Kyle Harvey 🛠️ Email & Phone Number

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Leading product development and supply chain to build the worlds highest quality products for hockey and sports medicine.

Zeeland, Michigan, United States

-Led the launch and profitable growth of Extol's additive manufacturing business by helping our customers create value with new manufacturing technology- Built high performing sales and operations teams-Member of Extol's Leadership Team

Zeeland, Mi

-Member of Extol's Leadership Team-Identified and evaluated new business opportunities for development or acquisition-Led the innovation, launch, and growth of multiple new technologies in staking, laser welding, and additive manufacturing-Redefined Extol's Innovation Process to be driven by Human Centered Design and Agile Product Development

Zeeland, Mi

Responsible for the Marketing and Product Management of Extol's products from identifying products for development through the end of the product life cycle.Led the divestiture and sale of Extol's ErgoStation product line.

Zeeland, Mi

Developed a high performance team to manufacture Extol's flagship product through lean thinking, visual systems, and load leveling (heijunka).Our team:-Increased on time shipments from 86% to over 99%-Reduced warranty costs by 40%-Increased cell throughput by 25%

Zeeland, Mi

• Led a team of 3-4 Applications Engineers in Extol's Applications Lab• Manage 25 customer projects per month on average• Created systems to measure the revenue and number of projects of the Applications Lab • Tripled the revenue generated in Extol’s Applications Lab in 3 years• Created system for driving and capturing continuous improvement• Cross trained 8 Extol employees on Extol’s standard equipment and plastic joining processes in 3-month Applications Lab training rotations• Led 8 total days of training seminars for Extol’s customers and sales team• Publications -SPE TopCon 2012 – “InfraWeld, Through-Beam Welding at the IR Spectrum” -Plastics Decorating and Assembly E-News, February 2013 - “Plastic Assembly Trends: Utilizing Infrared Energy”

Zeeland, Mi

Created a 5 year strategic business plan for Extol's Applications Lab in partnership with the CEO as a capstone to my MBA degree.Found my passion for strategy and business development.

Zeeland, Mi

• Collaborate with customers to evaluate plastics joining applications through testing and CAD• Communicate plastics joining feasibility evaluation results and recommendations to customers• Concept and test solutions to unique plastics joining applications

•Worked on product engineering team•Revised drawings and 3D modeling in Autodesk Mechanical Desktop and Inventor•Assisted in new product development by creating detailed models of metal and wood•Manufactured prototypes and gained hands on experience•Became familiar with lean manufacturing and continuous improvement

Bse, Mechanical Concentration, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Captain of Golf Team, Student Athlete Advisory Committee Leadership Team, Renewable Energy Organization.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Strategic Management