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Aurora, Ohio, United States

Twinsburg Ohio

• Product Development Engineer — LED Development Group 2019 – PresentManage multinational (India, China, Taiwan, and Germany) product development, launch, and growth including sales, marketing, engineering, sourcing.
• Improve product life cycle by adjusting margin levels and average sales price to maximize financial yield, allowing for optimal transition between multiple product versions ensuring stable/growing market demand.
• Manage new LED product development and introduction, leading to increased product efficiency (up to 25% increase in product lifespan) and cost-effective designs (up to 35% reduction in delivered cost)
• Responsible for project management activities to maintain Energy Star and Design Lights Consortium (DLC) certification required for sales of all LED products in the US and Canada.
• Lead technical instructor for Venture Lighting at regional sales meetings, regional representatives, trade show, agents/customers visits, and the internal Venture Lighting sales team.

Twinsburg Ohio

• Project Engineer – LED Development Group 2015 – 2019Project Engineer / Manager of revenue growth initiatives including metal halide lamp line, LED fixtures, and retrofit lamp development which have been the cornerstone.
• Designed R&D testing procedures for accurate, reliable, and rapid testing of new products, ensuring time savings of new product verification as well as current product maintenance.
• Responsible for set-up, introduction, and streamlining of assembly processes for pre-configured LED fixture lines, thus reducing inventory and SKU count through the coordination of China/India based suppliers.
• Standardized process to calibrate and service photometric and electrical lab equipment needed for LED and HID verification, resulting in increased turnaround time of new product potential.
• Performed custom LED driver, fixture, and enclosure testing for all indoor domestic and foreign product compliance.
• Constructed R&D tests for new product development and current product improvement including writing and approving Engineering Change Notice documentation for Indian process facility dealing with new and existing.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

• Led R&D materials testing and new product development while coordinating efficiency improvements at three production facilities, including safety and work hazard audits.
• Initiated heat transfer modeling of graphitic material using COMSOL finite element analysis simulation software coupled with Rhinoceros 3D modeling, achieving predictable graphitization schedules.
• Managed implementation, and on-going operations of a $200K DSS furnace including developing strategies and modifications to the Hot Zone design resulting in a successful on time product launch.
• Identified new grade materials with superior performance qualities providing the necessary business case for a $1.5M investment in a proprietary mixer to produce the new product.
• Supported the Application Engineering business with competitor material testing and new grade development for new product applications, resulting in a database of material properties used for new product development as.
• Wrote and edited best practices for ‘standard practices and procedures’ for R&D and plant work, leading to cohesive techniques in standard operating procedures across three production facilities.

Greater Chicago Area

• Responsible for building and operating lab pilot plants on various projects to test catalysts including designing and manufacturing testing hardware for the team
• Prepared catalysts for Ethylene Oxidation utilizing matrix methodology for screening and identifying key catalyst
• Coordinated testing procedures with partner firms of UOP on weekly basis
• Led bench scale research on catalyst identification and dispersion
• Prepared autoclave products through the process of filtration, centrifuge, and rotavaping for analytical testing
• Received Sig Sigma Green Belt certification – discovered new identification technique for mesophase using XRD peak shifts with the benefit of time and cost savings

Parma Ohio

• Conducted research as part of team to identify new applications for carbon foam resulting in a granted patent
• Designed and performed bench scale and full scale ASTM tests on a variety of materials on a bi-monthly basis supporting the Applied Sciences Group
• Involved in chemical experimentation including resins, cements and chemical baths; Research led to new and unique applications for carbon products, primarily in fire prevention
• Received ‘Recognition Award for preventing a raw material crisis in the South Africa plant

Bachelor'S Degree, Physics

Activities and Societies: NASA thin film laboratory researcher

Physics

Activities and Societies: Sigma Chi