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United States

Newmarket, Ontario, Canada

East Gwillimbury, Ontario, Canada

• Researched, developed, and coordinated plant and equipment layout improvements and process improvements to help with current Just-In-Time manufacturing techniques and Total Quality Control
• Evaluated, researched, recommended, and implemented various manufacturing and tooling design improvements for both integral and canister-style ball joint control arms
• Analyzed and improved various aspects of integral ball joint manufacturing, including roll forms, bearing and ball stud assembly, and boot installation
• Conducted several Root Cause Analysis studies on various control arm manufacturing issues including weld distortion, and roll form abnormalities
• Designed tooling modifications utilizing Solidworks CAD software
• Adapted extensive use of Statistical Process Control to continuously monitor and improve manufacturing output by over 30% across multiple assembly lines

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Responsible for ensuring the success of staging and event productions by performing the technical setup aspects on over 100 live events
• Ensured that all relevant safety regulations were followed during production to ensure that no accidents occurred
• Coordinated and led teams of over 10 individuals to complete various time sensitive tasks

Newmarket, Ontario, Canada

• Participated in the engineering and production of automotive suspension products, with an emphasis on control arms and ball joints including programs such as: Ford P702 F-150, Ford P702 F-150 Raptor, Ford Warthog.
• Handled liaison activities between program managers, process engineering, and production to support program launch activities
• Assisted and organized the physical assembly of prototype parts including quality checks, GD&T, construction, and testing alongside various engineers to improve development times by up to 50%
• Participated in the final inspection & packaging of development parts prior to delivery to customer for over 2000 complete parts
• Planned, coordinated and executed over 30 nonproduction engineering builds successfully
• Managed and oversaw engineering inventory of over 1000 components

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Combined business and technological skills with strong leadership, communication, and negotiation skills to assist project managers with a hardware rollout to over 200+ store locations
• Validated and developed project plans, schedules, procedures, and documentation to support to the rollout
• Coordinated with third-party vendors to support their processes with documentation and any related validation on over 10 separate occasions
• Participated and led daily team meetings with 15+ members
• Contacted and coordinated multi-day hardware installations to over 100+ store locations

• Combined business and technology skills with strong leadership, communication, and negotiation skills to assist Project Managers with a hardware rollout to over 200+ locations
• Responsible for the deployment and validation of project plans, schedules, procedures, and documentation to support to the rollout
• Worked directly with third-party vendors to support their processes with documentation and any related validation
• Solved daily time-sensitive issues with extensive teamwork
• Participated and led daily team meetings with 15+ members
• Assisted and trained other individuals when required

• Employed effective troubleshooting skills, used to help 200+ Canadian Tire Retail Stores primarily with their automotive section tablets and other technology related issues
• Developed proficient communication skills by talking firsthand with Canadian Tire Retail employees
• Worked directly with third party vendors such as Moneris and Zebra Technologies
• Solved time-sensitive issues with extensive teamwork

Student leader awarded the highest level of recognition and designated as a “Core” leader. Responsible for leading other students leaders, organizing events and creating media.