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Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Austin, Texas, Us

Austin, Texas, Us

▪ Led an engineering team of 50 staff to design, build and commission a highly automated body shop with over 1000 robots. ▪ Worked directly with Product Designers to simplify the product for manufacturability, and with Line Integrators to design the most dense body shop in the world. ▪ Oversaw a crew of over 700 Millwrights and Electricians during the installation phase, compressed down to a 4-month timeline. ▪ Worked with suppliers to expedite equipment delivery, and in some cases, re-source the fabrication of custom tooling to solve for the aggressive project timeline. ▪ Engaged a team to design and build a small shop to build prototype bodies for product validation, and optimize throughput using various kaizen initiatives. ▪ Expanded and directed a team responsible for the specification, selection and commissioning of all joining equipment including resistance spot welding, various types of laser welding, drawn arc weld studs, self-piercing fasteners, and adhesive. ▪ Established a team to develop advanced technologies in house such as vision-based machine learning tools and additive manufacturing applications.

Austin, Texas, Us

▪ Led the design, installation and commissioning of the body-side high-volume, robotic production lines with various Aluminum joining technologies. ▪ Coordinated the introduction of a new welding technology. ▪ Drove the transition from manual to automated adhesive dispensing across the factory, and set up procedures and resources to sustain dispensing performance.

Austin, Texas, Us

▪ Led the design, installation and commissioning of semi-automated welding fixtures. ▪ Coordinated the selection and introduction of pressure decay and mass flow leak testing equipment. ▪ Established the early adhesive dispensing best practices. ▪ Led the validation and documentation of adhesive dispense patterns during the prototype build phase.

Port Melbourne, Victoria, Au

▪ Pioneered the establishment of fastening standards across the Asia-Pacific Region of Toyota General Assembly plants.▪ Designed and commissioned various manual and automated material delivery systems.▪ Led the redesign and commissioning of the Engine Dress Line, resulting in a 40% reduced footprint.

Port Melbourne, Victoria, Au

▪ Identified and developed lean manufacturing activities to eliminate non-value-added work.▪ Used the 'Toyota Business Practices' problem-solving model to drive daily improvements in quality and efficiency.▪ Applied the ‘Toyota Quality Assurance Network’ guidelines to guarantee product quality.▪ Collaborated with project stakeholders (shop-floor to director level) to ensure successful launch of new equipment and processes.

Houston, Texas, Us

▪ Liaised with project clients and partner consultants to understand project objectives and provide updates on project outcomes.▪ Developed process trials and mathematical modelling techniques to validate various process concepts.▪ Prepared layouts and equipment specifications for a major green-field water treatment plant.

Detroit, Michigan, Us

▪ Designed validation activities to ensure risk-free implementation of production initiatives.▪ Prepared risk management documents and pursued involved parties for reduction and buy-off of risks associated with design changes.▪ Documented design changes for record keeping and communication to Manufacturing Engineers and suppliers.

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Applied Mathematics

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