Samuel Wilding Email & Phone Number

Wichita, KS, US

3801 S Oliver St, Wichita, KS, US

• I lead a team of talented scientists and engineers, supporting all operations associated with Chemical and Finishes. My responsibilities include:
• Manage performance, growth, compensation and hiring for a team of 14 scientists and engineers.
• Support Manufacturing Operations and Quality Assurance to resolve production issues and ensure specification compliance.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Program Management, and Manufacturing Operations to implement process improvements and resolve quality issues that affect the customer.
• Efficiently deploy technical resources in response to emergent issues to minimize production disruptions.
• Guide RCCA, Six Sigma, and other process improvements in all chemical and finish operations.

Springville, Utah, US

• Led engineering team in the development, design, and production of large composite structure, guiding clients and the team through the entire product development process, supporting 10X revenue growth.
• Led internal and external design reviews ensuring all critical specifications were met and reviewed and approved drawing packages for release to production.
• Led product improvement efforts that boosted structure strength by 50% with improved manufacturing methods, design modifications, and improved quality control.
• Led design of a novel, composite-hybrid antenna sector frame, designed to reduce RF interference.
• Organized material testing effort and performed statistical analysis of the results that led to more accurate structure modeling of composite structures.
• Utilized 3D printing to check assemblies and for demo purposes.

Lindon, Utah, US

• Grew team from 1 to 6 people, including writing job requirements, interviewing and training.
• Managed operations projects (in Jira) ensuring on-time, on-scope delivery, supporting 3X department revenue growth in a single year.
• Introduced Lean Methodology to Awardco and systematically designed error out of every phase of the fulfilment process.
• Built Awardco’s quality and production management system from the ground up, with 100% traceability of all orders and components and provided inventory tracking.
• Achieved 100% on-time delivery with the creation of advanced Jira workflows that provided detailed breakdowns of all steps for every order and continuous monitoring of work status for each task.
• Developed and deployed custom python scripts that cut out all manual labor from data file preparation, reducing data errors to zero and providing a critical tool for the growth of the team.

Orem, Utah, US

• Led development of a novel sensing foam material supporting revenue growth from $15K to over $200K in two years with only 2 full-time employees.
• Designed and built a functioning pressure-sensitive car seat for a major automotive manufacturer for display in their innovation showcase.
• Designed and built impact sensing helmet pads for the R&D team of a football helmet manufacturer.
• Secured over $350K in non-dilutive funding with successful grants and awards from various government organizations.
• Led the company to successful entry into Plug and Play Tech Center Accelerator in San Jose.
• Led foam mixture DOE and determined ideal production inputs for optimized piezo-electric response.

The Woodlands, Texas, US

• Designed wear parts for road grinding equipment including GD&T and tolerance stack analysis.
• Designed and launched a successful product line of ultra-durable water jet equipment.
• Utilized 3D printing to validate assemblies.
• Reduced assembly failures by 30% on a key product line, resulting in an annual savings of $275K, while leading a Kaizen rapid improvement project.
• 6 Sigma Black Belt Certification.
• Developed detailed drawing packages and SOPs for new products and components.

Provo, UT, US

• Created ANSYS FEA models to analyze and predict behavior of compliant mechanisms.
• Explored and documented behavior of spherical compliant mechanisms with MATLAB, ANSYS, and SolidWorks.
• Published 2 peer-reviewed journal articles.
• Inventor on 2 patents.

I provided design consulting to local entrepreneurs as lead engineer on a student team. For one client I designed a wheel adapter that allowed her consolidate two designs into 1, resulting in 8% savings for her operation. For another client, I designed I quick-locking bike stem the one a top 10 place in the Student Innovator of the Year competition.

Led a team of five engineers in the development of a human powered, disaster rescue device, capable of lifting 2000 lbs. The device was designed to function in areas involving building collapse · Designed the device to cost less than $1000 dollars, yet be robust enough to withstand a wide variety of loading conditions and use by untrained individuals ·.

Tested and diagnosed military SATCOM systems with a team of 4-5 field service representatives · Restored SATCOM systems that were involved in military service to working order · Tested the electrical and mechanical components of the systems to diagnose failures and determine which repairs and replacement parts are required · Developed an instruction manual.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Product Development

M.S., Mechanical Engieering

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Education record