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Akron, Ohio, United States

Barberton, Ohio, United States

Barberton, Oh

• Managed 12 employees in mechanical detail and design engineering departments. Responsible for conducting design reviews, coordinating drawing releases to fabrication, project budgets both financially and worked hours by the team.• Worked with outside vendors to source and procure components and services to meet drawing specifications. Qualified new vendors and coordinated bids and orders to meet strict schedules and budgets.

Bolivar, Oh

I enjoyed the satisfaction and challenge of research and development of high performance mechanical and conductive cable assemblies. I am a certified Six Sigma Green Belt and had the benefit of working with three other black belts.• Managed multiple departments including Quality, Maintenance, Tool Shop, Manufacturing Engineering and Design Engineering. Responsible for budgets, project timelines, test validation, quote turnaround time and work instruction deadlines.• Implemented paperless engineering document library, eliminating paper copies across departments, including PFMEA library.• Constructed 3D CAD models of standard components and made them available for search and download on our website in order to facilitate customer cable designs.• Researched and identified robotic automation capital project to save $470K annually on tailgate cable product line.• Developed lowest friction core and conduit in the marine cable industry. Awarded patent for high efficiency push-pull throttle and shift marine cable. Second patent pending for truck tailgate cable slack elimination.• Obtained Lean/Six Sigma Green Belt certification through in-house course taught by fellow Master Black Belt. Utilize tools and methodology to analyze and improve processes, including capability studies and design of experiments.

Canton, Ohio Area

• Design and develop new robotic, automated case sealing packaging equipment and machinery for the 3M-Matic Division. Specialize in packaging tape head applicator design and modifications. Designed fastest tape head in the industry, maximizing packaging throughput. • Coordinate research and development laboratory and manage design engineer team workload and tasks. • Design and optimize products using Inventor Simulation Suite 2011 and FEA stress analysis software.• Detail prints, procure prototype and manufacturing samples, establish testing and validation procedures, and prescribe laboratory layout.

• Also served as Project Engineer for sister company; WestAkron North America LTD, a specialty manufacturer of flexible ducting, hose and conduits.Design experience • Detailed designing of tooling and components utilizing Solid Works, AutoCAD and COSMOS FEA software in order to optimize performance and manufacturability.• Design of parts, tooling, and equipment to support thermoplastic tube extrusion, thermo forming and insertion assemblies.• Design noise attenuating acoustic porous ducts and associated compression, blow mold and injection mold tooling. • Researching alternative materials, treatments, coatings, and finishes in order to improve existing component and tooling designs.Process experience• Developing manufacturing work cells to optimize process flow.• Preparing work instructions and training personnel on proper procedures.• Validate and troubleshoot injection mold equipment, forming fixtures, extrusion lines and PLC controlled assembly equipment.• Building prototypes while developing and documenting all necessary operations and processing parameters.• Analyzing processes in order to implement lean manufacturing techniques: reduce cycle times, improve efficiency, and eliminate waste and downtime.Project experience• Catering to the needs of customers, building confidence from the earliest prototypes to the final completed products in TS16949 environment. • Launching new parts from quoting, designing tools and assembly equipment, prototype development, processing engineering change notices, and PPAP submissions.• Meeting with all departments to assign tasks and subsequently track and monitor all time dependent tasks with Microsoft Project in order to ensure projects are completed on time.• Managing engineering technicians and machinists by delegating assignments and scheduling tasks.

Alliance, Oh

• Assisted in quoting metal stamping products, designing stamping dies, and developed extensive bill of materials matrix for all components.