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Tulsa, Ok, Us

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

● Led multiple functional teams of up to 75 industrial, manufacturing, and test engineers, project managers; focus on developing strong teams and increasing site capability. Developed and mentored functional leads over IE, TE, ME, PM, and EC areas.● Owned and managed multiple P&L with total annual budget of $9M.● Developed short-, mid-, and long-term strategic goals for capability expansion within multiple sites. ● Ramped multiple new businesses and added new capabilities in controls wiring, large form factor mechanical and electrical builds, and lithium battery energy storage systems. ● Served as technical lead on multiple projects to manufacture and integrate large-scale lithium battery systems for energy storage systems. Worked with VA / VE and design teams on battery pack design and manufacturing solutions for automated pack assembly lines. ● Led selection team to identify and launch new site specifically for energy storage system integration and manufacturing.

Memphis, Tennessee

● Served as R&D project lead focused on machine vision, machine learning, and robotic automation.● Developed and led customer experience lab to simulate environmental impacts on the consumer electronics / IoT ecosystem.● Hosted media interviews as sales engineering lead.● Developed and implemented smart home simulation lab to test and benchmark IoT devices in real world scenarios with a goal of improving customer experience by reducing and resolving field return issues. ● Led on-site ISO 17025 certified failure analysis lab focused on lifecycle testing and root cause analysis on commercial electronics. ● Directed machine shop operations in two regions generating 50% cost avoidance and decreased implementation timelines.● Managed teams across multiple sites (two in Mexico and one US) responsible for new capability development.

Greater Memphis Area

● Developed solutions using new technologies and tools to provide increased value to customers and partners.● Led project to design and implement machine vision system to perform cosmetic inspection with robotic load and unload, resulting in one-year ROI.● Managed budget and P&L forecasting for innovation teams across multiple sites and regions.

Memphis, Tennessee

● Initiated, designed, and led automated receiving project for optical scanning and sorting conveyor capable of 35k receipts in single shift with 14-month ROI.● Developed automated test solutions for IoT and home security products.● Created capacity / crewing model that integrated time studies from all parts of business with production forecasts, attendance / absenteeism history, training goals, and equipment capacities to generate headcount staffing and hiring plan.

Drove 5S, lean, and six sigma initiatives. Provided design for serviceability feedback to customer. Oversaw and designed process and systems change management. Developed standalone engineering network for PXE-based software / firmware load, diagnostics, and imaging solutions.

Interfacing with the customer to provide escalation point for operations and customer service. Providing action plans for metric and performance improvements.

Interacted with customer on all engineering issues.

Oversaw weekly financial indicator reporting.