Engineer Safety
Resume:
Kerfegar K. Katrak
(http://www.linkedin.com/in/kerfegarkatrak)
Kalamazoo, MI 49009
Engineering Management Leadership position
Objective:
Assertive engineering leader with 25 years experience from concept planning to production implementation by
Background:
achieving business objectives and managing existing resources
Extensive experience in technical, people, and program leadership of varied cross functional groups
Consistently met extreme deadlines and implemented high-impact, cost-reduction ideas and solutions
Demonstrated high level of innovation - 47 US patents issued
Boss Kettering Awards
Awards: •
{Boss Kettering - highest technical award for inventions used for production along with significant cost and strategic advantages}
2003 - Integrated Remote Start System - Profit potential $230M annually after MY2008
2002 - Logic Ignition Sensor / Power Mode - Annual savings of $19M since 2007, warranty avoidance $8M
President’s Council (1996) - Eliminate stalls in GM vans (low cost solution) - warranty reduction of $1.5M
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Special Achievement (1996) - Electrostatic Charging (ESC) of low rolling resistance tires
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Developed test method, modeled, and defined requirements resulting in significant cost avoidance
Extraordinary Achievement (1991) - Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) test procedure
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Determined electronic component ESD sensitivity - $12M annually after 1991
Continuous Improvement Process (1991)
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Led highest performing group of 10 employees with savings of 15,000 hours and $400,000
Experience: Nexteer Automotive Systems, Saginaw, MI - Staff Safety System II Strategist (6/11 - 9/12)
Develop microprocessor Built-In Self Tests (BISTs), program flow with ASIL memory partition decomposition strategies
Developed I/P strategy proposal for average savings of $400k from $1.1M for all records of invention
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Gross margin savings $500k - $750k by in-sourcing development of memory partitions, systematic diversity,
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program flow strategies and lock-step microprocessor diagnostics development in 2012
Eaton Vehicle Group, Galesburg, MI - Staff Architect (1/10 - 2/11)
Develop common control module hardware architectures and common modules for multiple programs
Led 5 groups and developed a common module architecture used for 2 dual clutch transmission, Hydraulic
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Launch Assist and Series Hydraulic Hybrid System programs
• Conservative potential Engineering Design and Development (ED&D) savings range of $4M - $10M
Eaton Vehicle Group, Galesburg, MI - Staff Safety System Specialist (12/07 - 11/10)
Led and guided groups to develop safety metrics, and safe electronic controls designs for truck transmissions
Knowledgeable about safety standards (IEC 61508, MISRA) and Eaton’s voting representative for ISO 26262 (07/08 - 12/09)
Led systems team to agree with Safety Integrity Levels (SIL) for dual-clutch transmission system hazards
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Collaborated with cross-functional team members to develop low-cost TCM electronic safety architecture
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• Reviewed draft ISO 26262 safety standard with safety team for consensus based Eaton vote
• Developed consensus based safety process for a medium duty truck dual-clutch transmission
GM Hybrid Electric Storage Systems, Warren, MI - Staff Safety System Specialist (6/07 - 12/07)
Led and guided groups to develop safety methods, metrics, and strategies for hybrid electric storage systems
Led technical and management agreement for Li-ion hybrid battery safety process and preliminary safety case
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• Collaborated with multiple team members for distributed control Li-ion hybrid battery safety strategies
GM Vehicle Controls, Milford MI - Staff Safety System Strategist - Drive-By-Wire (8/04 - 6/07)
Led groups to develop safety methods, metrics, and strategies for chassis stability control system
Led GM / supplier group to develop Supervisory Control Module (SCM) safety infrastructure strategies
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Stretch goals - 6 months & Cost $1Million; Completed - 3 months & Cost $140k
• Mentored safety system engineer, trained control strategists to develop safety strategies
GM Powertrain, Milford MI - Staff Systems Engineer - Electronic Throttle Control (ETC) (2/99 - 7/04)
Developed architecture, determine, manage, and verify functional requirements for ETC and torque subsystem
Program management and technical system responsibility for MY 2005 small block V8 ETC subsystem
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• Developed and managed execution plan for functional and safety ETC S/W verification within GM
Savings approximately $246,500 along with other strategic advantages
Experience: GM Powertrain, Milford MI - Staff Systems Engineer - Electronic Throttle Control (ETC) [Continued]
