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Tolland, CT

• Provided significant growth by expanding sign and graphics market into aircraft interiors and athletics. Highlighted applications for the aerospace industry, including Delta, KLM, British Airways, US Airways and the US.
• Eliminated hazardous materials from consumables and hardware. Supported auditing and adherence to U.S. and international regulations including RoHS-3, UL, CE, CCC, UN transport of dangerous goods and FAR flammability.

South Windsor, CT

• Managed team of mechanical, electrical, firmware design engineers, drafting designers, technicians, machinists and documentation assistants.
• Led cross-functional team to develop an Engineering Change Order tracking system. Spring boarded from an initial Kaizen event, the team developed a more streamlined process which tightened communication for all design.
• Led tiger team to resolve cost of poor quality issues related to a new product development launch utilizing pareto data of customer frequency and financial impacts.
• Trained phone and field support resources on key changes to parts and processes.

South Windsor, CT

• Managed team of program and product managers, chemical engineers, and material test specialists.
• Developed key upgrades to the GERBER EDGE FX thermal transfer foil printer to eliminate waste by minimizing plastic consumption with reusable trays, adding GerberGauge to allow the user to see the quantity of ink.

South Windsor, CT

• Directed team of mechanical, electrical, and firmware engineers, machinist and supply chain to develop 10-station carousel Automatic Tool Changer flatbed routers, exceeding expectations of schedule and budget.
• Investigated opportunities to grow from sign and graphics into packaging market, which led to development of a revolutionary way to create die boards.
• Evaluated options for developing/partnering for adding solvent-based ink jet printer to portfolio.
• Developed pixel history control and new dial-in algorithms supporting GERBER EDGE 2 upgrade that tripled the speed and doubled the resolution of the printer for thousands of combinations of output materials.

South Windsor, CT

• Participated in a cross-functional team that developed the revolutionary GERBER EDGE thermal transfer printer.
• Followed NPD process from VOC to production and service, resulting in multimillion-dollar contribution to the bottom line of Gerber.
• Enhanced presentation skills by volunteering to present team’s proof of concept results and future opportunity to senior management team, combining printer, plotter, design/output software, and consumables.
• Responsible for finding and developing partner for key consumable, thermal transfer foils.
• Developed and tested detailed electromechanical, consumable functional specification.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering