Project Manager Engineer

OBJECTIVE

Senior Product Development Engineer in a growing successful company where I

could utilize my analytical and leadership skills to initiate and complete

tasks that results in innovative products and processes leading to

increased sales and reduced costs.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Senior System and Product Development Engineer - Project Manager

Experienced, dynamic, creative, insightful and analytical engineering,

project manager, who tactfully deals with ideas, science and people to

create the highest acquired value and satisfaction for customers with

minimum resources and costs and consequent maximum profit for the company.

Able to create and strengthen teams and team spirit, and coach people to

reach their full potential. Creative, analytical and disciplined thought

processes contributed to leading market positions, state of the art

products, patents, design awards and expanded company product lines.

EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS

Product Development Manager

2008 - 2010

THE BILCO COMPANY, West Haven, CT

. Achieved a 25% cost reduction for a line of sidewalk doors applying

Lean concepts and Kaizens, allowing price adjustment back to

competitive position.

. Redesigned classic basement door line for improved reliability and

counterbalancing.

. Resolved field failures of roof hatch fall protection gates.

Owner

2006 - 2008

WETFIGHTERS Corp. DBA 1-800 Water Damage, West Haven, CT

. Organized and developed Connecticut based business focused on

providing emergency restoration services for commercial and

residential properties.

. Developed network of customer referral sources leveraging quality of

service, competitive advantages and financial and operational

incentives.

. Established strong service capabilities focusing on technical know-how

and experience and unmatched customer attention and satisfaction.

CONSULTANT, Trumbull, CT

2002 - 2006

. Resolved application and computer network issues for the Coastal

Fairfield County Visitor Bureau. Performed successful data recovery.

Reduced computer related operating costs.

. Designed the drive system for an ID card printing and laminating

machine.

. Completed a feasibility study and project estimate for the development

of a new mail opening and payment-processing machine.

. Completed statistical study using Excel to demonstrate feasibility for

a multi-operator mail processing system.

PITNEY BOWES, Inc., Document Messaging Technology Div., Danbury, CT

1997 - 2002

Senior Engineer, Team Leader 2001 - 2002

. Reduced the backlog of production and service problems from 50+ to 13

in one year.

. Increased the reliability of an automatic envelope feeder with a 400%

improvement in the MTBF. If totally implemented would result in a

service cost saving of $1.2 million a year.

Module Team Leader 1998 - 2001

. Managed the day-to-day activities of a 12 member multifunctional team

developing the insertion module of a new mail inserter. Made technical

decisions.

. Developed project schedules using Microsoft Project and reported

progress to senior management using PowerPoint presentations

. Maintained communications with the other three module team leaders to

guarantee module interface integrity and common procedures and design

standards across the system.

Core Team Member 1997 - 1998

. Led a team of 15 engineers, designers and technicians who achieved

proof of feasibility through prototype module design, fabrication and

testing for a new automatic mail inserter. This resulted in the

approval of a 52 million dollar development program.

. Organized and led successful demonstrations of the equipment to Senior

Executives.

Chief Engineer

1989 - 1997

AGISSAR CORPORATION, Stratford, CT

. Lead the design of an imaging system that while processing 40,000

documents per hour would pick out any notes handwritten on credit card

payment stubs and allow isolating those stubs for processing by the

customer. This allowed our customer to achieve their goal of catching

100% of their customers' communications.

. Successfully led the development from concept to delivery of an

automatic check and statement-orienting machine. Formulated the

machine concept and established the specification to meet the design

requirements, led engineering and design, prototype manufacturing,

testing in house and in the field. Led the analysis, design and

implementation of software and custom hardware for machine control and

of the reporting system. The project was completed on budget, on time

and to total customer satisfaction.

. Designed a thickness measuring and mail-sorting device for a mail-

opening machine improving the productivity of the customer payment

processing operation. The device was solid state controlled with a

proprietary algorithms and was awarded a US patent.

. Conceived and designed a solid state controlled vacuum device that

staggered the contents of an envelope rendering both of them visible

to the operator. This minimized operator handling, greatly reducing

the risk for carpal tunnel syndrome. The device was awarded a US

patent.

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Computer Science and IT, Sacred Heart University,

Fairfield, CT

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnic University, Milan,

Italy

PATENTS

3 US Patents awards

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