Project Chief – Seating and Interior components Key Commodity Single Point development leader for engineering between vehicle program, vehicle brand, suppliers, engineers, designers, purchasing, supplier quality, and the vehicle product development office. My main responsibilities include: Leading all the Component Cost, Weight, and Investment (CWI) activities for vehicle model interior systems by managing ED&D funding, quoting, purchase of parts and services, driving interior surface styling to meet tooling feasibility, establishing daily engineer priorities, leading tooling signoff process, coordinating test & timing for (DV/PV/Plywood bucks, mules, etc.), mentoring all technical issues to resolution (GIMS system), presenting findings for cost loops & program step reviews (Score Card/Gate Reviews), determining impacts for vehicle model features series cards and oversight of change management process.Finally, I ensured engineering design support for all vehicle manufacturing and vehicle assembly events at the plant for all concerns related to interior commodities.The biggest success was the development and launch of the Wagoneer / Grand Wagoneer product line during the COVID shutdown that lasted two years. While others were on lock-down, my team and I were working many long hours in home offices to perform all of the product development responsibilities needed to create this new product / vehicle and launch it for one of the most important vehicle launches for Stellantis in recent company history. We were able to accomplish this development and launch both on - time and on - budget with strong leadership and a “won’t take no for an answer” mentality.

Director of Operations & International SalesReporting to the owner, I lead the day to day operations, fiduciary budgets, CapEx and P&L for the organization. Department responsibilities include: International & Inside sales, Manufacturing and Assembly, Engineering, Purchasing, Quality and Human Resources.Profitability Improvement / P&L - Increased overall sales revenue by approximately 31% while increasing gross profit by 16% during my tenure. Created a Sales Channel Partner Network restructuring plan targeted for double digit sales growth in years 2014 - 2017. Revised product manufacturing processes for a key customer account to achieve a 30% improvement in gross profit. Identified, contracted and trained International Sales Partners in Mexico, Central & South America. Strategic Planning – Crafted the company’s annual strategic business plan with targeted corporate, departmental, and individual goals, including the establishment of annual departmental budgets and planned capital expenditures to support annual corporate goals. I chaired the monthly Executive Financial Business Plan reviews.Operational Improvements – Instituted a complete set of KPI’s for all departments resulting in individual, department and organizational performance improvements. Results – 98.8% 1st time quality and warranty on individual highly customized product designs, 99.8% on-time delivery, numerous 5S initiatives achieved, 1483 days and growing safety recordPerformance Optimization – Introduced a cost reduction process through Eng. & MFG., achieving nearly $300k+ savings in product mfg. cost per year. Increased manufacturing resource efficiency percentage (direct vs. indirect labor) by approximately 20% as a result of GOW KPI metrics developed and launched.Consensus Building & Development - Continued to mentor and develop underperforming departments and personnel to improve overall organization performance.

Hybrid Plug-in Electric Vehicle, Director Engineering & Technical Sales Marshaled all departmental functions in product development for high power hybrid plug-in electric vehicle modules. Performed key technical sales presentations to European, Asian and NA OEM’s - results: award of new business for generic high voltage cord sets with projected revenues of approximately $130 million over the next 4 years.Developed 3 key consumer / commercial products from concept to production tool readiness, including full OEM Studio Appearance in only 9 months. Entrusted with the compliance NEC regulations for AC Voltage through successful testing and adherence to UL / ETL, FCC, CE / EU IEC and SAE J1772 requirements to publicly list and certify the product as safe for consumer use. Research & Design, Seat Systems Division, Director Engineering Served as departmental head for R&D of intelligent electromechanical mechanisms, actuators, and seat electronic features with responsibility for personnel and fiduciary budgets. Restructured Corporate R&D methodologies for new innovation resulting in the creation of “INVENTS” – a phased advanced product innovation development process tool used by senior leadership to evaluate new and continuing R&D projects.Charged with the management of a $4.5 million budget and the leadership of an international team of 30 in the US, India, and China.Achieved over 35 patent filings while developing new technologies including: Seat Systems Division, Director Engineering Developed a new department from the ground floor including functions, SOPs and personnel bringing all electrical integration on awarded seat programs to best-in-class. Established seat electrical engineering operations for 33 new business vehicle platforms, directing the efforts of 2 managers, 20 engineers, 11 designers and a $4 million resource budget. GM Luxury Car Seating, Platform Manager