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Red Wing, Mn, Us

Global responsibility for the Quality function including product testing and compliance.

Scottsdale, Arizona, Us

Regional process and project engineering responsibility for 5 manufacturing plants and a 100+ engineering personnel * Launched regional initiatives for BOM accuracy improvement, talent transformation and standard work deployment * Successfully launched new blade model involving $10MM+ CapEx * Supported post acquisition turnaround for a facility and drove EBITDA gain of $3.4MM through cost reductions * Led formation of a new regional engineering team of wind turbine blade process experts * Coached and led a team of 5 plant engineering managers with 100+ team of engineers and technicians

Scottsdale, Arizona, Us

Responsibility for project engineering, process engineering, manufacturing & lab tech organization for a 700+ associate site * Expeditiously learned composite materials, processes, economics and related KPIs for manufacturing wind turbine blades * Led team of over 20 engineers and techs to support manufacturing and projects targeting savings of over $3MM * Introduced collaborative daily cross-functional meetings to drive systemic learning and project prioritization * Developed department scorecard to drive a customer centric culture and entrepreneurial mindset * Led the Global Waste Reduction initiative for the Iowa location and streamlined projects to achieve 5% target savings

Winchester, Virginia, Us

Global responsibility for design, development and launch of make-to-order kitchen and bath cabinet systems * Led a strategic project and transformed a $100MM product line including investment proposal of $20MM+ * Launched a new technical center with capex of $2MM and standardized test procedures, selection, and reporting * Led, coached and developed a customer and innovation focused team of 9 product engineers and test technicians * Supported over $3.5Million in value engineering, material flow optimization and cost saving initiatives * Evolved Stage-Gate Product Launch Process to drive a culture of early risk identification and mitigation

Winchester, Virginia, Us

Corporate quality function responsibility for multiple plants; led projects and mentored plant Quality Managers to reduce COQ * Led a top 3 corporate initiative to reduce COQ and delivered annual savings of $900K and other efficiency gains * Eliminated quality issues in top selling product while delivering $350K savings and regaining over $2Million sales annually * Drove the adoption of automated non-contact inspection technology in various plants * Led a comprehensive competitive analysis to drive market alignment and cost reduction ideas * Leveraged manufacturing intelligence and business intelligence systems to identify and resolve issues to drive profitability

Global responsibility for the Purchasing, Manufacturing, Quality and Logistics functions for 3 US and UK sites * Led a team of 5 functional managers with over 80 indirect reports to improve operational performance * Completed $1.5MM facility expansion and reduced variances to $10MM+ budget from 13% to within 0.25% in 5 months * Improved inventory turns by 30% and on-time delivery by 10% points to average over 96% * Drove costs savings of over 2.5% annually and achieved favorable PPVs * 50% reduction of incoming quality issues through supplier development activities * Led the operations merger of DCM Industries and expanded Ohio facility with a budget of $3MM

Responsibility for custom engineered solutions, product development systems and engineering change management processes * Conceptualized and commissioned fully automated electro-mechanical systems and software solutions up to $750K each * Ensured project profitability and timeliness for 300 projects/year through adoption of a cloud project management system * Streamlined the ECO process and eliminated a 5 year backlog of engineering changes within 16 months * Provided dependable applications evaluation, training, and proposals to sales teams globally * Led engineering resources to meet ongoing product development, operations, and customer project requirements

Full responsibility for business development and engineering for the N.A. subsidiaries. Worked with the global Board Of Directors to determine the product portfolio, sales policies, strategy and goals * Supported launch of Mexico plant with total $4MM in capital spend and led local business development activities * Successfully drove strategy to gain business with Japanese Automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers in North America * Generated 30%+ combined annual growth rate over 7 years in an extremely commoditized and competitive market * Launched over $73Million in new business via multi-year contracts from global customer-base * Ensured good opportunity management through the implementation of a CRM and quote management system

General responsibility for the applications engineering, project management and prototyping teams for North America * Successfully launched over 40 projects including new production lines costing $300K - $2MM while ensuring ROI * Managed prototyping operations to control costs, delivery and quality while converting it to a profit center * Supported customers on six-sigma and VAVE initiatives that resulted in customer patents and increased profitability * Received several awards and "Certificates of Excellence" from customers for project support and performance

Interfaced with the OEM and Tier 1 engineering teams to design, prototype and test components for several automotive systems including but not limited to braking, steering, seating, safety, and powertrain * Designed innovative stampings, wire-forms and spring assemblies and related equipment and processes * Deployed SPC software to drive paperless data collection and automate analysis * Led APQP requirements and generated DFMEAs, PFMEAs and Control Plans * Functioned as the internal program manager, led cross-functional teams for on schedule product launches * Supported the sales function to validate and cost part designs prior to quoting

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Designed and modeled new components for the Natural Gas Scroll Compressor system and testing equipment using Pro-EngineerModeled design improvements into compressor partsGraphed and analyzed compressor performance dataCompiled the owner’s manual for the natural gas compressorAnalyzed gasket failures and implemented a corrective solutionWorked on cost reduction projectsWorked daily on cross-functional teams (corporate, engineering, manufacturing) to launch a new product

Northville, Michigan, Us

Executed a project to modify the feed shoe mechanism for uniform density of powder-metal productsDesigned density scale and green powder-metal part sanding fixtureModified designs of assembled powder-metal camshaftsTested the micro-hardness of new materials and carried out the metallographyStudied the various powder-metal processes

Executed a project to maintain automatic brake cylinders per the ISO 9000 standards of the firmUnderstood the various manufacturing processes via orientation in different departmentsDrafted various parts of the train carriage using AutoCAD

Mumbai, Maharashtra, In

Designed a stopper-arm on a gravity conveyorCarried out a crank-case rejection analysis in order to find flaws in the manufacturing processStudied the crank-case, transmission-case and cylinder-head manufacturing processes

Master Of Science, Engineering Management

Bachelor Of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Licentiate, Mechanical Engineering

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