Patrick Foley Email & Phone Number

Denver Metropolitan Area

Director of Engineering for New Tech Machinery (NTM) a Mazzella Company. Since 1991, NTM has helped contractors worldwide gain more control of their projects and profits by manufacturing the world’s finest portable rollforming machines.

Lakewood, Colorado, United States

Senior Manager for the R&D group’s New Product Development Mechanical Engineering team. Specialists in the engineering, design, and commercialization of custom machinery. Works closely with Scientists, Manufacturing, Commercial Sales, Customers, R&D, Procurement, Suppliers, Regulatory, Field Support, Program and Project Management to design and deliver commercially viable custom machinery.

Manager of the mechanical and electrical engineering team for the design of high speed, automated machinery used to make the body of beverage and food cans.

1 Duette Way, Broomfield Co 80020

Product Management Engineering Manager of multiple window covering product lines. Provided technical leadership for sustaining, new product development, and technical communications. Coached individuals and teams through multiple and rapidly changing priorities.• Involved in new engineering training programs: statistical analysis, design of experiments, design reviews, FMEA, and 3D scanning. The changes significantly reduced development time, cost, and quality issues in components and… Show more Product Management Engineering Manager of multiple window covering product lines. Provided technical leadership for sustaining, new product development, and technical communications. Coached individuals and teams through multiple and rapidly changing priorities.• Involved in new engineering training programs: statistical analysis, design of experiments, design reviews, FMEA, and 3D scanning. The changes significantly reduced development time, cost, and quality issues in components and assemblies resulting in sustained record high customer satisfaction rates.• Collaborated with subject matter experts and senior leadership to create project goals and define the path to achieve them (timeline, budget, resources, specifications, etc). Worked daily with Engineering, Product Management, Manufacturing, Quality, and Material groups to deliver results.• Worked with Product Management to create the product’s strategy and lay out the tactics to achieve those goals. • Led the successful commercialization of two of the largest product updates in recent company history.• Coached Design Engineering teams to become actively involved with the Manufacturing Engineering group to improve communication and collaboration, resulting in better products.• Directed the Technical Communications team during their largest project by helping to define project goals, gain consensus, coordinate efforts, communicate and mitigate project risks, and obtain additional resources.• Worked directly with customers, installers, dealers, sales, trainers, project managers, product management, finance, materials, suppliers, QC, IT, fabrication, assembly, patent attorneys, senior management and company owners to advance the products. Several new products have won industry awards. Show less

16025 Table Mountain Parkway, Golden Co 80403

formerly Blount International - SpeeCoEngineering manager for farm, ranch, and related markets that included log splitters, post-hole diggers, tractor components, and accessories for retail and OEM. Member of the leadership team to develop company goals, strategies, objectives and tactics.● Built an engineering team and developed processes to support new product development, existing product support, project management, product testing, and supplier development.● Team updated… Show more formerly Blount International - SpeeCoEngineering manager for farm, ranch, and related markets that included log splitters, post-hole diggers, tractor components, and accessories for retail and OEM. Member of the leadership team to develop company goals, strategies, objectives and tactics.● Built an engineering team and developed processes to support new product development, existing product support, project management, product testing, and supplier development.● Team updated hundreds of decades old drawings and specs to resourcing components. Implemented critical dimensions and standardized first article inspection methods.● Led the first cross-divisional new product with resources from Blount (Oregon), SpeeCo (Colorado), Woods (Illinois) and international suppliers (India and China). Developed patented kinetic log splitter with industry leading safety and performance benefits.● Collaborated with overseas suppliers to review product specifications and their manufacturing processes to ensure quality, consistency, and sustained lower costs.● Created new patented hydraulic log splitter platforms to provide cost reductions, quality improvements, patentable customer focused benefits, and additional revenue.● Patents 9649777, 10118309, 10272591 Show less

275 Aiken Road, Asheville Nc 28804

Laboratory Equipment Division - Cold Storage Business UnitMechanical Engineering Manager and Project Engineer for 3 classes of refrigerators and freezers used in laboratories, blood banks, and pharmacies.• Led the high performance biomedical laboratory refrigerator platform update. Replaced three more costly, obsolete control systems with a single updated control board.• Led local development and sustaining engineering team and overseas CAD resources.Project Engineer Sept… Show more Laboratory Equipment Division - Cold Storage Business UnitMechanical Engineering Manager and Project Engineer for 3 classes of refrigerators and freezers used in laboratories, blood banks, and pharmacies.• Led the high performance biomedical laboratory refrigerator platform update. Replaced three more costly, obsolete control systems with a single updated control board.• Led local development and sustaining engineering team and overseas CAD resources.Project Engineer Sept 2010 - Aug 2011. Engineering Manager Aug 2011 - Jan 2013 Show less

4110 Premier Drive, High Point Nc 27265

Newell Rubbermaid - Levolor-Kirsch Window FashionsProduct Development Leader and Engineering Manager of 21 window covering products. Responsible for product development from concept generation to commercialization through a formal stage-gate process. Also responsible for sustaining product improvements.• Made substantial improvements in the company’s product development process by reducing incremental product tweaks and creating fewer and more meaningful customer insight based product… Show more Newell Rubbermaid - Levolor-Kirsch Window FashionsProduct Development Leader and Engineering Manager of 21 window covering products. Responsible for product development from concept generation to commercialization through a formal stage-gate process. Also responsible for sustaining product improvements.• Made substantial improvements in the company’s product development process by reducing incremental product tweaks and creating fewer and more meaningful customer insight based product benefits. The initial projects worked with SynecticsWorld to determine customer needs and develop consumer insights; with Eureka Ranch for ideation and evaluation of concept statements; with Insight Product Development to refine prototypes and gather customer feedback. We implemented characteristics from each consulting company into our internal product development processes.• Directed efforts to improve product performance for the patented Trim+Go machine at Lowe’s. Included cutting in the box, machine automation, and dust collection. The new automated machine provided better cuts and improved associate and consumer confidence.• Collaborated with sourcing, manufacturing, and quality control in US, Canada, Mexico, and China to develop suppliers and create reliable manufacturing processes.• Worked with patent attorneys to create and manage the company’s intellectual property.• Served as board member for the Window Covering Manufacturers Association and worked with the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) to improve product safety.• Patents 7048028, 7721782, 8087445, 8256333, 8839701, 8967224, 9427813, 9493981 Show less

601 East Main Street, Yadkinville Nc 27055

R&D machine design and project management engineer for the installation of over 100 (>$60M total) automated and semi-automated textile machines in North Carolina, Virginia, and Brazil.● Provided project support and engineering direction to create flexible, reliable equipment and processes. ● Worked with manufacturing, industrial engineering to create and implement plant layouts and work flow for new textile plants and major factory updates. ● Worked in a hands-on environment to… Show more R&D machine design and project management engineer for the installation of over 100 (>$60M total) automated and semi-automated textile machines in North Carolina, Virginia, and Brazil.● Provided project support and engineering direction to create flexible, reliable equipment and processes. ● Worked with manufacturing, industrial engineering to create and implement plant layouts and work flow for new textile plants and major factory updates. ● Worked in a hands-on environment to refine manufacturing processes and create machine prototypes with suppliers from Japan, Italy, Germany, France, and the United States. Show less