Creatively solving product development and efficiency issues with hardware, software and process for embedded controls, calibration and system integration engineering with 12 patents. Initiated model based design at Tenneco. Designed and implemented a modular software architecture that commonized the damper control the software across multiple product lines Technical liaison for Tenneco China. Co-leading a joint Euro 6 project between Tenneco North America and Tenneco China. Key member of university consortiums. Technical lead for Advanced After-treatment Consortium and student mentor for Michigan Technological University. Inventive, with a dozen patents awarded or pending saving Chrysler several million dollars in warranty and product costs and placing Tenneco at a competitive advantage in active diesel after-treatment controls.