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London, ON, CA

London, Ontario, Canada

• Main customer-facing technical representation on largest accounts, from in-depth hardware to platform/apps.
• Building customer relationships, trust, understanding, and continuously increasing strategic account health.
• Understanding business value, and creating awareness and projects internally to propose and realize improvements in hardware, software layers, APIs, analytics, future proofing, according to voice of customer and.
• Developing new IIoT solutions, based on controllers, engine, external sensors, protocols,machine data available.
• Managing IIoT telematics solutions, systems integration, aspects of installations, data integrity, and improvements for large industrial equipment fleets.

London, Ontario, Canada

• Responsible for performing customer engineering support pre and post-sale.
• Translating customer business needs and requirements into technical solutions.
• Proposing efficient and outside-the-box hardware and/or software solutions
• Key point of contact for assigned customer programs
• Responsible for managing scope, schedule, budget and risk for delivery of customer programs.
• Supporting development of new hardware, software, and services, using a Voice of Customer and Design Thinking approach.

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

• Leading largest company project (9 figure budget); successfully launched final design into serial production, after being severely late when taking over.
• Managing international stakeholders between Canada, Germany, Spain, Mexico, U.S., Australia, China
• Developing timelines, budgets, executive presentations, action plans, and aligning international resources
• Developing more efficient documentation, and building cohesive communication in a projects team
• Managing projects risks and escalating at the appropriate level as needed
• Working with GD&T, APQP, SPC, MSA, FMEA, PPAP, ISO 9001/IATF 16949

Fort Mcmurray, AB

• Projects services: project management, project data parsing and interpretation
• Computer infrastructure, software testing lab architecture design and implementation, focused on small and medium business
• Graphic design and contract web development
• Mathematical modelling and software automation, including executive reporting of complex data
• Mapping company processes and creating new technical procedures and guidelines

Fort Mcmurray, AB

• Managed a portfolio in excess of CAD $1 billion; across 11 engineering disciplines; coordinated resources, budgets, timelines
• Closed 100+ multidisciplinary engineering projects and managed a team of four EITs
• Co-authored the “Shell New to Site Worker Program”; mentored 10 people, 6 months each
• Automated external SAP invoice validation: created performance data parsing/reporting software
• Updated project and equipment workflows to digital documentation, reducing costs site-side by min. $400,000/yr
• Optimized cost by creating an SAP search engine for existing materials, and spare parts, across US and Canada

Fortmcmurray, Alberta

• Managed engineering projects documentation for the Shell Albian Projects Group MRM & JPM
• Mentored 5 new employees and helped develop streamlined, more efficient documentation procedures
• Worked as part of a team under extreme workloads and deadlines, driven by projects cost and timing
• Wrote new employee procedure encompassing comprehensive steps for all document control tasks
• Coordinated weekly open tasks meetings with projects stakeholders, consultants, and contractors

Guelph.ON

• Designed and developed web products using Photoshop, Dreamweaver, HTML, CSS, jQuery, Java, SQL, PHP
• Applied new programming languages: ActionScript, JS, JQuery, PHP for web ecommerce systems
• Managed production of custom web products and features, at customer request
• Presented own designs and functionality, and consulted on services with new clients
• Provided onsite IT services and server setups as needed

Guelph ON

• Implemented one-week sprint AGILE testing methodology with SCRUM elements
• Developed experience working with automated software testing, PHP, MS SQL, Virtual Machines
• Redesigned and built software testing laboratory, leading to a 50% reduced testing time on new version releases
• Managed purchasing, returns and indexing of company assets and inventory
• Organized weekly competitive games and team building events that led to stronger team identity

G1 Plant, Guelph ON

• Created Excel macro, database for QA testing
• Worked with Fanuc robotic arms (VB)
• Performed daily performance tests, data analysis, reported results to management
• Improved factory-wide robotic line primer and paint application process, and quality testing procedure
• Provided feedback for VB reprogramming of robotic paint line using a grid line defect tracking system
• Supported touching up paint defects in rework booth, as needed; trained 5 new operators