Senior Development Engineer
Pinellas Park, Florida Area
o Method expert in Life360™, a proprietary photochromic lens performance measurement system developed by Transitions Optical and utilized in trade communicationso Managed the Global Coatings Mix Lab for four years Sole full-time technical resource responsible for Production, Quality, R&D, Engineering, Finance, Purchasing, Logistics, Global Supply Chain, EH&S >$1MM/year operating budget, >$2MM/month in sales, ~$7.5MM/month inventory Produced proprietary coatings as forecasted by production plants in USA, Brazil, Ireland, Thailand and Philippines. Obtained approval and documentation for new chemicals and coatings both domestically and internationally, necessitating knowledge of country-specific EH&S requirementso Technical support to Sales & Marketing Developed and delivered product demonstration tools used at private optical industry trade education events, trade shows and customer visits Trained non-technical employees on product performance and demonstration tools Effective communicator to large and small, technical and non-technical groups o Sigma Logic Catalyst (comparable to Six Sigma Black Belt) Analyzed data from Life360® method and recommended claims and product improvements Utilized analytics skill in cross functional projects (with JMP® statistical software)o Member of R&D Environmental, Health and Safety team; interfaced with ISO auditoro Trained in project management fundamentalso Organized and executed weekly R&D test runs on production lineo Industrialization team member for generational launch of the core product