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Canton, Ohio

Manage a technical team responsible for providing applications engineering assistance to all new and existing customers of heavy-duty trailer air suspensions. Responsible for working directly with OEM customers, fleets, repair shops, and end users to specify appropriate Hendrickson INTRAAX®, VANTRAAX®, ULTRAA-K®, HT, or CONNEX™ suspension systems based.

Canton, Ohio

Work directly with trailer manufacturers to help design new suspensions or specify the proper existing suspension for a given application. Provide technical support to existing customers in the vocational trailer market that utilize INTRAAX® suspensions.

Fairlawn, Ohio

Managed a team of engineers located in Ohio and San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Responsible for OEM and aftermarket development of air springs for the truck & trailer, industrial, and agricultural markets in North America, South America, and Asia. Collaboration with manufacturing and design facilities in Mexico, Slovenia, Brazil, and China. Major initiatives.

Green, Ohio

Managed and led team of two engineers responsible for global development of all sleeve products (seat & cab air springs, rubber sleeves for shock absorbers, agricultural seeder applications, small bellows products for industrial applications). Interviewed and trained new engineers and technicians. Conducted annual performance appraisals for engineers and.

Green, Ohio

Designed and developed air springs for heavy truck and industrial market vibration isolation and actuation applications. Skills include rubber extrusion, calendering of rubber and fabric, curing with steam jacketed molds, compression molding, transfer molding, component design using steel, aluminum, zinc, thermoplastic, metal coatings, assembly operations..

St. Marys, Ohio

Design, cost estimating, and development of new vibration isolation injection and transfer molded automotive and custom products. Rubber to metal bonding - shock mounts, engine mounts, bushings, etc. Generation of performance specifications, testing, prototype fabrication, vendor selection/approval. Facilitation of advanced product quality planning.

St. Marys, Ohio

Product & process responsibility for current production Ford, GM, Chrysler, and Custom injection molded rubber products. Implementation of all product/process changes. Proactive/reactive customer assembly plant visits. Writing and maintenance of all quality documents, working specifications, inspection standards, part & gauge drawings, etc. Manufacturing.

St. Marys, Ohio

Developed new quality systems: first piece inspection, tagging & traceability, process monitoring. Designed/implemented poka yoke (error-proofing) systems. Resolution of customer complaints, proactive customer visits, training of new engineers. Familiarity with QA tools: FMEA, control plans, process flow diagram, production part approval process (PPAP).