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Rockton, IL

Directly manages the Core Engineering team on product quality, product safety, design standardization, obsolescence, regulatory and cost reduction projects. Prepares, monitors and is responsible for budget, staffing and schedules. Provides hands on technical guidance to the team and promotes engineering career development.

Freeport, IL

Effective leader of a global engineering team for the switches and controls business within Honeywell Sensing and Internet of Things. This business represents over $230M in annual revenue and requires continual support of legacy products as well as the primary focus of NPI. Prioritizes the work amongst the team for the greatest organizational impact on NPI.

• Mechanical design of industrial limit switches, basic switches and speed and position sensors. Responsibilities include cost estimating, prototyping, detailed mechanical design, managing validation testing and.
• Participate in onsite Voice of the Customer (VOC) interviews
• Translate VOC data into product key characteristics
• Utilize Design for Six Sigma tools throughout phased-gate product design
• Design of die cast, injection molded, machined and sheetmetal parts
• Work with global suppliers to procure custom components

• Responsible for the mechanical design and project management for the design and build of automation assembly equipment for tier 2 automotive suppliers and medical device manufacturers.
• Lead Designer and Project Manager of a $300K automated assembly line for valve motors. Executed project from concept to implementation in under 8 months.
• Lead Designer and Project Manager of a high speed (200 parts per minute) assembly machine for a medical flow sensor.

Freeport, IL

• Responsible for the mechanical design of automation and test equipment through all stages of a project including concept, design, build, debug and acceptance. Project Management experience for projects averaging 6-9.
• Teamed with internal and external resources to deliver equipment on schedule and within budget.
• Automated Bill of Material generation between CAD software and Excel resulting in 50% time saved in generating purchase requisitions.
• As CAD team leader, established CAD standards for department and organized training, knowledge sharing and maintained CAD library