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Detroit, MI, US

Detroit Metropolitan Area

Greater Milwaukee Area

Warren, OH

• Expanded the Engineering Department from (4) to more than (12) engineers and structured the Engineering Department into manufacturing, mechanical, electrical, controls and software divisions
• Successfully led the Engineering Department, integrators, contractors and suppliers, through the design, manufacturing, installation and commissioning of modular, fully-automated parking systems
• Budgeted and managed the operations of two projects, worth $6.2M and $12.1M
• Slashed project… Show more
• Slashed project costs by 43%, an estimated $8.3M savings for projects in 2018, with strategic design changes which improved manufacturability and reduced installation expenses
• Prevented losses of tens of thousands of dollars by developing a test station to conduct the company’s first ever, Factory Acceptance Testing, where corrections were made to first-article weldments and control panels.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Designed, installed and commissioned electromechanical subsystems of the AIA award-winning Helm’s Bakery AUTOParkit™ System in Culver City, CA
• Wrote and debugged the PLC program and algorithms, which enable the system to simultaneously operate the various subsystems and efficiently store and retrieve user vehicles
• Configured industrial control components including VFDs, I/O, PLCs, Network Access Devices, and Safety Sensing Equipment.

Phoenix, AZ

• Provided product options, pricing and support to a $35M OEM western region business
• Led industrial control product trainings and fostered relationships with local channel partners

East Lansing, Michigan Area

• Responsible for the 3D CAD design and fabrication of the team’s first composite solar car shell.
• This achievement qualified MSU for the 2012 American Solar Car Challenge for the first time in university history.
• Led a team of one dozen diverse individuals, including industrial machinists, welders, resin transfer molding specialists and engineers, towards the common goal of building a national championship caliber solar car.
• Designed, FEA tested, fabricated and welded a… Show more
• Designed, FEA tested, fabricated and welded a chromoly chassis safe enough to be approved as street legal.
• Consulted with leaders of industry to procure sponsorship and mentorship, improving the integrity of both solar car and team.

East Lansing, Michigan

• Developed an organized substructure of the mechanical and electrical teams to achieve accountability amongst members.
• Organized a detailed timeline with realistic goals for each of the many delegated tasks in the current build cycle.
• Asserted my leadership as race crew manager; bartered with teams to secure resources vital to our success on the track.
• Capitalized on my leadership opportunities by assessing and reflecting on the optimum approach to particular situations.

Greater Detroit Area

• Effectively communicated results and recommendations through written and drawn deliverables.
• Analyzed boiler unit history and assessed piping conditions in order to develop periodic outage inspection requirements.
• Identified potential piping failures and recommended modifications with installation schematics, drawings and quotes.
• Quickly adopted company documentation, drawing and analysis software. (Documentum, Aware, Microstation, CAEpipe)
• Managed half a dozen concurrent… Show more
• Managed half a dozen concurrent projects, incorporated methods to remain organized and up-to-date.

Jackson, Michigan Area

• Developed an understanding of the many divisions that collaborate within a Manufacturing Plant.
• Identified the concepts and features critical in tool design by collaborating with tooling design engineers, dismantling and assembling dozens of tools and reworking hundreds of injection-molded parts.
• Discovered that operator inconsistencies in visual quality checks were the reason for an out-of-spec part.
• Saved the Tooling Department tens of thousands of dollars by refining the… Show more
• Saved the Tooling Department tens of thousands of dollars by refining the quality check process.
• Prepared office layout alternatives to solve a space management conflict and improve office efficiency.