Eric O'Brien Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Oakville, Ontario, Canada

• Spearheaded engineering development of IoT (Internet of Things) products, executing the new product introduction roadmap, including Geotab’s first ever asset tracking solution.
• Successfully defined technical requirements in alignment with product feature requirements in project solutioning phase. Continuously assessed path to mean value product (MVP) while focusing on simplicity of end user.
• Strategically problem-solved project challenges including design flaws, supply chain delays and resource assignment to meet key milestone timelines, delivering report of project health to executives.
• Executed project delivery plan through effective enablement of scope, risk register, hardware/firmware schedule and communication plan for 50+ technical contributors.
• Improved management visibility by restructuring team Kanban board on task priority and contributor workload. Allowing team lead to successfully manage 250+ tasks.
• Managed products throughout lifecycle including initiating product end of life programs based on market analysis, sales forecasting and company portfolio. Prioritized customer satisfaction, achieved through effective.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Developed interconnect aerospace solutions, spearheading product development from project launch to shipment under aggressive deadlines, completing 25+ projects to date.
• Implemented schedule planning to coordinate simultaneous cross-functional team operations for design, manufacturing and testing, while slashing lead time by 15% on projects of 4 to 12 months.
• Analyzed customer requirements to define scope, estimate cost, assess risk and evaluate manufacturing capability, establishing accurate baseline for 15+ stakeholders.
• Completed failure inspections of components to diagnose root cause through data analysis, successfully repairing tooling with minimal scrap. Submitted detailed reports to senior management.
• Collaborated with production, supply chain and quality teams to integrate engineering modifications while keeping stakeholders informed in meetings. Reprioritized tasks to maintain milestone timelines.
• Streamlined testing protocols for prototype qualification through continuous improvement initiative to reduce cost of testing vehicles by 10%.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Launched project information system for Customer Connection Program (~$80M/yr) in collaboration with department director to improve project visibility and optimize engineer workload distribution, reducing overdue.
• Studied team performance through gap and trend analysis. Extracted cost, load voltage and milestone information from database query to seek opportunities for improvements and growth.
• Rapidly established design techniques, including drafting drawings and analyzing load distribution. Entrusted with responsibility to contribute on 3 major condominium developments.
• Collaborated with engineers, creating work breakdown structure (WBS) to estimate multimillion-dollar project costs and allocate resources such as labour and materials.
• Trained and mentored 4 new interns through effective communication. Wrote manuals defining industry knowledge, key duties and safety culture to accelerate onboarding timeline to 4 weeks.