P&L responsibility for New Product Launch Engineering/Project Management ($2.8M) for all new product introduction across $330M annual sales. Financial management responsibility for $17-20M annual production and prototype tooling. Redefined roles and responsibilities for new product launch, developed and implemented RASIC matrix, and created work content study to quantify the core functional area resources required to launch new products on time, on budget, and at expected quality levels.

P&L responsibility for R&D Engineering ($2.0M) of all new product development across $320-$330M annual sales. Financial management responsibility for $400k-500k capital projects in laboratory equipment expansions. New product development initiatives identified through product technology roadmaps utilizing competitive benchmarking and VOC data to identify product solutions for customer applications. New material technologies developed and validated to customer performance requirements. Business case development and justification of capital expansion projects to introduce new product and process technologies. R&D Test Laboratory oversight and responsibility for ensuring continued certification to ISO/IEC 17025.

P&L responsibility for New Product Development/Launch Engineering and R&D Engineering for all new product realization and ongoing production support across $140-$150M annual sales. Management responsibility for $5-6M annual production and prototype tooling. Implemented Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) gated process for new product development from business award through new product launch. New product development initiatives identified through implementation of product technology roadmaps utilizing competitive benchmarking and VOC data to formulate customer solutions for product applications. R&D Test Laboratory oversight and responsibility for ensuring continued certification to ISO/IEC 17025.

Manage all commercial and program management aspects of project development, launch and maintenance spanning 33 customer locations and ten new program awards throughout the southeastern U.S.A. Sales order book growth of 50% - new business awards comprising annual revenues of $20 million. Cost modeling, competitive benchmarking, revenue generation, profitability analysis; client relationships, price negotiations, APQP development and deployment; launch management, operational variance analysis, inventory obsolescence, continuous improvements.

Manage all aspects of product development, launch and maintenance across the areas of engineering, production operations, process, quality, purchasing, finance and sales across 5 manufacturing sites comprising average annual sales revenues of $64 million. Program capital ($3.0 million) and tooling ($2.5 million) development, budgeting, management and maintenance responsibility. $1.2 million cost savings implemented through continuous improvement product and process change initiatives. U.S. patent # 8,474,188.

Manage all internal and external customer deliverables from program conception through program phase out across 5 - 8 future launching and 4 - 6 current production vehicle lines comprising average annual sales revenues of $38 million. Incremental divisional growth of $42 million business awards and Gross Margin improvements of 2.5% via operational excellence initiatives. R&D budget creation and adherence, product gross margin maintenance and adherence, and the development, justification, and management of capital appropriations for capacity expansion projects and technology advancements. $2.6 million cost savings implemented through continuous improvement product and process change initiatives.

Manage R&D efforts for future Ultrasonic Park Assist (UPA) technologies as well as continuous improvement initiatives for existing technologies supporting 4 current production and 7 future launching vehicle platforms. Manage 12 engineers in areas of Mechanical, Electrical, Hardware, Software, Applications and Resident Engineering. Operational performance resulted in Gross Margin enhancements in excess of 10% via Yield, Productivity, and Material Change improvement projects.

Manage the bottom line operational performance of a $35 million ignition switch production business comprised of 350 direct and 25 indirect labor employees with 20 separate product lines at yearly volumes in excess of 3.5 million switches. P&L and Departmental budget creation and adherence and capital appropriation justification and management. Business Unit Gross Margin improved by 10% via Scrap, Yield, Efficiency and Material initiatives coupled with a 10X improvement in Customer Quality performance (280 to 25 PPM). $2.4 million cost savings were implemented during 1998; $1.1 million cost savings initiatives were developed for year 1999.

Develop design concepts, validate through prototype design verification, implement through production launch, and provide ongoing production support. Awarded U.S. Patent # 5,955,711 and secured $15 million in future business awards. Cross Functional Team Leader for managing program development and new product launches. $900k cost savings implemented through continuous improvement product and process changes.