase sales and profitability over 4-year period.
• Implemented effective marketing strategies to build brand awareness, leveraging social media and digital marketing campaigns.

Rochester Hills, MI

• Oversaw the development of industrial painting robots, paint application equipment, linear rail products, and robotic electrical products.
• Coordinated and managed engineering managers, electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, operations staff and product managers across three engineering departments.
• Collaborated with executive staff to devise long-term development and product planning, maintaining market leadership through innovative technical strategies.

Rochester Hills, MI

• Manage electrical engineering department that developed cables, controllers and circuit boards for industrial robots.
• Oversee corporate safety approvals for all products.
• Worked with suppliers to reduce overall product costs and improve quality

Rochester Hills, MI

• Coordinate, develop, execute, and report on programming timing and initiatives
• Act as the program expert for specific robot models, applying technical understanding of the robot model to specific requirements and needs of FANUC robot customers.
• Develop specifications for new programs that would extend the market for FANUC robots in the areas assigned.
• Develop pricing recommendations for new program models and options.

Rochester Hills, MI

• Design, develop and implement controls systems for manufacturing industry.
• Highly skilled in PLC, VB and C++ programming.
• Develop new controls systems to support expansion of paint systems globally.
• Execute projects in Asia, Europe, Australia, Africa as well as North America.

Troy, MI

• Application Modeler, (1992-1993) Provided process and data modeling services. Scope of responsibility included group session facilitation, training, analysis and project planning.
• Systems Engineer / Analyst, (1991-1992) - analysis, design, programming and implementation for PC based personnel systems.

Warren, MI

• Worked as intern on multiple General Motors vehicle programs. Upon graduation, moved to GM EDS division