Resident Engineering for electrical for APAC region at FCA

Program Management and Commissioning of Stud Welding Equipment

• Managed assigned programs from award through end of service requirements.• Focused on APQP program management pursuant to Nidec's Project Management Office policies and procedures.• Ensured all customer expectations are understood, communicated internally, and met.• Track program deliverables on a daily basis and report progress.• Work closely with extended project team to ensure schedules and commitments are achieved.• Track KPI's• Report directly to Sale & PMO Vice President

• Reviewed project proposal/plan to determine timing, funding limitations, and procedures for accomplishing project, staff requirements, and allotment of available resources to various phases of the project.• Established work plan in resource planning tool (MS Project)• Tracked overall project timing and financials on a weekly basis.• Provided guidance on validation testing.• Assured Project Management Tool is updated, modified schedule or plans as required.• Verified that all manufacturing issues are resolved.• Conducted pre-production and critical design reviews according to company procedures.• Verified part (component) status readiness and assembly line capacity and readiness.• Followed-up on costs during development, including focusing on all engineering changes and manufacturing equipment.• Functioned as Customer Representative, ensuring that customer requirements are addressed (e.g. selection of special characteristics, setting quality objectives and related timing, corrective and preventive actions, product design and development).

Responsible for leading the program in all aspects, from program award until 6 months after start of production, guaranteeing customer satisfaction in conjunction with achievement of program Quality, Cost, and Delivery objectives, while ensuring profitability throughout the entire program lifecycle.▪ Develop strong relationships and manage the ongoing negotiations with the customer as the official Faurecia representative.▪ Lead APQP process▪ Prepare and submit the RFQA to Management if relevant.▪ Liaise with the Program Controller, build the initial Business Plan, define the Program investment scheme, and release investments in compliance with controlling procedures; take economical responsibility for all deviations from initial requirements.▪ Launch and monitor the Program : track progress by updating Business Plan, Program Dashboard and Budget Reports, and by leading reviews of program steps and results.▪ Conduct Risk/Opportunity analyses, and develop and implement appropriate action plans.▪ Arbitrate any conflicts with the customer on financial and/or technical issues.▪ Staff, manage and co-ordinate a cross-functional program team (Sales, Controlling, Purchasing, Quality, Production, Supply Chain, Product & Process engineering), and define team members' objectives and assignments.▪ Create a "Program Management Culture" by ensuring processes defined in the Faurecia Program Management System (PMS) are applied at all steps, and by developing synergies between all actors involved in the program. ▪ Organize communications throughout the program lifecycle. ▪ Ensure smooth program transfer from Development Center to Production Plant.▪ Organize key program information to ensure Program continuity and to contribute to knowledge management.▪ Lead cost reduction initiatives

Torque Responsible (2/2011 - 7/2012)- Responsible for fastener & torque strategy management for Chrysler.- Developing a strategic plan for threaded fasteners including joint standardization, fastener complexity reduction, weight reduction, manufacturing efficiency improvement, ergonomic improvement, and joint quality improvement.Operations Manager - System & Components Engineering (8/2009 - 2/2011)• Operations Planning for Systems & Components Engineering• Manage $1B+ S&C Engineering Budget• Process Planning for Engineering• Organization Planning for EngineeringProgram Management Analyst – Grand Cherokee, Durango (2/2008 - 8/2009)• Lead cross-functional teams to reduce P/N complexity - Reduced from 30 to 80% released P/N’s depending on commodity- Improved program Net Present Value by over $3M• Lead team to solve problems and coordinate resolutions• Supervised the vehicle engineering groups to reduce threaded fastener P/N complexity while achieving program objectives for quality, efficiency, and cost.Program Management Analyst – Caliber, Compass, Patriot (11/2001 - 2/2008)• Increased program net margins by more than $10M• Wrote program bulletins communicating decisions affecting the Vehicle Plan-of-Record• Managed multiple investigations and coordinated implementation plans• Lead the Fastener Steering Committee- Reduced number of fasteners required to assemble a vehicle by 30% while maintaining equal to or superior joint performance- Cut threaded fastener part number complexity by 50%• Improved manufacturing efficiency by 20 minutes/vehicle ($24/vehicle)- Reduced the use of hand-started fasteners by over 75% (8 minutes)- Increased the use of pneumatic pulse tools from less than 10% to 38% (13 minutes)- Improved vehicle assembly ergonomics & improved operator safetyRecruited new employees as part of the recruiting team to Michigan Tech, 10/07• Keynote speaker at Michigan Technological University SAE Conference, 10/07

Senior Engineer, Instrument Clusters – Neon, PT Cruiser (3/2000 - 11/2001)* Responsible for Project Management for Instrument Clusters * Maintained Product Assurance Plans* Managed Quality, Performance, Cost, Weight, Investment and Timing * Developed Design FMEA’s and Process FMEA’sSupervised 3 engineers* Day-to-day assignments and gave performance appraisalsElectrical Program Manager (10/1998 - 3/2000)* Coordinated Electrical Engineering activities to ensure program deliverables were executed on time. * Managed program product assurance plans using Microsoft Project.Design Engineer, Wiring – Neon, Small Car Platform (8/1991 - 10/1998)* Redesigned a high-volume electrical connector for a 3-year material cost savings of over $10M* Developed and Implemented 5–Year Wiring Component Strategic Plan- Reduced Wiring Connector P/N complexity by over 50%- Reduced Wiring Terminal P/N complexity by over 75%- Reduced Wiring Warranty by 30-40% Year-Over-Year* Evaluated 20 suppliers as part of the Supplier Sourcing Strategy* Earned 3 US Utility Patents for Electrical Connector Design* Spoke as the Keynote Speaker – IICIT (5/98)- Wiring Connector and Terminal Commonization* Participated on a Business Process Redesign for Engineering Change (CN’s)* Chaired the Wiring Component Tech Club