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Plymouth, Minnesota, United States

Silvis, Illinois, United States

• In my former role, I drove optimal business performance by leading global operations for product verification and validation (PV&V) within John Deere's Crop Harvesting division, overseeing the validation of the largest.
• Met business objectives and goals by managing a diverse team of 170+ engineering technicians and supervisory and support staff, in addition to managing all aspects of an office and lab facility, effectively allocating.
• Enhanced innovation and product development by innovating solutions and maximizing field test and lab efficiency, while expanding additive manufacturing capabilities for experimental parts.
• Improved operational efficiency by creating facility and organizational layouts as well as supported diverse testing needs from engine development to autonomous systems.
• Increased business productivity by administering capital plans and budgets, successfully spearheading $50M facility expansion project from inception through construction oversight
• Amplified readiness in testing next-generation electrical and software automation systems by increasing workforce by 20% over two years, and ensuring proper training and tools.

Silvis, Illinois, United States

• During this job, I maximized product quality and significant revenue growth by creating and executing all testing plans, and managing product verification and validation engineering team that delivered on largest.
• Led first simultaneous development and testing of front-end equipment and combines, unlocking significant synergies by steering team of over 20 test engineers in designing field and lab test plans for Global Grain Crop.
• Developed innovative budget tracking methodology, linking budgeting to field and lab test planning, to ensure not only product testing deliverables, but to ensure budget constraints

Silvis, Illinois, United States

• During this time period, I expedited software deployment to customers and optimized turnaround times for engineering teams by heading development of software and electronics system testing group within Seeding PV&V.
• Introduced to the market electric high-speed planter by overseeing formation and oversight of adept electrical and software, and hardware testing teams.
• Ensured punctual and budget-conscious delivery of projects across global portfolio by leading product testing teams across US, India, Brazil, and Mexico.
• Negotiated multi-year contracts to allow for testing at field test sites in Texas, Arizona, and California that ensured delivery of all hardware, electrical and software testing of new product programs.Created and.

• Developed new vehicle electrical system architecture on two product lines, moving to CAN and ISOBUS based vehicle electrical architectures, including starting new software development team, developing.
• Awarded Collaboration and Innovation award for John Deere Tractor-Baler Automation
• Reduced non-contact speed sensor and linear actuator warranty by 10% by investigating root cause of warranty, and selecting and developing new strategic suppliers

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General

Master Of Science (M.S.), Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Electrical and computer engineering with focus on control systems and RF engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering

Electrical and computer engineering with focus on control systems design.