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Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Lead project manager of multiple insourcing projects to support the vertical integration of Bell Flight manufacturing facilities. Work cross functionally with entire Bell business at both U.S. and international locations to transition production from our supply base into Bell Manufacturing Centers of Excellence.• Led cross-functional project team to move major cabin sub-assemblies from Indian supplier to our Bell Mexico COE• This effort will lead to an additional 37k labor hours per year and $10k per aircraft in savings• International project team consisted of members from the US, Canada, Mexico, and India• Implemented new tooling and introduced a new drilling technology for a commercial program aircraft• Leading cross-functional project team to insource the 505 Tail Rotor Blade to our Fort Worth Rotors COE• Developed comprehensive business cases outlining project scope, objectives, risks, and benefits to secure stakeholder buy-in to justify project initiation• Facilitate clear and concise communication channels throughout the organization, from team members to executive leadership, ensuring alignment on project goals, milestones, and progress updates• Utilize MS Teams and MS Project to streamline project workflows, track progress, allocate resources, and facilitate real-time collaboration among cross-functional teams

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

• Updated and created traffic point maps across 5 different Bell COEs throughout the Fort Worth areao Goal is to eliminate over 200 hours annually of non-value-added time spent locating material• Streamlined Kitting process to consolidate 5 procedures into a single flow to ensure compliance in future audits• Identified opportunity to implement offline inventory management with VMI hardware in Kitting• Found new receiving solution that utilizes lift tables to eliminate near miss concerns with lifting packages

Multiple

A 2 year program consisting of three 8 month rotations across various Textron Business Units under the Integrated Supply Chain functional team. This involved time as a Process Engineer at Textron Aviation, a Manufacturing Engineer at Kautex Textron, and a Logistics Analyst at Bell Flight. There were also multiple opportunities to for functional training and networking with Business Unit leadership during this time.

Avilla, Indiana, United States

• Led daily metric reports to global senior team at director and vice president level management• Launched the Ford F-150 Hybrid fuel tank into full production• Monthly reporting of top Scrap and Downtime drivers in collaboration with plants across North and South America• Led a two-day Kaizen event with over 20 participants to optimize layouts of two adjacent Final Assembly lines• Implemented new Keyence IX-150 sensors to eliminate physical poka-yokes and reduce cycle time by 24%• Supported design of a new tank scale support to create a more consistent tank placement which stabilized the process

Wichita, Kansas

• Created a forecasting template to give a future view on modification jobs for the Longitude aircraft• Planned jobs to replace all out of date electrical harnesses on demo aircraft for future customer delivery- Reviewed over 100 drawings to understand the revision level of electrical harnesses currently installed on the aircraft- Worked cross functionally with experimental, operations, and PC&L to ensure on time aircraft delivery• Implemented new process through job creation to ensure paint jobs were visible to Final Assembly Operations• Supported COVID-19 face shield and mask production to aid area hospitals with PPE shortage

Cockeysville, Maryland

• Implemented new inspection equipment to optimize flow of material on the production floor• Created a new process to meet customer Contract Data Requirements List for nonconformance metrics• Worked in a cross functional team to coordinate and run First Article Inspections on a new product line

Auburn Hills, Michigan

Morse Systems• Standardized customer return procedure to document abrasion across 5 VFS product lines• Conducted benchmarking on competitor product to better understand solenoid market• Gained CAD experience by redesigning a standard solenoid package to fit customer specifications

Dodge Center, Mn

McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing-Refuse Quality Engineering• Updated electrical routings standards to reduce battery cable defects from reaching the customer• Consolidated multiple designs to simplify manufacturing process and increase productivity• Demonstrated root cause analysis techniques to identify production defects and decrease rework time

Elyria, Oh

Air Treatment Division R&D· Aided technicians and engineers with product research and support in air treatment· Gained manufacturing experience through the improvement of an existing production line· Improved testing procedure for repeatability that is being sent to Hungary, Mexico, and China

East Lansing, Michigan

· Aided current university students with prior knowledge in calculus, chemistry, and physics· Collaborated with colleagues in order to help students achieve in their studies· Actively learning new methods of teaching to better convey knowledge to students

Elyria, Ohio

Electronics and Hardware Department· Interned in the Electronics and Hardware Department, acquired knowledge in soldering and simple electronics· Attained hands on experience with tensile, transmissibility, and wheel speed sensor testing· Acquired corporate business knowledge working within the headquarters of an international company

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Engineering Student Council, Leadership Advantage, Triangle Fraternity

International Baccalaureate Diploma