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Cranford, New Jersey, United States

Drive customers to destinations and delivery food orders to customers.

New Brunswick, Nj

>Networking with professionals. Receiving and providing assistance on job search information and advice.

Michigan, United States

Worked with local distribution channels to convince them to add Achteck America carbide to their product line. Supported independent manufacturer's representatives with competitor conversion information and technical advice on the best methods to apply the tools when needed.Tried to establish a format for Achteck America, Inc.'s product presentations. "Translated" product presentations from HQ into American English and converted the product codes and cutting data into ANSI formats. Was able to shorten many of these presentations with the goal to get to the point as quickly as possible. Worked on a competitor product conversion application in Excel, which would be the basis of an Access database conversion form.

New Jersey, United States

Cranford, Nj

Various part time jobs involved in retail sales.

Fair Lawn, Nj

>Promoted to senior manager in charge of both development and all of product management teams, which totaled 13 employees.>Managed a P&L budget of $2.2M>Improved machine adapted clamping unit and live tooling repair from months long lead times to a 2 to 3-week lead time through an existing third-party provider. I established a team at Sandvik Coromant as the main and only contact with the third party provider. Another team was established at the repair facility. The result was a decrease in repair lead time of 75% and protection of our business from competitors. >Saved Sandvik Coromant $500,000 annually by introducing a virtual environment to educate sales teams on new product introductions via web based meeting technology.

Fair Lawn, Nj

>Promoted to generate synergies between product development and lathe team. Expanded my department by two more engineers for a total of three reports.>Managed a P&L budget of approximately $1.4M.>Added personnel to cover a new application area. Hired three more individuals.>Created a “Get In, Get the Business, and Get Out” Navy SEAL-inspired team, that grew the business of advanced material inserts by 26% over company growth in two years to support the purchase and integration of Diamond Innovations, Inc.>Marketed and won a contract by introducing a Diamond Innovation (sister company) product to a company that was spending $1M annually with a competitor. Our product had longer tool life and the ability to be reconditioned.

Fair Lawn, Nj

>Managed a group of two engineers in product development roles which included responsibility over a department budget. >Assigned as project lead to machine and document an aerospace disk for a major aerospace engine producer. I choose the cutting data, tool paths, and created a presentation documenting our findings. This project resulted in an initial order of $50,000 for Sandvik Coromant tools. We completed at least two other projects for the customer and their spend increased to $2.5M dollars for Sandvik Coromant tools.>Came in under department budget both years which allowed me to purchase much needed high powered microscope and camera set-up for our Aerospace Application Center.

Fair Lawn, Nj

>Was the main company contact for company sales force, distributor sales force and customers for two product lines that invoiced $80M per year.>Rescued a forgotten project for a $40-million distributor client by taking the project lead and producing the desired results of a year long project in two months. >Tested prototypes of new products that resulted in increased sales averaging 20 - 30% in specific categories.>Collected success stories on a product that had not sold as expected during its first year of release. Took the success stories and remarketed the product into an area that was not considered when it was first released. Created new marketing materials and technical presentations to highlight this area. These activities resulted in sales of the product outpacing the company by 17%.>Positioned a new product line without the use of our traditional productivity message. Used the term "Green Light Machining" to emphasis the reliability of the products.>Tested prototypes of a new products for heat resistant super alloys. Travelled throughout the country to test against competitors. Released four new products with sales increases +30% over existing products. >Responsible for customer projects at customer facilities that resulted in cost and time savings for the end-user.

Fair Lawn, Nj

>Responsible for press room (estimated output of 8M pieces per year) and press tool repair.>Allowed for the lights out operation of the press tool repair area by coordinating the installation and debugging of a Charmilles 2000 EDM machine with automatic tool changer. Independently wrote an operation training manual and worked with EDM operators on three shifts. >Set-up and ran a desk top milling machine for the production of custom electrodes to make hobs to press electrodes for non-standard tooling dies.>Installed and programmed a vertical storage unit for press tools in order to open up more floor space for carbide powder barrels.

Garwood, Nj

>Maintained automatic assembly machines to ensure peak performance.>Redesigned and reprogrammed a four slide machine that resulted in increased production of a key assembly machine by 78% with a 20% reduction in scrap. Coordinated with various departments and programmed the Omron PLC.

Garwood, Nj

>Produced a product installation guide using AutoCAD that used pictures and text to instruct end users how to properly utilize the products in our portfolio.

Bachelor Of Science In Mechanical Engineering Technology

Associate Of Applied Science In Mechanical Engineering Technology