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Sarasota, Florida, United States

Leading the Sarasota business unit of Sun Hydraulics. Also leading engineering and product development for Sun Hydraulics Globally.

Sarasota, Florida Area

Lead the global engineering, product management, and marketing organizations at Sun Hydraulics with a focus on modernizing new product development, gaining market share, improving new product percentage of overall sales, leading the technology roadmap, and accelerating first pass yield.

Dubuque, Iowa

Dubuque, Iowa

* Manage a team of engineers and engineering supervisors consisting of structures, sheet metal, hydraulics, electrical, software, and powertrain personnel. The team’s mission is to develop hydraulic excavator vehicles.* Represent engineering as a member of the core product management team whose goal is to profitably gain market share in current markets.

Dubuque, Iowa Area

* Recruit, retain, and develop an engineering team focused on hydraulic system design and development for future products of John Deere excavators* Coordinate the work of John Deere design teams located in the US, China, and India for a product manufactured in China* Collaborate with component suppliers from numerous countries in North America and Asia*.

* Manage design changes made to current production operator stations across all John Deere construction and forestry products. Aim is to increase value by reducing cost, reducing warranty claims, and/or increasing functionality and reliability* Supervise six engineers to accomplish the work of making design changes in Pro-Engineer, updating configuration.

Dubuque, IA

Onsite Engineering Supervisor at John Deere's Construction and Forestry Division. Most duties can be grouped into three areas: engineering supervisor, design engineer, and structural analyst.Supervisor: Have grown RFA's onsite personnel workforce from 4 people to 17 people in approximately 1 year. Work consists of interviewing potential candidates.

*Worked as an integral member and primary proposal writer for one of the most successful Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) companies in Arizona, recording a proposal win percentage of nearly 60%*Successfully composed and was awarded an Army proposal valued at over $850,000 and a Navy SBIR worth $150,000 *Researched and cultivated new business.

*Oversaw the execution of all mechanical analysis related tasks for KEI; ensured that they were finished by the due date and that the proper amount of resources were dedicated to the project*Assisted members of the KEI team in solving tasks that were beyond their ability and worked on special projects for the team; also served as a point-of-contact for.

*Created low weight, low cost designs for structural components based on heritage company designs and original ideas; was responsible for design of a propulsion module, battery structure, launch vehicle adapter, payload deck, reaction wheel mounts, shear panels, numerous other brackets and MGSE components*Created and released part drawings, assembly.

Master Of Science, Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering

*Specialized in Design and Manufacturing * Obtained Degree while working full time

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Marketing & Finance

Bachelor Of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Liberal Arts, Pre-Engineering

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