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Mountain View, California, United States

Greater Toronto Area, Canada

Tasked with the responsibility of winding down a +50,000 sqft. engineering and manufacturing facility in Winnipeg, Manitoba, while amalgamating these operations with ComTech’s facility in Milton, OntarioBuilt and staffed the Operations Department from inception, which includes the Supply Chain, Logistics, Manufacturing, Inventory & Planning, and Business Systems TeamsTransformed ComTech’s 15,000 sqft. warehouse into a facility capable of manufacturing Kraus’ legacy products and ComTech’s new products

Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Led, coached, and staffed a diverse team of Manufacturing Engineers and support members Managed a capital and expense budget of $1.5M, used primarily to support equipment and tooling functions for the Operations Engineering department Defined elements of the company-wide technology roadmap and received recognition for executing and achieving major milestones in the manufacturing projections with a focus on WESCAM’s optical testing capabilities

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Recruited and led a skilled, cross functional department of 30+ Manufacturing Engineers and Production Assemblers to transition next generation smart glasses from concept to mass production in a rapid growth environmentDirected the team that was responsible for establishing the manufacturing, testing, and production cells in a brand new 90,000 sqft. state of the art manufacturing facility in the Waterloo region; including floor layout, equipment procurement and acquisition, safety, and process optimizationLiaised and represented the organizational interests of the production and manufacturing engineering department with senior management and throughout the organization

Waterloo

Identified and mitigated the risks associated to the optical performance of Aeryon sUAS systems in stringent operating environmentsLed a team of resources from multiple engineering disciplines, including Hardware, Mechanical, Optics, and Validation & Test to conceptualize, design and manufacture the next generation optical payloads for Aeryon sUAS systemsConcurrently managed four (4) optical payload projects while adhering to aggressive schedules and target budget requirements

Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Accountable for $26M worth of demo assets, and managed a $3M operating budgetWorked with and learned directly from the Export Compliance Manager on how to streamline processes related to the export and import of ITAR components and controlled goods

Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Accountable for an annual capital budget of $500,000 used for test equipment and tooling for New Product Introduction (NPI) Identified and led numerous continuous improvement projects and Kaizen events which resulted in over $1M in cost reductions

Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Increased Production throughput by 300% through various culture and process optimization projectsScoped, planned, and executed the commissioning of WESCAM’s Service Centre optics labs around the world (USA, Australia, England)Provided subject matter expertise for Supplier Quality Assurance (SQA) activities with domestic and international vendors (Canada, USA, Israel, UK)Created L-3 Wescam’s Laser Safety Program, including the standard operating procedures for the safe use of all hazardous laser systems

Mississauga, Ontario

Conducted experiments and tests in Xerox's Physics Department, optimizing the next generation of toners

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Engineering Physics

Frontline Leadership Program