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Offering consulting services for clean hydrogen focused companies. Specializing in process development, system integration, scale-up, risk assessment, and controls development.

Responsible for building an engineering organization capable of commercializing and scaling production of next generation alkaline electrolyzers. Additional responsibilities include developing infrastructure, establishing and reinforcing core design processes and controls, and implementation of PLM and quality management systems.

Engineering Manager: Manage engineers and contractors responsible for the development and manufacturing of hydrogen production equipment for fuel cell power generation. Responsibilities include:• Determining strategic direction for research & development for hydrogen generation systems• Creation and management of internal and external training modules• Technical leadership for business development activities related to hydrogen generation • Leading project managers working on new product development• Developing new suppliers and overseeing transition of production• Establishing quality control at suppliers through PFMEA’s, Control Plans, and other key processes to reduce COPQ on incoming parts• Leading customer support teams working on field issues• Launching new products by managing development from concept stage to field deployment

Managed salary & hourly employees in a factory producing $250MM worth of finished goods annually. Owned several key factory cells that represented production bottlenecks. Redefined the roles & responsibilities of engineering and hourly staff under my supervision to improve overall efficiency. Responsible for transitioning production strategies and equipment designs to new overseas factory as well as training overseas staff. Accomplishments include:• Developed and executed hiring plans to ensure efficient 24/7 operation• Procured and deployed new capital equipment • Improved machine availability and uptime by 50% through standardization of test equipment and optimization of maintenance cycles• Reduced test cell manpower needs by 50%• Decreased cell cycle times by 70%• Built organizational depth and improved employee retention through creation of new training and rotation programs• Integrated new data driven approach between test & reliability engineering that resulted in improved failure detection and performance predictions

Senior technical leader in the engineering organization. Managed several direct reports and contractors. Responsible for technical readiness of new products and maintaining health of fuel processing & hydrogen generation engineering discipline. • Managed design, development, and implementation of engineering programs focusing on cost reduction and reliability improvement• Performed market assessments for fuel cell applications, determined technical and economic barriers to introduction, developed technology plans to overcome barriers• Managed failure analysis investigations and used results to drive process improvements• Member of bankruptcy transition team that facilitated sale of Clearedge Power’s assets to Doosan Corporation

Executed product development programs for fuel cell systems in various roles of increasing responsibility. Roles included project manager, lead engineer, laboratory manager, and individual contributor.Accomplishments include:• Successfully designed next generation catalytic reactors and heat exchangers• Designed, built, & tested pilot units• Trained new suppliers & transitioned production between suppliers• Executed DFMEA’s, PFMEA’s, and HAZOPs’ with internal and external engineering teams• Designed new capital equipment for manufacturing capacity improvements• Managed projects focusing on new product development from concept stage through field deployment

Worked on new technology and helped bring it from concept stage to production and field trial stage. Projects included PEM fuel cell work, indoor air quality, catalyst development, and energy storage. Responsibilities included:• Designing and executing laboratory test plans• Building laboratory capabilities and implementing automation to improve efficiency• Supplier and manufacturing support• Analyses of competing technologies