PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Experienced, value driven leader with demonstrated ability to lead diverse

teams of professionals to new levels of success in a variety of highly

competitive industries, cutting-edge markets, and fast paced environments.

Strong business and technical qualifications with a track record of more

than 20 years of trench-hardened experience in systems thinking, knowledge

management, process optimization, and project and product management.

Capability to analyze an organization's critical business requirements,

identify inefficiencies and potential opportunities, and develop innovative

and cost effective solutions for enhancing competitiveness, increasing

revenues, and expediting the commercialization cycle. Excellent writing

skills. Fluent in Italian. International experience.

. Department and team leadership, including hiring, promoting, and

performance reviews.

. Value Stream Mapping, P&L and operational budgets; capital budget

allocation and management.

. FMEAs, PPAPs, QS 9000, TS 16949, ISO 14001, DOE, ISO, Tire&Rim, SAE,

APQP, ASTM.

. Worked within constraints of Six Sigma, Lean, JIT, and TQM. Doctorate

thesis involved TQM.

. MathCAD, SPSS.

. Word, WordPerfect, Excel, QuattroPro, PowerPoint, MS Project.

. 3D Solid Modeling through UG/NX, I-DEAS, SolidWorks, ARIES, AutoCAD, and

Inventor.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Product Engineering Manager, Dana Holding Corporation, Henderson, KY

2/08 - Present

Lead on-site technical support personnel. Manage short-term current product

engineering plant and supply chain improvement activities. Review plant

procedures and documents. Communicates and consults with engineering

departments, plant personnel, supply chain management, suppliers, and

customers. Perform disciplined problem solving and prevention techniques,

documentation, training, and leadership. Direct new application & product

launches in plants.

Achievements:

. Streamlined the gear support and development by 40% on one several

production lines

. Implemented plant wide audits and eliminated rework by over 50% on

several components

. Managed a gear reduction program (MFO I) through Operations that

saved over $75 per part.

Director of Consulting Services Operation DAA Solutions, Inc.,

Suffield, CT 12/05 - 2/08

Conducted formal business assessments that ranged from the executive to the

engineering/design level Business Assessments, process mapping, and re-

engineering. Assessments targeted Knowledge Based Engineering (KBE)

technology applications that addressed the client's business objectives

with the fastest possible ROI. Supported the following projects:

. Reciprocating Compressors Piston Automation (75% design time

reduction)

. Steam Turbines Profiled Ring & Vanes (72% design time reduction)

. 2D Steam Path Layouts and Full Turbine Automation Mini-spec (60%

design time reduction potential)

Project management programs in support of NASA PLISS life support system,

hot runners, material handling, power distribution, cooling towers, and

roller bearings systems. Hands-on analysis projects included structural &

thermal analyses for the Mars Exploratory Rover (MER) Battery Development

Program and life prediction for Senior Aerospace bellows.

Temporary Employment Henderson, KY

04/05 - 11/05

Director position at Accuride eliminated during acquisition, consolidation,

and IPO. Consulted on a contractual basis for DAA Solutions, Inc. Completed

doctoral research for dissertation.

Director, Engineering Analysis Accuride Corporation, Henderson, KY

11/98 - 03/05

Established vision for the Engineering Analysis Group and aligned its goals

to the overall business strategy, achieving significant ROI, while setting

the foundation to support emerging technological growth. Implemented

efficient and effective simulation solutions to the competitive truck and

automotive markets. Managed full P&L for Engineering Analysis Department,

including allocating funds, personnel management, sales and marketing

support, and continually balance an efficient infrastructure to enable

accelerated response to customer demands. Worked with manufacturing to

develop a virtual manufacturing FEA system. FEA work consisted of wheel-

tire pressure modeling, forming simulation, contact studies, and thermal

analyses. Lab/field data acquisition.

RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

. Systems thinking principles - Applied Volere, Six Sigma Principles, Open

System, and TQM to define and target areas of process improvements and

then focused team-oriented efforts to achieve these improvements.

. Commercialization cycle reduction - Directed a KBE application with 98%

time reduction. Application featured in a Design News Editorial dated

5/5/03.

FORMAL EDUCATION

Doctorate of Management ( Organizational Leadership ( University of Phoenix

( Phoenix, AZ. (2006)

Dissertation Research Topic Summary: Motivating employees to achieve

operation excellence

Master of Science (1993) & Bachelor of Science (1987) ( Mechanical

Engineering ( WPI ( Worcester, MA.

All but Dissertation: 39 credit hours in engineering Ph. D. level

courses. University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.

ADDITIONAL DATA

. Treasurer, Buckmaster 2010 US Senate Campaign - File all Federal

Election Commission (FEC) documentation; Comply with federal and

state regulations, Lead the web site development and assist in

other capacities while helping the committee recruit a campaign

manager. Acting campaign manager.

. Professional Societies - ASME (Member, eMentor & Community of

Practice), AMA

. Industrial Advisory Board - Finite Element Method universal

resource (FEMur) program developed from the Worcester Polytechnic

Institute's Mechanical Engineering Department

. Honorable Discharge - US Army Reserve Officer

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Certified Blackboard Online Educator - KCTCS 2009

Online Instructor Kentucky Community Technical College Systems,

Elizabethtown, KY 2009 - Now

Courses taught:

Understanding the Customer - Evaluating and understanding customer

needs and requirements

Pinpoints and Measurements - Human behavioral patterns and behavior

recognition

Adjunct Faculty Holy Apostles College, Cromwell, CT 2007

Courses taught:

Priestly Leadership - Lectures focus on examining leadership

theories/concepts and their interaction with human behavior models.

Independent Study - U. S. History from the Civil War to Vietnam

PUBLICATIONS

Rencis, J.J., Urekew, T.J., Jong, K-Y., Kirk, R. and Federico, P., "A

Posteriori Error Estimates for Finite Element and Boundary Element

Methods," Computers and Structures, 37, 1, 103-117, 1990.

Rencis, J.J., Urekew, T., Federico, P., Kirk, R. and Jong, K-Y., "Error

Estimation for the Finite Element Method and Boundary Element Method,"

Engineering Science Preprint - ESP25.88032, ASME Applied Mechanics and

Engineering Sciences Conference, University of California, Berkeley, CA,

June 20-22, 1988.

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