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Stevensville, Michigan, United States

Providing consulting services to improve Business and Manufacturing Processes. Also available to coach leaders of engineering organizations to drive higher performance and engagement.

Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States

Responsible for investigating the root causes of safety allegations involving our products. Also responsible for mandatory reports to government safety regulatory bodies. Drove a disciplined approach to define value through KPIs, standardize on best practices, and then applied systematic waste elimination and systematic problem solving techniques * 45%.

Saint Joesph, Michiagen

Leader of Product Approval for Laundry in US, Mexico, Brazil, India, Poland, and Italy.* Achieved all-time best performance in Lab Satisfaction, throughput, and predictability of dates. * Testified to a Select Committee of the British Parliament about UK dryer fires, minimizing damage to company and Brand reputation from a dryer recall* Nominated by SWE.

Benton Harbor, Michigan Area

Global Leader for all the Laboratory Operation teams worldwide. Accountable for measuring physical models safely, quickly, accurately, efficiently, and consistently. Also accountable to ensure we have the capability and capacity to support our projects now and in the future. Org consisted of over 450 people working in 22 different cities in the US, Mexico.

Benton Harbor, Michigan Area

Accountable for the leading the refrigeration Product Approvals in US, Mexico, Brazil, Italy, Poland, India, Russia and Turkey. These Product approvals ensured that designs released by project teams meet their targets while also meeting applicable Safety and Regulatory requirements.* This tenure was short due to a reorganization.

Benton Harbor, Michigan Area

Single point of contact for engineering on the North America Refrigeration Business Team. * First to market with color liners, under-shelf lighting, and metal shelves. * Earned our way back into the Kenmore line-up* Dominated the Consumer Reports freezer ratings. * Refreshed the entire model line to meet the new energy standards. * Won an Innovation award.

Benton Harbor, Michigan Area

Led the project to close our Technology Center in Evansville, IN and create a new tech center in Benton Harbor, MI.* Established a fully equipped laboratory and model shop, and engineering team * Staffed the engineering team by relocating 20 people, and hiring over 130 people.

Benton Harbor, Michigan Area

Leader of Single point of contact for engineering on the North America Laundry Business Team. * Delivered the “Alpha” Front Load Washer with the following: Distinct Whirlpool and Maytag brand aesthetics, Perfect Dose dispensing, Direct Drive Motor, LCD screen, and the largest capacity (~5ft3). * Alpha 2.0 was delivered allowing us to reach lower price.

Benton Harbor, Michigan Area

Manager in charge of ~25 engineers, technicians, and designers in charge of improving the cost and quality of the Whirpool-built washers manufactured in North America.

Benton Harbor, Michigan Area

Responsible for improving the cost and quality of the electrical components on our washers and dryers. Also responsible for supporting model line and Mega Project activities involving electrical components.

Extensively trained expert in Six Sigma Tools and Methods* Help to coordinate the establishment of a consistent Global Six Sigma Program across all regions. * Develop and implement a Design for Six Sigma program (Robust Design).Master Black Belt supporting the NAR Fabric Care region in Engineering.

Benton Harbor, Michigan Area

Master Black Belt supporting the NAR Fabric Care region in Engineering.

Benton Harbor, Michigan Area

Electrical Engineer Supporting the development of controls for new washer platforms.

Rochester, Minnesota Area

1989-1992 - Digital IC designer - responsible for the design of the floating point unit for the AS-400 midrange computer