Automotive Engineering

Jim Jones

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Belleville, MI **111

Cell. 734-***-****

************@*******.***

Objectives Secure leadership position in technical design or business

development with an innovative and progressive company. Desire

new challenges in commercializing intellectual properties or

emerging technologies into products and services. Prefer to

relocate back to California or remain in the southeast Michigan

area, however would relocate anywhere for the right opportunity.

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Qualifications Over 25 years of experience in the design, validation and

manufacturing of electrical and

Summary electronic components within the automotive/ aerospace

industries. Experience in all phases of product life cycle from

initial concept to production and service. Expertise in research

& development, design engineering and product management.

Academic achievements compliment diverse background in technical

and business aspects of company operations. Broad knowledge of

electrical/ electronics components, subsystems and

architectures. Many patents granted and technical papers written

and published.

Education University of Michigan -Ann Arbor, MI

Masters of Science in Industrial & Systems Engineering (MS&ISE

May 1996)

University of Michigan -Dearborn, MI

Masters in Business Administration (MBA April 1996)

University of Southern California -Los Angeles, CA

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE May 1986)

Professional Franklin Covey -Seven Habits of Highly Effective People,

University of Michigan -Management

Training Development Programs, American Management Association

-Management Development Courses, Law Firm of Young & Basil

-Intellectual Properties, Management Roundtable -R&D Portfolio

Management, General Motors -Systems Engineering and Quality

Functional Deployment, Ford Motor Company-Robustness Imperatives

and Quality Control Processes, Chrysler-Advanced Vehicle

Concepts & Technology Verification.

Experience Yura Corporation Seoul, S. Korea

Sr Director, Research & Development (April 2011 - June 2013)

Identification and feasibility assessment of emerging technologies applied

to creative products.

Develop innovative technology for electrical/ electronic components and

wire harnesses.

Manage joint development activities with suppliers and sponsored projects

with customers.

Define Product LifeCycle Management for advanced development phase-gate

processes.

Establish CAE tools data flow to link vehicle level systems optimization of

cost /reliability to electronic module and wiring harness designs.

Business Process Re-Engineering in the areas of product design, product

validation, bill of materials, and change management systems.

Analysis of IT Enterprise Architecture and strategies utilizing Service

Oriented Architecture models for SCM, QMS, FMS, CRM, CAD/CAE, ERP and DMS.

Yazaki North America Canton, MI

Sr Manager, Research & Development (July 1998 - March

2011)

Define the organization, computer aided tools and processes to collaborate

early with customer.

Investigate emerging technologies for integration into

electrical/electronic distribution systems.

Chair the electrical/electronic systems architecture forum to identify high

return projects.

Support portfolio planning and contribute to new technologies and

intellectual properties.

Lead and support creation of associated business cases for executive

management reviews.

Establish and manage power related R&D budgets for headcount, expenses and

investment.

Support the global architecture working group in establishing and sharing

best design practices.

Secure company intellectual properties through patents, copyrights, trade-

marks, non-disclosure agreements and other related legal documents.

Ford Motor Company Dearborn, MI

EE Program Module Team Leader, Electrical/Electronic Systems

(June 1993 - July 1998)

16. Program management of affordable business targets and product

design requirements of the F-150/F250, Crown Vic,

Towncar, Ranger and Explorer for various model years.

17. Defined architecture selection studies, risk assessments,

workplans and content definitions.

18. Coordinated subsystem design, technical trade-off studies and

interface analysis.

19. Established vehicle content levels, system performance metrics

and validation plans.

20. Led electrical team efforts to support the introduction of new

vehicle lines to assembly plants.

21. Created launch team procedures and resolution actions to address

assembly and design issues.

General Motor, Cadillac Motor Car Division Detroit, MI

Audio Systems Engineer, Electrical/Electronic Systems (Sept

1989 - June 1993)

. Designed and released production audio systems for the

Eldorado, SeVille, DeVille & Allante.

. Communicated requirements for product content and performance

to numerous suppliers.

. Resolved component failures and design for assembly issues.

. Coordinated product design, vehicle integration and system

validation.

. Developed system specifications and vehicle level test

procedures.

. Technical support on advanced system concepts and strategic

product planning activities.

Hughes Aircraft Company El Segundo, CA

Radar Systems Engineer, Radar Systems Division (Nov 1986 - Sept

1989)

. Circuit design of radar micro-processors for F-18, F-14 and F-

15 tactical fighters.

. System verification of the Central Integrated Processor for the

Advanced Tactical Fighter.

. Developed micro-code routines for firmware within the Module

Maintenance Controller.

. Wrote assembly code for the TM-Bus Command Interpreter used in

autonomous self-testing.

. Designed analog circuits for multiple bus voltage levels and

power up/down sequencing.

University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA

Computer Operator and Math Tutor, Campus Academic Center (Sept

1983 - Sept 1986)

. Monitored and analyzed performance of various computer

networks.

. Assisted users with software applications and programming

problems.

. Tutored fellow students in mathematics ranging from algebra to

advanced calculus.

. Taught mid-term and final exam review sessions; provided

private tutoring as requested.

Affiliations, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), Institute of

Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE),

Activities & United States Council for Automotive Research (USCAR),

International Standards Organization

Achievements ISO), Automotive Multimedia Interface Collaboration (AMI-

C), American Management Assoication (AMA) and MIT

Consortium on Advanced Automotive Electrical/Electronic Systems.

Yazaki DaimlerChrysler Business Unit Patent Committee Chairman,

Yazaki Patent Corporate Committee Member, Technology Fair

Inventors Chair, Offsite Patent Day Chair, Most Innovative Team

Leader, Active Member in Patent Searches, Potential

Infringements Reviews & Continued Fee Validations, Licensing &

Royalty Assessments, Product IP Strategy Author. Yazaki New

Business Development Team Member, Ford Continuous Improvement

Team Leader, Ford EE Quality Quarterback Representative, GM

Audio Future Products Planning Committee Chairman.

University of Michigan Dean's Honor Roll, Hughes Aircraft Company

Staff Fellowship, University of Southern California Honor List

and University of Southern California Achievement Scholarship,

Outstanding Engineering Development, Patent Creativity Team,

Patent Day Leadership.

Personal US Citizen. Multi-race/ethnicity background. Mother, S. Korean

and father, French-German. Father worked for department of

defense; traveled and lived in various parts of Asia and Europe.

Held confidential level clearance; in process for top secret

level issuance prior to leaving defense industry. Willing to

relocate domestically. Prefer California or to remain in

Michigan. Hobbies include losing money on the stock market,

learning to play the guitar, jogging or power walking and

anything to do with water based activities.

References Available upon request

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