SUMMARY:

Ten plus years of team leadership, management, and project management experience

Experience interfacing with senior management and delivering daily reports

PACCAR Six Sigma Black Belt trained

Design of Experiment (DOE) - Machinery failure analysis, machinery trouble shooting, process recommendations, and machinery line change outs. DOE is part of the Six Sigma Quality Training process and implementation for line machinery analysis and countermeasures to problems and quality.

Experience as a Chief Automotive Design Engineer

Hybrid part design experience

Experience using Rapid Prototyping Machines, CNC Machinery, Mills & Lathes, and various other automotive tools and machinery.

Experience with and responsible for cost reductions, account management, balancing company bank records, and budgets.

Experience with Accounts Payable

EDUCATION:

Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 2005

Masters of Business Administration - Earned 15 credits towards completion

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, IL 1998 – 2002

Bachelors of Science in Automotive Technology - concentration in Business Management

SOFTWARE:

Experience with Auto Desk Inventor

Experience with AutoCAD

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:

PACCAR Six Sigma Black Belt training, certification completed July 2012

EXPERIENCE:

P.F. Markey, Shelbyville, TN, 2013-Present

Site Manager

Managing perishable and durable tooling inventory and budget.

Seeking out cost savings by offering tooling solutions to high cost drivers.

Providing data to Engineering and CNC Management to help identify tooling improvements.

Seeking out tooling cost reductions and on time delivery of supplied tooling from vendors.

Star Manufacturing, Smithville, TN, 2012- 2013

Buyer/Planner

Managing the scheduling of six different product lines

Handled purchasing of parts though various suppliers

Sought out cost reductions and on time delivery of supplied parts from vendors.

Seeking maximization of scheduling efficiency of product lines to meet customer expectations and overall factory goals.

Quality Industries, Inc. LaVergne, TN, 2011- 2012

Quality Assurance Engineer

Managed Six Sigma projects and provided fact based decisions for cost reduction and quality increasing solutions

Responsible for DOEs including reviewing line machine failure rates and analysis, changes in machinery, fix production problems and issues, troubleshooting, make recommendations to Plant Manager, COO, and other Executives to meet production quotas.

Create and present reports for senior management daily.

Traveled to customer locations to verify and inspect product daily.

Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 2008 - 2011

Project Manager / Chief Design Engineer

Managed mechanical design of brushless DC motor for Plug-In Hybrids.

Responsible for machinery and technology research, design, and ideas for failure analysis work.

Used Auto Desk Inventor and AutoCAD for mechanical design work

Worked with team to design and development of the electromechanical aspect of the Plug-In Hybrid.

Responsible for the machine work and construction throughout the implementation of electric motor to test vehicles using Rapid Prototyping machines, CNC Machinery, Mills and Lathes, and various automotive tools.

Managed the purchasing of components and necessary services for the Hybrid project.

AutoZone, Inc., LaVergne, TN 2006-2008

Commercial Manager

Responsible for new account sales, maintaining customer relationships, accounts, and resolving problems with customer accounts, including customer billing and payment issues.

Managed all customer orders and special requests making sure that the customer orders were correct and filled in a timely manner.

Responsibilities also included warranty items, rare and hard to find parts, marine and motorcycle applications, and customer returns.

Managed the scheduling and coordination two delivery drivers for timely deliveries to commercial accounts

Woodfield Chevrolet, Corvette, & Hummer, Schaumburg, IL 2003

Mobile Service Technician

Responsible for performing mobile services, which included field diagnosis and repair of customer vehicles.

Responsible for used car inspections, performed general car maintenance such as oil changes, tire rotation, and some diagnosis as a used car mechanic

Explained repairs to customers and offered suggestions for repairs

Delivered new Hummers, Corvettes, and other high end vehicles to customers.

Provided customer roadside assistance, pick-up/delivery of customer vehicles.

Elected as representative to the shop committee in June.

Provided customer service by delivering vehicles to owners.

Clarity Resources, LLC, Knoxville, TN 1999-2002

Front Office Administrator

Managed front desk customer operations

Managed balancing company monthly bank records

Scheduled meetings and appointments for all managing members

Responsible for daily accounts payable issues including payments for supplies, utilities, and office food purchases.

Conducted daily administrative assistant duties including managing member’s schedule, faxing, all shipping and receiving, answering phone, delivering messages, and office housekeeping.

AWARDS:

Awarded eight different patents pending for the Hybrid retro-fit kit, 2011

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