• Identified market gaps and led the development of innovative accessory ecosystems for the Irwin Quick-Lift, Stanley FatMax TradeLift, and DeWalt Construction Jack by expanding these products usability, customer experience and expanding market share for this newly created Material Handling Category.• Designed and fabricated functional prototypes to perform on-site demonstrations to professional contractors during field research, user studies, and jobsite visits to gain firsthand feedback and observe trends in user interactions which resulted in refinements to product design and material selection.• Presented this ecosystem of accessories to senior leadership at corporate headquarters as part of the company’s annual product innovation and technical advancements meeting. • Traveled to China and Taiwan to oversee MSL and pilot production, ensuring go-to-market timeline and addressing potential production delays.• Led a cross functional team of engineers and industrial designers to create a company standard of applying a proprietary surface texture on injection molds that aligns with the new Stanley FatMax Visual Brand Language across five categories.• Managed the engineering deliverables, qualification timelines, addressed PPAP requirements, and performance qualifications for the transfer of 52 injection molds to five new production locations for the Portable Storage product relocation project. As the domestic engineering lead on this global, cross functional team, I coordinated regular communication with production sites leads and attended all MSL builds to assure final product maintained functional and performance requirements while minimizing inventory disruptions.• Traveled to Israel to gain firsthand experience of the product development process, design, testing, and manufacturing of the Portable Storage Products category.

• Lead engineer for Lowe’s private brand Outdoor Power Equipment, collaborating with global vendors to assure these tools meet engineering and design specifications, quality requirements, and consumer expectations.• Traveled with Merchant team to China to meet with vendors to review product portfolio, discuss product roadmaps, evaluate the vendors capabilities, and provide feedback on preproduction prototypes.• Collaborate with industrial designers to drive innovation, design direction to meet consumer needs, and create value-added features.• Program manager for Lowe’s private brands competitive benchmarking projects. Managed the information flow with internal key stakeholders, collaborated with an outside consulting firm to develop test plans, analyzed the competitive landscape, and created performance specifications based on the test results.• Took on the role of program manager for Lowe’s private brands competitive benchmarking projects for the rebranding of the Sta-Green line of gardening products where I worked with independent third party lads and universities to conduct growth trials on landscape fabric, soils, and fertilizers.• Mentored junior engineers, lab specialists, and interns on developing consumer relevant test plans and helped them understand the critical path or navigate roadblocks on complex projects.

• Conducted product quality investigation and provided merchant support for the Flooring, Kitchens, Millworks, and Home Fashion categories.• Author and co-author of private brand performance specifications for the Indoor Lighting product group.• Managed performance-based testing programs to validate consumer expectations, establish product life-cycle requirements, identify performance leaders within the market, and verify adherence to industry standards.

• Lead engineer for the US Britax rebranding project to standardize the Visual Brand Language between child car seats. This project emphasized consumer interaction points and safety features for all existing platforms and accessories.• Project engineer for the development of “Ultimate Comfort Series” line for convertible and harness to booster cars seats.• Lead engineer for structural and functional improvements for the G4 Convertible car seat platform to maintain NITSA and Health Canadian safety standards.• Became a certified National Child Passenger Safety Technician by Safe Kids Worldwide and participated in several child seat safety checks to evaluate child seat installs and educated caregivers on the proper way to install a child seat.

• Sole Project Engineer in the Consumer Beverage category responsible for a 33% growth in 2012.• Lead and manage multiple cross-functional teams from initiation to launch on new product launches; collectively leading to annual sales of $15 million.• Managed injection and blow mold tool qualifications at manufacturing facilities in Asia and the United States to bring new products from creation to launch in 12 months or less.• Provided design support utilizing Pro Engineer in component revisions, assembly creation, and feature creation for improvements in manufacturability and processing.• Initiated and lead various product design processes including: IP Review, DFMEA, PFMEA, manufacturing review & best cost analysis.• Mentored associate engineers by providing guidance on stage-gate processes and personal growth development.

• Created new consumer driven test procedures that mimic real world usage and interaction.• Collaborated with project engineers to determine acceptable product performance criteria.• Managed work flow and assigned priority for dimensional part evaluation on a Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM)• Managed work schedules for machine operators.• Designed test fixtures and automated machines for life cycle testing using AutoCAD. • Trained and managed work flow for all temporary technicians, interns and management development engineers at the Rubbermaid Technology Center.• Setup inspection equipment, training of quality auditors, and provided onsite support during the relocation of 8 presses and 12 plastic injection molding tools to a Rubbermaid manufacturing facility in Texas.

• Developed and/or revised testing protocols, testing plans, and manufacturing quality test procedures for validation testing.• Conducted and collaborated with project engineers in DFMEA’s.• Designed testing fixtures and automated testing machines for life testing, destructive and nondestructive testing of soap dispensing systems utilizing Pro Engineer Wildfire 2.0 and AutoCAD 2002.• Fabrication of all prototypes using CNC mill, manual mill and Lathe, 3D Printer and hand fabrication tools and techniques.

• Team Leader in the replication of an existing bimetal switch fabrication machine.• Converted legacy machine tools from hard copy to electronic along with created electronic files of undocumented replacement parts via AutoCAD.• Coordinated with Safety officer on resolution of OSHA Environmental Health Safety audit. • Exposed to Six Sigma and Greenbelt certification.

• Design of mechanical rooms consisting of process piping, HVAC and correcting as-built blue prints.• Provided accurate and updated worksite drawings for project managers and instillation team to assure on-time job completion.