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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.