Custom Crane Truck Design & Manufacturing + Maintenance & Service FRF has developed a solid reputation for working with hydraulic and heavy equipment. The expertise gained gives our customers specific benefits & efficiencies that are unmatched in the business.Achievements• Successfully lead the previous owners into retirement• Moved the production to a digital dashboard giving full visibility of all active plus future jobs• Enhancing the product design by leveraging new technology and design automationResponsibilities• Leading a team of 35+ through the transition of new ownership• Guiding the technical supervisors to greater responsibility• Develop and action the annual business plan• Implement a viable production strategy• Outsource production to suppliers and contractors for increased throughput and savings• Oversee monthly & quarterly financial reporting• Identifying and minimizing business risks • Resource planning, hiring & terminations• Company rebranding• Manage customer expectations in a post-pandemic environment

Bringing a world of expertise and experience in helping the business and the team members grow to their full potential! Managing both Electrical Designers and Mechanical Designers to ensure Bluewrist produces the highest quality industrial automation test equipment. Our latest product is the Surgical Mask Machine which brings medical PPE production to Ontario!

♦ Develop Production System to streamline the transition between PO to production with minimal effort. This system automatically tracks labor and projects completion to ensure efficiency and effectiveness.♦ Design the automated quotation tool to improve accuracy and to reduce the response time.♦ Responsible for contacting and meeting clients for various technical quote requests.♦ Provide quotes up to $10,000,000 depending on the request or scope of the projects.♦ Technical liaison to sales team members, where projects require mechanical or electrical engineering guidance.♦ Maintain and build customer relationship to ensure future potential leads.♦ Participate in the company overall improvement, growth strategies.♦ Leading quarterly update meetings with all staff members to review projects and various company issues.♦ Responsible to reduce manufacturing labor costs 20-35% on repeat orders. By simplifying manufacturing designs, outsourcing repeat items, reducing assembly part counts & outsourcing designs to automated suppliers (CNC, sheet-metal, laser-cutting, etc.) these goals were easily met.♦ Maintain and enhance the company’s 3D CAD library to ensure project design correctness. The CAD library saves time from doing repeat searches on the internet or supplier file requests for assembly layouts.

♦ Co-creator of Static Mixer - US Patent 7198400♦ Ensured customer satisfaction for two new paid service upgrades Encore MS & PS products♦ Enhanced the design of the Vacuum Oil Recovery System by reducing the cost by 50% and increasing customer satisfaction by eliminating leak points♦ Identified and reduced production manufacturing errors♦ Acted as a senior design advisor for the Machine Reliability Initiatives♦ Designed the most cost effective and minimally invasive repair solution for the Base Crack Service Issue♦ Reduced the project KO timing from 3 weeks to 1 week by identifying common design tasks or engineering effort and consolidating documentation.♦ Responsible for coordinating the Alpha and Beta builds of the Encore MS product. ♦ Set-up and managed Daily/Weekly meetings until MS & PS Encore projects were completely retrofitted.♦ Developed the Sales to Engineering internal handoff document of project deliverables.♦ Initiated, tested, designed and successfully handed over to production the Adaptive Water Cooling tool temperature control project team in less then 6 months. ♦ Integrated closed loop proportional temperature control on all high performance robot tooling applications.♦ Worked closely with finance to ensure product development was fully documented and captured as R&D tax credits.♦ Designed and validated hydraulic power circuits and manifolds to meet or exceed performance requirements.♦ Responsible for the concepts and designs of machine assemblies, weldments, castings, components, tooling, fixtures and services.♦ Provided technical support to the advanced engineering team.♦ Presented new concepts and ideas to management steering committee.♦ Oversaw design validation testing to ensure reliability of product life.♦ Interacted with various management levels internal and external regarding solutions and design rationales.♦ Planned and scheduled contractors to complete the services projects on time and on budget.

♦ Initiated design transition from 2D AutoCAD™ to 3D SolidEdge™ to improve assembly fit, form and function.♦ Implemented CosmosM™ FEA as stress analysis design checker to reduce part weight and costs.♦ Successfully completed Ryerson’s 4th year Thesis Project of supporting 6 MW CST Cells Integrated onto an ISO Freight Container. ♦ Designed various components and assemblies found on the medium sized portable Hydrogen Fuelling Station.♦ Filed purchase orders & kicked off builds of the custom machines / projects.♦ Streamlined production and engineering communication channels so the information flowed effectively.♦ Supported Sales personnel with customer visits by demonstrating engineering designs on 3D CAD which translated to a higher quality manufacturing process on the production floor.

♦ Implemented the SRS Airbag No-Leak verification station♦ Designed various PCB automated assembly stations