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Detroit, Michigan, Us

Responsible for the integration of transmissions into vehicle applications and into vehicle manufacturingplants. Achieves this through close teamwork with powertrain and vehicle program teams, engineers,and manufacturing teams driving discussions and resolutions regarding integration issues, acting as therepresentative for the transmission organization. Leads the analysis to identify appropriate content fornew applications. Responsible for a global team of regional Application Engineers• Demonstrated expertise in project management, from conception to execution. Led project to developnew analytical tool to investigate vehicle issues. Program greatly enhances investigation capabilitiesand reduces time and effort for issue identification.• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively and buildproductive relationships with cross-functional teams and customers. Responsible for coordinating globalefforts between engineering, design, and manufacturing to execute product releases on time and withzero issues.• Expert in data analysis. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify andresolve technical and process issues. Continuously leads efforts to untangle complicated internalprocesses into understandable pieces or drive change to create new and improved processes. To leadto effective execution of required tasks to ensure all vehicle and powertrain requirements are met.

Detroit, Michigan, Us

Responsible for transmission and engine engineering product development and field quality• Led OpEx project to create unified part return process and dashboard to centralize all data and learnings from warranty part analysis and teardowns. Saves time and resources by eliminating duplication of efforts and providing visibility to the entire organization of actions, Results in warranty reduction, timely response to issues, and overall reduction in spend.• Responsible for leading powertrain warranty reduction task force, managing execution and coordination of problem solving efforts between engineering, suppliers, and quality. Escalating issue to senior leadership as necessary.• Leads Continuous Program Improvement Team meeting for QRD team for GM Transmission.• Gatekeeper of quality within the product management team. Identifies and root causes issues, leads communications between product, program teams, and senior company leadership to resolve issues in a timely manner to reduce field impact and spend.• Manages both people and data. Responsible for creating product performance reports and leadership reports as well as utilizing DRE's, Technical Specialists, Cross functional teams, and leadership involvement to best address quality issue containment, corrective actions, supplier cost recovery, and design improvement.

Detroit, Michigan, Us

Powertrain Design - Transmission Design Group• Responsible for reviewing, updating, editing engineering designs, drawings, bill of materials, and notes in accordance with GM standards and corresponding work orders.• Received training in general tolerance and dimensioning in ASME Y14.5 2009 standards and GM addendum's.• Team member in designing functional go/no-go gages and test parts to determine fit, assembly, and clearances are achieved to ensure quality of manufactured goods.

Kansas City, Mo, Mo, Us

Founded an animal welfare non-profit after identifying the needs of animal shelters and thecircumstances surrounding them whose mission is to fund proactive programs that prevent MetroDetroit's animals from entering shelters.• Developed and implemented a program that provides resources for underprivileged families to keep pets instead of being placed in a shelter.• Cultivates relationships with rescue partners and corporate donors to raise funds for the organization.• Coordinates logistics for all fundraising events while obtaining sponsors in the community.• Presents statistics and other information to various organizations for increased visibility.• Strategically plans future actions and initiatives based on overall need and data.

• Designed, modeled, ensured material type requirements were met, and routed the pneumatic system for the air suspension and brakes for a custom military mobile platform trailer.• Responsible for solving various design problems such as providing a model to determining multiple placements and fabrication methods to secure loose load items on a mobile platform trailer for maximum space efficiency as well as utilization by operating crew.• Interfaced with customer to determine design requirements and desires as well as coordinate with suppliers to obtain product prints and models, as well as determine if their product meets specifications set forth by the customer.

Experienced with and managed many communication systems involving line-of-sight (LOS), satellite, and troposcatter capabilities such as; C, Ku, and Ka satellite networks, UHF and VHF radios, INMARSAT and IRIDIUM satellite phones.Critical team member in providing quick reaction capability to anywhere in the world on short notice to austere locations and establishing initial telecommunications services for peacetime, contingency, and humanitarian operations. Duties also included; resolution of failures, configuration, repair, support, implementation, site design/survey, and coordination of management of systems.Key trainer for the unit.

• Responsible for completing time studies on multiple manufacturing lines to determine actions that could increase production speed as well as reduce scrap.• Conducted multiple tolerance studies to improve the accuracy in production to reduce the amount of scrap in the production of multiple mufflers and resonators lines.

Responsible for collecting and analyzing warranty data to determine how and why a part failed.Creates presentations and reports from warranty data to present to and be used by management for company steering committees and future financial planning.Develops new methods to more effectively track long term warranty data as well as effectively respond to information requests from other engineering departments.

Responsible for the daily operation and maintenance of the KU, C, Ka, EHF, and UHF satellite terminals and baseband equipment that provided strategic reachback for Department of Defense operations.Acted as Shift Lead, responsible for the management of 3 or more technicians and the management of missions that provide reachback communications for military and government communication missions.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Applied Science And Electronics