David M. Audette

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Webster MA. **570

508-***-**** (H) ~ 508-***-**** (Mobile)

acu92n@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

To secure a challenging Top-Level Management position that offers: increasing responsibility, personal growth and professional achievement.

Management Skills

Demonstrated leadership ability and professional demeanor.

Leader to Drive Global Product Management.

Organize and control product from the conceptual stage through the complete product life cycle.

Leader of staff and cross-functional teams.

Administering Project Management System along with creating Project Status Reports and Project Schedules.

Worked with/traveled to Asian and European companies (have multiple entry China visa).

Excellent manufacturing and lean manufacturing skills, in addition to working with: Manufacturing, Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain/Merchandizing/Purchasing, and Customer Service.

Management of workloads, design/drafting assignments, ECR/ECO’s, scheduling and working within deadlines, time management, budgets, R&D Lab, agency testing, agency certifications, and developing qualification test plans.

Expert in Research & Development, Patent Applications, Product configuration, Design process management, employment, along with excellent interpersonal skills.

Implementation and Development of a fully functional PLM/PDM system (ARAS, Windchill).

Writing/Setting up Workflows, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s), Test Scripts, and Training personnel.

Engineering Skills

Project Management and Drive Global Product Development Process.

Successful track record in designing from the Research and Developmental stage, to Prototype, through manufacturing and full scale high volume production.

Setting up Product Development Schedule and working within deadlines.

Leader of large team as project manager and change agent.

FMEA/DFMEA/FEA analysis.

Have designed all types of Electro-Mechanical Assemblies including appliances with heating elements, motors, gear ratios, pumps, burners and heat transfer, fluid handling systems, gas fired and refrigeration equipment, airflow and humidity control, industrial machinery, mechanical seals, computer components and some PCB design.

Have designed and manufactured complex electro-mechanical assemblies, many aircraft/spacecraft components for military and commercial use including,, satellite system components, air traffic control work stations, ailerons, flaps, wing sections, empennage sections of space shuttle, patriot missile program, RL10 Rocket components, along with some fighter jet components.

Experienced in setting up the process for Machine Shop Manufacturing including Tooling, Fixture and Jig design.

Extensive background in all aspects of the heavy and light gage sheet metal industry, structural members, plate & pipe, machined components, pneumatics, hydraulics, wire and cable assemblies, gearing, castings, stamping, metal spinning, plastics (injection molding) and geometric tolerances.

Strong background in Estimating.

Able to organize and develop multi-level bills of materials (BOM’s) for manufacturing and purchasing.

Expert in Agency certifications: UL, CSA, FDA, ROHS, WEEE, ISO, NSF, FAA, MEA, NEC, NFPA, CEC, CE, TUV, CB, CCC, ANSI, ASME, AWS, KTL, OSHA and NAFEM Data Protocol.

Strong background in: Physics, Trig, Digital controls, membrane switches, embedded LEDs, Electrical Schematics, and Cable Assemblies.

Writing/Creating test scripts and SOP’s for PLM/PDM systems.

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Computer Skills

Experienced in many different types of Cad software including: Super User of Pro-Engineer/Creo 3.0, Solidworks, Solid Edge, AutoCAD, Unigraphics, Catia, CadKey and others utilizing 2D and 3D design along with fully detailed 2D drawings.

Experienced with many different types of sheet metal NC Cam software including: SMP81, Protoprep, Dataprep, and Amada.

Experienced with PLM/PDM systems including but not limited to ARAS, Windchill, SAP, IBM, & Fourth Shift. Heavy experience with many Windows applications such as Excel, Access, Word, Power Point, Project, Visio, and others Lotus, Lotus Notes, CMS, Symix, Word Perfect, Q&A, some programming with Java, DOS, and .net based software along with server management, etc.

Professional Experience

SharkNinja (Newton, MA), Director of Engineering 2009-Current

Responsible of revamping the entire engineering department including setting up SOP (Standard Operating Procedures).

Responsible for the formulation, recommendation and direction of development programs to meet company needs for development of new products as well as improvement and cost reduction of existing products through ECN process.

Management and oversight of all development projects ensuring quality and timeliness of deliverables.

Exceeded all requirements and goals.

Played a major role in taking my division from 50 million to 800 million in 7 years.

Create an atmosphere and techniques for stimulating creative thought and innovation along with retaining great resources.

Manage, lead and motivate direct reports.

Evaluating resources and developing techniques to get the most out of existing resources.

Managing Global Product Development process. (Manage Engineering teams in Boston, London, China, Alabama, Montréal, South Carolina, and California).

Approximately 50% travel between all locations.

Conair, Waring Division (Torrington, CT), Engineering Manager/Project Manager 2004 – 2009

Manager of a fully functional Engineering department.

Manage, work loads, schedules, deliverables, and design.

Lead roll between Marketing and Engineering.

Drive Global Product Development Process throughout many locations in the world.

Took a lead role as change agent.

Exceeded all goals.

Played a large roll in taking this division from 20M to 110M in 5 years.

Approximately 50% travel to Asia.

Eagle Group (Dover, DE), Engineering Manager 2001 – 2004

Lead roll as liaison between Marketing and Engineering.

Responsible of revamping the entire engineering department including setting up SOP (Standard Operating Procedures).

Responsible for the formulation, recommendation and direction of development programs to meet company needs for development of new products as well as improvement and cost reduction of existing products through ECN process.

Management and oversight of all development projects ensuring quality and timeliness of deliverables.

Exceeded all requirements and goals.

Create an atmosphere and techniques for stimulating creative thought and innovation.

Manage, lead and motivate direct reports.

Evaluating resources and developing techniques to get the most out of existing resources.

Exceeded all goals.

Helped in increasing business by 20% in 4 years.

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APW Wyott (Cheyenne, WY), Senior Design Engineer 2000 – 2001

Ross Mixing Inc. (Port St. Lucie, FL), Engineer 1996 – 2000

Electronic Manufacturing Systems (Westbrook, ME), Engineer/Estimator 1990 – 1996

DRB Aerospace (Stuart, Fl.), Design Engineer (Aircraft/Rocket components) 1984 – 1990

(Company was bought out in the early 90’s by Turbo Combuster Technologies)

Education

BSME, Mechanical Engineering/Professional Pilot, Indian River College (Fort Pierce, FL) 1999

Additional Degrees

AS, Air Traffic Control, High Tech Air Traffic Control Training School (Boston, MA.) 1992

AS, Mechanical Engineering, Palm Beach Junior College (West Palm Beach, FL) 1988

References

Paul LaBossiere: Document Control Specialist at SharkNinja: 774-***-****.

Dan Sanders: Engineering Manager at Waring Products of Conair: 860-***-****.

Randy Fox: Director of operations at Eagle Group, phone: 302-***-****.

Roger Schwierking: Director of Engineering at APW Wyott, phone 307-***-****.

Joe Knight: VP at Ross Mixing, phone: 772-***-****

Tony Princiota VP of Sales at Electronic Manufacturing Systems, phone 207-***-****.

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