Gary Witkowski Ii, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Michigan, United States

Troy, Mi

Managed cost, timing and quality for research and development projectsDeveloped and maintained master timelines to track projectsPlanned and managed project budgetsCreated and updated project plan to ensure execution of the planEnsured quality gate and milestone deliverables were metCreated transparency in projects and ensured proper reportingConducted active management of project risks and opportunities

Auburn Hills, Mi

Developed comprehensive project plans that defined scope, cost, timing, budgets, major deliverables and milestones of development projectsMonitored and and worked to mitigate project risks from project planning phase through launchDefined project related resource plan ensuring cross-functional team representationLed cross functional project teams to achieve project deliverables and customer requirementsRepresented the Voice of the Customer during each phase of the projectEnsured effective communication between team members, the customer, production facilities, suppliers, and other stakeholders such that all project objectives were achieved

St. Clair, Mi

Developed project plans and tracked execution to ensure timing, budget, commercial results, and technical requirements were achieved for prototype and development projectsDefined and managed project scope, deliverables and project goalsIdentified and engaged appropriate project resourcesLed multi-functional project teams, and mentored those teams in project management skillsPrepared and presented status reports on major projects. Coordinated reporting of all projects for facilityDeveloped and tracked budgets for all projectsCultivated a project management culture within the company

Saint Clair, Mi

Engaged customers to identify opportunities and provide necessary support to acquire new businessDeveloped concepts and drawings based on customer, marketing, and sales team inputStrategized with customers to resolve product design concerns and execute correction strategiesManaged projects with global team members and partners to meet customer criteria and timing

Erie, Pennsylvania Area

Maintained component level life-cycle design and development ownership of various engine cooling system components for locomotivesOwned reliability issues that arose and determined opportunities for service productivity for componentsLed several projects to analyze the life-cycle cost model, data, failures from the field, and discussions with suppliers to identify opportunities to reduce service costs on various GE productsPartnered with durability modeling team to identify new project opportunitiesCompleted service productivity and reliability processes necessary to implement changes

Consulted as a project manager on a new government contract for Ferndale Electric. Assisted in the search and hiring of a team to work on the government contract.

Worked on an APQP deployment team at Caterpillar, Inc, facilitating the APQP process into new Tier 4 programs. Assisted in the development of a Project Management Plan for the APQP deployment team.

Coordinated OE gas spring design, application / program management with engineers in Detroit as well as with manufacturing and quality engineers in Marion, South CarolinaDeveloped new product designs and supervised production readinessLiaised between AVM engineering in Detroit and Marion South Carolina as well as the customersPerformed various integral procedures, including designing application and parts; testing products; managing projects; and planning product launches

Organized assembly, component, testing, and material design functional activitiesExecuted practical application of APQP principles to monitor and document program activitiesInterpreted customer requirements for fit, form, function and timing of productsPrepared technical presentations to customers to exhibit company’s continuing technical activitiesProvided proactive leadership in ensuring proper application of fluid handling products on advanced and production OEM systemsDeveloped and maintained engineering relationship with the customer

Evaluated customer "Request for Quotations" (RFQs) and provided copies of layouts to identify the "bill of materials” (BOMs) and labor routing process required to build the partPrepared cost estimates based on the BOMs and routing for each RFQ as well as absolute and variance financial analysis of the quote for use by SalesEstablished tooling and capital equipment requirements for building each partCollaborated with manufacturing facilities to institute accurate costs and developed a system to ensure aptness of information

Worked as the primary customer contact and and program manager on a variety of packaging and logistics programs. Assisted in the development of a database in which we tracked key project information.

Bs, Engineering Arts, Business Cognate

Certification, Project Management

Certification, Project Management Professional (Pmp)