Le Creuset is a $200MM premium French cookware manufacturer best known for their colorfully-enameled cast-iron cookware. The company also makes many other types of cookware and bakeware spanning across many other materials.•Manage multiple projects simultaneously; guide every project from conception through production•New product development focus with emphasis on silicone, rubber, plastic, ceramic, and steel product design•Collaborate daily with cross-functional teams consisting of marketing, purchasing, and sales•Provide photorealistic renderings for marketing media, customer meetings, and product pitches•Create all pre-production drawings (2D and 3D) for new products across multiple brand categories•Over 4,000 hours of additional SolidWorks time spent designing new products and updating existing products•Responsible for all rapid prototyping requests (FDM, SLA, machined, woodwork, clay)

I graduated from Drake University in December 2010 with an Executive Development emphasis in their MBA program.

Spalding/AAI ($30MM) is the world’s leading manufacturer of gymnastics apparatus in all categories and the chosen gymnastics equipment supplier for most major championships. In addition to gymnastics, Spalding specializes in manufacturing NBA sporting equipment, in addition to volleyball equipment on the most competitive of levels.• Responsible for every project from inception all the way through production• 1000+ hours of SolidWorks CAD design• 10 new/revised products currently featured in the volleyball catalog• Hands-on involvement with the design (DFMA) and development of every prototype test system and device• Controlled all expenditures within limitations of the project budget• Prepared interim and completion project reports on a weekly basis• Created and maintained instruction manuals, specification sheets, and assembly instructions for all projects

Eaton Corporation is a global diversified power management company ($13B) with nearly 70,000 employees in more than 150 countries. The Eden Prairie, MN facility is responsible for designing, manufacturing, and distributing hydraulic systems and components for mobile and industrial applications. • Creation and presentation of mandatory safety training sessions for over 300 employees• Implementation of safety guards to several manufacturing workstations• Job Safety Analysis (JSA) for every piece of machinery in the plant• Updated and re-wrote the existing safety documentation for the facility• Communicated with production on immediate safety concerns that needed to be addressed