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Rock Hill, Sc, Us

- Responsible for product strategy and roadmap for jetting technology product lines (MJP and CJP)- Coordination with sales partners and customers to understand product needs to fit their specific applications. Worldwide travel (US, Europe, Middle East, India) to gain direct knowledge of priorities for the different regions and markets.- Co-location with design/development team to best apply technologies to meet customer needs, defining and prioritizing products on the roadmap.

Rock Hill, Sc, Us

- Managed teams of up to 20 Mechanical Engineers, Systems Engineers, and Technician Supervisor during development projects in several 3D Printing technologies -- DDP, SLS, MJP- Worked in collaboration with Manufacturing, Procurement, and Quality teams at Manufacturing Site on defect reduction, yield improvement, and assembly time reduction projects for approximately 9 months

Rock Hill, Sc, Us

Director of Organization of up to 35 Managers, Engineers, and Technicians- Program Management in Color Jet Printing (CJP) and Multi-Jet Printing (MJP) technologies- Responsible for driving project schedule, budget, and coordination with Service, Maufacturing, Documentation, Regulatory Testing, and Product Management to deliver new product into production

• Manage team of five engineers, providing technical leadership, development planning, and prioritization of project tasks for seismic engineering in hospital and commercial building construction.• Provide engineering services for seismic bracing of mechanical pipe, plumbing, HVAC duct, fire protection, and electrical conduit per California Building Code (CBC) • Provide custom design of steel supports for large HVAC equipment, rooftop pipe and duct• Provide quotes for engineering costs to salesman in project bids to customers.• Single point of contact for all customers on major projects – technical consultation, negotiating deadlines, negotiating pricing, etc.

Norwalk, Connecticut, Us

Pre- and Post-Launch Support of Solid Ink Printing Products at the manufacturing contractor's production sites in Malaysia. Includes:- Assisting local Xerox manufacturing engineers and contractor's engineers in failure analysis and problem solving investigations.- Collaborate with Xerox Asian procurement engineers to correct quality problems and qualify process changes and alternative vendors.- Tracking of defect rates as related to design and quality issues on the Manufacturing line. Prioritize and coordinate the efforts of Asian, US, and UK based design engineers in investigating and correcting design issues, and enhancing design for manufacturability.- Collaboration with procurement engineers and vendors in Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, and China to generate ideas for reducing cost of Xerox products. Coordinate the qualification, implementation, and validation of those design changes.- On-going training of local manufacturing engineers and manufacturing contractor's engineers in product technology and problem solving strategy.

Norwalk, Connecticut, Us

Primary responsibilities included:• Definition of deliverables for major project milestones• Definition, prioritization, and scheduling of tasks for 13-20 engineers and technicians• Conducting performance reviews• Coordination of tasks in cross-functional investigations and problem solvingPrimary functions of the group included:• Design of product chassis and other structural components - sheet metal, die castings, powdered metal, plastics.• Design, selection, and qualification of all motion systems in the product - motors, encoders, control algorithms• Verification of component and sub-assembly reliability, including life prediction and validation via testing.

Norwalk, Connecticut, Us

Primary responsibilities included:• Definition of deliverables for major project milestones• Definition, prioritization, and scheduling of tasks for 13 engineers and 9 technicians• Conducting performance reviews• Responsible for $2 million annual capital, material, and labor budgetPrimary functions of the group included:• Defining specifications for print head performance metrics to deliver final image quality• Defining and optimizing the print head calibration process and transferring the process to Manufacturing• Working with Quality Assurance organization to ensure that the print head met all reliability goals at the printer system level• Thermal cycling, thermal aging, and jetting reliability testing at the print head component level• Development and maintenance of an electronic traveler system and Microsoft SQL database for the Print Head R&D organization.

Norwalk, Connecticut, Us

• Responsible for tracking all activity in the print head test group and reporting weekly yields and failure Pareto charts, and presenting status at project milestone meetings• Development of print head performance specifications to meet printer system level print quality requirements.• Design and qualification of a print head component heater.Organizational Development (August 2000 and June 2001)• Conducted a four hour seminar on the solid ink print engine technology for new and veteran engineers and technicians in Print Head R&D. Developed and distributed educational materials, diagrams, and reference documents outlining the various mechanical and electrical subsystems, and image quality.

• Responsible for qualification of thermal subsystem on solid ink printer product. Ensured product met all warm up time and thermal uniformity specifications.• Responsible for defining and optimizing various thermal and mechanical parameters to optimize print/image quality and durability• Developed and executed test plans for evaluation of printer performance over time, and in extreme environments.• Acted as Liaison Engineer between Tektronix and Mitsubishi Electric Company – Traveled to Japan to facilitate better communication of issues between Tektronix and Mitsubishi Engineers. Supported workmanship, calibration, testing, and design issues. Summarized conference calls for both sides to provide clearer understanding of problems, solutions, and agreements discussed. Performed failure analysis investigations for various printer production issues.

Arlington, Va, Us

• Stress Analysis (December 1992 to December 1994, August 1995 to April 1996) -- Analysis of aircraft fuselage structural parts and assemblies in product design phase• Manufacturing Liaison for new product introduction of 767 Package Freighter (January 1995 to July 1995) – Full scale evaluation of cargo floor flatness at different stages of aircraft assembly and measurement of floor deflections under normal cargo loading• Configuration Design and Stress Analysis for Large Airplane Development (July 1991 to December 1992) -- Design and analysis of fuselage structure in research and development organization. Design and fabrication of low cost alternative structure above the windshields for evaluation in full scale destructive test (bird strike).

Master Of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Bs, Mechanical Engineering