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Garden Grove, California, United States

Garden Grove, California, United States

Garden Grove, Ca

Responsible for leading the company organization in research for new products, product enhancements, and product redesign for all company product lines. Evaluate potential and practicality of products in development. Create action plans and timelines for commercial releases of new products. Market research, new product development, formulation and laboratory testing, field testing, product refinement, technical support, training for company staff. Identify new innovative technologies to meet customer requirements and market needs. Develop and facilitate new products or improvements for existing based on sales feedback and company market growth. Oversee key projects, processes, reporting, data and analysis related to all product development efforts. Lead short and long term development planning and product to market process in collaboration with executive management and leadership teams. Create and maintain relationships with suppliers, consulting firms, and customers. Troubleshoot high level product issues or field complaints

Cypress, Ca

Directed team of up to six product development engineers, with responsibility for supervision, training, coordinating and evaluating performance. Coordinated with cross-functional teams to develop strategies in manufacturing, quality control, and marketing for new products to be used for commercial use. Played a key role in all facets of new product launches, including idea generation, development, manufacturing, quality assurance, field testing, and marketing. Experienced in supporting salesmen with technical problems and questions on company products. Orchestrated numerous conferences to assess and implement product and service improvements with sales. Head engineer to evaluate and suggest product solutions in line with client requirements and needs. Coordinated with the production department to manufacture cement products at multiple cement factories for distribution to domestic customers and implemented quality control procedures to ensure the best possible performance for each product. Promoted safety awareness by composing Safety Data Sheets (SDS) to conform to the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS), for all company products, which were distributed to employees company-wide. Head of a technical review committee consisting members from sales, marketing, quality assurance, and product development departments to evaluate marketing and technical aspects for all company products. Responsible to train all newly hired technical sales employees on company products and engineering applications.

Cypress, Ca

Created and developed commercial cement products from concept to commercialization. Designated as the head engineer in developing a single component low permeability cement product used in several states for repairing bridges. Designed and constructed custom experimental tests for theoretical analysis of composites and environmentally friendly products. Proficient with over 75 American Standards of Testing Materials for Cement/Concrete materials.

Manufacturing - Assembled humidifiers and fuel cells for placement in scooters and wheelchairs that were designed for senior citizens. Fabricated humidifiers and fuel cells for research development in alternative energy sources with the objective of providing low-cost options for consumers. Quality Assurance - Performed quality-control duties and tested fuel cells for assembly defects, manufacturing defects, and battery stability. Design Efficiency - Assisted in a more efficient fuel cell design which led to an increase of battery output by 15%.

Executive Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Engineering Management, Masters Of Engineering Management

Technical Management Program

UCLA Extension Technical Management Program

Bachelors Of Science, Materials Engineering

Activities and Societies: National Fraternity of Engineers (Triangle Fraternity)