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San Diego Metropolitan Area

Meets regional sales objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing annual budgets; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions for the West Coast (Vancouver to San Diego).Establishes sales objectives by creating a sales plan and quota for districts in support of national objectives.Maintains and expands customer base by counseling district sales representatives; building and maintaining rapport with key customers; identifying new customer opportunities.Recommends product lines by identifying new product opportunities, and/or product, packaging, and service changes; surveying consumer needs and trends; tracking competitors.Accomplishes sales and organization mission by completing related results as needed.

Silicon Valley, California, United States

Develops industry specific consultation processes, product mapping, concepts and/or scientific methods by applying advanced theories, concepts, principles and processes for assigned area. Promotes the advancement and effective utilization of technology in products and processes. Acts as mentor and jointly develops engineering depth within the organization by developing training material, one-on-one coaching and joint customer face time. Researches and carries out complex or innovative assignments requiring the development of new technologies, products, or processes at alpha Germany and/or WITTENSTEIN North America.Acts as the primary expert adviser on complex technical issues; develops solutions and/or reviews technical decisions with major organizational and customer impact. Contributes to and has responsibility for completion of significant special assignments with broad product, technology investment and integration, customer and strategic impact. Guides and provides technical direction on advanced research. Has significant interaction with customers and senior technical community.

San Francisco Bay Area

New product development (planetary and right angle gearboxes)Coordination of projects with respect to application analysis, product sizing, concept solution's, project planning & design analysisProvides technical support for internal sales department as well as external customers. Develops application designs that meet customer process expectations. Application development is accomplished through significant communication with customers via phone, email, and in person. Engineering software is used to aid application development. Upon finalization of application design, a quote is generated for the customer. This role also is responsible for providing product/technical training for internal Sales department, Manufacturer's Representatives, Distribution and OEM's

Bad Mergentheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Gearbox and rack & pinion expert: - single drive - dual drives (e.g. gantry, master/slave, etc.)Responsible for internal/external product, software and technical trainingManaged and overlooked long-term projects (e.g. new product development, thermal behavior of planetary gearboxes)

Lohr, Bavaria, Germany

Bosch Production System (BPS) - Lean Manufacturing Concepts and ToolsThesis:Conception and Development of a Procedure for the Deduction of Optimum Manufacturing Concepts

Greater Chicago Area

Worked as a full-time Applications/Service Engineer (calculating complex drive trains & customer specific applications, evaluating gearbox failure mechanisms, writing RMA reports, assemble/disassemble right angle and planetary gearboxes)

Heidelberg Area, Germany

Thesis:Material and Component Behavior under Complex Load