Timothy Lane McCandless

*** ******** *****

Saline, MI 48176

Tele: +1-734-***-****

OBJECTIVE:

Continue my career in the electrical engineering industry, contributing to its growth and success, utilizing

my technical, leadership skills acquired while serving in the United States Marine Corp, Development

Engineer, Development Engineering Supervisor, Design Engineering Supervisor, Reliability Engineering

Manager, Advanced Quality Manager, Vehicle Program Manager and Global Program Manager.

PROFILE:

Served in the United States Marine Corps honorably discharged as a Non-Commissioned Officer in 1992.

Began my career in wiring beginning in 1993 with for Alcoa Fujikura limited as a bulk wire rep and test

engineer. Began working for Siemens Automotive in 2000 as a Design Verification Engineering Supervisor

and in 2001 as Design Engineering Supervisor. Continued in the position of Design Engineering Supervisor

after the Siemens / Yazaki joint venture in 2002 and then Yazaki in 2006. Served as the Reliability

Engineering Manager for Yazaki – Ford Business Unit beginning in 2008 until assuming the position of

B299N Vehicle Program Manager in April of 2011.

EXPERIENCE:

April 2012 – Present

Global Program Manager for Yazaki North America responsible for global delivery of the Ford B2E

platform wiring with various new vehicle lines in the U.S., Brazil, Mexico, Germany, Russia, India, China,

Thailand and Taiwan. Responsible for overall program delivery to include, cost, timing, manufacturing,

quality, logistics and sales.

March 2011 – April 2012

Vehicle Program Manager for Yazaki North America with focus on achieving all financial, quality and

customer satisfaction targets for the North American Ford Fiesta program as regional lead for the Global

Ford B299 platform lead by Ford of Europe while supporting the alignment of global B platform via the

Ford World Wide Strategy forum and WWS Lead.

June 2008 – March 2011

Advanced Quality and Reliability Engineering Manager for Yazaki North & Central America. Managed

and defined the reliability engineering budget and Advanced Quality Engineering Team, served as a

company Recall and Safety Specialist, and provided direction to the Design Verification, PPAP (Production

Part Approval Process), Warranty Reduction Team and Advanced Manufacturing activities to achieve their

established goals and metrics. Served as the YNCA Quality Lead as part of the Ford World Wide Strategy

Team ensuring alignment and coordination of overall quality targets for Yazaki’s Ford Global

Manufacturing sites.

November 2002 – June 2008

Electrical/Electronic Distribution System Design Engineering Supervisor / Project Manager; Joint Venture

between Yazaki North America and Siemens VDO Automotive Dearborn, MI

April 2000 - October 2002

Electrical/Electronic Distribution System Design Verification Engineering Supervisor at Siemens and SY

Systems Technologies Provided Technical Supervision in planning, conducting, analyzing and reporting

Design Verification Testing on multiple Ford Motor Company Platforms while successfully fulfilling all

reliability and quality targets. Supported the Siemens and later the SY Systems Technology Global Design

Verification Lead located in Cologne, Germany. Lead successful Design Verification testing while co-

located in Tatui, Brazil in Support of the SY Systems Technology Brazilian Design Verification

Engineering Team.

November 1993 - April 2000

Electrical Distribution Systems Development Engineering, Dearborn, MI Division of Alcoa Fujikura Ltd.

(AFL) Development Engineering Supported Ford Motor Company in

June 1993 - October 1993 Dixie Wire Co., Nashville, TN Division of Alcoa Fujikura, Ltd. (AFL)

Wire manufacturing rep. supplying bulk wiring to AFL manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and Mexico.

RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Successfully delivered and launched the B515 program in the Brazil, China and India markets achieving

internal standards for profitability while achieving in excess of $20 per vehicle savings for Job1 plus 90 day

implementation resulting in excess of $5,000,000 USD in customer savings.

Achieved year over year warranty improvements for electrical distribution system wiring on Ford F-150,

Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan, Lincoln MKS programs resulting in $120,000 payout from Ford Motor

Company to Yazaki North America via Ford / Yazaki Warranty Reduction Program sharing agreement.

Successfully launched the 2011 Ford F-150, Ford Fiesta, Ford Fusion, Ford Fusion Hybrid, Mercury Milan,

and Lincoln MKS platforms with no OEM stop build / stop shipments or major launch concerns while

serving as Global Advanced Manufacturing Lead. Lead launch readiness events for all Ford Business Unit

manufacturing locations located in Nicaragua, Mexico, The Philippines and Indonesia along with the

Advanced Manufacturing Teams from both YNCA and plant Advanced Manufacturing Management.

Between 2009 and 2010 achieved Ford Q1 status in four new wire harness manufacturing facilities for Ford

Motor Company – for the Ford Fiesta, Ford Fusion Hybrid and Ford F-150 programs located in Nicaragua

and Mexico.

EDUCATION/FORMAL TRAINING:

August 1994 – May 2000 Electrical Engineering at Washtenaw College

Currently enrolled in ASQ Quality Engineer Certification Program

Ford Global Product Development System

Completed 80 Hour Yazaki Management Essentials Course

QS-9000 Certification Training

Siemens Automotive Finance and Controlling Excellence Program

Circuits and Electrical Control Processes

Siemens Managing People and Resources Course

June 1993 - August 1994 Statistical Process Control Course

February - March 1989 Attended and completed a 500 hour Jet Propulsion Theory Course

January 1989 Attended 160 hours of J-52 on the job training.

October - December 1988 Attended and completed a 500 hour Pratt and Whitney Jet Engine Related

Systems course

September 1988 Attended and completed a 100 hour Aviation Familiarization course

September 1988 Attended and completed a 100 hour Aviation Machinist-mate J-Turbojet Engine course

June - July 1988 Attended and completed U.S. Marine Recruit Training at Paris Island, SC

1984 - 1988 Franklin High School, Franklin, TN

REFERENCES:

Florian Frischmuth - Global Manager - Embedded Software / CAE / Process, Methods, Tools & Information

at Ford Motor Company. Office phone: +1-313-***-****

Joe Celani - Systems and EDS Engineer and Program Management at Ford Motor Company

Office phone: +1-313-***-****

Jeff Walter - President of Latitude Consulting Group, Inc. Office phone: +1-734-***-****

* ADDITIONAL REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

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