Project Manager Management

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Project/Program Management

Medical Devices, Automotive Components, Government Services

Project Management Professional (certified PMP) with over 23 years

professional experience driving company growth and profitability.

* Results and customer oriented manager, strategically focused on

overall long-term business performance and competitive positioning.

* Excels in fast pace environments, managing multiple, large,

international, and complex projects simultaneously, insuring on-

time delivery, high quality, and within budget results.

* Builds internal and external (stakeholder) relationships in order

to effectively manage projects.

* Manages projects in all aspects of the business throughout the

project lifecycle; including: business case proposals, finance

(P/L), forecasting, customer contracts & commercial agreements,

technical requirements, changes and negotiations, project planning

(WBS), scope, project budget/costs, schedule/timing, resources,

deliverables, risks & contingencies, tracking & status reporting

and management presentations, technical reviews, change management,

commercialization and launch, process improvements and cost

reductions.

* Consistently exceeds company and customer expectations, generating

new and repeat business.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

. PMP Certified Project Manager - 12 Years Project/Program Management

and 7 years Project Management Office (PMO) experience with Hill-Rom,

Siemens and Ford.

. Generated New Siemens Revenues $313MM over 7 years in OEM

(DaimlerChrysler) contracts.

. Managed $11.5MM (budgeted) Global Fuel Systems Projects from concept-

to-production with on-time delivery, $1.5MM under budget, and flawless

launches (zero defects) for Siemens.

. Directed International Cross-Functional Project Teams with 40+

Associates; including: North America, Europe and Asia, for Hill-Rom

and Siemens.

. Managed Plant Start-Up Manufacturing Operations in Mexico & Hungary

for Siemens & Ford.

. Sourced Equipment Supplier in France and delivered $16MM in fully

automated manufacturing equipment for Ford in US and Europe. Resulted

in $4.5MM under budget with 104% OEE (4% higher than contractual

rate).

. Improved Chicago's Overnight Mail Service by 24.5% by implementing

$21.3MM in automated sorting equipment in US Postal Service, Chicago,

Main Post Office.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Project/Program Management

New Product Development & Engineering (R&D)

Manufacturing Engineering & Production Operations

Business Development (Sales & Marketing)

Account Management & Customer Interface

Purchasing/Sourcing & Supply Chain Management

Industrial Engineering (Lean)

Quality (Six Sigma)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

HILL-ROM HOLDINGS, INC. Batesville, Indiana 3/2008-1/2009

Engineering Manager/Project Leader [New Product Development]

Responsible for Project Management and Engineering of the Powered Transport

Module Project (Class II Medical Device). Estimated $16.7MM in first year

revenue, $5.2MM project budget.

o Directed international (US, China, Mexico) cross-functional team of

47+ associates: engineering, sourcing/purchasing, supplier quality,

quality & regulatory, codes & standards, verification & validation,

prototype, manufacturing engineering & plant operations, sales &

marketing, and service.

o Directly managed (direct reports) 11 Design Engineers: mechanical,

electrical, and software engineering.

SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE Auburn Hills, Michigan 9/2000-12/2007

Sr. Project Manager

Managed DaimlerChrysler fuel module development (R&D) projects, spanning 22

applications on 12 vehicle lines which generated $313MM new revenues over 7

years.

o Directed international (US, Mexico, Germany) cross-functional teams of

40+ associates.

o Sourced 182 components and developed new suppliers internationally.

o Interface for OEM & Tier 1 customers; APQP, on-site support, program

status & design reviews.

o Managed manufacturing and operations/process development in Mexico;

including: capital equipment procurement, quality (Chrysler PSO, AIAG

PPAP, TS-16949), packaging, operations launch, and logistics.

o Provided financial calculations and status report-outs to management:

P/L, EBIT, budgets, timing, quality.

o Led continuous process improvement (Kaizen) through quality

disciplines and innovation, including: design-to-cost (DTC), lean, six

sigma, CVA, VA/VE, best practices, CMMI, operational excellence, TPM.

