Manager Design

L. Dow Welch

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Profile Sr. level engineering manager with cross-functional experience

in design, quality and aftermarket support; aero, ground defense and

mobile product background in applied research, product / process design-

development and sustaining support

Objective Technical leadership/expert position in design engineering,

quality or program management

Experience / Skills Overview/ Technical Management

. Manager, Engineering & Quality [Aurora Flight Sciences] Columbus, MS

39701 APL 2009-Current

Joined Aurora as Quality Manager with a path to establishing a design

engineering organization for the MS site [company's present design

group sited in VA]; Design management added DEC 2009 as staffing of

this department began for site.

Responsible for development and growth of the quality and engineering

[design] organizations in a new aero-structures facility for composite

aircraft [UAV] and build-to-print aircraft systems / components

Author quality system procedures and standard practices; chair

Corrective Action Board; select metrology / NDI equipment for metals

and composites; introduced problem solving and metrics tracking

methods.

Currently staffing and developing procedures / infrastructure for a

design engineering group to encompass structures, mechanical systems

and electrical-avionics systems. Also serves as technical resource

for company's design engineering staff in VA location in GD&T-Model

Based Definition, materials / special processes, tolerance analysis

and design for manufacture methods.

. Division Engineering Manager [Parker Hannifin Hydraulic Pump Motor

Division] Greeneville TN 37745 SEP 2007-MAR 2009

Responsible for re-establishing a product development design

engineering organization in a mobile hydraulics market division

historically staffed for sustaining support; an initial launch of a

product design group initiative had been begun by facility four years

prior. Established containment/redesign for projects in-process

taking the foremost product launch project into a successful customer

test program Reviewed and reallocated existing staff and recruited to

establish analysis and sr. level design positions. Upgraded CAD and

analysis software w/ training to improve department's skills;

introduced practice of ANSI standards GD&T/tolerance analysis and

provided internal/external training in same. Introduced risk

management strategies and project estimation/tracking methods.

Expanded division's product market opportunities into military ground

defense markets.

. Manager, Mechanical Engineering [Diversified Technologies] Ridgeland, MS

39157 SEP 2005-AUG 2007

Managed a design engineering staff for rack mount and portable

computer products in commercial and military communications markets;

structural and thermal packaging design for military vehicle mounted

DC-AC power conversion equipment. Defined transition requirements for

DTI's president to support migration of Engineering, Operations and

Quality practices toward use of industry/MIL standards to become a

direct military supplier

. Manager, Mechanical Design [Curtiss Wright Controls Engineered Systems]

Gastonia, NC 28052 FEB 2005-SEP 2005 - Family decision not to relocate

for child in high school

Responsible for design engineering staffs in North Carolina, New

Jersey and on-site project team for Boeing 787 cargo door mechanism.

Established design methods/practices for translation of company's core

technical knowledge in rotary actuators to start-up design offices in

North Carolina and interaction of design staff with off-site

manufacturing facility; recruited and trained additions to NC design

offices; proposal/resource-budget preparation, specification

review/negotiation for commercial and military aero applications both

new and upgrades of existing platforms

. Manager, Reliability Engineering [Vickers-Eaton Aerospace] Jackson, MS

39206 SEP 2003-FEB 2005

Technical quality group, customer support responsibility for

identifying [trend, pareto, paynter] product field issues then

resolving these through design and/or vendor/process modifications,

reducing warranty expenses and rebuilding customer relationships.

Group addressed legacy field problems of commercial/military aircraft

products preventing a move by a commercial customer to displace with a

competitor's line and lowering an accelerated removal rate for

military product. Containment actions and customer interaction prior

to design/process changes were key elements in salvaging business.

Mentor in Eaton Leadership Development Program for post-graduate

rotational assignments of students recruited for a management training

program

. Manager, Quality Engineering [Vickers-Eaton Aerospace] FEB 2001-AUG 2003

Customer interface/fault review/corrective action reporting, failure

analysis in conjunction w/ plant material lab, metrology support,

product design reviews, [FAT] first article testing, [FCA] functional

configuration audit, [PRR] production readiness review, [IPT]

integrated product team support, internal procedures supporting AS9100

audit activities internal and third party; application of 8D analysis

as required, trained staff in trend analysis methods, led group 5S

activities.

Managed European and Asian product repair / return for field

performance issues not detected by product qualification tests;

programs successfully completed to schedule through use of US and

foreign based staff and inventories.

Chaired Corrective Action Review [CAR] Board; implemented CAR

assignment, tracking and analysis software application based on 5Whys

that significantly increased the resolution of legacy product /

process issues by adding a user friendly method for root cause

determination and keeping resources focused by a pending action

reporting system to facility managers.

. Manager, Continuing Engineering [Vickers-Eaton Aerospace] AUG 1999-FEB

2001

Group focused on design and process development in support of

assembly/test departments and internal machine shop; also addressed

field warranty issues with major customer products

Trained with Vickers Fluid Power [VFP] Jackson facility leadership

team in Eaton Business Operation System practices

Technical lead contact for VFP facility on European [Airbus

Industries] products in design and quality engineering

. Advanced Programs Group & Product Design, Design thru Sr. Project

Engineer [Vickers-Eaton Aerospace] 1981-1999

Product lead design - engineering / technician staffs in product

design/development, applied research, and customer support. Programs

ranged from reapplication of existing product to multi-year

development for new vehicle platforms

Formulated design engineering tasks/work statements for a gated

product launch structure implemented as methods standard; supported by

creating high level and detailed resource estimate analysis methods

for proposal estimation

Product Design and Development Background

. Conceptual and detail design of hydraulic pumps/motors/valves/ geared

rotary actuation for aircraft and ground defense applications; scope

encompasses proposal, customer specification negotiation, design to cost,

laboratory development/qualification cycle, and field support. Programs

included M270A1 ILMS missile launcher [IPT group lead], legacy MLRS, F-

22, F-35, C-5A, C-141, C-130, C-17, B1-B, B609, AAAV, MMA, Boeing/Airbus

platforms from 727 - 787 / A319 - A380 and regional jet commercial

products. Typical products utilized closed die precision forgings, sand

or investment castings, bar stock shell components, splined shafts,

antifriction/hydrodynamic bearings, match fit valves, and cold formed

spherical bearing joints.

. Developed automated design models for reduction of product launch cycle

time; MathCad documents allowed engineers to design axial piston rotating

groups performing initial stress analysis, weight reduction and tolerance

analysis

. Vickers-Eaton facility resource for application of DFMEA/PFMEA methods to

new designs and historic low yield models; selected FMEA software

package; provided design staff with DFMEA starter models for facility's

core products. Served on Eaton corporate product reliability improvement

leadership team.

Applied Research Programs IRAD - process, materials, manufacturing,

products

. Electroplating and heat treatment [diffusion] development program using

titanium and corrosion resistant alloy substrates; developed quantitative

bond measurement methods in support of the study; bond strength results

surpassed those achieved at the time by Sandia National Laboratory

researchers participating in the specimen evaluations. Methods from the

study became standard practice for improving uniformity and increasing

yield of thick film plated components in Vickers product line.

. Tribological characterization of grinding, honing, lapping, mass media

and other secondary processes for wear reduction; developed software

routines for surface texture analysis

. Design/development of 8000 psi high delivery [40 gpm] axial piston

hydraulic pumps for military research program

. Design/development 5000 psi hydraulic pumps for atypical fluid

applications - 350(F downhole oil field seismic power source pump for E-

Systems/Chevron exploration; 300(F engine oil based pump for military

ground vehicle research

Education

Mississippi State University Bachelor of Science Aeronautical Engineering

1981

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