Edward Ahr, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Lombard, IL

• Provide overall direction and leadership to the senior management and engineering
• Accountable for the management, oversight, identification and evaluation of business development opportunities
• Strategic planning and researching new markets and develop long term relationships with new clients
• Manage and analyze the market intelligence data to ensure opportunities are capitalized on as they occur and minimize the effects of competitive activity
• Responsible for the generation of sales growth to meet or exceed the forecast and plan
• Work towards sales and revenue goals as established in partnership with the owner and CEO/operations

Lombard, IL

• Identifies and pursue business opportunities with new and existing clients.
• Drive growth of the company by generating new business opportunities. Booking new opportunities with potential of $2M - $5M per year
• Using knowledge of the market and competitors, identify and leverage the companies technology and experience to open new opportunities and create differentiators
• Lead program management new and existing programs across various clients and markets
• Implemented new project management gate checklist process for new development and build to print projects to strengthen the customer and companies objectives in cost and timing
• Develop presentations, brochures or other print or electronic ads to market corporate services

Woodridge, IL 60517

• Functioning as Program Manager for various commercial and medical accounts (BOSE, IBM, PACE, JACO, Benchmark, Garmin, Dynavox, Impact, RF Tech, Sanmina, Celestica, Aeroflex, Ridge Tool)
• Responsible for NPI launches with new customers worth up to an estimated $46M - $58M
• Coordinating NPI launches with US, Shanghai and Malaysia facilities
• Managing all aspects of the product life cycle for custom rechargeable batteries and chargers from concept through end of life
• Assessing project risk in key areas (budget, schedule, quality/functionality, and cost) throughout the project
• Communicating the risks to the team and project stakeholders and coordinating mitigation activities

Oak Brook, IL

• Functioned as Program/Project Manager and Account Manager for entire Automotive and several Appliance accounts (Ford, TI Automotive, Delphi, Visteon, Borg Warner, EDS, Molex Thailand, Hollingsworth, Volvo, W.E.T..
• Responsible for over $6M in current programs for 2009 with over a 15% additional forecasted revenue in 2010.
• Negotiated and implemented across the board cost & MOQ (minimum order requirements) increases resulting in over $500,000 additional revenue in 2009
• Worked and negotiating with customers in expediting project plan (per customers request) to meet customer requirements for the appropriate compensation along with providing team with clear direction and communication.
• Managed the entire project lifecycle from project definition/scope, quotation through implementation & support
• Employed project methodologies and tools, such as MS Project

• Functioned as New Store Project Manager for Home Depot New Stores across the Midwest.
• Orchestrated efforts of several project teams across multiple states in the Midwest
• Aligned schedules, coordinated displays and POP (point of purchase) materials
• Managed and Negotiated with customers for any additional scope of work
• Coordinated and established new store teams
• Provided project management, leadership, client management and supervision to various retail construction projects such as; Home depot, Macy’s and other companies.

• Provided consultation for the design, installation, maintenance, repair and troubleshooting of electrical and computer systems for small businesses and residential clients.
• Installed new electrical systems (outlets, switches, lighting, conduit, wiring, circuit breakers)
• Computer installation, upgrades, networking (wired and wireless), support and maintenance projects
• Supervised, designed and installed electrical, lighting and camera surveillance for apartment building along with various construction and maintenance projects.

• Designed and managed construction projects for commercial, small businesses and residential clients.

• Functioned as a Project Manager for Lucent Soft switch (LSS) API, Lucent Interface for Gateways, Internal / External Interface for API Development, and Lucent Media Server and 7R/E Packet Tandem/Toll Solution Release.
• Orchestrated efforts of several project teams across multiple geographies (IL, MA, FL, NJ, CA)
• Aligned release schedules between Gateways, LSS API, Internal - External Interface for API and LSS
• Aligned and integrated software & hardware development schedules
• Coordinated feature set development between LSS, Gateways, LSS API and Internal - External API
• Presented status to peers and upper management

Woodridge, IL

• Complete responsibility for the strategic direction and management of the Test Engineering department.
• Led, managed and coordinated the efforts of 5 test engineers, outside resources, and other Morey departments
• Created proposals and quotes in partnership with sales; jointly secured a new $16M account
• Established and managed budgets, timelines, schedules, work plans and status reports
• Developed and proposed long term test strategies, standards and platforms, geared to support future customer requirements
• Determined staffing requirements and hired test engineer staff and outside vendors as needed

• Manufacturing Test Engineering I (1994-1997)Responsible for electronic automotive test equipment for the 1996 & 1999 Chrysler Jeep Grand Cherokee multiplexed door switches at multiple plant locations. Completed and.
• Led and coordinated the design, manufacture, new product introduction, prototype and schedule of test equipment, including vendor sourcing
• Partnered with Engineering and Plants to resolve product changes affecting test equipment
• Presented status, solutions and equipment demos to clients & top Eaton management
• Led the development of documentation for PCB layout guidelines for testing, test equipment start- up checklists, test plans, operating manuals, and instruction manuals
• Introduced new technologies & process into production resulting in traceable data and quality partsManufacturing Test Engineer II (1988-1994) Responsible for test equipment for appliance products, such as electronic.