FORD MOTOR COMPANY / VISTEON Dearborn & Ypsilanti, Michigan 10/1989-

9/2000

Engineering Supervisor & Design Engineer [Energy Management]

o Managed team of four fuel pump design engineers.

o Designed & developed fuel rails and fuel charging assemblies.

Program Manager [Business Planning]

o Managed $237MM intra-divisional programs for V8/V10 truck engine

applications, including: variable costs, program timing, capital

equipment budget, production launch, capacities, and warranty.

o Acquired $68.4MM new revenues from taking over engine sub-assembly

business.

o Generated a 22.6% return-on-sales the first year.

Manufacturing Engineer [Ignition Engineering]

o Developed ignition coil products, suppliers, and manufacturing

operations in the US, Japan, and Europe.

o Managed the plant start-up manufacturing operations in Hungary.

o Sourced, developed and launched $16MM manufacturing equipment from a

supplier in France.

Industrial Engineer [Industrial Engineering]

o Improved US manufacturing operations by 18% through implementation of

simulation modeling results. Sourced and managed outside consulting

firm to perform (computer) systems simulation.

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE Chicago, Illinois & Washington, D.C. 1/1985-

9/1989

Industrial Engineer [Chicago Division, USPS Headquarters, Central Region

Headquarters]

o Improved Chicago's overnight mail service by 24.5% by:

o Implementing $21.3MM in automated sorting equipment.

o Developing and implementing scheduling, staffing and logistics

(computer) models.

o Developed & engineered computer aided design systems for facility

layouts.

o CAD systems were nationally deployed in 27 US General Mail

Facilities.

o Conducted new sorting equipment trials and evaluations from

international suppliers.

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY Detroit, Michigan

BS Industrial Engineering 1984

o N.C.A.A. All American Swimming Team: 1980, 1981, 1982

o Institute for Industrial Engineers: Student Chapter President 1982

Project Management Institute, PMP certified 2005; 2004-present

Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Served 10 yrs on Chapter Board, Chapter

Chair 1994; 1990-present

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

Below is a more detailed composite of my skill-sets, experience, and

training:

BUSINESS & FINANCIAL:

Budgeting & Costing (capital expenses, operating expenses: SG&A, Labor,

Overhead, Travel, etc.), Product Costs, Cost Targets, Gross Margin,

Revenue, Earnings Before Interest & Taxes (EBIT), ROS/ROA/ROI/IRR, Cost of

Capital, Forward Cover, Financial Risk, Cost Accounting, Design To Cost

(DTC), Make vs. Buy Analysis, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Cost Value Analysis

(CVA) Earned Value (EV).

MANUFACTURING & OPERATIONS METRICS:

Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE), Overall Production Rate (parts/day or

shift), First Pass Yield (FPY), Downtime, Tac-Time/Cycle Time, # Inventory

Turns, $ Inventory, % On-time Delivery, Lead Time, Field Returns, Warranty,

Supplier Delivery (% on-time), Supplier Quality (% defects), Product

Volumes (EAU), product releases/orders, product/operations/plant capacity

(daily, weekly, monthly, annual/EAU), production operations overtime,

operator/associate turnover/retention, White Boards, Factory Visual

Management, Gauge R&R, Statistical Process Control (SPC - Cpk/Ppk, P-

Charts), F&t Statistical Analyses, Total Process Time, White Boards, Pareto

Charts & Diagrams, Fish-Bone or Ishikawa Diagrams, Logistics, Scheduling &

Staffing, Facilities Layouts, Process Development, Customer Returns,

Service, Warranty.

