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Chapel Hill, Nc, Us

Cary, Nc, Us

•Develops and implements procurement strategies, optimizing supplier relationships and reducing costs.•Directs a team of Commodity Managers in the negotiation and management of supplier contracts, ensuring favorable terms and conditions.•Implements innovative procurement processes, enhancing efficiency and streamlining the supply chain to meet organizational goals.•Conducts market research and analysis to stay abreast of industry trends, identifying opportunities for cost savings and process improvements.

Cary, Nc, Us

• Responsible for overseeing Trilliant’s contract manufacturing partners in the production and supply chain of various IoT products. Monitors CM’s performance against established metrics and implements corrective actions as needed. • Manages production validation testing and ensures that new products are promoted from the PVT stage to General Availability. Leads relocations of the production lines.• Develops and implements strategies to optimize the supply chain process. Identifies and mitigates critical components risks. Collaborates with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on forecasts, production and supply chain strategies.

Zurich, Zh, Ch

•Manages multimillion-dollar projects that deliver complete engineered electrical distribution packages to the customers, primarily for the commercial construction industry. Packages include medium and low voltage applications by integrating various ABB products. •Effectively coordinates between internal departments to ensure project deliverables are met on time. Revises the project scope to meet changing client requirements, and negotiates the change order pricing with a goal to enhance the project margins. •Represents the company as a single point of contact to the customers for all technical, commercial, and quality aspects of projects from the start to completion.

Zurich, Zh, Ch

• The technology product owner for Low Voltage Switchgear product line, which is a part of engineered solutions portfolio of power distribution and controls equipment. • Develops solutions to field issues, holds Change Implementation Board (CIB) meetings between technology and manufacturing, reviews, and approves Change Notice releases.• Manages product intellectual property through its life cycle, mentors engineers, guides requisition engineering, prioritizes, and distributes workload among team members.

Chicago, Us

• Technology team member working on new product introduction projects for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines used in the healthcare industry. Focused on mechanical design for the cryostat cooling system of the superconducting magnets.• Develops design solutions to field issues, and manages their implementation from engineering test plan stage to full production by following strict FDA rules.

Boulogne-Billancourt, Île-De-France, Fr

• A member of a global technology team which focuses on the new product introduction for the industrial power equipment market. Concurrently manages multiple projects by monitoring progress and quality, to ensure scheduling requirements are met. • Directs efforts of design team members providing leadership, mentoring, and checking of work from concept to the production ready stage. Uses in-house prototype shop equipment such as 3D printer, 3D scanner, and various metal fabricating machines to speed up the prototype development time. Utilizes PLM tools and practices to manage product intellectual property through its lifecycle.• Assisting customers on creation of Product Technical Specifications for engineered to order solutions. Writes test plans for product certification testing per IEEE, IEC, UL guidelines, and other applicable industry codes and standards.

Huntington, Wv, Us

• Develops new products ranging from components to complex electromechanical assemblies which have tough requirements for precision, size, reliability and cost in the underground mining market. • Creates 3D models, and 2D engineering drawings for complete mechanical designs, with details, and layouts from concept to the production ready stage.• Follows various design guidelines/regulations such as IEEE, IECex, federal regulatory agency MSHA, and other applicable codes. Accompanies prototypes to the third party testing laboratories which are then tested to the appropriate industry standard, to insure safety of the developed products.• Interfaces with Production Manager, and shop floor supervisors to coordinate, or monitor the technical aspects of production, including selection of manufacturing methods, fabrication, or operation of product designs.• Exchanges Company’s intellectual property with overseas sister companies to assist in future product development. • Researches existing patents and works with the company lawyer on technical write-ups for the new patent submittals. Writes technical design guidelines for in-house engineering drafting team, and monitors the work of an outside engineering design firm.

• Analyzes vibration spectral data on various types of rotating equipment in the coal mining, plastics and steel industries, thus economically prioritizes recommendations for the necessary maintenance work in order to increase equipment life, and customer’s uptime. • Planned and executed Experimental Modal Analysis, ODS Analysis and other sound and vibration tests in order to troubleshoot equipment faults. • Utilizes customer service skill to start PM programs for new customers. Involved in a team that installs, and sets up vibration and temperature condition monitoring equipment on the rotating equipment.• Additional technologies used in troubleshooting the machinery are ultrasonic readings, motor current signature analysis testing, and infrared testing.

B.S., Mechanical Engineering

A.S., Math And Science