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Easton, Maryland

Sales and service for treasured family horological heirlooms.

Delmarva Penninsula, Maryland Area

Corvair Madness (building a mid-engine V8 Corvair with Porsche Boxster S transaxle)Antique Clock Repair (A lifelong hobby)Visiting our National Parks (A lifetime bucket list item)Getting married! (To a wonderful girl who shares my passions)We will be merging our two Corvairs each into one four Corvair fleet. (Air Cooled Rules!)

Auburn Hills, Mi

RETIRED effective 13 Apr 2016!Manage electronic engine management systems projects: Direct, monitor and control project quality, coordinate hardware, software, design, lab and vehicle testing programs. Issue resolution, root cause determination and corrective/preventative action implementation.

Project manager for biomedical orthopedic implant metal component manufacture. Exotic metal forgings, machining and specialized coatings with a global customer base. Working with customers, suppliers and designers internationally to deliver optimal solutions meeting the customers needs and requirements.

Business process improvement coaching using Lean Six-Sigma and Theory of Constraints approaches as well as complete process architecture combining systems thinking and leverage points.Value added services supporting small to medium size businesses seeking ISO 9001:2008 and TS 16949:2009 certifications. Quality Management System development, training, internal auditing and corrective action implementation.

Charlotte, Mi

I have done antique clock repair from time to time for over 20 years. It has all the features of a full sized business: Marketing, sales, customer service and satisfaction, work flow design, production, purchasing, inventory control and accounting for profit and loss.

Lead Defense Products Mechanical Design Group projects to on-time and under budget completion and achieving ISO certification for Defense Products vocation.

Fowlerville, Mi

High temperature ceramics design and manufacture serving the molten metal delivery and heat treatment oven industry. Increased Department productivity 27% through design systems integration and use of Theory of Constraints principles. Increased on-time project delivery from 50% to 98% with project scheduling software. Rex Roto Corporation is the business unit over which I had control.

Lead design, prototype and technical writer team to design and develop new air suspension and control system products. Achieved cost reduction and gross margin enhancement up to 23%. Created new product lines resulting in additional 5% net sales.

Led new product introduction and launch, prototyping, pre-production and customer technical contact. Increased on-time delivery of new product launches from 29% to 87% by improved scheduling. Improved first time approval of PPAP's from 67% to 91% by mentoring project management techniques.

Bearing Application Engineering: Customer interface, multi-national teams, analyze warranty returns, root cause analysis, determination of corrective actions, continuous improvement. Built and led international teams with internal and external suppliers and customers. Increased field life nearly 100% by determining systemic issues from warranty field returns.

Led spirited team in new product introductions. Supervised 14 Toolmakers, Tool Designers and Manager, and Process Engineers. Reduced production scrap rate by 17% by leading customer to change product design. Enhanced production up time by 7% through initiating predictive maintenance on tooling. Decreased production line changeover time 80% with new procedures equipment additions.

Designed new and modified existing product designs, FEM/FEA, customer technical liaison, production implementation. Reduced average weight of product line 3% which reduced manufacturing costs. Increased sales $25M by developing unique military Runflat tire-wheel system enabling continued vehicle mobility after complete deflation by gunfire. Decreased costs 6% or $1M /year by leading Value Analysis/Value Engineering efforts. Granted nine US patents in 17 years.

Design layout drafter for all areas of the vehicle: cab, chassis, drive train, electrical and pneumatic brake control systems.

Bachelors, Science - Mechanical Engineering

Master'S, Science - Management

As, Industrial Drafting Technology

Graduated Cum Laude