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Cleveland, Ohio, United States

• Managing acquisition historical data, determine needs, facilitating discovery, ensuring transfer• Implementing non-native apps to support production and regulatory needs• Supporting WMS implementation to improve warehouse performance through project management principles• Leading revitalization efforts for the workflow services platform through proof of concept simulation of selected implemented partners for a multi-business multi-location service organization• Grow PMO discipline by contributing to a PM Playbook to drive consistency and results

Monroeville, Pa

• Contribute to Philips I2M (Idea to Market, a subset of the larger E2E (End to End) team) Change Management Organizational change as a business group technical leader and team member for global organizational change.• Responsible for deployment of Division-wide resource management tool, CA Clarity for 800+ users.• Responsible for directing, mentoring, coaching a multi-disciplinary team to develop, distribute, and conduct self-paced training, video training, a dynamic sharepoint knowledgebase, and providing instructor led classroom training for the Clarity tool.• Responsible for financial reporting of hours worked on a weekly basis that meet financial audit requirements.• Responsible for Data integrity checks, system improvements, defining and assessing needs from the system, and ensuring user data,• Responsible for roll out of the Clarity tool to additional sites and locations in the UK and US.• Responsible for developing, reporting, and analyzing Clarity data to support and establish KPIs to support global Philips requirements and local Sr. Management needs.

Monroeville, Pa

• Responsible for the Engineering Department Budget (~$8Million) including new product development budgets.• Responsible for directing multi disciplinary engineering team consisting of Mechanical, Electrical, and Software engineers (7 total), Project Managers (3 total), and an engineering technician.• Responsible for selecting projects and establishing portfolio management for new product development projects and sustaining projects.• Responsible for coordinating multi-discipline project teams • Responsible for establishing effective meeting practices and communicating results to team members and executives• Responsible for coordinating outsource testing using UL, ETL, CSA, and TUV • Establish project team web resources for tracking project action items and deliverables

Monroeville, Pa

• Responsible for the NPD and Sustaining project portfolio process selection criteria, as well as their budgets (~$5Million)• Responsible for directing multi disciplinary engineering team consisting of Mechanical, Electrical, and Software engineers (7 total), Project Managers (3 total), and an engineering technician.• Responsible for determining project schedules, requirements, risks, and for mitigating these risks• Responsible for coordinating multi-discipline project teams • Responsible for establishing effective meeting practices and communicating results to team members and executives• Responsible for coordinating outsource testing using UL, ETL, CSA, and TUV • Establish project team web resources for tracking project action items and deliverables

Mt. Pleasant, Pa 15666

• Responsible for new model introduction in Pittsburgh and overseas plants for LCD Rear Projection, CRT Rear Projection, Direct View, and Plasma televisions.• Responsible for Design Approvals and Safety Standards• Determined supplier allocations for new and existing tooling• Coordinated design teams in Mexico, Brazil, Japan, and the US• Established project objectives and coordinated scheduling• Evaluated designs for manufacturability• Specified design requirements, targets, and evaluated market impacts• Performed design of experiments to determine root causes using the following tools: 6 sigma, DOE, and FMEA.• Empowered three design engineers to achieve their peak performance while maintaining project milestones• Maintained a client/ server architecture with 4 servers and 15 clients. (AIX server, Win 2k & 2k3 servers, SQL Server 2k, and design printer queues)• Analyzed current systems and established projects to address current problems and resolve them through IT initiatives and customer training• Supported engineering data conversion and distribution (AutoCAD DXF, IGES, and STEP)

Mt. Pleasant, Pa 15666

• Responsible for new model introduction in Pittsburgh• Responsible for new product development in Brazil & Mexico; lead a team of 15 members• Conducted vendor visits to evaluate new processes• Developed new product designs to reduce cost• Coordinated design testing, evaluation, simulation (using Pro/E, C-Mold)• Supported co-workers development • Traveled to Japan for design cooperation and to coordinate plastic molding tool construction and evaluation (Block order, Tool Order, and Tool Confirmation)

Mt. Pleasant, Pa 15666

• Supported new model introduction in Pittsburgh• Responsible for design, development, testing, and introduction of large plastics parts used for CRT Rear Project TVs• Conducted vendor visits to evaluate new processes and cost reduction initiatives• Coordinated design testing, evaluation, simulation (using M-Cadam, Pro/E, C-Mold))• Aided in co-workers development • Traveled to Japan for design cooperation and to support tool development and evaluation

Mt. Pleasant, Pa 15666

• Maintained manufacturing process of liquid cooling system for rear projection CRT’s• Troubleshot line defects to increase yield• Reduced manufacturing cost through material and process flow redesign• Developed computer programs for quality control activities• Directed ISO 9000 team for process area• Organized and implemented safety task forces for process area• Implemented machine redesign for safety and production improvements• Collaborated with vendors to increase quality and reduce cost• Supervised technical team members

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General, 3.75

Master Of Science (Ms), Information Science/Studies, 4.0

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical/Space Engineering