• Leads mid to long term (1 to 4yrs) innovation projects proving out new designs, manufacturing processes, materials, coatings, and technologies• Identifies and visits new vendors to broaden longer term partnerships and capabilities• Develops innovative ways to optimize manufacturing techniques in order to improve throughput and efficiency of existing processes• Contributes to future product architecture pipeline by developing innovative concepts into production friendly projects

• Manage team of R&D Technicians (3) in prioritizing and completing test requests involving golf club performance, durability standards, and manufacturing processes• Design, coordinate, and conduct over 25 different tests to ensure components and finished products are within specification, durable, and perform as intended• Develop and continually update testing procedures and processes to improve efficiency while adapting to evolving product standards• Lead consumer research initiatives to understand unmet customer needs and influence future business requirements• Created web-based club and test request database used to organize club specifications, club measurements, test requests, results, and reports• Initiated and delivered a returns database to generate reports analyzing product breakages which are used to improve current and future product designs• Compile, analyze, store, and retrieve R&D test results to support project teams and marketing presentations

• Manage team of R&D Technicians (3) in prioritizing and completing test requests involving golf club performance, durability standards, and manufacturing processes• Design, coordinate, and conduct over 25 different tests to ensure components and finished products are within specification, durable, and perform as intended• Develop and continually update testing procedures and processes to improve efficiency while adapting to evolving product standards• Lead consumer research initiatives to understand unmet customer needs and influence future business requirements• Created web-based club and test request database used to organize club specifications, club measurements, test requests, results, and reports• Initiated and delivered a returns database to generate reports analyzing product breakages which are used to improve current and future product designs• Compile, analyze, store, and retrieve R&D test results to support project teams and marketing presentations

• Traveled internationally (Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Japan, Mexico) to oversee factory processes, resolve manufacturing issues, and to ensure timely delivery of project samples and production quantities• Developed components using a wide variety of manufacturing techniques (plastic/metal injection molding, rubber injection/compression molding, co-molding, machining, investment casting, forging, stamping, etc) as well as cosmetic finishing processes (grinding/polishing, blasting, PVD, anodizing, painting, etc)• Led development of numerous multi-million dollar projects, from concept to production, on-time, within budget, and within performance/quality metrics• Developed product launch documents and bill of materials (BOM), which contained hundreds of SKUs for multiple programs at a time• Generated project schedules to ensure production quantities shipped and launched on time• Designed, built, and updated standardized project specifications (component and full club assembly specs) used by external suppliers and internal manufacturing• Interacted with various company departments (Design, Research, Manufacturing, Purchasing, Marketing, Upper Management, Customer service) regarding multiple projects at a time on a daily basis• Led initiative to order and set up over $1.5 million worth of R&D Testing Lab equipment during PUMA acquisition

• Coordinated and conducted product tests (durability, performance, consumer, and player tests) using in-house equipment and also outside agency assistance• Continually revised and improved test request forms• Measured golf clubs for specification assurance• Created and maintained project schedules• Created and maintained project specifications (club assembly and component specs)

• Conducted heating/cooling load calculations to better define project needs• Designed efficient ductwork layout given required airflow calculations• Created schedules and specifications for multiple projects at a time• Re-created ductwork layout drawings for Covenant Hospital combining multiple outdated as-built diagrams and field verification