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St Charles, Illinois, US

• Led prototyping and new product launch out of two facilities and managed change implementation for hundreds of automotive modules and switches.
• Successfully launched over 15 new products/year on-time, within budget, and with sustainable yields.
• Managed the implementation of countless changes driven by the worldwide disturbance to the semiconductor industry caused by the Covid Pandemic – ensuring strong controls to protect all stakeholders and meet our.
• Reduced excess material exposure by 47% through implementing rigorous oversight of prototyping materials thereby reducing waste by an average of $225K USD/yr.
• Management of both product changes and end-of-life programs led to a reduction of obsolete materials/finished goods – first year savings realized greater than $1.25M USD in savings.
• Annually responsible for the release of ~80 BOM creations/changes in the organizational ERP (QAD) – improved the BOM registration/implementation time from greater than 30 days to less than 14 calendar days.

Responsible for the creation and enforcement of robust new product launch processes to ensure on-time, quality product that meets all customer expectations.Developed pre-production procedure that includes all stakeholders and requires verification that prior to any manufacturing of prototype products all necessary controls are in place and manufacturing &.

An exciting position helping to launch new products efficiently and with the high quality demanded by our customers.More details to be published in the future.

Providing evaluations of companies Product Operations and delivering actionable recommendations for organizational improvements in the areas of product development and launch management.Assisted small to medium sized organizations build a strong deep bench of motivated project managers empowered to make significant impact to both company goals and customer.

Hanover, DE

• Led the World Wide General Motors profit center for infotainment and connectivity products such as Telematics, and Radio Head Units.
• After an early termination of an awarded program in which significant expenditures had been made I worked with the internal team of financial, engineering, and human resource groups to develop acceptable levels of.
• Lead numerous quoting activities on new products that established better costing, timing, and feature evaluation by empowering and challenging a world-wide, multi-cultural organization to re-evaluate standard operating.
• Worked closely with my account teams in Europe, Australia, Brazil, and China to continuously drive new product offerings regionally that were heavily based upon reuse, but provided the unique needs of the region. In.

Hanover, DE

• Led the profit center for General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler NAFTA products responsible for P&L, product roadmaps, definition, and lifecycle management. Products included OnStar and Ford SYNC.
• During the Launch of the Ford Sync project was a key member of team to bring our China manufacturing facility up to full capacity meeting all internal and external goals of quality and profitability. Routinely traveled.
• Products managed delivered over $125M annually and continued to provide profitability improvements year over year even during the automotive downturn. By continuously managing the variable costs of my products.
• Factory quality and delivered quality issues were the most significant issues when I was asked to take this position. By utilizing a systematic review of both the design and the manufacturing process my team was able.

• Primary interface to the customer from execution to director level leading a matrix organization of engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and quality for OnStar Telematics product.
• Was recruited to position for the development and launch of the first digital telematics unit that was severely over budget, behind schedule, and plagued by quality issues. My team and I conducted an assessment of the.
• Warranty expenses within the automotive industry are tremendous as components and modules are often built within the vehicle therefore a product that costs $100 may have a $300 impact to the supplier. Using innovative.

• Responsibility for maintenance of line activities for telematics products servicing, customers ranging from GM to Rolls Royce, improving their profitability and maintaining their life cycle through minimal redesigns.
• Executed a redesign of the GM product using a new technology printed circuit board which allowed for less components, better performance, and significantly reduced cost. Working with a very limited number of staff and.
• Implemented cost saving initiatives as part of the manufacturing move from Harvard, IL to Nogales, MX by bringing in testing and manufacturing consultants to get the greatest efficiency when we re-established the.

• Quality manager for Telematics products sold both to OEM and Tier 1 suppliers.
• Managed the transition of a portion of a consumer electronics manufacturing company into a world class automotive supplier of, at the time, ground breaking technology. Educating all stakeholders as to the value of.
• Drafted the processes that were needed to institutionalize the mindset and provide guidance to the entire value chain of steps needed for success. This included working with the supply chain to create separate.

Bsee, Engineering

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