Manage Swagelok Key accounts to promote initiatives that help distributors grow and retain sales. Develop plans for Key Accounts to guide and align corporate efforts for that customer. Responsible for interacting with distributors and end customers to help solve complex and uncommon problems. Manage internal and customer facing opportunities and serve as an escalation contact for distributors and end customers for Key Account related activities. Regularly engage with end-customers directly to better understand needs, behaviors, and values Develop strong working relationships with key end-customers Anticipate issues and drive innovative solutions by development of new concepts and processes, services, technologies, or products Coordinate projects with significant resource requirements, risk/and or complexity, all under limited direction Lead change efforts with distributors and end-customers, motivate and engage other to adapt and embrace changing methods

Swagelok is an industry leader in high performance metal and plastic fluid control components with approximately $1.8 billion annual salesManaged a department of Project Managers, Mechanical Engineers and Technicians that designed metal and polymer fluid control products. Duties included developing and administering performance and compensation evaluations and developing and managing the department operating plan.• Managed the engineered to order function. Successfully implemented a process improvement plan that was directly responsible for the decrease of technical quote lead times by 50% and sales increased by approximately 60%• Managed a group that developed semiconductor market’s first miniature inline process refractometer and concentration monitor. Development included electrical and software design• Experienced in project management techniques and methodologies• Gained extensive experience with product development processes. Part of a team to develop a product development process based on Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) process• Responsible for department budget and product costing which includes attaining performance and cost targets• Trained in lean methodologies. Lead lean events to address efficiency improvements in the design and manufacture of both metal and plastic fluid control components

Managed a department of up to ten engineers and technicians that supported the materials research and development for new product development. Duties included developing and administering performance and compensation evaluations.• Managed the Technology Development function focusing on high temperature engineering thermoplastic materials applications and processing improvements• Lead research of polymer fiber composites for use in high temperature applications• Managed the construction and operation of two state of the art engineering laboratories. Developed a Laboratory Information Management system to improve the efficiency of equipment utilization and resource allocation. Equipment included DSC, DMA, TGA, FT-IR, MTS ,and SEM with EDX• Developed and maintain an ISO-17025 / 9000 laboratory quality system

Responsible for the manufacturing engineering duties involving plastic injection molding, machining and assembly of a wide variety of components ranging from valve handles to high purity fluid system components.• Was involved with numerous manufacturing engineering projects including the design and implementation of two high-temperature thermoplastic extrusion lines to manufacture high purity tubing.

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