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Roanoke, VA, US

Roanoke, Virginia, United States

Salem, Virginia, United States

• Led the top 3 NPI laser value stream projects in Salem to capture $100M in annual revenue in 2023. Oversaw teams comprised of Engineering, Quality, Technicians, Metrology & Operations to make complex, build-to-print.
• Sole customer interface on a cardio-vascular product development program with a potential annual revenue increase of $100M+/yr.
• Worked closely with internal and external customers, ensuring requirements were understood and achieved. Actively listened to the customer desires and translated those desires into requirements to ensure the.
• Led engineering teams to manufacture quick-turn medical device components following a strict 5-Phase, Product Design (PDP) process. Assimilated existing programs into the PDP process to ensure compliance.
• Implemented a daily go-walk to understand and align the activities of the Laser Engineering NPI and Operations Value Streams. Assigned actions to the team to ensure customer deliverables were met.
• Maintained a good rapport via constant communication with both internal leadership and external customers, adhering to a “no surprises” approach to project management. All information shared after thoughtful.

Roanoke, Virginia, United States

• Member of the Marvin, Roanoke, site leadership team responsible for planning and leading all activities of a diverse ~50-person Engineering, Maintenance and Facilities team. Team composition included Controls &.
• Created and implemented Roanoke’s 3-year Strategic Plan and oversaw its execution. Developed and led five separate project charters, in support of the strategic plan, ensuring cross-functional teams stayed aligned with.
• Developed the business unit’s annual production capacity plan based on the sales team’s growth forecast, projecting resources, and new production equipment needs for a 400,000 sq.ft. facility.
• Developed and managed a $4M annual budget for Maintenance, Facilities and Engineering projects.
• Facilitated all engineering Kaizen and Continuous Improvement projects and prioritized them by ROI, duration to complete, and resource availability.
• Developed and taught a Project Management 101 course to help new graduate Engineers better prepare to have successful Kaizen results in a timely manner.

Salem, VA

• Oversaw the development of multiple New Product Introductions (NPIs) for wind turbine, battery storage, and solar, renewable energy projects. Experience included managing cross-functional, design and manufacturing.
• Successfully managed the 2.0MW, Electrical System converter development on GE Renewable Energy’s largest revenue grossing NPI, coming in ahead of schedule, below budget, with better than product performance than.
• Led the Engineering and validation teams to obtain UL Certification for the 2.0MW wind turbine converter to achieve a 25% product cost reduction from the initial design while improving the product reliability and while.
• Led a quick response team to mitigate a critical supplier product shortage. Potential risk of becoming a $2B revenue loss to GE. Held daily meetings with Senior Executive Band leadership to give status of a supplier.
• Site cost out lead, achieved a 10% product cost reduction, year-over-year for GE converter platforms.

Roanoke, Virginia

• Senior Manager, Mechanical Engineering (2010 – 2012)Manager, Mechanical Engineering (2007 – 2010)Senior Member of the Technical Staff (2006 – 2007)
• Developed an industry leading Opto-Mechanical, R&D Engineering Department. Hired and trained most of the Mechanical Engineering team in intelligent requirement flow down, GD&T and complex tolerance analysis techniques.
• Key contributor to the development of the Night Vision, Integrated Product Development (IPD) Process, ensuring alignment with the existing ITT StageGate™ Process; with an emphasis on a tailorable, lean, process to.
• Served as the Technical Fellow (Mechanical Engineering Toll Gate Reviewer) for the IPD process on all programs. Addressed difficult questions to the US Government customers during major reviews.
• Mentored new Program Managers, taught others skills such as creating work breakdown structures that aligned with the IPD and ITT StageGate™ processes, as well as creating project plans and resource allocation to meet.
• Supported Business Development and presented new technology projects to multiple U.S. Government customers.

Orlando, Florida

• Senior Research Engineer, (April 2002 – June 2006)Research Engineer, (April 1999 – April 2002)Associate Engineer, (May 1998 – April 1999)College Intern (1997 – 1998)
• Lead Mechanical Engineer in charge of designing precision electro-mechanical and opto-mechanical mechanisms with multiple degrees of freedom for vision and targeting systems.
• Worked on classified design and development projects – US DoD Secret Clearance.
• Possess 20,000+ hours of Pro-E V-16 thru Creo 5.0.