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West Chicago, IL, US

Schaumburg, Illinois, United States

Building relationships with new clients who need engineering and project management services.

Schaumburg, Illinois, United States

Batavia, IL

• Led team to develop shed on an extremely tight schedule
• Designed components for the following: blow molded, injection molded, plastic extrusion, metal stamping, metal roll forming
• Redesigned spring shock to save $1 million each year
• PDM administrator for engineering drawings using check-in / check-out procedures for files
• Designed and developed standardized drawing templates for the engineering department use

Greater Chicago Area

• Managed cross functional teams to ensure our products were on time, on budget and the best quality. I sought out ways to drive continuous process and product improvement. I communicated and coordinated with our.
• Managed over forty projects to maintain schedule, budget, safety, and quality standards
• Mentored and trained employee over a 4 year period
• Set up Stage / Gate process for new product category
• Co-led annual strategic planning meetings for $50 million product category
• Identified need, gained support from top executives, chosen to lead implementation of a PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) software system now used by 6 departments

Qingxi, China

• Managed and coached 14 engineers in design skills and taught them the ECR/ECN process. It was a joy to see much growth in the abilities of these engineers. Living at the factory and being on the factory floor.
• Trained and coached 14 Chinese engineers in design skills
• Served as liaison with 4 engineering offices in China, Taiwan and U.S.
• Visited over 20 factories in Southern China to find solutions for manufacturing issues
• Researched and discovered dozens of creative solutions for quality and safety issues
• Upheld standards of safety, cost and quality

Elverson, PA

• Designed a car seat with a team and identified new process to significantly reduce our testing costs by $70,000 and testing lead times which accelerated the project.
• Designed, engineered, and crash tested new car seat
• Built relationship with vendor resulting in annual savings of $1,000,000
• Redesigned stroller suspension from metal to polymer design saving $120,000 per year
• Initiated, designed and built an in house crash test system to save $70,000 annually
• Analyzed consumer feedback of previous designs sharpening awareness of key improvements for future projects

Zambia, Africa

Designed, engineered, and built devices to transfer patients from beds to wheel chairs in a rural hospital - part time, designed as the need arose

Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Master'S Degree, Intercultural/Multicultural And Diversity Studies