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Chicago, Illinois, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Fort Worth, Texas, Us

Dallas, Texas, Us

Dfw Airport, Texas, Us

Manager of the engineering team responsible for developing high-performance products and solutions for logistics and material handling automation.- Supported the execution of large government contracts. - Developed estimates for engineering effort for bid and sales processes.- Engaged in developing engineering specifications for Supply Chain Management sub-suppliers and internal production teams.Salesforce Champion- Gathered requirements from users and stakeholders to develop a custom Salesforce App for a complex engineering documentation process. This resulted in potential efficiency gains of over 2,000 labor hours.- Created Trailmix for business users in my Org.- Continuously engaged with the Salesforce Administrators and business users to suggest improvements in the current Salesforce Org features.- Development of Engineering Task Management system utilizing Jira as a platform.- Development of training and certification platform utilizing Confluence as a platform.- Deployment of scalable and cost-effective method to train and certify engineering resources.Product development- Collaboration with Marketing and Sales teams to develop new technology solutions for material handling and optical character recognition systems.- Management of road-map of new solutions to be developed and offered to our customers.

Munich, De

Manager of the team responsible for design and configuration management of power distribution equipment (switchgear)- Directed the team responsible for developing new custom engineered designs for unique solutions. The engineering release process ran entirely in Salesforce.com through use of custom Objects and tool automation.- Responsible for assignment, scheduling and ensuring the team’s deliverables meet project deadlines. Used Salesforce.com for assignment and scheduling of Engineering Tasks (custom Object).- Responsible for Product Managers accountable for maintaining product features and configurations. Used Salesfoce.com to record cases to make updates and improvements to our product configurations.- Subject matter expert in software tools: NX/TeamCenter (3D CAD), SAP Configuration management (ERP System), Salesforce.com (Cloud CRM Platform).- Provided technical support to SCM and Production teams during the execution of projects. Used Salesforce Chatter as the main communication channel for all interactions with production and engineering teams.Driver of a culture of innovation and process improvement:- Integrated engineering design processes into Salesforce.com.- Analyzed business key indicators in Salesforce.com through reports, dashboards.- Implemented changes in engineering processes based on performance from reports and dashboards in Salesforce.com. - Worked with the internal development team to suggest changes and improvements in the Salesforce Org.- Directed the development of software tools in Visual Basic which automated BOM processes with SAP (ERP system).

Munich, De

Management of team responsible for engineering deliverables for Power Equipment Centers.- Used Salesforce reports and dashboards to forecast resource utilization in engineering teams.- Deployment of Quality Gate Process, which ensured the successful execution of a project. - Developed process for execution and documentation of engineering configuration management. - Supported PMO with the technical input required during the change order process.- Implementation of Siemens PLM 3D CAD Tools (Solid Edge, FEMAP).- Provided technical support to SCM and Production teams during the execution of projects.

Munich, De

Management of Medium Voltage Solution Projects- Managed from beginning to end 4 projects of total value exceeding $12,000,000, exceeded 10% of expected profit.- Supported sales team during quotation stages providing the project management framework that was presented to the customer and eventually led to the award of the Purchase Order. - Obtained Project Management Practitioner (PMP) certification by the Project Management Institute (PMI) within the first 6 months after hire date.

Munich, De

Improvement of Quality critical KPIs- Managed integral improvement projects, involving Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing and Assembly teams. - Led QA team in an initiative to decrease Defects Per Panel identified during testing.- Established a system requiring direct interaction with MV1 US Engineering teams resulting in a 33% reduction in response time to resolve quality defects.- Managed a project to implement FMEA, 8D, and PDCA methodologies.

Munich, De

Project Engineering LiaisonAddressed engineering issues identified on the assembly lines.- Provided resolution for most issues identified on the assembly line and only forwarded major issues to US-based engineering team, resulting in immediate improvement of the assembly line performance.- Led continuous improvement initiatives to reduce recurrent problems in mechanical assemblies.- Ensured that all customer specific requirements were fulfilled during assembly processes- Identified customer requirements during hand-over to the factory and provided instruction to assembly and testing teams. - Engaged customers during FAT releases and responded to questions and concerns regarding project engineering details resulting in increased customer satisfaction and a quicker release.

Schenectady, Ny, Us

CE Certification of GE Energy products- Developed the certification process for GE Energy products in the European Union. - Identified impact of local regulations (MEX and USA) on the equipment and design of the GE Energy products.

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Master Of Business Administration - Mba