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Valley City, Oh

Product Engineer and Manager with Schaeffler’s automotive aftermarket division. In charge of brand and product line development, range extension, pricing, packaging support, technical training support, and marketing support. Manage one direct report and occasional interns.Current department supports or leads three or four initiatives each year. Have successfully lead over 10 projects for both product range extension, and internal process or systems improvements. Regularly meet with customers and vendors, prepare sales analyses, maintain product offering and prices, and create technical literature for product end users. Prepare product training demonstrations, create and deliver presentations, and regularly support large and small trade shows as booth staff.

Troy, Mi

Engineering Team Leader for Chrysler transmission account, Account Executive for Chrysler transmission account, and Customer Application Engineer for GM Transmission account. Supervised one engineer and was responsible for prioritizing engineering requests from Chrysler transmission engineers.Effective liaison between my company and the customer on engineering and commercial issues. Gained experience in managing test results, prototype delivery, bearing / transmission design interface, and design change solutions for existing business. Helped company successfully gain business and launch over 20 bearings in three transmissions and one torque converter. Also negotiated tooling and piece price and other contract terms and conditions.

Plymouth, Mi

Application engineer for axle and transfer case bearings with weekly customer interface. Performed bearing calculations and reviewed results with customers on a regular basis.

Bsme, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: ASME

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Activities and Societies: Cross Country, Lacrosse, Arupe Neighborhood Program