Resolutely persistent, customer-focused engineering leader known for “extremely high” technical ability and developing innovative “high value-add, workable solutions” to complex technical problems. Consistently accurate estimator “with a sharp eye on the budget.” “One of the most ethical and trustworthy individuals I have ever met.” * (*Quotations from reference letters)Career Highlights* Created a master project plan template, which is used company-wide and projected to make it possible to achieve project deadlines* Designed a new product that had considerable space and weight savings while improving performance and opened the door to many new opportunities in a highly competitive market* Always estimated projects cost to within 10% of the actual cost* Saved the company by correcting design flaws in the company’s only product and resolved single customer’s justified dissatisfaction* Saved over $2 million annually by a careful examination of all activities, prioritization of tasks, and creating in-house capacities that triggered a significant increase in the quality of design, customer satisfaction* Created workflow and processes for: design work, documentation, field work, procurement, communications, etc. that improved traceability and drove significant accountability, productivity and efficiency increases* Played a key role in product revisions that resolved several difficult technical hurdles and made a $100 million IPO happen* Secured the equivalent of $10 million in financial support for a fuel cell processor development program by approaching different State agencies and the private sector* Created energy savings and efficiency enhancement practices for a combined-cycle power plant that cut plant energy costs by $2.5 million annually* Initiated a recruiting program for both highly qualified faculty members and graduate students that tripled the number of graduate students, and launched the inauguration of a new Master’s program