Team Leadership and Budget Management: Manage daily engineering operations, $800K department budget, individual project budgets, and team of 8.Project Management: Oversee task assignment, production, logistics, and prioritization for multiple simultaneous projects.Product Design and Product Development: Design/develop innovative and reliable mechanical products, considering functionality, manufacturability, cost, and safety. Filed and was granted security arm barrier patent.Cross-functional Collaborations: Communicate with diverse stakeholders to drive cross-functional collaboration and adherence to deadlines and budgets.Risk Assessment: Assess risks, identify project challenges, and proactively implement mitigation strategies. This includes tracking ongoing $7M project for the City of Chicago.Resource Allocation and Problem Solving: Allocate resources to support corrective tasks and resolve project issues. Vendor Management: Collaborate with external vendors to source components, materials, and services for project completion and client issue resolution.Mentoring and Talent Pipelining: Drive retention/efficiency by mentoring engineering team, offering performance feedback, and creating healthy work culture. Coordinated with educational facilities to develop engineering intern talent pipeline.Presentations: Presented for iGATE brand launch for company’s first industry 4.0 product, a self-reporting smart gate.Adaptive Leadership: Adapted to changing manufacturing priorities, balanced multiple duties, and established revised requirements to support personnel through company acquisition.Product Strategy: Devised/certified 3 products for ARMR division, which now account for 60+% of security-related sales. Facilitated 10% product cost savings.Strategic Thinking: Cleared $20M engineering backlog in 8 months by leading roadway division. Laid foundation to develop industry 4.0-capable facility, allowing for efficient custom fabrication.