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Lynchburg, Virginia, United States

Greenville, South Carolina, United States

Greenville, South Carolina, United States

• Manage the application and design of 3 product lines for annual sales volume of 6MM and supervising the activities of 4 people
• Led the standardization of single filers, slow down modules and inspection and rejection modules.
• Support the Service Department with troubleshooting customer issues to determine root cause and provide corrective action.
• Support the Applications Engineering Department with customized solutions to meet the customer’s expectations. This also includes the maintenance of the conveyor pricing sheet and the conveyor layout program.

Greenville, South Carolina, United States

• Managed the application engineering and execution project management groups for all product lines for annual sales volume of 100MM and the activities of 26 people
• Developed new proposal format and pricing tools which decreased time to consolidate integration proposals by 75%.
• Developed new Purchase Order Acknowledgement (POA) utilizing the new proposal format along with a milestone schedule to establish customer accountability during the execution phase of a project.
• Developed new Project Transition form to establish a formal handoff between execution and service based upon customer approved performance which is also used for recognizing revenue.
• Supported additional revenue of 4 million without adding additional headcount even though the department was running at 80%+ utilization.

Greenville, South Carolina, United States

• Managed the application and design of 6 product lines for annual sales volume of 7MM and supervising the activities of 7 people
• Increased department’s design engineering efficiency by over 40% through product standardization and use of common parts.
• Developed metrics for measuring performance based on estimated labor hours versus actual labor hours.
• Reached variable margin goal of 30% for mechanical conveying products.
• Directed the standardization and improvements of the 7100 product line to reduce release time from 35 to 4 hours.
• Supported additional revenue of 4 million without adding additional headcount even though the department was running at 80%+ utilization.

Forest, Virginia, United States

• Developed applications to automate and standardize the engineering design of 6 product lines. This included the generation of all part drawings and assemblies along with bills of materials.
• Developed an application for creating customer quotations including equipment layouts, specifications and itemization.
• Created a custom business system for tracking quotations and automating order entry, requisitioning, purchasing and shipping.

Bedford, Virginia, United States

• Developed and implemented an internal system to monitor the process of orders from the order entry through final design and installation.
• Directed the engineering, purchasing and assembly operations.
• Designed and purchased all parts required for assigned projects.

Lynchburg, Virginia, United States

• Managed the sales, development, engineering, procurement and assembly of 5 product lines for annual sales volume of 3MM while administering the efforts of 4 salespeople and supervising over 7 people.

Owings Mills, Maryland, United States

• Managed the design and application of 16 product lines for annual sales volume of 20MM while coordinating the efforts of 2 product managers and supervising over 20 people in multiple locations.
• Reached gross profit goals of 35% for mechanical conveying products and 40% for air conveying products.
• Initiated vendor consolidation between multiple locations, resulting in improved volume discounts and value-added expertise.
• Retained administration of ERP business system (MAS200), Microsoft Access database applications and CAD software to eliminate the need for additional IT resources.

Owings Mills, Maryland, United States

• Managed all IT functions for 140+ on- and off-site users and a $250,000+ capital budget with the assistance of a staff of 1 person.
• Maintained and administered ERP business system (MAS200) for 40+ users.
• Implemented WAN for multi-state network utilizing T1 tie lines allowing for real time data access and direct PBX to PBX voice communications.
• Provided secured access for remote employees by installing a Cisco PIX firewall and a VPN solution.
• Managed and negotiated contracts for services of provided by telecommunications vendors.

Lynchburg, Virginia, United States

• Directed the activities of an engineering services, documentation and systems department for the operations side of a $50 million division which included the supervision of 7 people.
• Developed innovative redesigns of manufactured products to improve manufacturability and standardize designs while maintaining and developing CAD standards.
• Managed the creation of applications to automate and reengineer business and engineering processes.
• Supported a Novell/Microsoft network of 60+ users in engineering and project management and assisted the corporate IT department with another 40+ users while managing a capital budget for hardware and software.
• Planned and selected engineering document management system and administered CAD software.
• Participated in the expansion of a MAPICS XA business system into engineering department.

Lynchburg, Virginia, United States

• Created engineering applications to streamline engineering process to eliminate manual tasks.
• Developed a system for tracking proposals, orders and warranty incidents for use by all departments.
• Assisted in the design of mechanical components for systems when backlog exceeded available resources.

Lynchburg, Virginia, United States

• Developed a layout/proposal/pricing program for quoting conveyor systems.
• Directed the implementation of new computer network to increase company’s efficiency.
• Developed a database application to process sales orders, accounts receivables and accounts payables.

Owings Mills, Maryland, United States

• Designed mechanical components for entire packaging systems for the food, consumer products and beverage industries.
• Instituted engineering standards for several product lines improving designs and manufacturability.

Lynchburg, Virginia, United States

• Designed and tested new products and redesigned current products to decrease cost and improve reliability.
• Designed mechanical components and developed applications reducing rework and decreasing design time.