* Manage the tool design department operations, budgets and direct report personnel.* Prepare yearly departmental budgets, personnel reviews and necessary periodic reports for presentation to senior management team.* Manage all aspects of capital project planning and implementation including coordination of internal personnel and outside vendors.* Manage outside vendors in the specification and optimization of equipment and tooling purchased for progressive stamping dies, injection molds, product packaging and fixtures.* Direct cross functional team during the development, testing and validation of new products.* Work with internal and external supplier for the optimization of part and tool design.* Design gauges and fixtures required to process and measure components per the product function and critical characteristics.* Develop quotes, piece pricing and tooling estimates for new products, tooling and fixtures.

* Direct team of project engineers to work on the development, validation and ongoing product continuous improvement.* Manage new medical component projects with annual sales of $3.5 million from quote request to product validation/qualification.* Manage outside vendors in the specification and optimization of equipment for work cell layout.* Directed a cross functional team during the development, testing and validation of new products.* Work with customer and supplier personnel for the refinement of part design.* Develop bill of materials, bill of operations, and standards for new product.* Design gauges and fixtures required to process and measure components per the customer designated characteristics.* Develop quotes, piece pricing and tool estimates for New Product Development team.

* Directed personnel during the plant shutdown and transfer of $10 million annual sales form the Corry injection molding facility.* Directed a cross functional team during the development, testing and validation of new products.* Managed new medical component projects with an annual sales of $2.7 million from quote thru qualification.* Developed and wrote Accellent-Endoscopy Injection Mold Tooling standard.* Managed a team of personnel that planned, transferred and validated the entire injection molding business unit to the Corry, PA facility.* Work with customers on the refinement of product designs for ease of manufacture and function.* Develop bill of materials, routers and quality documentation for new products.* Knowledge of Metal Injection Molding and secondary operations associated with the manufacturing, ie. debind and sinter.* Manage outside vendors in the purchase and implementation of equipment for work center layout.* Design quality fixtures and gauges required per the quality plan.* Trained in 6-Sigma and 5S principals and several problem solving techniques.

* Managed new automotive component projects with an annual sales of $ 3 million from quote request to qualification per AIAG standards.* Managed tool and sub-component sample and delivery.* Established work cell layout to optimize material flow, efficiencies and logistics.* Worked with customer and supplier personnel to optimize product and tooling performance.* Working knowledge of APQP process and the development of quality documentation, process flow charts, FMEA and control plans.* Involved in the quoting of new programs and engineering changes.* Worked in a QS9000 and ISO9001 environment.