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• Engineering director for global team with resources in US, Mexico and the Czech Republic. Key focus on new product development and production launch, value engineering for continuous cost improvement and current.
• Major accomplishments Product launches totaling over $300MM in 5 yr revenue since 2012 Drove improvement in project schedule delivery from 70% to 90% on time for minor projects Cycle time on major projects reduced.

Golden Valley, MN

• Engineering leader for ECC Combustion NA new product platforms with primary focus on NPI cycle time, phase gate compliance and project management excellence.
• Major accomplishments Proactive planning and management of project phase gate exits improved metrics year over year from 70% to 88% on time phase gate exits for platform/growth projects  Developed straw man for.

Golden Valley, MN

• Leadership responsibility for new product development projects from initial voice of the customer polling thru project closure. Program manager role requires collaboration with external customers and internal resource.
• Major accomplishments Led multi-disciplined, multi site team through successful product implementation phase for new water heater control valve and complementing pilot hardware. Managed both internal and external.

Shelby, NC

• Supervisory responsibility for up to 15 person development team including ME’s, EE’s and lab technicians
• Product responsibility includes solenoid valves, hall effect sensors, optical sensors and pressure switches
• Major accomplishments Developed project management plan to transfer licensed technology to Honeywell S&C – led multi site/multi continent team in this effort Developed global engineering budget reporting tool to.

Golden Valley, MN

Shelby, NC

• Supervisory responsibility for 8 person development team including ME’s, EE’s and lab technicians
• Manager of new product launches for valve business
• Major accomplishments All new product launches exceeded 1.67PpK on performance characteristics Led engineering team that won valve business totaling over $14MM in annual sales

Shelby, NC

• P&L responsibility for $28MM business unit. Customers include Caterpillar, Bosch, Hitachi, GM Powertrain, Chrysler, Toyota, Navistar, Delphi/Saginaw Steering Systems and Saturn
• Supervisory responsibility for Product Engineering Manager, QE’s and Production supervisors for a manufacturing department with 100 personnel
• Organized technical staff into QOS teams responsible for continuous improvements in PPM, scrap reduction, delivery performance, productivity, supplier quality, cost reductions and reducing PFMEA and DFMEA RPN’s
• Positioned organization with key personnel and key product launch strategies and expectations to be able to aggressively grow the magnetics portion of the Fasco Controls business

Shelby, NC

• Managed implementation of capacity increase from 960K to 2.4MM for an ABS solenoid & valve assembly line.
• Put QOS structure in place that resulted in over 75% reduction in scrap, 100% on time delivery, PPM reduced by 67% for ABS valve and 97% reduction for Caterpillar
• Turned ABS and Caterpillar teams from 100% reactionary to customer demands into a QOS proactive team

Logansport, IN

• Production manager for 25 person department with $6MM annual sales. Product included solenoids and electro-mechanical switches for OE automotive markets. Customers included Ford, Saginaw Steering Gear and AC Rochester
• Guided team in development of QOS goals and coordinated continuous improvement projects

Southfield, MI

• Customers: AC Rochester, Allison Transmission, GM, ITT Teves
• Maintained current customer accounts ($12MM)
• Responsible for maintaining 12 month rolling forecast on current products
• Wrote business for solenoid valve ($1.5MM) and ABS coil ($3.6MM)

Logansport, IN

• Team leader for two solenoid development programs with annual sales volumes totaling $6MM
• Engineering support in plant for new and current production lines
• Design engineer for solenoid and electro mechanical switches