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Hartford, CT, US

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

Regulatory and Compliance Site Leader and ISO 17025 electrical lab manager for all Fire products manufactured and supported by the Northford, CT Center of Excellence [~$1 BB portfolio]. Directly managing 7 FTE, 1 contingent worker, and 9 matrixed FTE globally. Responsible for leading NPI product certification activity, Operate & Maintain, followup.

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

Regulatory and Compliance Site Leader and ISO 17025 electrical lab manager for all Fire products manufactured and supported by the Northford, CT Center of Excellence [~$250MM portfolio]. Regulatory Agile Release Train focal for 5 global lines of business. Leading team of 6 FTEs and 5 contractors. Responsible for leading NPI product certification activity.

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

Manage projects across 12 families of commercial and industrial fire alarm control panels and compatible devices and accessories to achieve and maintain compliance with -UL-FM-Lloyds Register, ABS, USCG, DNV-OSHPD, IBC-Local city, county, state, AHJand other notified body requirements.Projects include product certification activity, sustaining projects.

Boulogne-Billancourt, Île-de-France, FR

• Led quick turnaround growth, fulfilment, quality, and compliance projects for lighting panel and power panel lines from concept to production engaging cross functional and 3rd party stakeholders.
• Led cross functional team through scope and preliminary design of finger safe barriers across 15% of configured product volume in compliance with UL 67 main device requirements. Conducted 5 contractor feedback sessions.
• Led team to redesign legacy outdoor enclosures to exceed ingress protection requirements defined by the UL 50e standard maintaining sales of 8000 EAU Lighting Panels and 2000 EAU Power Panels over 300 configured.
• Mentored 3 Lean DFSS Green Belt projects, scoped future project opportunities and executed Black Belt project optimizing sealing gasket compression, handle forces, and ensuring enclosure reliability.
• Led team through preliminary design, provided voice of customer input to components teams, and released specification for a multi-year program to integrate new and legacy circuit breakers and mechanical/electronic.

Boulogne-Billancourt, Île-de-France, FR

• Completed GE’s flagship engineering leadership development program including 4 six month rotations, advanced technical and leadership training, and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification.Rotation 4: Design Engineer.
• Designed, prototyped, and tested innovative lug covers to safely divert hot, high electrical potential effluent resulting from a short circuit event away from breaker lugs and straps.
• Developed test gages to measure toggle mechanism and arc interruption performance.
• Drove loop length analysis in Pro/Mechanism to optimize breaker components for arc mobility.
• Led competitor breaker testing and teardown to compare selectivity and thermal performance. Rotation 3: Design Engineer, Spectra Busway
• Drove $180k Retrofit Program for requisition engineered busway fittings, leading 3 designers from concept design to released Pro/E models and drawings, completed UL qualification testing, performed pilot run and.

Boulogne-Billancourt, Île-de-France, FR

• NEMA Rain testing for gasket design optimization
• Designed and fabricated reliability tester for several electric vehicle products
• Supported UL Engineering testing by creating test rigs and performing qualification testing
• Designed Wattstation product display for global leadership meeting
• Chaired Professional Development committee

• Designed and Created interactive diorama displaying Smart Grid Technology concepts for public outreach. Used scale models and fabricated PLC to control LEDs in a manner simulating the flow of electrical current.
• Characterized charging and discharging profile of 25 Ni-Cd batteries used in a prototype electric car.

Attleboro, MA, US

• Defined and characterized optimal weld for Carrier pressure switch using Six Sigma DMAIC tools
• Implemented a statistically capable system for repeatable and reproducible weld penetration measurements leveraging a 3d printed fixture and a CMM.

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering Track