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Oakbrook, IL

Island Lake, Illinois

• Guided design and development and strategized applications for new and existing products. Coordinated between engineering, customers, and sales to strengthen development, cost estimations, and bidding activities for.
• Ignited annual sales growth, tripling rates over four years after benchmarking industry leaders and coaching the Design… Show more Guided design and development and strategized applications for new and existing.
• Ignited annual sales growth, tripling rates over four years after benchmarking industry leaders and coaching the Design Engineering team to develop three new product lines, enhance existing products, and create.
• Generated $100M/year in sales through new product designs.
• Quadrupled max capacity, hitting max capacity two consecutive years for record unit sales.
• Drove mid-level customer sales 75% annually by designing a new valve using SolidWorks and obtaining API 6A Monogram licensing accreditation and released for production and co-leading API 6A ISO-9000-2015 company-wide.

Elgin IL

• Strategized and executed the design and manufacture of custom and standard industrial hydraulic valves product lines.
• Launched 28 new custom and catalog products, generating $6.3M in revenue.
• Revealed operations and staff gaps and weaknesses during department operational audits.
• Established the quality department, hired the Quality Assurance Manager and supporting team, created procedures, and purchased inspection equipment.
• Initiated the build of a robust management… Show more Strategized and executed the design and manufacture of custom and standard industrial hydraulic valves product lines.
• Initiated the build of a robust management program to sustain a hypergrowth company. Show less

Villa Park Il

• Catalyzed new product design and development activities.
• Directed hydraulic valve product design from initial concept to prototyping, testing, and launch.
• Delivered customized solutions to market after working in concert with marketing and sales teams on new product offerings.
• Restructured teams to elevate performance. QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGERLed daily operations and facilitated department expansion.
• Trained CAD operators and QC inspectors on company-wide… Show more Catalyzed new product design and development activities.
• Trained CAD operators and QC inspectors on company-wide blueprints.

Certificate, Solidworks - Essentials, Simulation (Fea), Parts & Modeling, Advanced Surface, Sheet Metal, Drawing

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Operations Management And Supervision

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering