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Woodstock, Illinois, United States

Mchenry, Illinois

•Manufacturing: Developed, documented and implemented processes and designed and fabricated fixtures for efficient part assembly and testing resulting in elimination of operator overhead for $40K savings.•Cost Reduction: Tested and implemented use of in-molded insert which resolved torque issue and reduced part cost by over $35K per year. Second source resin added an additional $15K savings.•Customer Support: Provided engineering support for assigned customers by rapidly… Show more •Manufacturing: Developed, documented and implemented processes and designed and fabricated fixtures for efficient part assembly and testing resulting in elimination of operator overhead for $40K savings.•Cost Reduction: Tested and implemented use of in-molded insert which resolved torque issue and reduced part cost by over $35K per year. Second source resin added an additional $15K savings.•Customer Support: Provided engineering support for assigned customers by rapidly responding to requests for tooling quotes, tool modifications, part design changes and re-qualification of parts/tools.•Quality Support: Worked closely with Quality group to identify root cause of client issues and quickly implement corrective actions, minimizing production downtime and strengthening client relationships.•Cost of Poor Quality Reduction: Identified fixture upgrade which eliminated insert installation issue thereby resolving long standing client issue. No further part returns resulted in $17K per year savings. Show less

• Leadership: Replaced Engineering Manager when unavailable managing team members, attending meetings, providing status reports, and mentoring newly hired engineers ensuring understanding of procedures and processes.• Customer Quality Support: Provided engineering support for Carriers by rapidly resolving all mechanical problems for assigned programs.• Field Failure Analysis: Analyzed field failure data to improve production results through early identification and resolution of… Show more • Leadership: Replaced Engineering Manager when unavailable managing team members, attending meetings, providing status reports, and mentoring newly hired engineers ensuring understanding of procedures and processes.• Customer Quality Support: Provided engineering support for Carriers by rapidly resolving all mechanical problems for assigned programs.• Field Failure Analysis: Analyzed field failure data to improve production results through early identification and resolution of emerging issues.• Cost Reduction: Contributed to annual department goal of $80M in savings through component cost reduction, reduced warranty cost and cost of poor quality issue mitigation. Show less

• Material Sourcing: Located vendors using approved suppliers list and established vendor relationships to facilitate introductions with designers, coordinate delivery of specifications and testing, identify sources for components achieving objectives to utilize previously approved vendors for 95% of design components.• Vendor Approval: Initiated interface with Category Management to champion use of new vendors to achieve program objectives, successfully championing 2 previously… Show more • Material Sourcing: Located vendors using approved suppliers list and established vendor relationships to facilitate introductions with designers, coordinate delivery of specifications and testing, identify sources for components achieving objectives to utilize previously approved vendors for 95% of design components.• Vendor Approval: Initiated interface with Category Management to champion use of new vendors to achieve program objectives, successfully championing 2 previously non-approved vendors and eliminating risk by resolving supplier limitations.• Cost and Yield Management: Proactively identified and recommended alternate suppliers and / or sources to reduce program costs and increase profit margins. Worked closely with electro-luminescent panel vendor to determine root cause of low yield making recommendations that increased yield by 15%.• Material Cost Tracking: Tracked direct material costs, provided explanations for variations, reported to core team, made recommendations, monitored quotes from vendors and updated cost estimates as program design matured.• Leadership: Mentored new sourcing engineers enabling quick ramp up to manage complex new programs. Developed spreadsheet tracking tool requirements and release schedule for new programs. Show less

• Design Engineering: Selected for special 7 week design assignment in Singapore. Designed flip chassis for program, prepared documentation and participated in design review and integration.• Production Support: Provided engineering support by rapidly resolving all mechanical problems for assigned programs in production.• Field Failure Analysis: Analyzed field failure data to improve production results. Performed root cause analysis, presented data to vendors and provided… Show more • Design Engineering: Selected for special 7 week design assignment in Singapore. Designed flip chassis for program, prepared documentation and participated in design review and integration.• Production Support: Provided engineering support by rapidly resolving all mechanical problems for assigned programs in production.• Field Failure Analysis: Analyzed field failure data to improve production results. Performed root cause analysis, presented data to vendors and provided solutions.• Assembly Documentation: Created documentation for design changes to ensure correct factory assembly and monitored implementation.• Tool Changes: Qualified new tools to increase production capacity, sampled tool results, updated prints and worked with CTE Engineers to enter part and supplier data in CRR. Gathered information from vendors to maintain current program documentation.• Testing: Performed accelerated life testing validating design improvements, documenting all test results. Show less

• Design Corrections: Designed new part to increase side load strength after antenna design changes caused part incompatibility. Completed design, documentation and implementation within days to minimize stop-ship time and preserve profit margin.• Design Simplifications: Selected to design new molded part that integrated functions of stamped part and 2 molded parts resulting in reduced cost of $2.00 per phone.• Product Support: Supported multiple program activities. Served as… Show more • Design Corrections: Designed new part to increase side load strength after antenna design changes caused part incompatibility. Completed design, documentation and implementation within days to minimize stop-ship time and preserve profit margin.• Design Simplifications: Selected to design new molded part that integrated functions of stamped part and 2 molded parts resulting in reduced cost of $2.00 per phone.• Product Support: Supported multiple program activities. Served as mechanical engineering liaison for Harvard facility. Show less

• Equipment Design: Utilized Pro E and other CAD tools to design highly customized parts handling equipment for plastic injection molding industry. Developed manufacturing drawings. Selected materials and components. Prepared bill of materials for work orders.• Prototype Design: Engineered and produced several prototype conveyor systems adopted by industrial conveyor component manufacturer.• CAD Library: Created and catalogued CAD library of individual components and assemblies… Show more • Equipment Design: Utilized Pro E and other CAD tools to design highly customized parts handling equipment for plastic injection molding industry. Developed manufacturing drawings. Selected materials and components. Prepared bill of materials for work orders.• Prototype Design: Engineered and produced several prototype conveyor systems adopted by industrial conveyor component manufacturer.• CAD Library: Created and catalogued CAD library of individual components and assemblies used in production that reduced design interval by 75%. Show less

Ba, Management & Business

Activities and Societies: Alpha Sigma Lambda

Associates Of Applied Science, Computer Aided Drafting And Design

Associates Of Science, Management