Develop balloon catheter and controls for cryogenic surgical ablatement of esophageal cancer.

Seeking new opportunities to mentor leaders in sales engineering, design development and organizational management; specializing in civil facilities infrastructure and automation/material handling equipment.

Provided management leadership for all technical and personnel related aspects pertaining to team of 12 engineers engaged in design of product inspection equipment for use in FDA regulated food processing and OSHA regulated highly hazardous product manufacturing.Challenge: Release designs for 40 to 50 machines per month to meet specified customer performance requirements with error free drawings, schematics, and bills of material.Actions / Accomplishments:• Managed machine design release schedule for all engineers to balance work load.• Resolved technical and programmatic issues impeding design process.• Monitored production area and directed engineering response to all technical issues related to machine design.Results:• Engineering incidents on production floor limited to new low: 3 to 4 per week (previously 10+).• Incidents resolved same day 95% (previously 2 to 3 days on average).• Customer delivery commitments 99% fulfilled on time to support downstream requirements.• Financial targets (production / supplier rework, expediting fees) improved 50%.• Special challenges resolved within standard production lead time through new multi-discipline response team convened daily to review design status (Engineering led).

Managed technical leadership and subcontract management for design development, modification, restoration, and upkeep of all plant infrastructure, buildings and grounds for tungsten chemicals and powders production facility, comprising 50+ buildings situated on 70 acres of riverside property. Challenge: Expand infrastructure, buildings, and structural framework of plant to facilitate 50% increase in production capacity over 5 year time span. Internal design resources vastly overwhelmed by this mandate.Actions / Accomplishments:• Developed design partnerships with multiple outside firms (previously not recognized as acceptable practice).• Achieved onboarding of plant management with partnership approach.• Conducted extensive training programs with partnering firms to establish environmental and safety compliance to plant, local, and federal statutes unique to tungsten industry.• Lobbied successfully for variances and new provisions of local zoning ordinances to obtain necessary building permits.Results:• Facility infrastructure expanded to provide 50% increase in tungsten chemicals and powders production.• Expansion completed on schedule (2010 – 2015).• Targeted budgets consistently contained or improved.

Oversaw all technical and personnel related aspects pertaining to team of 40+ engineers engaged in design of 4 mail sorting systems for US and Australia Postal Services. Developed a patented facility wide mixed mail sorting and sequencing system.Challenge: Release designs for 7 equipment systems over 12 year period and support them from production to field acceptance and ongoing customer support.Actions / Accomplishments:• Managed machine design release process comprising mechanical, electrical, system, and software engineering scope of activities.• Resolved technical and programmatic issues impeding design process.• Directed engineering resolution of all issues related to system design during production, installation, acceptance testing, and field support.Results:• Customer commitments consistently fulfilled.• Selloff and acceptance of automated mail processing system for overseas Postal Service after company initially sub-contracted by Lockheed for system design / selloff failed to achieve completion. Due to impact on mail delivery, host country escalated situation to US State Department and ensuing events led to assignment as engineering project manager on site in host country, where team was successful after challenging year of redesign and system modifications.• Financial challenges achieved and / or overcome through negotiation of contract change orders.

Manager of the hardware engineering group for the Distribution Technologies business area of IBM in Owego. Completed 3 automated mail processing systems for the US Postal Service.