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Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina Area

Anderson, South Carolina, United States

Anderson, South Carolina

Anderson, SC

• Manage new product development from start to finish
• Obtaining and budgeting capital for projects
• Managing timeline and resources during project life
• Analyzing service call data to pinpoint design and product issues in the field
• Product root causing analysis and creating design that corrects for these issues
• Developing reliability test plans for new components

Warren MI

• Design and Develop Plastic Fuel Systems (Fuel Tanks, Filler Pipes, Chassis Bundles, Evap Systems).
• DFMEA and DRBFM Responsible for all systems.
• DE for multiple GM programs and Lead DE for GMT17x.
• Chair of Fuel Systems International Engineering Change Team (ECT) – responsible for cost targets and cost reductions.
• Engineering contact for purchasing issues for North American Fuel Systems
• Was Single point contact for all of Chassis for Project E crisis (Evonik Explosion). Reported out to exec team for all chassis groups and managing validation process.

Dearborn MI (On-Site Ford)

• Design and Develop Plastic Fuel Systems for Ford Motor Company.
• Program Engineer for multiple Ford programs.
• Responsible for developing and maintaining DFMEA, Bill of Material, and Prints.
• Responsible for development and designing of fuel tank assembly and coordinating designer activities.
• Responsible for design review with plant to ensure manufacturability of proposed tank design.
• Responsible for all related validation requirements for fuel tank assembly and all sub-components.

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

• Develop new light vehicle sales at US and Foreign OEM’s.
• Manage steel fuel system programs at GM, Ford, and Hino.
• Process all new quotes and engineering change requests.
• Process all CAD requests to outside design house.
• Worked with multiple plants on manufacturing issues.
• Company Filed Chapter 7 Bankruptcy in 2009

• Fuel System Account Manager to GM.
• Managed multiple international programs concurrently (Sweden, Brazil, Mexico, US).
• Responsible for daily activities of one Program Manager, One Program Engineer, and one UG Designer.
• Coordinate all prototype build requirements.
• Responsible for maintaining and updating the math data, prints, BOM, Service BOM and Cost BOM.
• Responsible for identifying potential suppliers, issuing RFQs.

Troy, MI

• Was responsible for developing and testing new LEV II and PZEV multi-layer designs.
• Designed and tested fuel system components (seals, valves, lines and locking rings).
• Member in a multiple tier one group to communized sender interface components.
• Developed a standardized DVP&R for the fuel tank systems.
• Was responsible for twin sheet thermoforming technology development.
• Developed Inergy's design guidelines for blow molded fuel systems.

Troy, MI

• Starting new outside sales accounts.
• Created new Sheet Molding Compound (SMC) materials to meet Budd Plant and new customer requirements.
• Assisting new customers with molding and process modifications.
• Responsible for developing new raw materials (Resins, Filler, Pigments, Fiberglass) and compounding methods.
• Responsible for coordinating work schedules for 4 lab technicians.
• Experience with compression molding of automotive parts and processing SMC in a production setting.

Muskegon MI

Bs, Chemical Engineering

Mba

Certificate In Emerging Automotive Technologies