Engineer Design

Faycal Benjelloun

Relocating to Miami / Ft. Lauderdale, FL area

Temporary Address: 23-05 30th Avenue, Number C2 . Astoria, NY 11102

646-***-**** . *********@*****.***

PRODUCT DESIGN / DEVELOPMENT

Delivering Innovation for the Enterprise

PROFILE

Highly experienced Mechanical Design Engineer with a record of success

leading many product development projects from concept through successful

commercialization. An independent thinker that effectively utilizes

interpersonal and analytical competencies to successfully overcome the

challenges of cross-departmental communications, while effectively managing

cross-functional teams and skill sets.

A welcome addition to any product development / management team, with a

demonstrated ability to deliver highly critical projects with tight

schedules and budgets, willing, and able to function in any role necessary

to ensure project success and on time project delivery. Professionally

dedicated individual with background in manufacturing and industrial

automation industries. Developed high quality products that influence

manufacturing operation decisions and exceed customer needs and

expectations.

. A valued asset to high performance engineering teams which produced

self-motivated, self-sustaining, goal oriented, and multi-disciplined

design teams. A business partner who thrives in environments

requiring a high-level strategist and big picture thinker. Detailed

Product Development professional, who focuses on design integrity and

quality, and reduces unnecessary expenses, while preserving design

intent.

. Highly proficient in re-engineering both existing and new products to

be manufactured more efficiently within the manufacturing facility.

Hands on involvement in Research and Development, product development,

prototyping, launch, and ongoing process improvement activities.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Product Development . Project Management . Team Development . Solution

Design . Design Strategy

Performance Optimization . Risk Assessment and Mitigation . Program

Management . Budget Management

Operations Management . Change Management . Release Management . Process

Improvement

Engineering Leadership . Client Collaboration / Relationship Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Honeywell International, Security Group Syosset /

Melville, NY 2005 to Present

Mechanical Design Engineer / Project Leader

Manage all aspects of projects for the sustained design effort, resolving

production-related issues, and leading detailed design reviews to ensure

product functionality and mitigate risk of design changes. Generate global

interference reports for various product assemblies, specifying cable /

harness assemblies for various system-level applications. Generate design

concepts, assemblies, and documentation for various security systems and

central station monitoring systems, utilizing various materials and

manufacturing processes to effectively meet product requirements. Work with

many polymer resins / blends, elastomers, silicone rubbers, and metal

alloys. Monitor project progress and ensure compliance throughout

lifecycle. Additionally, initiate cost reduction measures and increase

process efficiencies.

Key Achievements:

- Designed a high profile home control keypad featuring a GSM digital

network module, yielding $4,000,000 in annual revenues.

- Resolved numerous new product introduction design shortcomings prior to

release and within the allocated budget, maintaining high quality

standards and reducing malfunctions post-release.

- Assisted development team in design and implementation of a tooling

management database that enhanced production planning, increased sourcing

responsiveness, and ultimately reduced the product development cycle time

by 10%.

FAYCAL BENJELLOUN

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Honeywell International, Automation and Control Solutions Syosset, NY

1999 to 2005

Mechanical Design Engineer

Optimized several manufacturing processes through the introduction of

innovative design features, investigating product failures to determine

cause and corrective action. Implemented and developed process and project

improvements to increase productivity.

Key Achievements:

- Achieved 5% cost savings of resin conversion from standard ABS to styrene

through applying design for Six Sigma tools to assess the benefits of

conversion.

- Standardized and improved product assembly instructions by introducing 3D

virtual assembly animation.

- Completed select cost reduction design projects using a combination of

Six Sigma and Value Engineering tools.

Thomson Industries, Control Systems Port Washington,

NY 1997 to 1999

Product Design Engineer

Developed mechanical components for the Linear Motion Control Systems

product line, performing detailed tolerance analysis on various product

configurations to ensure proper fit and ease of assembly, as well as

assisting applications engineers with customer contact and expediting.

Completed 6-month long all-departmental rotational program with an emphasis

on design and initiated the company's first CNC programming using Pro-E /

Manufacturing package.

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Schlumberger, Geco-Prakla Houston, TX

1996

Field Engineer

Amoco Chemicals Texas City, TX

1996

Design Engineer Intern

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration, Management Systems and Competitive

Strategy

Fordham Graduate School of Business, New York, NY

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering

University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES

Mac OS . Microsoft Office Suite . Agile ERP System . E-Matrix PDM System .

BPCS (AS400)

Pro-E Wildfire 4.0 . Pro-Mechanica . Intralink 3.4 . MathCad 13 . CFdesign

2010

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Six Sigma Green Belt . Fundamentals of Injection Molding: Sponsored by GE /

Polymerland and General Polymers

Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Service and Commitment to UT

Austin MAPS program

Certificate of Excellence in Completing the Engineer Rotation Program at

Thomson Industries

Pro-Engineer: Advanced Surface Training . Lean Honeywell Operating System

Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing: ASME Y14.5 M-1994 Standards

PATENTS

US 7,528,717 B2: Tamper Detection Mechanism for Blind Installations of

Circular Sensors, (2006)

Pending: Adjustable Tamper Switch Actuator, (2005)

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