TOOLS, TECHNIQUES, QUALITY DISCIPLINES & STANDARDS, PROCESSES &

METHODOLOGIES:

Lean, Six Sigma, Best Practices, Continuous Process Improvement (PI or

Kaizen), Toyota Production System (TPS), Total Quality Management (TQM),

Design-To-Cost (DTC), Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VA/VE), Capability

Maturity Model Integration (CMMI), Operational Excellence (OE), Total

Productive Maintenance (TPM), Just-in-time (JIT or Kanban) Inventory

Control, Statistical Process Control (SPC), Control Plans, Facilities

Layout, Work Flow, Cellular Manufacturing, Statistical Analysis (F-test, t-

test, ANOVA, Correlation, Design Of Experiments (DOE)), 5 Whys, Business

Process Mapping, Value Stream Mapping, 8-Discipline (8D) Process/Reports,

5S, Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Industrial Engineering,

Ergonomics (Human Factors), Time & Motion Studies (MTM), Systems/Process

Simulation (QGERT, SLAM, Witness, SIMAN/Cinema), Operations Research, OSHA,

DIN, Material Certifications, UL, TS-16949, QS 9000, ISO 9000, ISO 13485

and FDA Code of Federal Regulations, 21 CFR Part 820 Quality System

Regulations and 510(k) approvals, CAPA, AIAG, Production Part Approval

Process (PPAP), Ford Q1, (DaimlerChrysler) Process Sign-Off (PSO), Risk

Analysis/Management, Hexagon Process, Brainstorming, The Learning

Organization, Lessons Learned, MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint,

Outlook), Lotus 123, Lotus Notes, MS Project, Computer Languages/Code (C++,

HTML, Fortran, Basic), Software Testing (Coverity), Business

Information/Database Systems (SAP, JDE, CMMS, WERS, Agile), Operating

Systems (Windows XP, Windows VISTA, OS X).

PROJECT MANAGEMENT, ENGINEERING AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT:

Project Management Body Of Knowledge (PMBOK), Project Management Processes,

New Product Development (NPD) Processes & Methodologies, Research &

Development (R&D), Gate/Milestone Reviews, Risk Analysis, Project Planning,

Make/Buy Analysis, Schedule (actual vs. base-line), Gantt Charts, Critical

Path Method, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Earned Value (EV), Project

Costs, Design To Cost (DTC), Cost Targets, Product Costs (actual supplier

or internal (fully delivered) material costs to target costs), prototype

deliveries (to schedule), test costs and timing (DVP&R, verification &

validation), Test Protocols, Software Verification and Validation (SV&V),

Advanced Product Quality Planning (internal APQP), customer deliverables,

customer requirements, customer support (APQP for customers), prototype

builds (development, quality, orders, delivery schedules), internal project

deliverables (to project plan), Risk Management (risk identification,

evaluation (severity, frequency), and risk mitigation plans), Design For

Manufacturing (DFM), Design For Assembly (DFA), Failure Mode & Effects

Analysis (DFMEA, PFMEA), Intellectual Property (IP), Invention Disclosures,

Computer Aided Design (CAD: Pro-E, Solid Works, CATIA, AutoCAD), Finite

Element Analysis (FEA), Mold Flow Analysis, Stress/Strain Analysis, Design

Standards/Guidelines, Supply Chain Management, Sourcing Processes, Supplier

Quality & Metrics (APQP for suppliers), project reports to senior

management (CEO, COO, CFO, EVP Engineering, VP Americas), Cross-Functional

(Core) Team meetings and management.

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, AND SALES & MARKETING:

Product forecasts, growth & market trends, product/market strategies,

market testing, customer testing (clinical trials and validation),

operations & service manuals, competition, competitive advantage, market

risk, customer support, customer feedback and evaluation of field (voice-of-

the-customer) data, customer requirements/statement of work (SOW), Request

For Proposals/Quote (RFP/RFQ), Terms & Conditions (T&C's), contract

negotiations, production order processes (customer releases & orders),

production and prototype order lead times, transportation &

logistics/shipping terms (X-Works, FOB, etc.), APQP support, status updates

(quality, cost, timing).

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