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Phoenix, Arizona

• Lead the engineering and program management team in launching new products for extruded and fully fabricated products. Offer engineering support to both sales and customers to grow the extrusion and fabrication.
• Established a project tracking and reporting system to assure customer delivery and product performance are addressed during… Show more Lead the engineering and program management team in launching new products for.
• Established a project tracking and reporting system to assure customer delivery and product performance are addressed during the initial product launch.
• Collaborated directly with customers on product designs of extruded and fabricated aluminum shapes for their product offerings.
• Led the pricing review of all fabricated products and implemented pricing adjustments for products incorrectly market priced resulting in increased sales and profit. Identified areas for manufacturing process.
• Led the fabrication center process improvement activities after moving the operation from Guaymas, Mexico to Phoenix, Arizona. Developed and implemented LEAN process improvements to machining centers and assembly lines.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Area

• Formed a global engineering organization to address the emerging solar industry in support of a $180 million business and contributed to the first year growth of $100 million. Engineering functions in four regions.
• Implemented a LEANPD approach to the development of new products with stage gate reviews to assure projects were on… Show more Formed a global engineering organization to address the emerging solar industry in support.
• Implemented a LEANPD approach to the development of new products with stage gate reviews to assure projects were on time and meeting cost and performance objectives.
• Performed multiple “Voice of the Customer” activities to better define product requirements prior to concept and design.
• Addressed numerous design related quality and reliability issues on the existing product line to improve the offering and meet customer and approval agency requirements.
• Identified and qualified second sources for all purchased components to improve supply chain management.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Area

• Led a regional team of 45 engineers and designers focused on developing connector products for the lighting, solar, industrial and appliance industries. This also included power products which covered all industries.
• Deployed a project management program across the product management and development engineering organizations to assist in the justification of new products and subsequent tracking of progress against the established.
• Established a global development… Show more Led a regional team of 45 engineers and designers focused on developing connector products for the lighting, solar, industrial and appliance industries. This also included.
• Established a global development engineering leadership role for the lighting industry with routine project reviews to critique product designs and discuss resource requirements.
• Achieved 1 year new product sales of 23% of total sales for growth product lines.
• Achieved 40% standard manufacturing income on all new products developed and released.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Area

• Directed a regional engineering team consisting of 103 employees focused on the development and engineering support of new and existing connector products and cable assemblies for the medical, lighting, industrial.
• Developed and released new products to support… Show more Directed a regional engineering team consisting of 103 employees focused on the development and engineering support of new and existing connector products and.
• Developed and released new products to support key industries increasing 1 year new product sales from 3% to 7% of total sales.
• Developed key products for the lighting industry including a cost effective hot pluggable ballast connector that met all NEC requirements and board to board/wire to board connectors for the emerging LED market that.
• Developed resource tracking tool for development engineering and manufacturing development to monitor resource requirements to support the new product development workload.
• Established a connector strategy for the medical market including multiple reusable and disposable connector design options.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Area

• Led a team of Product Managers and Product Engineers supporting Circular, Power and Wire-to-Wire/Wire-to-Board Terminals and Connectors with annual sales in excess of $200 million. Responsibilities included product.
• Implemented annual cost… Show more Led a team of Product Managers and Product Engineers supporting Circular, Power and Wire-to-Wire/Wire-to-Board Terminals and Connectors with annual sales in excess of $200 million..
• Implemented annual cost savings initiatives of $1 million/year on average to reduce cost and improve profitability.
• Retooled Power I/O product line in China at a private brand label vendor to reduce cost by approximately $2.5 million per year and meet customer price reduction objectives of $50.00 per unit. Maintain profit level for.
• Accomplished a major product line acquisition from a competitor. The terminal block product line was brought in to the existing brand name, streamlined and retooled in China or sourced at a private brand label vendor.
• Addressed multiple design related quality issues with positive results and customer acceptance. The quality issues were usually product performance related and quickly addressed with multiple redesign solutions.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Area

• Managed a team of Product Engineers in support of legacy AMP connector and terminal products. Responsibilities included engineering and product application support of existing products to Sales, Product Management.
• Drove continual product performance improvements, product extensions and cost reductions to meet specific customer needs and improve profitability.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Area

• Led a cross-functional product line team with annual sales of $25 million. Responsible for all functions required to support the product line including Development Engineering, Product Engineering, Product Management.
• Expanded product line by working closely with customers to develop custom solutions for their magnet wire applications in the appliance and automotive… Show more Led a cross-functional product line team with annual.
• Expanded product line by working closely with customers to develop custom solutions for their magnet wire applications in the appliance and automotive industries. Show less

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Area

Possessed overall business responsibility for automatic lead making and terminating equipment. Activities included promotion, working with sales to place equipment, machine demonstrations, determine future machine requirements, placing used machines, pricing and general sales and operations support.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Area

Supervised a team of Product/Manufacturing Engineers and supervisors in engineering support of automatic and bench connector termination equipment. Worked with Product Management to determine future machine requirements or improvements. Made machine design modification for customer applications. Worked with operations to reduce equipment cost. Had.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Area

Held engineering responsibility for various automatic and semi-automatic application tooling product offerings. Activities included equipment evaluation for customer requirements, machine design modifications for special applications, cost reductions and manufacturing and quality support.

Bachlor Of Science, Mechanical Design Engineering Technology

Associate Degree, Mechanical Design Engineering Technology