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Lanark, Il, Us

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

NPI Sensor Development – Electrical Engineer - Medical/Surgical Solutions New Product Introduction responsibilities. Customer Technical Liaison (Requirements, Product Integration, Deployment). Working with Mechanical Engineers on the physical development of air and liquid flow sensors for different industries. Developing the calibration equipment, process, evaluation procedures and quality tests for sensors. Developing full solutions for operating room blood loss sensing.

Working remotely in the Chicago area. Manage Software, Hardware and Mechanical Engineering teams in the development of end to end IOT and Industry 4.0 solutions from customer requirements. Customer liaison, requirements gathering, customer integrations and project/quality management for large design and product launches. Work directly with potential customers to determine project requirements, architecture and potential ROI. Create and implement process improvements.

Downers Grove, Il, Us

Electrical and IOT Lead for the hands free and IOT/Connected bottle filler projects (https://www.elkay.com/us/en/drinking-water/bottle-filling-stations.html) and Smartwell flavored water system (https://www.elkay.com/us/en/drinking-water/collections/smartwell.html). Involved in Electrical, Mechanical, Refrigeration, Software product design and prototype activities. Produce and manage functional, ALT, end to end, product acceptance, EMC and other tests. Designed and built production and lab automated product and component testers. Performed in depth, component level troubleshooting of new in house and vendor designs and production product field failures. Actively review current products for improvements and cost reductions. Produced mechanical designs for drains, faucets and surgical scrub, kitchen and lavatory sinks. Received patents for several Software/Functional and Mechanical designs.

Downers Grove, Il, Us

Project ManagementProduct EngineeringMechanical EngineeringElectrical EngineeringHired as a Mechanical EngineerUpdated size, shape and finish for stainless steel sinks. Recreated stainless steel sink specialty finish processes lost when transitioning vendors. Designed the perfect drain disposal stopper. Created the patented multi-positional spout design and the final overall designs for the 24 Light Commercial faucets. Project Manager and Design Engineer for the updated Surgical Scrub Sinks. Worked out a universal design for the E-Dock product. Introduced the weekly Brainstorming sessions to the Broadview Engineering team.Transitioned to Electrical Engineering.Utilized Electrical, Electronic, Computing, Software, Mechanical and RF Engineering skills to help progress the Elkay Next Generation Bottle Filler product into production/general release. Continue to support the different levels of manufacturing and field.

Highly self motivated, results oriented Engineering Management Professional with experience in full product lifecycle management, quality control and construction management. Skilled at multiple engineering disciplines, test methodologies, project management, budgets and scheduling. Created organizational success through creative product designs, problem solving, process and quality improvements and building internal and external professional relationships. Hands on experience includes:• Operations Management of Entire Product (Hardware/Software) Lifecycle • Project Management: Strategic planning, providing control, ensuring quality and ROI.• Data driven problem solving: Created solutions, drove resolution.• Customer and Vendor Management, design through deployment.• Championed quality improvements, process optimization and team building.• Good Presentation, Communication and Negotiation skills• Pioneered telecommunications, WiMAX and secure radio product designs and integrations.

Chicago, Il, Us

Managed Software/Hardware testing, validating Secure Radio Systems for Police, Fire, Military and Industry. Directed and participated in the resolution and test of customer found defects. Performed drill deep and wide reviews, driving product and test improvements. Designed, initiated and managed the construction of lab infrastructure. Reduced capital equipment costs by $1M/year over 3 years for customer resolution and maintenance activities through combined utilization of equipment. Sent to Texas to enabled the design and initial deployment of the Wateen, Pakistan (First Customer) WiMAX product which enabled $130M+ in new revenue. Pulled into associate department to re-engineer and manage the Core Network Division’s cellular switching and interoperability test groups. Facilitated the customer and vendor technical exchanges, scheduling and negotiations of Cellular Infrastructure integration projects. Hands on design of custom products and redesign of products for reduced cost, improved manufacturability and increased quality, achieving a five year $60M cost

Master Of Science Degree, Management

Bachelor Of Science Degree, Electronic Engineering