Led cost reduction teams by reducing wires and developing simpler diagnostics for ETC architectures
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Savings - $10.8M (MY 2007); $16.1M (beyond MY 2008)
• Led development of accelerator pedal module with team with savings of $10.6M annually
• Mentored multiple ETC system and validation engineers
GM Electrical Center, Warren MI - Senior Systems Engineer - Workload Leveling (1/98 - 9/98)
Guide, develop, and establish tools for strategic management of electrical engineering resources
Developed vision, strategic goals, and implementation objectives for global EMC organizational fit
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Developed quantifiable qualifications for EMC leadership personnel selection
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GM Electrical Center, Warren MI - Senior Systems Engineer - Architecture (6/96 - 1/99)
Led consensus-based cross vehicle center system and architecture groups to develop strategies to satisfy diverse product
timing and meet multiple vehicle system requirements
Performed competitive assessments, developed consensus based marketing requirements for remote vehicle
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start and developed engineering requirements using Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
• Led inter-organizational technical power-moding strategy and verification workgroups for 2 years
GM Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC), Milford MI - Quality Manager (1/95 - 12/95)
Co-leader of Quality Management System (ISO 9001) responsible for inter-group communication/coordination (Cert. - 6/96)
Led and motivated workgroups to document test processes in a consensus, results-oriented environment
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GM EMC, Milford MI - Senior / Project / Associate Engineer (8/88 - 5/96)
Responsible for EMC component, subsystem and vehicle design and verification / product assurance
Provided expertise for all GM ESD projects and led cross-functional Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) workgroups
Organized cross-functional teams, coordinated schedules, obtained engineering resources, and supervised
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engineering associates and associate engineers for specific projects
• Gained inter-organizational acceptance for unique statistical warranty cost method to quantify, track, and
separate false failure and actual customer warranty related to electrical overstress
• Recommended multiple cost-effective solutions with trade-off analyses and fostered buy-in for EMC design
reviews with engineers and managers from varied types of modules including suppliers
GM - 45 issued and 16 in Process; 24 Tool Methods; 18 Research Disclosures;
Inventions: •
Eaton - 2 issued and 6 in Process; 14 Trade Secrets: Nexteer - 10 Provisional patent filings
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ASIL memory partition architecture, systematic diversity and Program Flow Monitoring (PFM) strategies
Elec. Pwr. Steering •
Dual clutch transmission control module reference voltage, inputs and outputs control fall back architecture
Transmission •
Electronic Transmission Control Module infrastructure, inputs and outputs safety architecture
Electronic Controls •
Safety architectures / methods, and safety DFMEA methods for modules and distributed systems
Safety methods •
Multiple microprocessor infrastructure safety architecture strategies
Infrastructure •
Distributed cell voltage and pack voltage / current, balancing and temperature encoding strategies
Hybrid Electric •
Plug-in HEV charger safe command and response strategy
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Distributed chassis control system safety and failure mode remedial action strategies
Chassis Control •
Active front steer, active braking and active damper control and inertial sensing safety strategies
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Cylinder deactivation, drag control, conventional / adaptive cruise, power take -off control architecture and
ETC and •
torque safety interaction strategies
Torque Control
• Integrated remote vehicle start
Vehicle Strategies
• Ignition switch architectures and vehicle system mode determination
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) system safety verification methods
EMC •
Ternary state inputs and architectures for both safety and non -safety control mechanisms
Ternary Controls •
MSES - Technical Management - Rensselaer (December 1993)
Education: •
MSE - Systems Engineering - Purdue University (August 1993)
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• GM Graduate Certificates in Engineering and Management (1991 / 1992 / 1993)
• Accelerated BSEE - Kettering University (1987) (Thesis - Prevention and Control of ESD)
Nominated to National Dean's list (99.5+ percentile) Kettering University
Educational •
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• SAT - Mathematical 770/800 (99 percentile); GRE - Mathematical 800/800 (98 percentile)
Financial analyses and table tennis
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