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Needham, Massachusetts, United States

Senior manager for testing of non-autonomous floor care and hair care products. Responsible for protocol development for new testing needs, and execution of local (directional) testing at the Needham office.

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

Senior manager for the development program of Industrial FDM and Binderjet 3D printers. Managing and coaching up to 10 mechanical engineers.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Managed between 7-12 Mechanical and Electrical Engineers focused on complete product architecture, and electrical and pneumatic routing. ◈ Drove strategic roadmaps to future product goals. ◈ Established and maintained a rolling one-year Department Plan for resources, projects and platform support, and secured funding for pre-studies and global projects. ◈ Act as the sole North America Advisor to Volvo’s global platform initiative for common architecture and standardized technology. ◈ Manage and maintain a yearly budget of $4M and conduct periodic staffing evaluation to ensure maximum efficiency. ◈ Envisioned and implemented novel VR/AR verification methods, leading North America in pioneering this approach. ◈ In doing so, replaced costly, time-consuming physical verification. This approach has become a standard form of evaluation throughout North America, producing significant additional savings. ◈ Engaged Engineers in periodic discussion of their projects, resulting in an overall improved sense of product ownership. This directly resulted in enhanced delivery accuracy and efficiency. ◈ Implemented leadership meetings to review daily planning and evaluate issue escalation as needed. ◈ With the onset of the COVID19 Pandemic, set up a series of highly effective “water cooler breaks'' to maintain Team social interactions. Recognized for this effort by Executive Leadership as a key example of enhancing Team engagement.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Led concept selection for 20+ major components. ◈ Planned, tracked and oversaw a major redesign project from conceptualization, through development, to delivery. ◈ Guided two cross-functional development groups of ten members each, and managed a project budget of over $100M. ◈ Prepared detailed cross functional recommendations to Leadership and provided clear guidance for final decision making.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Upon achieving Permanent US Residency, was invited to join Volvo full-time. ◈ Continued to focus on operator ergonomics and engaged numerous ergonomics SMEs to highly customize product design on all aspects of in-cab design. ◈ Additionally, worked in developing essential safety elements.

Greensboro, North Carolina

Invited to transfer from Scania to Volvo, and to define new cab layouts for VN trucks. ◈ Was quickly promoted to Team Leader and solely responsible for the entire cab system, comprising 1000+ components. ◈ Chaired weekly cross-functional meetings with Engineering, Production, Aftermarket and Design to ensure full departmental coordination. ◈ Analyzed issues as they arose and developed viable solutions for short- and long-term containment.

Stockholm, Sweden

Developed expertise in Catia V5 CAD and assigned as a full time, on-site engineer at Scania AB.◈ Designed prototypes of entirely new trucks. using 3-D printing to determine production standards and verify servicing. ◈ Negotiated and established dynamic clearance zone between cooling system and cab ◈ Co-leader of heat Taskforce team formed to improve heat flow over engine and chassis electronics.

Stockholm, Sweden

Referred by a colleague and joined this small multi-generational company. ◈ Contributed to Sales by developing schematics and drawings, and dimensioning the continuous drying systems using thermodynamic calculations. ◈ Developed new large-scale thermal processes for continuous production of biofuel through torrefaction. ◈ Designed and developed standardized protocols for testing and reporting to ensure repeatability and to encourage confidence in the process.

Master Of Science, Material Science

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), General Management

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma Honors SocietyWake Forest Graduate School of Business - Evening MBA for Working Professionals..