Manager, Cad/Cam Technology
Auburn Hills, Mi, Us
–– Responsible for evaluating, deploying, training and maintaining PLM (CAD/CAM/Visualization/Data Management) solutions from engineering to shop floor systems. Acting Senior Manager of Manufacturing Technical Systems: Manage staff of 170 employees, ~$20M, responsible for deploying Wireless infrastructure (Wi-Fi) for Assembly plants, Plant floor training, Digital Manufacturing strategy, evaluation of eMatrix, Delmia, eMPlanner. • Reduced CAD Unix workstations by migrating to PC based CATIA V5 for stamping die and assembly tooling design.. (Benchmarked UG, Solidworks and CATIA V5)• Expedited CATIA V4 to V5 Migration by utilizing automation, managing a matrix group of internal and external resources. (including offshore and salaried bargaining union employees) • Optimize design cycle time by developing and acquiring CATIA V4 IUA’s, GII’s.• Reduced shop-floor software costs ($1M /Yr) by deploying low cost, easy to use stamping die viewer software for 5 Plants, 500+ users. • Increase simulation throughput by46% while reducing the cost by implementing Linux based MPP (Massive Parallel Processing) infrastructure for LS-DYNA Stamping feasibility simulation.