Regional (senior) engineering manager for Eaton Aerospace. Leader of a globally distributed workforce of aerospace and mechanical engineers developing interconnect products for military, aviation, space, and industrial applications.

Acquisition integration leader with responsibility for engineering/technology.

Global product engineering manager for OE Aerospace pneumatic ducting business, as well as aftermarket ducting. Duties include functional management of ~40 engineers in the US and Asia responsible for New Product Development (NPD), Internal Research and Development (IRAD), Bid and Proposal (B&P), and sustaining engineering support for three plants in the United States and Mexico.

Interim engineering manager for Eaton Interconnect and Power Conversion team in Camarillo, CA. Responsible for functional leadership of team, mentoring/developing talent, and providing feedback to Eaton leadership on capabilities, performance, and recommended changes. Role required 50% travel (California), and was performed concurrently with role as Ducting Engineering Manager in Beltsville, MD.

Technical Subject Matter Expert (SME) for pneumatic component design. Led technical Bid and Proposal (B&P) activities on multiple new business campaigns. Led hardware qualification programs for commercial aircraft, and led sustaining engineering duties for both military and commercial aviation hardware. Supporting player for customer field support on a large, commercial aircraft program.

Managed a small team of experienced product engineers, leadership development program (LDP) engineers, and co-op interns in New Product Development for commercial aviation and adjacent markets. Helped secure funding for, then lead, R&D for product characterization and next-generation technology development. Responsible for team engineering metrics and flow-down of goals and development plans to direct reports. Successfully collaborated with program management, manufacturing engineering, quality engineering, and operations on Integrated Product Teams.

Served as product engineer on multiple military and commercial aviation platforms. Designed and executed risk reduction and qualification test programs, working with global Integrated Product Team with membership in Indonesia, India, United Kingdom, and the United States. Led the capture and early execution on adjacent market opportunities in power generation turbines and oil-and-gas down-hole drilling equipment. Member of first Eaton Aerospace DFSS graduating class (DFSS Greenbelt). Designated Subject Matter Expert (SME) on flexible pneumatic joints and resilient static seals.

Project manager and design engineering lead on 58 NPD projects serving Aerospace, Semi-Conductor, and Power Generation customers. Developed automated CAD tools for rapid design and drawing development, significantly reducing time-to-market. Successfully used FEA models to predict behavior and fatigue capability of sheet-metal turbine engine seals. Designed progressive forming tooling and processes to effectively fabricate complex engine face-type seals with emphasis on design for cost (DFC) and design for manufacture (DFM).

Supported design engineering and manufacturing engineering staff in new product development, tooling design, process development, testing, and sustaining engineering.