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Grand Rapids, MI, US

Atlanta, Georgia, US

Ann Arbor, Michigan, US

• Managed N.A. Engineering Tech Center with 40+ lab technicians/coordinators, project/safety engineers, and NA Records Department coordinators and CAD designers.
• Trained, mentored, hired, assigned duties, and verified work with entire team.
• Created and maintained yearly budget of $2.5M for N.A. Engineering Tech Center and N.A. engineering department.
• Worked closely with Global Director of Product Platforms to establish new product specifications to create and approve new program objectives.
• Worked with global lab and engineering managers to establish a testing backlog tracking for all current and future areas of lab. Scheduled testing globally to optimize lab resources and complete projects a soon as.
• Prepared monthly executive project updates, KPI’s, budget tracking and reports for executive management for early action and support or redirection.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, US

• Coordinated all engineering project activities to ensure project progressed on schedule, within prescribed budget, and met program objective requirements.
• Handled wide variety of projects from NPD concept, to production, to minor changes for new variants and cost savings on existing products.
• Reviewed and approved FMEA’s, DVP’s, project timelines, business cases, and CAPEX with input from global multi-disciplinary divisions.
• Confirmed the project adherence to customer needs, company standards, and global governmental safety and environmental regulations.
• Completed global design and manufacturing reviews for new product development production releases.

• Lead Engineer for prototype natural gas compressor founded in 2010 at MIT.
• Worked on all aspects of specifying/building lab to assemble & test compressor concepts.
• Coordinated/built concept compressor builds and testing to meet funding goals on time.
• Supported CEO with securing multiple rounds of funding by creating presentations and presenting findings to investors to show the potential of products.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, US

• Completed benchmarking analysis on competitive products.
• Met customers to set expectations and ensured proper design, development, and approval for complex parts and assemblies for production that meet these goals.
• Reviewed, updated, and corrected global specifications and BOM’s.
• Supported design and prototype process during pre-pilot, pilot, initial production, and final production.
• Reviewed designs and processes for possible cost reductions.
• Used Root Cause Analysis to identify correct and design and process quality issues.

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

Understanding And Implementing Fmea

Accelerated Testing & Validation

Principles Of Cost And Finance

The Essentials Of Communication

Unigraphics Practical Application Of Nx

Metallurgy For Non-Metallurgist

Gd&T (Asme Y14.5 M-1994)