William Hillis Email & Phone Number

North Ridgeville, Ohio

Program Manager with Beckett Gas. Beckett Gas has been partnering with gas appliance customers to design and manufacture the very best combustion and heat exchange components for their most important product lines. Our extensive experience and depth of engineering expertise means customer projects can leap ahead of regulations, the market and their.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Program Manager for highly complex electronic assemblies including surface mount manufacturing, through hole board builds and box builds for medical devices and industrial products. Drove customer focus solutions to electronic manufacturing challenges, engaging critical teams of engineering, quality, manufacturing and directly involving the team who makes.

Strongsville, Ohio

Program Manager, leading teams in manufacturing, quality, engineering and delivery requirements for multi million dollar landing gear contracts for the F-18, C-130 and T-38 aircrafts. Facilitate solutions for manufacturing problems with production, quality and engineering to develop a consensus driven plan to meet customer commitments and product.

Managed all aspects of projects including budgets, timeframe, customers, contract requirements, contract changes, installation and final integration into customer’s business. Performed data analysis to optimize process performance, improve process quality and reduced cost. Moved manufacturing product lines to new regions of the US for Eaton Corporation..

One of a three person team designing maintenance solutions including staffing requirements, computer maintenance management system (CMMS), storeroom management, planning & scheduling and root cause analysis processes. Performed maintenance assessments at Eaton, FRAM, Worlds Finest Chocolate, DELTA, Caterpillar, USG and other Fortune 500 companies.

Leader of a team of engineers performing new product development (NPD) and reliability solutions for customers resulting in $1.0M+ of new revenues. Performed data analysis to identify new product and quality improvement opportunities. Led multiple new contract startups for Georgia Pacific resulting in $1.2M+ in new revenues.

Directed an industrial repair center for servo, spindle & specialty motors, hydraulics components, machine tool spindles, pumps, positioners and ball screws resulting in $2M in revenues. Managed the operational budgets including facility, labor, expenses and travel. Facilitated 100+ Quality System training seminars for all levels of employees.

Leader of a team of 19 engineers supporting the maintenance, repair and calibration of manufacturing machine tools for Caterpillar Medium Engine Division. Operated an on-site industrial component operation for the repair and calibration of controls and instrumentation. Implemented repair process improvements through preventative maintenance measures and.

• Customer Delivery Manager - ATS Peoria, IL (1999 - 2001)
• Managed site team members at Ford, GM and Timken and other sites serviced by ATSRepair Manager - ATS Peoria, IL (1995 - 1999)
• Leader of teams performing new product development (NPD) and repair of industrial electronicsRepair Supervisor - ATS Peoria, IL (1993 - 1995)
• Supervised repair technicians for motor drives, industrial controls and calibration Sales Support Supervisor - ATS Peoria, IL (1992 - 1993)
• Led a team of CSR's developing sales proposals for new customer opportunitiesProject Leader - ATS Peoria, IL (1990 - 1992)
• Leader of retrofit and rebuild projects for machine tools (lathes, mills & grinders) Field Service Engineer - ATS Peoria, IL (1988 - 1990)

Bensenville IL

Leader of a team repairing CNC & PLC sub-assemblies and servo motor drive systems