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Mayville, Wi

Provide global Project Management and Engineering services to assist clients in disciplined approach to product design, verification, validation, and manufacturing introduction. Use the latest versions of SolidWorks and PTC Creo. Perform PFMEA’s, cost reduce designs, optimize manufacturing processes, use visual work instructions, lean and 5S factory work cell creation, assembly tooling and test fixture design, customer issue resolution, and vendor qualification.

Mayville, Wi

Lead engineering team and performed mechanical and manufacturing engineering responsibilities for product development and manufacturing of 2,000 engineered to order products generating $10MM in revenue. Acted as a primary point of contact for customers requiring project management reporting, issue resolution, technical information, and quality reporting requirements. Develop, monitor, and achieve target Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) for output on-time delivery, output quality as function rework, output as % of overall lead time, and overall lead time to identify bottlenecks , promote quality of work, and realize new customer order lead time savings of 3 weeks. Develop of procedures, work instructions, checklists, and KPI’s for the implementation of a lean, web based engineering system integrating New Product Introduction, Change Management, and Document Control systems, resulting in successful ISO9000:2008 first time certification.

Greater San Diego Area

Lead engineering team and performed mechanical and manufacturing engineering responsibilities for product development and manufacturing support of cutting edge OEM hand-held products. Release 4 new products in the first year, 7 more products in the second year, staying 17% under budget, and generating over $10MM in revenue. Apply DFM, standardized production, visual assembly, and 5S in the manufacture of flag-ship product generating $15/unit cost reduction. Network adapter product line cost reduction activities yield $8/unit cost savings, 3 month ROI, and $100K profit. Develop, implement, review, and revise procedures and processes to ensure adherence to proper technical, engineering design, and manufacturing standards for ISO9001:2000 certification

Irvine, California

While performing mechanical and manufacturing engineering responsibilities, lead engineering teams, responsible for the design, cost reduction, manufacturing process development, product testing, and new product introduction of high-end, digital projection televisions. Lead tooling and product NPI projects at off shore manufacturers. Develop and implement assembly methods, instructions, and tooling in order to maintain efficient manufacturing. Develop and execute test plans to ensure products pass HALT, FCC, CE, JATE, GOST, IC, Cofetel, BQB, CEC, Energy Star, TUV, ICASA, ANATEL, IRAM, RoHS (EU and China), WEEE, and IPC criteria.

Rancho Bernardo, California

Responsible for the design of sheet metal and plastic components, sustaining engineering, product testing, and new product introduction for 17” and 19” Sony display monitors. Optimize designs for electronic cabinetry achieved total savings of $100K over 17” display monitor product life. Cost-down activities achieved $120k cost savings for 17” and 19” OEM and Sony brand display monitors. Lead tooling and product NPI projects at off shore manufacturers.

Greater San Diego Area

Experience includes capital project management, product design, and sustaining engineering for plastic injection molded medical devices. Analyze workspace utilization, equipment layout and material, then implement automated plastic injection molding work cell that generated $190K/year cost savings, 75% operator time savings. 8 month contract position.

Kohler, Wisconsin

Provide direct support to manufacturing for the design, fabrication, modification and evaluation of final products for the cast iron industry. Activities included jig, fixture, and gauge development. Design and install large industrial safety guarding. Installed $500K pick-and-place robotic cell as part of a $3 million/year cost reduction project. 8 month contract position.

Kohler, Wi

Evaluate processes, facilities and product to uphold quality assurance in the manufacture of vitreous china. Investigated solutions to reduce the cost of defects by $1MM. Manage gauge calibration program into ISO 9000 compliance as part of plant-wide certification. 8 month contract position.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Utilized JIT manufacturing principles to evaluate manufacturing and improve material flow by decreasing WIP. Supervised installation and verification of automated machines to produce a $1MM cost reduction. Develop and propose an $80K Material Handling System to streamline raw material flow. 3 month contract position.

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Master'S Degree, Engineering Management, Product Design And Development

Course work includes Product Design and Development, Quality Engineering Management, Systems Engineering Management, Project Management.