Jeffrey Gerardo Email & Phone Number

Kalamazoo, Mi, Us

Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

Provide product development and manufacturing solution expertise as part of the development of customer proposals, strategy and project implementations. Manage detailed project plans, project teams for solution delivery as well as create presentations and lead business / executive reviews.2023SOLUTION ARCHITECT AND PROJECT MANAGER, WINDCHILL IMPLEMENTATIONManaged the development and deployment of a Windchill CAD solution for a newly formed manufacturing company. The scope included a new instance of Windchill 12.1 for Creo integration and CAD Part release. 2023SOLUTION ARCHITECT AND PROJECT MANAGER, TEAMCENTER UPGRADEManaged the development and deployment of a Teamcenter upgrade from 13.2 to 14.2 for a mid-sized boat manufacturer. The scope included the core Teamcenter upgrade, NX upgrade to 2212, AutoCAD and SolidWorks integration upgrades, as well as converting to SAML SSO and delivering the BMIDE updates using Azure DevOps and Teamcenter Deployment Center. 2023PROJECT MANAGER, TEAMCENTER CATIA INTEGRATION UPGRADEManaged the deployment of a Teamcenter Catia integration upgrade to 13.2 for a large aerospace company. The scope included re-installing, validating, and deploying the server upgrade with the customer. 2022-2023SOLUTION ARCHITECT AND PROJECT MANAGER, PLANVIEW PPM PROManaged the development, deployment and support of a Planview PPM Pro solution for a mid-sized boat manufacturer. The scope was program, project and resource management.2021PROJECT MANAGER, MICROSOFT DYNAMICS FINANCIALSManaged the delivery of a Microsoft Dynamics solution for a newly formed aerospace company. The scope was GL/Chart of Accounts, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable. 2020-2022SOLUTION ARCHITECT AND PROJECT MANAGER, PLANVIEW ENTERPRISE ONEManaged the deployment of Planview PPM solution for a mid-sized automotive supplier. The scope was program, project and resource management.

Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

Took early retirement package from Whirlpool Corporation June 30th 2020. Evaluating IT positions leveraging product development/PLM, manufacturing, project management and software development skills.

Benton Harbor, Michigan Area

Managed / led strategy, software selection, business analysis, design, development, implementation and support of various software solutions - SAP, Windchill, Rational, Cadence and various custom developed systems in a variety of business areas - consumer services, sales and marketing, procurement, manufacturing, quality, electronics and product development.The last 12 years have been in Product Development. Highlights include leading the global electronics team in a transition to PTC Windchill, IBM Rational, and from Mentor Graphics to Cadence. Architected and delivered a ‘Global Product Approval’ system that integrated IBM Rational, PTC Windchill and SAP to track testing/approval and only allow sales of approved products. Led the transition of the Hefei China team to Rational and Windchill for product validation and approval.Led the support and enhancements of custom applications used by product development. This included several systems related to managing the model shops, test labs, 3D printing, part tracking, as well as product simulation tools.Provided solution architecture and design for a ‘Global Service Tool’ – an application used by service technicians to diagnose and flash software for products in the field. This included the development of interfaces from Windchill for product data and software files. Standards were established in Windchill to structure BOMs with electronic components, test scripts, and executable software files.

Kalamazoo, Michigan Area

Design and Programming on DB2 based computer systems.

Racine, Wisconsin

Responsible for technical specifications, programming and deployment of sales and manufacturing related custom software.

Bachelor'S Degree, Management Information Systems

Education record

Racine, Wisconsin