David Shipman Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Mt. Washington, Ky, Us

▪ Remotely managed a team of 8 Engineers to complete the Electrical Design of Material Handling Systems ranging in value from 300,000 to 30 Million Dollars.▪ Pioneered and Established the cross-functional use of MS Teams and share-point for document sharing and team-wide communication.▪ Created custom tools (VBA) and drawing templates to automate routine Autocad drawing updates and data collection to streamline the engineering process.▪ Improved overall drawing quality across the division by championing drawing standards and the use of Autodesk Vault to maintain and provide revision control for drawings.▪ Worked with peer managers to develop a new team that combined elements and personnel from multiple acquisition companies for new a Distribution and Fulfillment division.▪ Instrumental in documenting overall engineering process. Lead the effort to help peer managers document process steps for each engineering discipline (Mech, Controls, Software, etc).▪ Considered Subject Matter Expert in Electrical/Controls Design for Material Handling Systems.▪ Co-managed the Controls Engineering team for an extended period of time while the position was vacant all while maintaining the Electrical Engineering team. Aided in the search and on-boarding of a new peer Manager for the CE team.▪ Managed a cross-functional team to respond to parts availability issues due to the global pandemic and resulting supply chain constraints. The team monitored all parts required for projects and vendor promise dates on a weekly basis to identify issues and direct contingency efforts to maintain schedules.▪ Responsible for recruiting, selecting, on-boarding, coaching, counseling, discipline and annual reviews of direct reports. Communicated job expectations, planned, monitored, and reviewed contributions of team members.▪ Coordinated and balanced work load amongst direct reports and added external contractors as necessary to complete scheduled engineering activities.

▪ Lead Design of Custom Low and Medium Voltage Switchgear Controls, including: Interpretation of customer specifications, NEC, and UL508A to create overall design. Coordination of Power Envelope Design with Suppliers. Selection and Management of Bills of Materials. Programming of PLC and HMI (multiple platforms). Testing of completed projects before shipment. Development of Drawings & Documentation. Travel to project sites to support commissioning.▪ Asked to travel out of the country with only 24-hours-notice to support a troubled project startup. The project was over budget and behind schedule. After a two week stay, the project was ready to be commissioned within the revised timeline, with compliments from an impressed customer.▪ Adapted the standard PLC Template Code into a new PLC programming platform and software environment, validating and administering modifications that improved the features and capabilities of every project.▪ Developed an innovative training and documentation program that required all team engineers to participate in the training process by learning, documenting and presenting training to the team.▪ Created dynamic MS Excel and MS Word documentation tools that reduced the development time and improved the quality of project-specific Operator Manuals, Modbus Data Maps, and Test Procedures.

Irving, Texas, Us

▪ Responsible for the Electrical Design of 500 – 2000 kW Mobile Electric Power Generation Systems (Rental Power Modules) including Controls, Voltage Regulation, Relay Based and Electronic Switchgear, Fuel Transfer Systems, Shore Power Distribution and Alarm & Protection systems.▪ Designed, detailed, released and maintained engineering drawings within multiple design controls for new, custom and legacy products. Utilized Autocad to create electrical schematics and Pro-E 3D CAD software to create harnesses and control panels for production and custom products.▪ Investigated quality issues on-site and gathered first hand voice of customer feedback by traveling to numerous customer sites in many different states.▪ Presented new products at annual corporate-dealer trade shows.▪ Renovated and improved touchscreen based Human Machine Interface program by gathering voice of customer input to produce an innovative and simple control of switchgear.▪ Developed and Presented nationwide training program to Dealer Maintenance Technicians for new control systems

Plano, Tx, Us

Ordered stock and controlled costs to maintain a $150,000 weekly restaurant inventory. Administered all aspects of employee administration, including hiring, firing, evaluating, training, and weekly scheduling.Maintained and balanced petty cash, daily deposits and cash receipts of theater income.Trusted as “Manager on Duty” in the absence of the General Manager, overseeing all aspects of the theater’s operation.

Washington, Dc, Us

▪ Earned advancements from E-1 to E-5 in only three and a half years. Received a rank promotion at each time of eligibility. ▪ Earned an Honorable Discharge with the highest recommendation of the Commanding Officer to return to military service.▪ Completed two separate six-month deployments to the Western Pacific Rim on aircraft carriers USS Carl Vinson and USS Abraham Lincoln while assigned to VAQ-139.▪ Maintained Aircraft Electrical and Flight Instrument Systems of the Grumman EA-6B Prowler.▪ Directly managed 7 to 9 team members for an average of 75 hours per week for over eight months as Night Shift Supervisor.