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PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT / ENGINEERING CONSULTANT, Farmington, Connecticut Professional mentor for entrepreneurs as well as Fortune 500 companies in the definition & development of new productsProviding guidance to individuals or corporate development teams with all phases of the product development processStage Gate Development Process Voice of the Customer (VOC) Product Requirements Concept Generation & ModelingConcept Selection (Pugh Analysis) Detailed Design / Calculations Specifications, Test Reports & Validation IP (Intellectual Property) Protection

New Britain, Ct, Us

Stanley Access Technologies - A Division of Stanley Black and Decker, the market leader of door automation in North American• Responsible for managing the research and development of next generation product solutions.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Manufacturer of advanced surgical equipment and the market leader of technology in the medical fieldStrategic souring of materials, components and technology of R&D products for stapling product line • Manage the alignment of key strategic partners with new product development efforts• Drive efforts to ensure system level requirements including costing meet program objectives• Facilitate cross functional development efforts to manage PPAP (Production Part Approval Process)

Bristol, Connecticut, Us

Manufacturer of automated custom ground support/test equipment for commercial and aerospace facilities• Managed an engineering team responsible for the design and delivery of $20M in custom automation.• Managed cross-functional Project teams with mechanical, electrical and software engineers.• Product designs include electro-mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic and fuel subsystems coupled with electronics and software that perform automated test sequences and reporting for flight components.• Utilized a lean/structured product development process for the design, construction, validation and delivery of equipment on schedule and within budget.

Fishers, Indiana, Us

Stanley Access Technologies - A Division of Stanley Black and Decker, the market leader of door automation in North American• Responsible for managing the research and development of next generation product solutions.• Managed and drove the delivery of new product developments.• Led the concept, design and delivery of door system innovation that included patented electro-mechanical drive devices that provided an automation solution for small entrances.• Managed technical teams of mechanical, electronic, firmware engineers and consultants from concept development through pilot site evaluations utilizing a structured product development process.

Fishers, Indiana, Us

Stanley Access Technologies - A Division of Stanley Black and Decker, the market leader of door automation in North American• Responsible for the technical management of the Access automatic door product offering including the identification and development of new products.• Coupled with Marketing & Sales, managed the product platform to meet customer and business needs thru the use of the NPD (New Product Development) and PRB (Product Review Board) process.• Responsibilities included managing the product offering to meet business sales objectives including addressing the product architecture and application/engineering related topics for field operations.• Facilitated PRB meetings at Access and corporate, monitored and reported New Product growth. • Led the GDP (Global Deployment Process) coordination and support of the Global Team’s expansion efforts, delivered $1.6M, and supported the ROA (Rest of Asia) and Middle East efforts.• Delivered $1.5M in new development sales, Post evaluation: ROI < 1year, 70% AGM.• Co-designed and released the new All-glass shoe for China and US Market, design offered significant field productivity, 66% reduction in installation time (from 6 to 2 hour / panel).• Worked with sales and customer on new product growth opportunities - provided unique patentable product solutions for replacement product, a $20M opportunity, a new by-pass door system for major customer, a $3.3M up sell, and new ICU 2-panel platform to protect core and associated products.• Productivity – Deployed new solutions for a $104K / year in field labor savings.• Alternate Material Evaluation - Initiated and led an evaluation of alternate construction materials.

Fishers, Indiana, Us

Stanley Access Technologies - A Division of Stanley Black and Decker, the market leader of door automation in North AmericanResponsible for the definition, planning and implementation of new product introductions.• UNIVERSAL DRIVE, Magic Force – First to market universal swing door automation drive for Stanleyo Successfully delivered a universal operator utilizing New Product Development Process.o Efforts included market research, requirements generations from VOC (Voice of the Customer).o Met business goals - A clean-sheet-of-paper approach that gained overwhelming market acceptance and delivered $9M+ per year in sales growth and volumes over 3X the original goal.o Met product goals - The innovative design included over 150 Internationally Patented design and service claims. Benefits included: SKU Reduction (from 6 to 1), an all-in-one design, cost competitiveness (12% below competition), robustness, quiet (3dBA less that current products) as well as the claim of being the smallest full energy automation device.o Received customer and field confirmation the product exceeded market expectations.• UNIVERSAL ELECTRONIC CONTROL, MC521 Classic – First universal controller platform for Stanleyo Responsible for defining, developing and delivering the next generation controls platform for automatic doors including forming and managing the technical team.o Met business goals - The delivery included reducing costs by 38%, simplifying the product offering to 3 SKUs vs.15 SKUs while providing more functionality and enabling next generation of products.

Master Of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering