Skilled & Experienced Engineering Leader

Engineering § Project Management § New Product Development § Budgeting § Design § Six Sigma Specialist § Analysis § Testing

QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE

Results-driven engineering manager with strong organizational, communication, time management, and leadership skills with teams of up to 40 engineers, departments budgets of $2 Million and projects up to $20M

Formal training and experience in project management and project cost accounting (Raytheon), failure analysis methods (Lockheed Martin), operations and business (Carnegie Mellon MBA)

Expertise in Computational Fluid Dynamics analysis (CFD), statistical analysis (product / system success data and reliability statistics), thermal analysis, and mechanical testing

Outstanding knowledge of MIL specs (810, 461, 882, 454), ABS, UL, FM, NSF, and CSA standards and procedures

Proficiency in various tools of FEA Analysis (COSMOS, Pro-E Mechanica), CFD analysis (CF Design 2011, Flow3D), drafting/CAD (Solid Works, Pro-E), fluid modeling (Pipe-Flo, Impulse) and statistical analysis (MathCAD, Excel)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Extrude Hone Corp. § Irwin, PA

Engineering and Feasibility Manager

July 2015-April2016

Developed systems to provide advanced machining processes, using fluid grinding. Created chemical treatment systems; pumps, flow measurement and controls for municipal, industrial, and commercial use. Supervised and evaluated 1 Engineering Manager with a staff of 10, 3 Applications Engineers, and 1 staff engineer. Developed resource requirements, schedule, and budget for $1+ Million per year.

Reorganized staff and rebuilt Engineering Group in 4 months with 2 new employees and project focus

Created new design review milestones (peer reviews and cross-discipline reviews) to improve system design quality (ongoing)

Worked with sales and service to provide response to customers for ongoing system technical issues

Prominent Fluid Controls § Pittsburgh, PA

Engineering Manager

2012-2014

Created chemical treatment systems; pumps, flow measurement and controls for municipal, industrial, and commercial use. Supervised and evaluated 4 Project Managers, 2 Applications Engineers and 1 drafter. Served as a Project Manager and developed resource requirements, schedule, and budget for multiple chemical feed system design projects worth over $1 Million per year. Developed processes map for all of Engineering and instituted process changes to reduce project cycle time.

Reduced on-time system delivery performance from below 50% to over 90% in less than 1 year

Developed group metrics to show improved project response times, quotation delivery and design cycle time

Worked with sales management on 4 troubled distributor channels to improve relations, communication and system quality

Kortec § Ipswich, MA

Engineering Manager

1/2011-4/2012

Supervised 4 engineers and 1 designer in the development of plastic injection molding systems. Implemented design control (PTC Windchill) processes that resulted in reduction of manufacturing errors. Developed new processes for systems design and analysis. Established project schedules to encourage timely delivery of 4 multi-million dollar injection molding systems and 5 smaller systems. Coordinated customer requests and inputs to product design and system quotations.

Managed a $1M department budget, ~$20M project budget and achieved 25% growth in sales

Developed new valve pin geometries using CFDesign to increase injection molding quality

Performed FEA analysis and testing to validate design concepts and eliminate failures

Raytheon Co. § Sudbury, MA

Principal Engineer

2003-2010

Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Program Customer Review Coordinator (2009-2010):

Managed Raytheon internal processes and completed Preliminary Design Review for new training module ahead of schedule. Coordinated and negotiated customer and supplier demands for product requirements.

European Midcourse Radar Survivability Working Group (2008) – Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Programs:

Negotiated with customer representatives and Supplier Team to develop detailed plans and establish end-product requirements. Provided a strategic plan for the Survivability support to the program that was accepted and enacted over a 9-month period. Developed a Nuclear Biological Chemical Contamination Survivability (NBCCS) operations concept and achieved implementation.

Zumwalt Destroyer Design Compliance (2007)

Negotiated details with the customer, shipbuilders (2) and suppliers to provide the consistent design criteria across the entire Zumwalt Platform. This also entailed chairing and scheduling sub-system design peer reviews

Program Office Lead (2003-2006) – Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Program:

Served as a Project Lead for THAAD PPU $19M generator development with 22 employees. Managed the program budget, subcontractors, customer relationships, technical design, and process compliance. Completed PDR level design 2 months ahead of schedule and on budget. Led the installation of Computer Simulation Centers (1 year ahead of schedule and at 60% of budget) – received customer recommended award for exceptional service.

Trained in Project Management (80hrs), including cost tracking and scheduling

Six Sigma training (40hrs.), plus cost reduction project

Trained (40hrs.) and practiced in Stage Gate new product development processes

Kidde-Fenwal § Ashland, MA

Engineering Manager

2001-2003

Created fire protection products for marine, industrial, and commercial use. Supervised and evaluated 4 engineers and 3 technicians, and managed a $3.5M budget. Oversaw the development of 4 new products. Served as a Lead Engineer and developed resource requirements, schedule, and budget for an advanced fire extinguishing system design project worth $500K. Developed reclaim system that increased fire protection fluid recovery rate by 20% and resulted in $120K in yearly savings.

Developed a cost reduction program to reengineer legacy products, reducing cost by over $50K in 2003

Moved the development project for a $5M high pressure fire protection system from design to market within a year in 2002

Awarded Patent #6,896,067 (for the development of high-efficiency fire system control) and Patent #7,281,672 (for the development of an explosion protection system to revamp a 50-year-old design)

Developed Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA) Program for the company

Lockheed Martin § Denver, CO

Engineer – Propulsion and Fluids

1995-1998

Project team leader for 6 engineers on a $4 million rocket engine firing test

Recommended and implemented 3 vehicle changes, saving over $20,000 per launch

Designed, integrated and coordinated test objectives with a multi-national team on a joint Russian/American test program.

Developed a new fuel measurement system that reduced vehicle weight by 25 pounds, increasing reliability and creating $250,000 worth of extra payload capability

Trained (40hrs.) in Flow3D CFD software and used CFD for analysis of rocket fuels and other supporting rocket fluid systems including piping and tubing

Provided analysis and testing of fluid and thermal systems for the Atlas Rocket, including pressure vessels, piping and tubing

EDUCATION

MBA / Industrial Administration Carnegie Mellon Graduate Business School, Pittsburgh, PA

B.Sc. / Mechanical Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA

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