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Wolfsburg, Niedersachsen, De

Subject matter expert and project leader for battery and electric vehicle charging innovation projects. Responsible for innovation budget, managing cross functional teams, milestones, deliverables, and external collaborations. Manage complex network of stakeholders across 680 k employee company. Regularly present to senior management including group and brand executives.➡️ Lead a team of software and AI engineers to develop data pipeline, algorithms, and processes for managing battery state of health resulting in 7 patent applications and 3 publications➡️ Established partnership with startup company to scale algorithms from one vehicle to large EV fleet in US and Europe, approx. 130,000 vehicles➡️ Lead skunkworks team to support business unit with hardware reliability challenges by developing data pipeline to ingest data from suppliers, algorithms to identify anomalies, and an engineering/operations dashboard. Within 6 months, approximately 30% of company (engineering and operations) as active users. Estimated impact of $ 5 M annual savings➡️ Identified and shepherded co-marketing and technical integration opportunities between VC portfolio company and local business units

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

Work closely with Executive Director and Corporate Development (investments) team to establish point of view on Silicon Valley battery and charging technology. Defined startup landscape for EV technologies including batteries, cell components, motors, and charging. Developed professional network with incubators, venture capital, corporate venture, universities, and national laboratories. Manage stakeholder relationships in product development, strategy and planning, purchasing, performance products and motorsports, corporate development, and legal.➡️ Conceived of and executed fast-paced proof-of-concept project to integrate hands-free-charging technology from startup company on Ford EV. Influenced product strategy for Mustang Mach-E and 2 patent applications.➡️ Identified opportunity for partnership with Sunrun bringing to market V2H/V2G bidirectional charging in F-150 Lightning

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

Responsible for materials characterization lab serving the Ford research community with user training and scientific consultation. Established university collaborative research projects. Initiated cross functional collaborations and participated in fast-paced troubleshooting of manufacturing issues.➡️ Conducted XRD phase analysis, stress/strain, texture, and in-situ high-temperature diffraction and collaborated with different skill teams resulting in technical reports and 5 publications➡️ Supported process development for lithium metal solid-state batteries resulting in one patent, numerous executive briefings, and informed decisions for SolidPower partnership➡️ Identified opportunities to optimize laboratory equipment and save $ 20 k in service costs. as materials characterization specialist for time-critical troubleshooting for manufacturing and launch

New Brunswick, Nj, Us

Graduate student studying the internal workings of lithium iron phosphate batteries with world-class X-rays.

North Brunswick, Nj, Us

Built and grew IT department for a growing biotech startup company.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Materials Science And Engineering

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Materials Science And Engineering

High School Diploma