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San Diego, California, United States

• Provide technical and commercial leadership to support International O&G new equipment sales from initial stages to PO• Review customer specifications to understand requirements and optimize turbomachinery selections for technical proposal• Price custom features and equipment to prepare commercial proposal, manage project margin• Responsible for completeness and accuracy of technical and commercial proposals prior to hand-over to Project Management

San Diego, California, United States

San Diego, Ca

Area Coordinator:- Select, train, instruct and motivate a team of Quality Test Technicians to meet department goals and objectives- Manage production needs and staffing to meet safety, quality, cost and delivery goals- Actively develop direct reports to aid in career advancementTest Engineer:- Coordinates, conducts, documents and validates test programs to asses quality of industrial turbines- Responsible for running and validating test data for all of Solar's industrial turbine product offerings- Regularly work with interdisciplinary teams to troubleshoot issues that occur during testing- Actively work with design engineering to validate product enhancements being tested for first time- Interfaces with Business Management and Project Management to host customers on site for customer observed testing

Mapleton, Illinois

• Lead $350K experimental robotic sand core machining capital project from concept to validation• Managed an additional $265K spend on various capital projects in multiple departments throughout the foundry• Repurposed multiple pieces of stored surplus equipment saving Caterpillar an estimated $230K• Performed financial analysis and justification for 2 capital projects resulting in $7.8M capital spend• Continued to develop my leadership skills in a union facility by covering OT for operations on the weekends and off shifts

Booneville, Mississippi

- Managed 43 hourly employees across 3 value streams- Temporarily managed 82 hourly employees across 6 value streams for 5 months during a supervisor transition- Achieved 96% supplier delivery performance and 18.2% variable labor efficiency improvement from previous year- Back filled 55 positions throughout the year and managed through 33% operator turnover in October while maintaining production performance- Developed 2 successful value stream Team Leaders from entry level operator positions

San Diego, Ca

- Responsible for generating standard work for the assembly of custom engineered turbine packages- Optimized 9 standard work sequence templates to reduce generation time for any product by 75%- Lead a team on a DMAIC project eliminating leaking fittings previously found on 65% of packages- Completed multiple projects to increase safety, quality and velocity in package assembly process

Atlanta, Georgia

- Worked to develop a new route scheduling model for the Peak Expedite Season at UPS- Used CPLEX in conjunction with Python to minimize schedule cost considering load reliability and driver work week- 2nd Place Finalist - Georgia Tech Industrial and Systems Engineering Senior Design

Charleston, South Carolina

3 Semester Rotational Program- Updated plant layouts using CAD (MicroStation)- Responsible for writing, designing, and coordinating work requests (SAP)- Performed time studies and delay studies - Participated in ergonomic evaluations and improvements- Designed, implemented, and improved material handling systems- Participated in Lean Line Design/Continuous Flow Workshops - Responsible for a large operator utilization project from inception to completionSupported projects focused on Lean Manufacturing Principles such as: - Value Stream Mapping - 5S - Pull Systems/Kanban - Quick Changeover - Physical mock-ups/simulations - Standard WorkTraining: - SAP - Microstation - Bosch Production Systems 100 Workshop - Standard Work Workshop - Value Stream Mapping Workshop

Atlanta

- Tutor at Homework Hotline call center answering K-12 students' questions in all subjects- Mentor in 5th Grade math class at Centennial Place Elementary School- Mentor in 3rd Grade math class at Centennial Place Elementary School

Canton, Ga

Coached children ranging from 3 to 18 years old during the summer swim season.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Industrial And Systems Engineering - Economic And Financial Systems, Alumni

Activities and Societies: - Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity - President - Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity - House Manager - Georgia Tech Triathlon.

Worcester College, Summer Study Abroad Program

Visited 10 Countries and 20 Cities experiencing a wide variety of cultures and language barriers.