Responsible for leading the engineering teams at our Chippewa Falls, WI, Frankfort, IL, and Troy, MI locations to serve all the major automotive OEMs and their tier suppliers with innovative plastic fasteners. Supports the overall divisional growth strategies through a customer-focused and process-oriented mindset that establishes ITW as the trusted advisor to our customers.

Responsible for leading and managing a team of innovative engineers who are tasked with developing and managing injection molded plastic fastener projects for North American and global automotive OEM's and their tier suppliers.

Built upon success of initial Honda related business to penetrate several global programs. Managed multiple focused design projects for Honda automobile platforms in the U.S., Japan, India, and Thailand.

Directed a team of 3 engineers responsible for the design and management of over 300 new automotive injection molded plastic fastener projects for domestic OEM's, JOEM's and KOEM's, as well as other tier suppliers. Responsibilities included continuing Project Engineer duties while working directly with customers to develop innovative solutions to satisfy their needs, initiating new product development, and project management.

Designed and managed injection molded plastic fastener projects for multiple major OEM's in the automotive industry. Responsibilities included working daily with customers to analyze their design needs and utilizing cross-functional teams to manage projects from initial design concept to mass production parts.

Coordinated engineering activities for all Ford related business, including generating quotes, new product feasibility, and assisting with Production Part Approval Process.