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Durham, North Carolina, United States

Wendell, North Carolina, United States

Wendell, NC

Wendell, North Carolina

• Management of day-to-day activities of diverse team of 11 Electrical Engineers & Electrical Designers (Medium Voltage AIS Switchgear).
• Continuous performance feedback and growth coaching to all direct reports.
• Lead & Support continuous improvements to teams CAD software, process for overall productivity, and production support.
• Leader for weekly Quality Team Meetings and Cross Functional Team standard process committee to drive a culture of quality, standard process, and ownership.
• Mentor Junior Engineers, Designers, and Drafters while being a Lead for Engineering support for overall team and production.
• Customer interaction for specification review and design improvement suggestions/feedback.

El Paso, TX

• Engineer Training/Supervisor for Application engineers for PZ4 Low Voltage Switchgear.
• Supervise/Manage 4 Direct Engineering Reports
• Performs Application Engineer reviews
• Lead for Application Engineering in new plant start up.
• Application Engineer training on Switchgear layout, configuration, control schemes, PLCs, AutoCAD wiring, Bill of Material configuration.
• Application Engineer Technical Support for Customer interaction, Customer Witness Test on site, On Board approvals, Sales/Project Manager interaction.

Columbia, South Carolina Area

• Layout and configuration of low voltage switchgear.
• Team Lead of the Application Engineers.
• Design of control schemes, utilizing PLCs and/or relays, to accomplish automated transfer operations.
• Creation of electrical schematics and wiring diagrams using AutoCAD.
• Design of ground fault protective schemes, including those involving multiple sources.
• Generation of Bill of Materials and modification of standard assemblies as required to suit the application.

Radford, VA

• Performed inspections and sets quality standards for both in-process and finished products and materials.
• Documented test procedures to ensure replicability and compliance with standards.
• Cooperated and maintained key quality performance metrics and lead the effort toward achieving these objectives.
• Investigated customer problems referred by technical support and ensured compliance to customer contracts and requirements.
• Participated in product design reviews to provide input on functional requirements, product designs, or potential problems.
• Created PFEMA and control documents for AKD product to ensure manufacturing quality for drive process.

Radford, VA

• Responsible for product selection assistance to customer and distributors of assigned territories/accounts.
• Managed quotations; Interprets customer technical needs and responds with product pricing
• Worked with assigned FSEs to manage accounts for product direction, profitability, growth, and attaining sales objectives.
• Liaison between the customer, assigned distributors, FSEs, and manufacturing.
• Technical support for all current Kollmorgen products

Greenville, South Carolina Area

• Technical review/approval of domestic and international custom motor quotes and margins.
• Benchmarking for Variable Speed Motors.
• Managed prices and specifications for all variable speed motors.
• Created configurator presentation for Variable Speed Product Manager to secure clean motor orders in India.
• Successful product training of international and domestic sales teams.
• Electrical marketing assistance for outside/inside sales teams and customers.

Greenville, SC

• Technical review/approval of domestic and international custom motor quotes and margins.
• Benchmarking for Variable Speed Motors.
• Managed prices and specifications for all variable speed motors.
• Created configurator presentation for Variable Speed Product Manager to secure clean motor orders in India.
• Successful product training of international and domestic sales teams.
• Electrical marketing assistance for outside/inside sales teams and customers.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Electrical Engineering

Activities and Societies: NSBE, Student Council, Education Support Team Mentor, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., CBAC, Black Student.

Ms Engineering Management

Diversity And Inclusion Certificate