• Responsible for manufacturing and product engineering along with new product technical development efforts. Develop technical strategic direction and execution plans.• Resolve product field and manufacturing issues. • Streamline engineering processes and procedures.• Mentoring and supervisory responsibilities.• Reduce new product development and product enhancement timelines. • Implemented alternative materials and designs to save $120,000 annually. • Reduced product costs by 22% to 50% on re-engineered products.• Managed the development and validation of 42+ new and enhanced products. Products are a mixture of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ), Combustion Exhaust and Ventilation markets.• Implemented stage gate project management program to reduce speed to market time with NPD and NPI processes.• Managed department budget and company capital expenditures.• SME for product legal matters.• Extensive product testing and validation experience relating to electromechanical and air moving device products and agency compliance.• Technology evaluation and enhancement responsibility.• IP lead (patent generation and evaluation).• Design, develop, build and install time saving automation equipment for specific production applications. Also specify, justify, document, purchase and install cost saving production equipment.

• Turn-around division operation from top to bottom. Position division of privately owned company to make profit and handle future growth from $4M to $13M in sales. • Developed new departmental engineering capability and introduce quality by statistical analysis.• Started and completed evolution from Garage Shop to Production Environment. Manage all aspects of the company operations. Focused on building and the development (mentoring) of Production, Engineering and Quality departments. Production transition included new production/manufacturing plant layout and process flow changes. • Designed several new commodity product platforms leading to $3M in new sales. • Implemented lean manufacturing principles leading to reducing waste costs of $300,000 while increasing efficiency 18% by installing 2 new winding machines. • Saved $130,000 per year in raw material costs by designing a new PLC spray control system. • Designed and built a copper tube bending machine which achieved a 40% decrease in fabrication time. • Eliminated 32 hours per week in man hours by implementing automation controls for key machinery. • Reduced engineering product design time from 6 hours to 1 hour using standardized subcomponent parts. Deployed a 3D modeling tool.• Implemented standards for metal forming and welding of aluminum and steel housing leading to a 15% reduction in overall costs.• Led the design and implementation of more than 600 new molds, fixtures, and manufacturing aids.

Turn-around operation. Change from Private to Corporate Environment. Set up operational metrics. Full P&L responsibility. Implement production schedule and system. Redesigned several products for DFMEA. Company sold to foreign ownership.• Reduced losses 75% in 1 year and minimized customer issues. Improved on-time delivery from 42% to 86% and increased production 32% by implementing Lean Manufacturing Principles. • Achieved 50% reduction in rework by introducing new painting and coating standards. • Streamlined welding times 7% by implementing AWS welding practices. • Production processes included metal stamping, punching, forming and welding operations as well as heavy mechanical and electrical assembly processes. • Successfully transitioned 3 new paver designs into production in 1 year. Updated and revised designs for manufacturability. Pavers were equipped with gas engines and powered with hydraulic drive components. • Updated several support legacy products to reduce manufacturing time by 25%.

• Started as Chief Engineer and quickly promoted to Operations and Engineering within 6 months.• Slashed costs 25% by redesigning 75% of the legacy products in production. • Delivered a 30% improvement in product productivity by instituting new controls and drives for press machines. • Reduced design times from 3 days to 2 hours by standardizing products and utilizing 3D parametric product modeling techniques.• Developed and released 8 new products from concept to customer installation. Products included PLC controls and drives, electromechanical, air flow, steam and burner components encased in metal formed and welded enclosures.• Mentoring and employee development.