Mechanical Engineer Sales

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Phone 954-***-****. E-mail ********@*****.***

Walter A. Wojdyla

Global Product Leader

Results driven accomplished global product manager with

extensive experience in the sales and marketing, operations,

P&L, product life cycle management and product development

processes with in the Consumer Electronics Industry including

over 6yrs in the Mobile category. Charismatic, decisive leader,

adept at instituting key strategies for team and product

building to drive sales and bolster bottom line profits.

Core Competencies

Successful in overcoming market, organizational, financial, and

competitive challenges to drive growth, profitability, and

performance improvement. Expertise in the following:

Innovative Cross Functional Team Strategic Planning

Leadership Product Development

International Marketing, Sales and Process

New Business P&L Management

Global Product Launches Program Management

Product Life Cycle Management

Work experience

2008-2011 Imation Enterprises

Sunrise, FL

Global Product Manager (XtremeMac Brand)

Developed and supported global product launches across multiple

categories including protective cases, chargers and docking

stations for Apple devices for profitable growth

Designed rolling product roadmaps across each of these

categories as well as go to market strategies to promote

profitable growth through extensive market research and

analyzing data

Drove product creation utilizing competitive marketing

strategies, key customer/end user insights and tracking the

latest in innovation with in the industry that includes unique

technologies and/or new manufacturing

Worked with cross functional and global teams, Marketing,

Sales, Finance, R&D, and Operations departments to create and

execute product plans with useful sales support materials, core

line pricing, profitability guide lines, capital investments,

marketing investments, and distribution plans to drive success

across multiple retail channels and extensive product lines

Directly managed internal personnel as well as numerous outside

3rd party relationships to effectively deliver on time, on

spec, and at cost product, while effectively managing

professional services/marketing budget for the business unit

Led and contributed in key sales account meetings worldwide to

promote brand and product to potential and existing customers

to expand/grow overall market share

Implemented product life cycle processes that increased speed

to market, improved forecast accuracies, facilitated efficient

cross functional communications, ultimately resulting in more

competitive sourcing costs that translated into higher

profitability

Extensive knowledge of the Product Development process with a

keen engineering eye to quickly evaluate potential early

program challenges and effective understand key target costs

across capital investments to help manage development budgets

Program Manager (Memorex Brand) 6mo

Created product development schedules with critical development

milestone tasks and coordinated weekly product team meeting to

evaluate progress

Successfully created, communicated, and integrated new process

strategies to execute the development of new products in key

categories at the time of launch of a new "game changing"

device launch

Interpreted Marketing Requirement documents to achieve product

leaders vision that included key features and user interface

requirements while maintaing a target source cost and

successfully, overseeing completion of key program tasks such

as tooling and manufacturing requirement instructions,

compliance and regulatory, packaging artwork creation including

legal approval, as well as sample testing and evaluation

2004-2008 Xtreme Accessories, LLC (Xtrememac)

Weston, FL

Product Development Engineer

Designed consumer electronic products for iPod in the following

categories: HiFi Speaker systems, Alarm Clocks, Battery Packs,

FM transmitters, Car Chargers, Textile and Polycarbonate Cases

Luna X2 (Alarm Clock) was awarded the 2008 "Best in Show" at

MacWorld 2008 in San Francisco by iLounge.com

Tango X2 (HiFi Audio System) was awarded the 2008 "Best in Show

Finalist" at MacWorld 2008 in San Francisco by iLounge.com

Develop 3-D Computer Models of all necessary components of a

project after reviewing closely Industrial Design constraints

and Marketing Constraints and discussing with necessary parties

any discrepancies

Created all 3D models in Pro/E Wildfire 2.0 & 3.0, while using

Intralink 3.4 & 8.0 PDM tools

Create all necessary prototypes to evaluate design intent

Fused Deposition Modeling Machine (FDM) and Insight were used

to create all plastic prototypes (ABS), PCB's were out sourced

by our EE

Created Assembly models to make 2D layouts to submit to

overseas CM's

Worked closely with overseas contract manufacturers to be sure

the design was understood and the integrity of the project was

with held and met our strict quality standards during

production

Developed all necessary shipping configurations from retail

boxes to filling containers with pallets

Evaluate all final goods received from overseas CM and make all

necessary adjustments to confirm form, fit, and function.

Physical aesthetic procedures, mechanical procedures,

electrical procedures, and compliance testing to meet

Xtrememac's quality control standards

Working with Sales associates to design with budget criteria

Wrote many Product development plans with Gantt charts,

Engineering Change Requests (ECR) forms and ECR procedures, and

Part Numbering Procedures & logs

2003- 2004 Advion Bio-Sciences Ithaca, NY

Junior Mechanical Engineer

Develop 3-D Computer Models of existing and prototype parts.

Tolerance Stack-ups for quality control

Research, Develop, and Design new innovative prototypes to

replace old existing parts

Prototype parts include - Pipette Tips to improve productivity

and efficiency and a corresponding waste receptacle.

Create Assembly Computer Models of entire mechanical systems

that include parts and sub-assemblies

Created the entire assembly file of the mechanical system

produced at Advion.

2000-2002 Axiohm IPB, Inc.

Ithaca, NY

Junior Mechanical Engineer

Develop 3-D Computer Models of existing and prototype parts

Prototype system include - self tensioning belt, to alleviate

bad performance of the printer due to fatigue in the belt

Research Customer and Infield Problems of a mechanical system

and correct them

Developed a new self-tensioning belt system that could be used

by the consumer to help increase customer satisfaction and

productivity.

Create Assembly Computer Models of entire mechanical systems

that include parts and sub-assemblies

Technical Qualifications

CAD: Pro Engineer (5yrs), Solid Edge (2yrs), Auto CAD (2yrs),

Unigraphics (1yr)

PTC Certified Training: Pro Surface Modeling & Pro/Intralink

8.0

Finite Element Analysis and Modeling: Nastran (1yr), I-deas

(1yr), Pro/Mechanica (1yr)

Math Solving: Matlab (2yrs), Maple (2yrs)

Microsoft Office (5yrs)

Education

1999 - 2004 The Ohio State University Columbus, OH

Bachelors of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Subjects Studied: Machine Elements, Thermodynamics, Fluid Dynamics,

Kinematics, Finite Element Modeling and Analysis, Nuclear

Engineering, GD&T

Advanced Design Project: Bearing Friction Tester, Fluid Flow

Visualization.

Elected team leader of my fluid flow visualization project.

Post American Society of Mechanical Engineer Member, and American

Nuclear Society Member

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