Dave Lepine Email & Phone Number

Rochester, Mi, Us

Southfield, Michigan, United States

𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 (𝘍𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳, 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘚𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴) 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘋𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦. 𝘈𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘯-𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘌𝘉𝘐𝘛𝘈, 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘴. 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴. 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘏𝘺𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘪, 𝘙𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘢𝘯, 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘢 (𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘥).• Managed MY 2024 U717 Expedition interior trim IP and door panel cut and sew project with Forvia. Directed 300+ tools (26 injection molds built in China) and oversaw transfer from China to Detroit for onboarding/shipping to MX for production.Programs:• Ford U717 Expedition MY 2024 Doors and IP cut and sew• WS OHS LWB Head Liner pre-launch to PPAP MY 2023• WS OHS SWB Head Liner after launch MY 2022• Hyundai Santa Fe Trim MY 2021• Hyundai NX4OB Santa Cruz Under Body and Wheel Liners MY 2022• Hyundai NX4a (Tucson) Under Body and Wheel Liners MY 2022• Rivian R1S Wheel Liners, STWL Cargo Bins MY 2022• R1T FRT and RR WHL LNRS, Battery Plates, Gear Tunnel MY 2022

𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺. 𝘛𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘦, 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴. 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.• Led and managed programs for a multitude of Tier 1 and Tier 2 automotive customers. • Facilitated projects including build to print, take over projects design, and engineering changes for all assigned projects.

𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘛𝘪𝘦𝘳 1 𝘢𝘯𝘥 2 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺. 𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.Programs:• Chrysler RU Wheel Liners, IP Close Outs, and Under-Body Panels (27 parts)• Chrysler UF Trunk Trim Program (seven parts)• Chrysler KL Trunk Trim and IP Close Outs (four parts) • Chrysler PF Under Shelf Program• Nissan – L42L M-Tek Trunk side walls and deck lid (three parts)• Nissan P42J Lug Floor Side (two parts)• Toyota Corolla 626A Program Dash Pad AMTEX – TMMMS

𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘎𝘔 (𝘊𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘤 𝘟𝘛𝘚 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘓𝘗𝘏𝘈), 𝘍𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢 (𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘺𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘚), 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 (𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘮) 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢.Programs:• Automotive Lighting North America (Ford exterior trim)• Faurecia (Chrysler JS)• Cadillac XTS and ALPHA interior IP and Steering Wheel chrome components

𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘗&𝘓, 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯, 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘴. 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 2007 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯’𝘴 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 “𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘖𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘺.” 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘗𝘈𝘗 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴.• Coordinated the Toyota Lexus IP Trim Lower (skin and foam) program while successfully earning on-time customer approval, negotiating tooling budget, overseeing high-volume production trials (HVPT), and meeting Toyota Lexus Cell requirements. • Served as a liaison on the GM Delta II Opal IP (North American content), working with JCI Germany through quotation through design stages.

𝘓𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴/𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘤𝘰. 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴/𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺.• Executed negotiation and coordination of tool transfer from a bankrupt tooling source located in Canada to tools built in China, all while limiting impact on program timing and operations.

𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯, 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘗&𝘓, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘺𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘓𝘏𝘋 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘏𝘋 𝘊𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘱𝘪𝘵 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘺, 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘴.• Absorbed program responsibilities at prototype design release, late design, and tooling release to meet customer deliverables for prototype (S0) and first production part delivery (S1).• Maintained program focus while establishing Faurecia’s first two Michigan manufacturing facilities, the first being a joint venture JIT facility and the second a component manufacturing facility. Programs: DCX JSC 41, JSC 27 IP and Consoles and Cockpit with SAS Avenger and Sebring MY 2007

𝘖𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯, 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 $35𝘔 𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘴. 𝘈𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘛𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳.• Led on-time and in-budget Daimler Chrysler's Durango/Dakota program from design through launch, receiving the 1999 Chrysler Jeep/Truck Engineering Certificate of Achievement in recognition of successful participation in Methods/Practices Innovation 2001 AN&DN IP S-0 Tool Completion.

Certificate Program In Management And Administration

Certificate Program In Quality Assurance

Three Year Diploma Mechanical Engineering Technology, Major: Engineering Design

Dean’s List Divisional Award for Top Academic Standing