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Hickory, North Carolina, US

Lead and guide R&D projects from conception to commercialization, managing budgets, timelines, and resources effectively.Conduct in-depth research and development activities, exploring new materials, technologies, and manufacturing processes for wire and cable products.Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including marketing, sales, and.

Hickory, North Carolina, US

Establish global copper cable product engineering strategy. Partner with product management and supply chain to develop processes that ensures new products are implemented according to plan and sustaining projects are evaluated for cost savings and life cycle. Evaluate new product requests and determine project feasibility and designed for.

Galway, IE

Global Leadership for a current team of 20+ global experts, engineers, and operation leaders that is focused on significant future growth potential that will provide tools, technology, processes and services to solve business and technical challenges. Partner with team to establish and transfer "Best in Class and Best Demonstrated Practices" to nine plants.

Galway, IE

Maintain and use a variety of continuous improvement tools to identify supplier quality problems and formulate action plans based on analysis of the data.Participate in daily production meetings and investigate root causes of supplier-related production problems and then take appropriate action to address and resolve the issues.

Galway, IE

• ENGINEERING MANAGER –Cable Operations Progressed from Senior Manufacturing Engineer to Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor to Engineering Manager during current 16 year tenure. Contributed to the company’s growth in.
• Managed and implemented of over $7 million in cost saving through material reduction, material substitution, increase productivity, better utilization of equipment
• Managed projects that contributed to reduction scrap by 32% in cable operations
• Managed and implemented of over $15 million of capital equipment
• Contributed to transforming cable manufacturing to a best demonstrated practice in the industry
• Initiated and developed process, machine, training, and certification documentation for over 66 types of machines

Atlanta, Georgia, US

Responsibilities included quality, rework, scrap reduction, equipment upgrades, cost reduction, and documentation

• Responsibilities included development of coaxial cables for military and commercial use, voice and data grade twisted pair cables including categories 3, 4, and 5 and the IBM Cabling System.
• Formal review of customer specifications to determine plant capabilities, testing requirements, government, automotive, nuclear, and/or regulatory certifications.
• Approvals and follow-up services for communications, power-limited, fire-protection and appliance wire and cable through Underwriters Laboratories (UL) and Canadian Standards Association (CSA)

Lexington, MA, US

• Summer Intern 1986 and 1987
• Responsibilities included developing and reviewing test procedures for deep radar space technology.
• Developed an ultrahigh frequency modulator for an array antenna
• Classes at MIT in computer programming and project presentations

Bachelor'S Degree, Electrical Engineering

High School Diploma, College Preparatory