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Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

P&P Optica (PPO) specializes in advanced optical technology and imaging solutions for the food industry. PPO's expertise lies in hyperspectral imaging and data analysis, allowing businesses to significantly improve food safety, enhance product quality, and optimize processes. PPO's Smart Imaging Systems are designed and built to withstand the extreme environments in the food industry while still meeting safety and sanitation requirements.Responsible for the Hardware Engineering Team and Production at PPO (10-12 FT staff). This is a cross-functional team of mechanical, electrical, automation and optics engineers as well as technicians and specialists.Engineering development includes new product designs to expand PPO's product portfolio and ongoing initiatives to support and improve existing systems.Production focuses on fabrication, assembly, integration, and testing of new imaging systems for delivery to customers along with supporting functional areas (supply chain management, supplier management, and QA/QC).Actively collaborating with international fabricators to expand PPO's presence in North America, Europe, and Australia.Reporting to the COO, areas of focus also include strategic planning and execution, operations management, and driving best practices within in our engineering team.

Waterloo, Ontario

P&P Optica (PPO) specializes in advanced optical technology and imaging solutions for the food industry. PPO's expertise lies in hyperspectral imaging and data analysis, allowing businesses to significantly improve food safety, enhance product quality, and optimize processes. PPO's Smart Imaging Systems are designed and built to withstand the extreme environments in the food industry while still meeting safety and sanitation requirements.Highlights:- Part of the Senior Leadership team and accountable for executing on business strategy.- Expanded the Hardware team to meet engineering and production demand.- Directed the design, development, and launch of the second generation Smart Imaging Systems that leveraged lessons learned and customer feedback from the original design.- Coordinated the mechanical and electrical standardization of all Smart Imaging System designs to reduce material, labor, and inventory costs.- Developed and managed the Hardware team budget and resourcing plan to ensure the team could deliver on critical business goals.- Mentored and onboarded new engineering hires, providing guidance on technical skills, company processes, and project integration.

Waterloo, Ontario

P&P Optica (PPO) specializes in advanced optical technology and imaging solutions for the food industry. PPO's expertise lies in hyperspectral imaging and data analysis, allowing businesses to significantly improve food safety, enhance product quality, and optimize processes. PPO's Smart Imaging Systems are designed and built to withstand the extreme environments in the food industry while still meeting safety and sanitation requirements.Highlights:- Worked extensively with a cross-functional team of engineers to define engineering requirements and the testing required to prove/disprove major design assumptions and knowledge gaps.- Led the effort to develop the mechanical, electrical, and automation architecture for PPO’s first Smart Imaging System. - Prototyped, tested and iterated upon several major designs to ensure critical requirements were met.- Coordinated the engineering team to fabricate, integrate, and test PPO's first Smart Imaging System.- Implemented numerous internal engineering standards to ensure consistency and quality of work throughout the hardware team.

Kitchener, Ontario

Christie's Cinema Business Unit engineers digital projection systems that meet stringent Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) requirements. This business unit works closely with the ProAV business unit to implement new technologies on the next generation of Christie high-end digital projectors.Highlights:- Led the design (from concept-phase to mass production) of two critical modules in the business’ next flagship product. - Managed and coordinated the introduction of this product into production. Over 400 issues, enhancements, and suggestions were recorded, tracked, and implemented.- Spearheaded initiatives to develop and implement new standards and guidelines for the engineering design of electro-mechanical modules.

Kitchener, Ontario

Christie's Entertainment Solutions Business Unit designs ultra high-end digital projection systems that meet stringent Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) requirements. These designs are then prototyped, run through a gamut of engineering tests, and ultimately released to mass production.Highlights:- Managed numerous engineering product support and enhancement projects designed to improve performance and reliability in existing products.- Worked extensively with the operations and production teams to implement engineering solutions that reduced assembly issues on the main line, improved process times, and reduced material and labor costs.- Led a team in a successful project to re-fresh, re-design, and release a new digital cinema projector in the Kitchener, Canada and Shenzhen, China manufacturing facilities.-Directly managed and mentored multiple co-op students every term to help advance and support engineering projects in the organization.

Kitchener, Ontario

Christie's Entertainment Solutions Business Unit designs ultra high-end digital projection systems that meet stringent Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) requirements. These designs are then prototyped, run through a gamut of engineering tests, and ultimately released to mass production.Highlights:- Designed, prototyped, and tested several modules for Christie digital cinema projectors. - Performed thermal, vibration, and optical testing on new designs.- Generated component, system drawings, and bills of materials using Solidworks and AutoCAD.- Traveled to Shenzhen, China as part of an engineering team to coordinate the manufacturing launch of a new product.- Worked closely with the operations and production teams in Kitchener to ensure lessons-learned from previous projects were implemented on new designs.

Bolton, Ontario

Kitchener, Ontario

Kitchener, Ontario

Cambridge, Ontario

Cambridge, Ontario

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Bachelor Of Applied Science (Basc), Mechatronics, Robotics, And Automation Engineering

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