Paul Robertson Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Washington, United States

Greater Seattle Area

Seattle, Washington

Greater Seattle Area

Everett, WA

• Started a joint venture in Taiwan to manufacture hypoid spiral bevel gears used in automotive differentials. Responsible for all aspects from equipment commissioning to mass production.
• Used technical background to direct solutions to technical challenges starting the production line.
• Worked onsite with the joint venture factory in Taiwan often to understand challenges, train and direct the factory line start up.
• Sourced, qualified and placed products with Chinese, Taiwanese and Indian vendors.

Greater Seattle Area

• Manage LevelUp division with a staff of 4 in the US and 6 in China.
• Successfully navigated department through two acquisitions. Slam Brands was acquired by Whalen Furniture in April 2011. Whalen was then acquired by Li & Fung in June 2013.
• Responsible for sourcing and qualifying factories in China, work with them to complete designs and bring to market, including travel to China and building relationships, auditing T shots and production.
• Experienced in international business with Asian manufacturers in China and Taiwan, managing projects across multinational companies with diverse teams and locations.
• Responsible for setting product and business strategy for the LevelUp line of gaming accessories.
• Forecast costs, quote, and award contract to manufactures.

Bothell, WA

• Oversee & advise design staff on all projects as required
• Write design and manufacturing contracts
• Maintain customer relationships; meet with customers to establish needs and how to bring additional value.
• Bid projects
• Support customer PR & retention
• Still an active designer, maintaining aprox 50% of time in functional design

Morgan Hill, CA

• Responsible for developing projects from inception to production including drafting, producing drawings, cost estimating, soliciting bids, selecting vendors, return on investment, production methods, evaluating first.
• Experienced in designing for many processes including CNC, sheet metal, stampings, deep draw stampings, die casting, sand casting, rotomolding, thermoforming, twin sheet thermoforming, forgings, extrusions, and plastic.
• Excellent communication skills. Good at presenting complicated technical information in the easy to understand terms. Acted as technical Public Relations representative by responding to newsgroup technical questions.
• Implemented cost/design reviews for existing high volume products, reduced cost on Dinan’s best selling product by 20%.
• Helped implement project planning process including project ownership, estimating and reducing time to market, and tracking design time per project. Implemented standardized management status reporting.
• Implemented a corporate Wiki to document policies and store R&D data in a searchable format.

Morgan Hill, CA

• Responsible for developing projects from inception to production including drafting, producing drawings, cost estimating, soliciting bids, selecting vendors, return on investment, production methods, evaluating first.
• Experienced in designing for many processes including CNC, sheet metal, stampings, deep draw stampings, die casting, sand casting, rotomolding, thermoforming, twin sheet thermoforming, forgings, extrusions, and plastic.
• Excellent communication skills. Good at presenting complicated technical information in the easy to understand terms. Acted as technical Public Relations representative by responding to newsgroup technical questions.
• Implemented cost/design reviews for existing high volume products, reduced cost on Dinan’s best selling product by 20%.
• Helped implement project planning process including project ownership, estimating and reducing time to market, and tracking design time per project. Implemented standardized management status reporting.
• Implemented a corporate Wiki to document policies and store R&D data in a searchable format.

Mechanical Engineering

High School