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Farmington Hills, Michigan, United States

Farmington Hills

Farmington Hills Mi

Michigan

Primary responsibilities include the following tasks for several automotive testing and inspection service lines and test equipment product business line:• Yearly budget preparation and management of $20M business P&L.• Global business strategy development and implementation for manufacturing and testing groups.• Ten year annual business growth of 15+% including capital project justifications, oversight and implementation.• Quotation development, review, approval and customer presentation.• Program Management of 55+ projects per month.• Hire justifications, appraisals, wage reviews, promotions, bonus, etc.• HSE compliance and reporting for 16 separate test laboratories, nationally.• Complete customer satisfaction from initial contact through final collections.• Facilities management and construction.Experiences: Complete business line responsibility for a global testing, inspection and certification company.• Development of a new sustainable product line for a test equipment business segment,• Instilled a passion for building quality products, on time, within budget and with strong post sales support.• Manage a team of 65 people. Enjoy mentoring others, providing leadership for positive outcomes and growth within the company.• Many years of experience in a test laboratory environment have allowed me to become conversant with all aspects of the business including quality, 5S principles, root cause identification and corrective action process, ISO accreditation, sales, purchasing, HSE, team building, international work teams, project management, business development, facilities management, construction and maintenance, and more. • Test services experience include environmental laboratory (temperature, flow, pressure, vibration), electrical and EMC, Squeak & Rattle testing, test equipment manufacturing. • Setup sales, installation and maintenance channels in Brazil, Mexico, India, Thailand and China for the Test Equipment Group.

Troy, Mi

Defiance Testing and Engineering (including Structural Kinematics), Troy, MIPositions held - Director/Manager/Test Engineer, August 1982 – June 2002Promoted through a series of positions with increasing levels of responsbility within the organization as business grew.1. Last position, Director of Business Development - grew multi-year contract base to 50% of sales ($20M). Highest of independent labs.2. Test Operations Manager for the servo-hydraulic vehicle and component validation laboratory, environmental validation testing and NVH testing services.3. Acquistion, integration and commercialization of new business.4. Responsible for facility builds including bumper impact test facility ($3M), agricultural validation test center ($8M), passenger car validation test center ($10M) and light truck validation test center ($12M).5. Acquisition, integration and commercialization of new business.6. Job costing analysis, including labor, facilities, equipment and materials. Used to develop pricing models.7. Quotation development, review, and presentation to customer.Other prior experience includes:Agricultural equipment testing in the powertrain, electrical and vibration test laboratory. Failure analysis and reporting for field returns.Automotive R&D and validation testing in the vibration, environmnetal, photometric and electrical test laboratory.

Bachelor Of Applied Science And Business Management

Associate'S Degree, Electronic Engineering Technology - 3 Year Full Time Program