Gerardo Aguirre Email and Phone Number

I provide Service Parts support for those hard to find components for EMD: Locomotive, Marine and Stationary power equipment

I worked part time as a sales associate. my last assignment I spent 12 years in the garden garden dept- power equipment specialist. also covered every dept possible in the 19 years. I really enjoyed Christmas time. I left due to covid19 and my personal schedule. the job was fulfilling, I worked with some great people.

Leveraging my extensive engineering background and analyst experience, I was in charge of conducting long-range analysis of post-mortem data, guiding risk analysis, and managing reporting. It was on me to build forecasting models to analyze locomotive and component performances while utilizing my expert engineering and manufacturing knowledge to guide process improvements. My senior leaders frequently called on to liaise with multiple departments and drive technology integration along with the implementation of effective business systems. I also led ongoing quality assurance to ensure accuracy and consistency of analysis in support of internal and external clients.Selected Accomplishments:● Successfully reduced influx of requestors for data analysis by developing spreadsheets with tables and pareto charts; taught users to extract data, submit, compute and update charts, resulting in 35% decrease in weekly tasking.● Mentored 15 engineers with extensive educational and multi-cultural backgrounds, working with each to help focus knowledge on current reliability topics within industry.● Made key contributions towards creating, linking, and managing multiple databases including, reliability databases, customer service LTS database, and product reference book database; reduced manual tasking time by 80% and improved data availability by 70%.

Created locomotive performance analysis for Area Sales Managers to simplify explanation of complex data and cost analysis to customer and benefits of purchasing new locomotives. (Spanish speaking).• Provided Train simulations based on Railroad customers actual track profiles. Automated yearly pricing procedure, reducing manual input 80%. Served as Proposal Manager, Overseeing Major North American railroads and variety of Export railroads • Submitted proposals that resulted in $75M to $150M in sales per customer

Oversaw and designed new production tooling for fuel level senders (in fuel tank). Never missed a project deadline. Implemented Quality Control program based on Statistical Control. Developed relationships with salary and hourly employees. Trained and supervised summer students. • Reduced unnecessary capital expenditures. Saved approximately $40K in 1 project. Introduced ergonomic friendly jig and fixtures.

Introduced Preventative Maintenance procedures in tool room. Extending the duration of each production run. Supervised 50 skilled trade Union employees. Acted as General Supervisor, supervising salaried and hourly personnel.