Kyle Maki Email & Phone Number

Auburn Hills, Mi, Us

Beverly, Massachusetts, Us

As Director at Highland Electric Fleets, I play a key role in driving the successful transition of fleet operators to electric vehicles, focusing primarily on electric buses. My responsibilities include collaborating with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for both buses and chargers to ensure seamless integration and deployment for our customers. I work closely with multiple stakeholders to align technical solutions and facilitate a smooth transition to electric fleets.Key responsibilities include:OEM Collaboration: Partnering with bus and charger manufacturers to ensure the timely and efficient delivery of EV buses and charging infrastructure, and addressing any technical challenges that arise during the deployment phase.Technical Resource Development: Contributing to the creation and maintenance of our internal technical database and resources, ensuring that both customers and internal teams have access to accurate, up-to-date information on vehicle and charger operations.Training & Development Leadership: Leading the development of comprehensive training programs for internal employees and external customers, focusing on areas such as vehicle operation, charger maintenance, first responder safety, and depot management.Customer Support: Ensuring that our customers, including fleet operators and maintenance teams, are fully equipped with the knowledge and resources necessary to operate and maintain EV buses, with a focus on minimizing downtime and optimizing fleet performance.By providing expert guidance, support, and training, I am dedicated to making the transition to electric buses as seamless as possible for our customers while contributing to the overall success of their fleets.

Santa Monica, California, Us

Assisting customers with their EV journey.

Lisle, Il, Us

Responsible for assisting customers successfully and efficiently transition their fleet into zero emissions vehicles.

Lisle, Il, Us

Responsible for leading a team to assist our customers in their transition of electrifying their fleet.

Lisle, Il, Us

Manager responsible for managing the EV field service team. Responsible for planning and executing a service strategy for the EV Group across Internationational/IC Bus Dealer network. Offer dedicated support for our customers and dealers remotely or in-person. I work closely with engineering to drive future product and diagnostic improvements through root cause failure analysis and troubleshooting. Create detailed reports of concerns for our electric vehicles. Communicate between all levels of engineering internally and the end user, providing the latest information and training available to our EV vehicles.

Engineer responsible for working closely with customers to effectively deliver electric powertrain vehicles. Responsible for developing simulations, evaluations and professional evaluations to determine proper vehicles for customer needs. I handle each customer with care from planning, to delivery, to service issues along the way. I report to upper management along the way informing of new sales presentations, delivery updates, and customer satisfaction reports of our service. I am responsible for developing training material, including courses and training on site for our dealer and customer base. I also work very closely with the After-sales team for all service documentation development, and training material. As Business Development Engineer I am also responsible for being the point of contact for our customer base for any new or outstanding issues in the field.

Auburn Hills, Mi, Us

Responsible for training and managing service technicians, representing service accounts for our 300+ North American dealer network. Led the development of the service organization from the ground up for North America. Day to day operations include receiving and reviewing service claims, managing warranty claims, parts requests, accessory product management, and dealer requests. Since March 2018 I created and developed dealer service training, product documentation release, and dealer network software, development of a state-of-the-art service diagnostic tool. This position also required weekly and monthly reporting to upper management using several different KPI reports. As the North American Service Manager, I was responsible for developing and supporting the service plan for the next generation USPS delivery vehicle. As of this date the contract has not been decided, but the warranty process, development of the procedures, work instructions, etc., that I created are in line for execution.

Responsible for vehicle development testing of all aspects. I was solely responsible from instrumentation, data acquisition, data processing and reporting engineering judgments to upper management. I developed and executed several cross-country trips, as well as international trips to collect vehicle data. I was responsible for monitoring tests being conducted at our suppliers, including off-site test facilities. I have obtained driving licenses at the following test facilities: Michigan Proving grounds, Chelsea Proving grounds, Bosch Proving grounds, Transportation Research Center, FTTA Proving grounds, and Idiada (Spain). I also have advanced driving training from TRC level 3.

London, England, Gb

Responsible for data acquisition focusing on NVH Vehicle Development. Executed test scenarios on 4-wheel chassis dyno, engine stand dyno, and other test labs including Wind Tunnel Testing, Powertrain Dyno Testing, Hot/Cold Chamber, on road, Modal Testing, 4 Post Shaker Testing, and testing at Chelsea Proving Grounds. I am Siemens LMS software certified, as well as experienced with head acoustics and vbox.

Responsible for building and fabrication of race cars. Set ups, body work, and at track services, are just a few of the options we provide for your team at Maki Racing and Engineering!

Responsible for setting up and conducting various tests for Plug-in Series Hybrid Electric Mule Vehicles including the instrumentation process and setting up test software to conduct various testing. I was the lead technical contact responsible for conducting evaluation meetings around the country presenting vehicles to potential customers. I obtained data for engineering development purposes. Set up and monitored component testing at other facilities and relayed the data results to the Engineering Team. Responsible for building and maintaining Plug-in Series Hybrid Electric Mule Vehicles. I was expected to troubleshoot various problems with Mule development and implement new designs or processes for vehicle development. Participated in daily engineering build meetings providing daily updates on build progress and planning for Mule progress. I was the lead contact between technicians and the engineering team to help simplify the assembly process, educating the team on issues during the build. Major focus was assembly process and ergonomics of the process for future production planning.Composed and presented monthly “Safety Talk” meetings regarding safety issues/topics to the employees. Topics were then posted on Safety Board for review. I was responsible for our 180,000 sq. ft. facility making sure all the safety areas were properly marked and procedures were taught across the organization. Lead contact for managing safety materials to vendors to ensure our standards were met on appropriate materials. Managed documentation showing regularity of Fire Drill/Tornado Drills as well as the documentation of all fire extinguisher inspections. Documented all unsafe acts and unsafe conditions and presented to the executive board on a monthly basis. Created all safety courses necessary for employees to be certified in hi-lo and vehicle lift operations. Implemented Kanban system for safety supplies.

Livonia, Mi, Us

Engineering Representative for design and maintaining autonomous driving test vehicles at Ford Proving Grounds. I presented weekly status meetings with Ford Representatives discussing accomplishments, challenges and preparation for future workload. I was responsible for managing responsibilities across various technicians to complete day to day 24/7 operations. I was a liaison between Engineering and UAW Mechanics to complete work orders on test vehicles. I assisted Test Engineering with data collection of LMS data from test vehicles including installation and management of all LMS test equipment such as accelerometers, smoke detectors, and microphones. I coordinated all media events and presentations to executive management of Autonomous Driving Operations.

Hinjawadi, Pune, Maharashtra, In

• Engineer responsible for system integration on current and future vehicles• Attend and report at Engineering Design meetings current proposals/findings• Responsible for benchmark evaluations for current vehicles for competitive market analysis• Assist Chief Engineer in presentation preparation and lead data coordination between US and Offshore engineering offices• Engineer responsible for collecting and managing all data and documents for North America operations. Met weekly via phone conference with offices in UK and India to coordinate data management between teams.

Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, Jp

Responsible for handling incoming and outgoing data to couterpart at TMC Japan. Also was responsible for creating and updating drawings. One of main contacts for all data sending and data management for engineering staff in north america. In this position I gained valuable training with Catia and data management best practices as well as important design release processes.