Michael S. is a Independent Digital Transformation Consultant at Freelance. He possess expertise in manufacturing engineering, automotive, discrete event simulation, autocad, factorycad and 32 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "Michael is a professional, talented and capable Engineer and Manager. He is an expert in process simulatuion and has deleloped and delivered complex process models which have been the basis for a number of major plant investments. More recently he has managed the installation and commissioning of a muliti million dollar paint process from order to PPAP. He has a great management style and has managed a number of teams deliveing buisiness objective on time and at cost. I have no hesitation in recommending Mike for a senior Project / Functional management position." and "I initially recruited Michael into a CAD Engineer role on a 6 - 9 month temporary contract to be part of my team working on a new and innovative Project delivering virtual validation processes for new product introduction. Michael came highly recommended based upon this and it soon became clear that he was head and shoulders above many of his peers. Whilst Michael is without doubt an excellent CAD Engineer, he also has an extensive background in the Automotive industry and in particular, Manufacturing Engineering processes which makes him a very well rounded & flexible professional. Michael is also grounded, practical and logical in his approach and when combined with his skillset makes him very versatile and adaptable. When I was looking for an Engineer to take on a complex activity requiring the application of Discrete Event Simulation software, Michael stepped up to the plate. With a lot of hard work and many long hours studying EM-Plant/ Plant Simulation and SimTalk (Programming Language) he soon became very proficient in DeS delivering outstanding results on a number of high profile projects. Through these Projects, Michael demonstrated a combined benefit of several million dollars and in the process established himself as the acknowledged expert within the Caterpillar Enterprise in the practical application of DeS techniques. Michael subsequently remained a key player in my team for a number of years evolving our DeS and 3D CAD capability. I vigorously advocated and was eventually successful in securing Michael into a permanent leadership position on the basis of his industrious and outstanding performance. Michael is an excellent Engineer and an exceptional people leader with outstanding ability and versatile analytical skills. Furthermore, Michael demonstrates superb teamwork and interpersonal skills at all levels of the organisation, is unfailingly industrious and is the consummate manufacturing professional. I cannot recommend Michael highly enough and he is definitely someone who will make an immediate and positive impact to your organisation. Above all else though, Michael is a thoroughly honest, nice and affable chap with the utmost level of integrity whom you will immediately warm to and very quickly become a highly valued and respected member of your team."