Matthew Smith Email & Phone Number

Palo Alto, CA, US

• Accountable for worldwide account oversight of a strategic Fortune 5 customer for HP 3D Metal Print and Additive Manufacturing Solutions as a key corporate growth vector under HP Strategy & Incubation.Responsibilities:
• Growth and expansion planning for new accounts management organization structure
• Customer business strategy, planning, and execution responsible
• Service support and brake-fix coordination
• Budgetary quotation and statement of work based service management
• Coordinated collaborative cross-functional global organizational support

Palo Alto, CA, US

• Key technical contact for the broad portfolio of technical capabilities of Metal Jet, “go-to” person for taking a need/idea into mass production
• Publicly representing HP, presented at trade shows and informative technology sessions to educate the world about the Metal Jet and how to design for additive technology
• Managing simultaneous global programs with production launches in APJ, EMEA, and AMS
• Worked as a founding member of the Product Management Team to develop market driven product requirements and thresholds
• Guiding engineering teams to solutions that exceed customer expectations to strengthen the marketability of HP’s products
• Developed go to market and announcement messaging strategies for a new mass production manufacturing technology

Palo Alto, CA, US

Herzogenaurach, DE

• Program Manager / Application Engineer for Business Unit Transmission Systems for Asian and Pacific Customers.
• Key technical contact and internal cross-functional project launch team leader for Mazda
• Serving as the “face of the company” in customer meetings; and “face of the customer” in international management reviews and daily development activities
• Managing simultaneous global programs with production launches in Germany and Mexico
• Making final technical decisions and presenting to executives on Mazda related issues
• Leading international teams with members from product development, quality, prototype, sales, purchasing, and multiple manufacturing segments; teams are typically made of 15-20 members who are located in the USA.

Herzogenaurach, DE

• Torque Converter Design Group Leader for the Commercial, European, Asian, and Pacific Markets.
• Led a diverse team of engineers, analysts, designers/drafters, specialists and engineering co-ops
• Held weekly individual and team reviews of due dates and deadlines to ensure timely execution
• Reviewed and approved ADVP&Rs and DFMEAs for torque converter designs
• Guided engineers through design and production changes for newly emerging technologies and reviewed / approved new concepts for approval prior to distribution
• Participated in executive project reviews as the design representative

Herzogenaurach, DE

• Project manager for a pacific market OEM torque converter from concept to production launch with internationally coordinated manufacturing and development.
• Temporary assignment for Mazda FZ-2 Torque Converter Launch due to department vacancy
• Coordinated global project launch throughout The United States, Germany, and Mexico
• Monitored and reported key metrics using SAP, Project Status Reporting (PSR) and Planisware
• Documented project related evidences and facilitated stage-gate approval
• Coordinated between Application Engineering and all relevant functional areas

Herzogenaurach, DE

• Worked on torque converters for Allison, Ford, CAF, Honda, Mazda, Jatco, Xi’an FC, ZF, Volvo, GM, Voith, Hyundai, Polaris
• Responsible for multiple projects with simultaneous design and production launch support in China, Mexico, Germany, and USA
• Maintained design responsibility from concept sketches to prototype to production launch, creating and managing bill of materials (BOMs) while managing narrow timelines
• Performed ANSYS structural simulations for life cycle based on stress, deflection and loading
• Introduced 3-D printing for improved development cycle, speed, quality and efficiency
• Prepared design guideline documentation as a part of continuous improvement process to help current and future designs exceed customer expectations in performance and cost

Chanhassen, MN, US

- Responsible for safety inspections and maintenance of rock wall and all climbing equipment.- Teach safe and fun climbing classes in both private and group settings. Train new employees.- Designed and implemented paperless customer check-in and certification tracking using Linux

Mediation of confrontations while promoting teamwork and exercise in a safe environment

Construction of office compounds for the Army Corps of Engineers

B.S, Mechanical Engineering

Education record