Rene Russell, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Fort Wayne, In, Us

United States

United States

Columbia City

Warsaw, In

Program Manager / Project ManagerCoordinate Monthly R&D Program Reviews and presented information for all projects as needed.Created Product Development strategies with project charters, business cases, budgets and timelines.Managed and influenced cross-functional teams for strategic Vendor visits.Managed budgets using Oracle Projects software.Created and managed project Capital Expense Requests (CAPEX).Developed templates for automation of project management reporting tools.Research & DevelopmentManaged core team meetings for Design Development, Project Planning, Risk Mitigation, and Root Cause Analyses.Responsible for ensuring Design History Files to meet FDA requirements.Coordination and organization of Phase Gate Design Review meetings.Tracked actual Costs of new designs to compare with original Cost targets and implemented corrective actions.Helped coordinate Design Testing and interfaced with product test Vendors and various sites.CommunicationsManaged communications while using diplomacy in relationships with cross functional teams and stakeholders. Created and updated project status dashboards using sharepoint for project updates.Coordinated demonstrations of new product designs with customer.Managed Cross Functional Teams on manufacturing Gemba walks to optimize Design for Manufacture.Coordinated project Risk Mitigation with cost and schedule accountability through weekly team meetings.

Warsaw, In

Senior Project Manager (2007-2013) Management of Core Team for qualification of all processes and measurement systems in keeping with ISO 13485 and FDA requirements. Planned capacity for raw materials, perishable tools, manpower and training of production personnel while managing vendors for development of new machines and processes. Regularly interacted with senior executives of organization for program progress reviews.Awarded “Circle of Excellence” for planning and taking actions to deliver on time and with no quality issues on the largest MDT portfolio of Solera product launched in 2011 eventually exceeding $300M in sales.Served as coach and leader to influence cost reduction on the highest volume Solera components documented at 50% cost reduction over course of one year on some products.Awarded “Infinity Award” as Manufacturing Project Manager of Global DRM project.Managed regular core team meetings to develop and execute project commitments to ensure actions for project success.Created presentations for senior management regarding resources and solving problems.Consulted and assisted to develop PMO.Project Manager / Process Engineer (2004-2007)Project Manager/Engineer of Six Sigma project with scrap savings at $0.8M annually, with $7M cost avoidance. Quality of product family improved from 0.9Ppk to 1.7Ppk to meet Global Quality Requirements. Actual production proved that 300K parts manufactured over 6 months yielded 1.7Ppk with zero rejections and used these results to present information based on analytical methods: Six Sigma: DMAIC, VSM, FMEA, MiniTab, MSA, and DOE. Nominated for “Circle of Excellence” Award.Deployed innovative new assembly gage design to ensure robust implant quality.Developed processes and required documentation including BOM’s and Routers.Developed new tooling and gages. Used judgment to guide issues resolution and coordinate process improvements.

Fort Wayne, Indiana Area

Senior Design Engineer, Automotive and Diesel PistonsResponsible for complete piston design of Tier 1 gas automotive and diesel truck suppliers. Provided technical consulting and engineering support for customers with presentation of design calculations and benchmark data in a manner supporting each design proposal and DFMEA.Designed diesel and gas Pistons for Ford, GM, International, Cummins, Harley Davidson and others.Created and optimized Benchmarking of Piston Designs using CATIA CAD software, FEA and Engine Testing.Consulted, influenced, reviewed, checked, revised and approved piston designs of other designers.Facilitated collaboration to maintain project folders for DFMEA, PPAP, APQP for design process.