Keith Davis Email & Phone Number

Farmington, MI, US

Herzogenaurach, DE

Integration, Verification and Validation - Creates integration, verification and validation strategy to ensure system and subsystem teams are following defined processes and plans- Creates and maintains project test schedule (e.g., Master Test Plan across all domains)- Tracks and aligns verification and validation activities within projects (e.g. equipment.

Dearborn, Michigan, US

• Managed the development and implementation of a series of process improvement initiatives to enhance quality, meet customer expectations, increase productivity and reduce cost within automatic transmission assembly.
• Lead process improvement initiatives for transmissions
• Collaborated with key internal stakeholders (i.e. design engineers, calibration engineers, and manufacturing engineers) to conduct root cause analysis and implement countermeasures utilizing the DMAIC process.
• Lead report outs to senior leadership to provide visibility on pertinent key performance indicators (KPIs), increased warranty claims, and establish next steps required to resolve technical issues.
• Identified missed failure modes during product development, using thought experiments and technical analysis, to reduce engineering resources required at launch and increase customer satisfaction and decrease warranty.
• Taught process capability to Green Belt twice per year

Dearborn, Michigan, US

• Lead the establishment of cost targets to design and manufacture 8-speed transmissions for the Ford Focus while identifying cost reduction opportunities.
• Collaborated with finance, purchasing, manufacturing, tooling, facilities, and product engineering to develop a total landed cost.
• Managed DVP&R and DFMEA in collaboration with component engineers.
• Lead program change control, product improvements, resolution of technical issues during the entire product development cycle
• Provided technical support and guidance to cross functional teams in powertrain and vehicle systems

Dearborn, Michigan, US

• Articulated program visions, leverage internal and external resources to achieve project goals, and engage all stakeholders in planning by understanding suppliers, customers, products, and program assumptions.
• Lead cross-functional teams (i.e. Finance, Purchasing, Manufacturing and Engineering) to establish the cost associated with the development of transmission and driveline.
• Developed and published milestone papers for use by senior and executive leadership which outlined program assumptions, alternative solutions, and program timing issues.

Dearborn, Michigan, US

• Identified all applicable transmission program deliverables according to the Global Product Development System and monitor program costs, schedules, and deliverables
• Performed planning appropriate to the program scale and complexity for Edge, Flex, Taurus and MKX transmissions
• Decreased transmission cost through material cost reductions and/or adjusted program content with respective pricing adjustments
• Provided summary of key successes, failures, and corrective action plans
• Captured learned, and engage in continuous improvement activities (i.e., kaizen, etc.)
• Assisted in developing budget, scheduling contingencies, and managing critical path

Dearborn, Michigan, US

• Lead installation of the equipment with UAW skilled trades along with supplier supervision within each transmission plan
• Lead issues tracking and resolution at runoff and launch phases of the program
• Lead Process Standards for programs and plants, according to the PTME specification
• Identified and captured lessons learned and apply them to new programs, as well as assess the impact to existing strategies and standards
• Applied Lean manufacturing principles (e.g. 5S, value stream mapping, SMED, standardized work methods, etc.) to improve assigned processes
• Ensured compliance and complete assigned APQP engineering activities