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Eden Prairie, MN, US

Eden Prairie, MN

• Developed and/or refined understanding of all products and dedicated outdoor air market. Provided support and direction for marketing literature and field communications. Provided direction to product development to.
• Led effort to ensure regulatory compliance including product updates
• Developed business cases and supported development of 2 significant product introductions
• Active corporate representative in industry associations (ASHRAE and AHRI)

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Managed external selection software, coordinated updates to product literature, and participated in external customer training. Participated in development projects from project scope through product release and promotion. Provided assistance to both internal and external sales teams.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Led the product development team and provided guidance to ensure project timelines were maintained.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Developed and/or refined understanding of all core products and humidification market. Created and executed marketing plans that provided direction for engineering activities. Provided support and direction for.
• Developed marketing plans for all core products
• Coordinated engineering efforts to support European distributor resulting in increased sales.
• Active corporate representative in industry association (ASHRAE).
• Supported external selection software development as document manager and tester.
• Conducted customer feedback sessions on external selection software.

• Managed technical aspects of all dispersion products and electric humidifiers. Supported sales, manufacturing, and technical support processes related to products. Managed external software selection software..
• Supported 20% sales growth with zero increase in engineering staff
• Active participant in numerous development projects and project lead for 5 major projects
• Led project to reposition dispersion products resulting in unit and dollar share gains.
• Designed 3 new steam blowers in 3 months while reducing comparable cost by at least 20%.
• Implemented documentation and/or process improvements increasing organizational efficiency and sustainability – 42% reduction in engineered to order processing time

• Developed and executed test plans for commercial/industrial humidifiers and associated controls. Documented testing procedures and results through lab reports. Participated in design projects.
• Built, installed and tested 3 prototypes during 3 year period
• Specified, implemented, and maintained a data acquisition system upgrade
• Contributed to design project resulting in 2 patents
• Presented testing results during ASHRAE seminar for section 5.11 in 2005

Designed and drafted mechanical (Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Plumbing) systems for numerous projects in south-eastern Minnesota. Wrote construction specifications and reviewed mechanical contractor submittals for projects. Projects included commercial buildings, assisted living facilities, armory, and a church.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering