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Plano, Tx, Us

> Lighting & electronics supplier support and management including schedule control, tooling, equipment & supply chain during pre-production.> Process, Requirements, Parameter & Capacity planning.> Supplier expansion and New supplier development activity (NSER, Gap improvement, Kaizen)> Tooling kick-off problem resolution, schedule control and stakeholder agreement.> Excellent results achieved by Monozukuri, with Supply Chain Kaizen, Tooling, Component & Process Cost reduction activities for Meter & Major Lighting. Slim & Simple implementation.> Localization engineering support. > Purchasing & supplier support for NAMC QEs.> Injection mold tooling technical and schedule management, including mold-flow reviews, schedule compression &, mediation between design and manufacturing stakeholders.> Intensive engineering, Toyota process, problem solving and management support for non-link suppliers (Valeo, Hella, Continental).> Development of lighting commodity & general standard operating process and check sheets for pre-production.> Cost logic breakdown / walk with suppliers based on fundamental requirements & engineering factors.> Design for manufacturing reviews with Design, QE and Suppliers.

Plano, Tx, Us

I was responsible for Supplier Engineering Development of Forward and Rear Lighting, Instrument Cluster, Heads Up Display and Electronic Inner Mirror commodities for North American manufactured Toyota vehicles. > Development and execution of commodity management strategies> Tracking and management of commodity off-tool and off-process requirements > Leading suppliers to ensure quality, improve efficiency and reduce parts cost> Capacity and throughput confirmation activities> Process planning and process parameter development> Direction of suppliers towards best practice and optimal process solutions> Working with suppliers to develop tooling and equipment> Lighting commodity specific molding, coating and assembly know-how> Involvement in early stage design to influence manufacture-ability, cost and quality

I started to become involved in family business matters due to the pending closure of the Automotive Industry in Australia. I am mostly now a passive investor, however maintain responsibility for company trust operations such as financial & taxation compliance and general management.The business is involved in childcare, education & residential property in Queensland, Australia. I find my Toyota Engineering experience and this business experience offers me synergistic insights into how various situations should be planned for, actioned and confirmed.

Notting Hill, Vic, Au

Short Long service leave

Notting Hill, Vic, Au

> Vehicle electrical system design review and technical support> Wire Harness know how / key design factor support> Euro 6 diesel system development> Electrical system design management> Supplier auditing and process improvement> Company shut down and design handover activities

My position was the engine compartment electrical architecture design project chief for 2017-2033 K-platform vehicles within Toyota head office in Japan. Within Toyota I was the first person from outside of Japan to be assigned this high level role.> TNGA concept electrical system development.> Schedule development and milestone setting.> Vehicle structure, ECU and electrical packaging design management.> Crash performance management for electrical systems (IIHS, NCAP, JNCAP).> Strategy planning for long term electrical system design (15 year platform life).> Modern vehicle electrical systems design know how.> Prototype vehicle electrical system development.> Wire Harness development, routing and packaging.> Aluminium automotive wire development and implementation.> Wire Harness design for manufacturing implementation.> Catia V5 parametric modelling skill.> DRBFM, FMEA and root cause analysis skill.> Vehicle evaluation management.> Metal, rubber and plastic component design (static and dynamic).> Finite Element Analysis of metal and plastic parts (Catia based).> Hybrid vehicle electrical system (THS 3 & 4) design know how.> Supplier relationship building & management.> Team leadership for knowledge intensive staff.> Working with large cross-functional teams of professionals of many nationalities.> EMC, Heat, Chemical resistance, Water resistance factor based design.> Japanese language and culture experience / Detail driven work.> Design for assembly know how.> Design documentation management.

Notting Hill, Vic, Au

> Global vehicle electrical system design and management.> Design responsibility for $60M AUD/year of supplied component value.> Process planning for wire harness, press metal and injection molded parts.> Management of wiring harness parts at 9 global manufacturing sites.> Project Chief for 11 Bachelor Degree qualified Electrical Engineers.> Graduate training.> Project scheduling control.> Vehicle power source design.> Extensive on-site engineering experience in Thailand, India and Argentina.> Cost reduction. $1.1M AUD/year achieved over 5 years.> Total quality management.> High level engineering change management skill (supplier, process & timing).> SAP based parts complexity management and BOM control.> Working with interdependent remote design centres.> Global vehicle regulation control and implementation know how (emissions, safety, security).> Prototype vehicle electrical design (evaluation, certification).> Ability to predict and solve vehicle electrical problems before manufacturing.> DRBFM and root cause analysis skill.> Analysis of field faults and rapid countermeasures.> Daily supplier management.> Detail checking of engineering work output.

Notting Hill, Vic, Au

January 2004 - November 2004 : Company transfer for Camry Major Change [SE & Genzu] development at Toyota Motor Corporation (Japan).June 2006 - March 2007 : Company transfer for Fortuner Minor Change [SE & Genzu] Toyota Motor Corporation (Japan).Similar to above Senior role, without Project Chief responsibilities.

> Remote management of overseas manufacturing high value/volume products> SAP system experience with material and project control (BOM, timing)> Component and tooling selection/sourcing> Wire Harness process planning and equipment development.> Costing analysis and cost management> Design for manufacture and manufacturing management skill from plant visits (Western Samoa)> Product design and development of wire harness (Holden One-Tonner/Crewman)> Electrical system concept design (VE Commodore/Chevrolet SS)> Prototype vehicle electrical system design and development (VE Commodore/Chevrolet SS)> Wire harness manufacturing and tooling know-how> Exposure to Meter SMT manufacturing for VY, VZ Commodore.> Onsite customer support for body control, meter and protocol conversion modules (VX,VY,VZ Commodore)Key Achievements> Complex engineering change management during volume production (VX,VY,VZ Commodore)> Achieving product quality improvement simultaneously with reduced development lead times> New product / modified platform design with TWR UK (Holden One-Tonner/Crewman)> New vehicle electrical platform concept development (VE Commodore/Chevrolet SS)

Brisbane, Queensland, Au

Nov 1998-Jul 1999 – Software / SignallingJul 2000-Jun 2001 – Overhead Traction PowerContinuous involvement with QR throughout degree.Key Skills> Disciplined object oriented C++ software development for train control> System and unit testing of safety critical train control software> 25kV AC overhead traction power systems know how> 25kV - 132kV voltage and current protection systems testing and calibration> Transformer partial discharge dissolved gas maintenance needs analysis> Selective harmonic compensation control for high power single phase 50kV systems> Static VAR compensation for high power single phase 50kV systems> Mechanical, electrical, structural and apparatus of overhead traction systems knowhow> Onsite derailment, wire down repair, major trackwork and 50MW transformer commissioning> Working with and giving advice to electricians and linesmenKey Achievements> Integration of GPS into a train control signalling system> Design of 25kV AC overhead traction geometry and apparatus setup> Implementation of a data based quality control system for portable earthing> Design, simulation, test construction and refinement of a new section insulator design (final year project)

Gladstone, Qld, Au

Key Skills> Alumina refinery process experience> Industrial drive reliability analysis> Temperature measurement technologies and integration into control> Improving accuracy of temperature measurement

Bachelor’S Degree, Electrical And Electronics Engineering (Co-Op)

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