Highlights: Over ** years in engineering and management. Mechanical engineering responsibilities have included new product development as well as product and project management. Manufacturing experience that includes tool design, lean initiatives and production floor issue resolution. Managerial experience that includes both salaried and production floor employees.

PERSONAL HIGHLIGHTS

Highly motivated; team player; interacts well with clients and colleagues; Strong Leadership Skills, excellent work ethic; critical thinker; exceptional organizational and multi-tasking skills, strong CAD background

WORK EXPERIENCE

Business Team Leader Hardware, GE Healthcare, Westborough, Ma, May 2014 – October 2015

oResponsible for tracking business metrics for the Xcellerex Hardware as they pertain to the following:

oOn time shipments, units shipped per quarter vs. plan, Inventory, Staffing, Productivity, Liquidations

oMonitor and improve productivity, while ensuring all customer commitments are met in a timely, quality and cost-conscious manner

oLeading Compliance, as well as Environmental, Health & Safety efforts in support of plant goals

oManage teams responsible for Incoming Inspection, Assembly, Functional Test and Factory Acceptance Testing of Bioreactors and Mixers used in Pharma

oResponsible for resource planning for an 18,000 square foot assembly and test floor

oResponsible for directing the activities of 6 Salaried and 17 Hourly employees

oStaffing and equipment planning for 40% growth in Hardware sales

oInterface with other members of the site leadership team (QC/QA/Facility) as required

oCoach employees to ensure job duties are performed efficiently, effectively, and to company standards

oDrive Lean manufacturing implementation by

oLeading Kaizen and 6S projects in the Assembly and Test areas

oWorking with Manufacturing Engineers to update work instructions to increase productivity and efficiency

oWork with Mechanical and Electrical engineers to fix drawing issues to reduce down time due to drawing errors that effect manufacturing as well as our vendors

Team Leader, Dresser-Rand, Painted Post, New York, May 2011 – May 2014

oResponsible for directing the daily activities of 23 Bargaining Unit employees covering 5 departments.

oProcesses performed in the departments supervised: turning, milling, grinding, sawing, welding and assembly

oWorked with departments to reduce backlog by increasing production efficiency and reducing quality issues

oAssisted and mentored the 6S Star team with Kaizen projects to increase part flow efficiency and improved available real-estate utilization, reduced manufacturing footprint by 25%

oRevised facility layouts based on cell rearrangements and machine moves plant wide

oWorked with maintenance to improve machine TPM process.

oCreated torch nest programs for torch operator and requisitioned replacement material

oParticipated on and worked with the Work-holding Team to draft and implement new work-holding standards for turning equipment to reduce safety incidents

Lead Engineer, G.A. Braun Inc., Syracuse, New York, December 2003 - April 2011

oLead Mechanical Engineer for the Washers, Tunnels, Presses and Material Handling Equipment

oResponsible for leading, mentoring and directing the activities of 3 Washer Team Engineers

oDesigned and supervised the build of several new key products to strengthen the Washer product lines

oBatch Tunnel Washer – redesigned the existing washer from the ground up including frame, drive, tube, heating and cooling technology as well as increasing the size from 120lb to 220lb per load

oPatch Press Extractor – new design for both 120lb and 220lb BTW’s

oRide on Shuttle (patented) – modified an existing automated shuttle to allow an operator to safely ride on the shuttle, to make the wash alley operation safer. We also added washer loading capability to the shuttle

oResponsible for all aspects of product management including field research, product development, design, design reviews, manufacturing document development (BOM’s, work instructions), manuals, TPM schedules and procedures, first article inspection and initial field installation

oExperience designing sheet metal parts for fabrication in house on lasers, NC press Brakes, shears and welding.

oInteracted with vendors (Hydraulic, Foundry, Machine Shops) to reduce product cost and utilize new technologies to our best advantage.

oDaily interaction with Inside Sales, Customers, Project Managers, Purchasing and Manufacturing associates to achieve current and future goals

oSix Sigma Black Belt project for End Loader Guarding yielded a 40% cost reduction and a 50% labor reduction

Tool Engineer, New York Air Brake, Watertown, New York, October 1998 - May 2002

oDesigned new or revised existing fixtures required to manufacture and assemble new and existing products

oDesigned an eight sided tombstone that would allow machining sixteen parts at once, reducing part loading and unloading time by one hour for 16 parts

oWorked with external vendors for material and tooling purchases

oWorked with Product Engineers as well as production employees to optimize tooling and fixturing designs

oInitiated CAD standards for the Tooling Services department utilizing AutoCAD Mechanical Desktop

oSupervised Tool Room employees in absence of immediate supervisor

oInitiated GD&T practices within Tool Engineering to eliminate errors

Senior Tool Designer, Goulds Pumps Inc., WSD, Auburn, New York, August 1988 - September 1998

oDesigned all fixtures and tooling required to manufacture new and existing products for the SES factory

oLayout lead on a team to relocate the manufacturing facility to a new location locally.

oResponsibilities included drafting machine and assembly cell layouts to optimize work and material flow.

oDesigned new assembly stations.

oWorked with cross functional team to determine space requirements and how to best utilize available real-estate.

oTrained apprentice Tool Designers and Co-op students

oDesigned and supervised the manufacture of two specialized machines

oFully automated SSV pump test station resulted in a 15% reduction in test time

oDouble End Tubing Threader yielded a 75% reduction in part to part setup time

oLead the evaluation of several CAD software packages: ProE, AutoCAD, Cadra, Catia, Unigraphics

EDUCATION

Six Sigma Black Belt training completed 2009

A.A.S. Business Administration, SUNY Jefferson Community College, Watertown, May 2002,

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Technology, Rochester Institute Of Technology, Rochester, May 1986,

A.A.S. Mechanical Technology, SUNY Canton Community College, Canton, May 1982

COMPUTER TRAINING

Pro-E, AutoCAD R12 - 2005, Mechanical Desktop, Unigraphics, SolidWorks thru 2012, Cosmos FEA

NC Programming (G-code)

Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Access,

Infor ERP VE (Visual Mfg 6.5.4), Oracle, Kronos, Limited Personal Communications AS/400, Visual

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