Howard Schimmoller Email & Phone Number

Howard is a Manager at Kalypso with over 35 years of industry and consulting experience where he has served Medical Device Manufacturing, High-Tech, Aerospace, and Industrial clients. He brings diverse experience of software selection and implementation including Design, Simulation, and Product Lifecycle Management. He combines extensive engineering product development and manufacturing process development knowledge with IT implementation expertise to guide organizational change. Howard joined Kalypso with a strong history of collaborative problem solving across industry, management, engineering, manufacturing, and IT teams. As an independent consultant, he advised start-up companies developing innovative engineering software technologies. While at Lockheed Martin, he guided a variety of Engineering IT initiatives to deliver real returns on investments.Project Manager with expertise in engineering modeling, simulation, analysis, manufacturing, and PLM, as well as the implementation of the associated processes and software.Consultant with engineering software evaluation and implementation expertise. Steering suppliers, researchers, and developers of engineering software to position their product and services by providing an objective ‘voice of the customer' viewpoint. Helping engineering software buyers realize better returns on investments by building practical strategic road maps and pragmatic implementation plans.Engineering Process Improvement Project Leader responsible for assessing business and engineering processes, collecting, validating and analyzing needs. Transformed needs into value recommendations used to build consensus.Technical Leader recognized for expertise in designing high-volume, military quality electronics. Led electro-mechanical packaging research and technology development efforts for various shipboard, spacecraft, rocket, missile, and aircraft products. Responsible for transitioning laboratory technologies to high-volume production.Specialties: Product Life Cycle Management - Windchill and Pro/IntralinkSystems – COSYSMO and DoorsModeling & Simulation – Matlab, Satellite Tool Kit, Protégé, ModelCenter, MathCAD, and FreemindMechanical – Pro/ENGINEER, I-Deas, NASTRAN, and ANSYSWeb & Multimedia Development – Microsoft Office, FrontPage, and SharePoint Designer, Adobe Photoshop and Premiere, TechSmith SnagIt and Camtasia, MediaWIKI, JavaScript, and HTMLProgramming Languages – C, Unix Shell, Numerical Machine Control, and various APIs

Listed skills include Systems Engineering, Product Lifecycle Management, Six Sigma, Project Management, and 45 others.