MICHAEL STOCKER
**** ********** *** **, ***** Canton, OH 44720 Phone: 330-***-**** E-mail: *.*.*******@***.***
CAREER SUMMARY
Application Engineer/Market Manager with demonstrated success in selling test systems to the tire industry.
Excellent verbal and written communications skills. Self-motivated and innovative thinker who, consistently
pursues new challenges to stretch abilities, expand knowledge, and bring greater returns to employer.
Capabilities include:
• Application Engineer/Market Manager, Tire Test Systems (9 years)
o Define customer requirements for custom capital equipment
o Calculate risks, costs, prices and schedules
o Generate technical proposals and quotations
o Present proposals to customer
o Support sales during negotiations
o Determine business terms during the sales process
o Managed tire related market segment
o Determine the need for new products
o Determine new value added features for existing products
• Tire Test Engineer (4 years)
o Support testing services
o Develop new test procedures, for both laboratory and field use
o Develop new test systems
o Design and implement ISO 17025 certification program for multiple facilities
o Experienced in data acquisition, control and analysis
• Tire Development Engineer (9 years)
• Experienced in working will all levels of clients, from lab technicians to CEOs.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
THE TIMKEN COMPANY, Canton, Ohio
Lead Process Improvement Engineer - Identified and implemented steel plant process improvements.
ACCELENT SYSTEMS, INC., Akron, Ohio
Project Manager - Managed multiple wireless platform development teams in Akron, Ohio and their
interface with ODM customer teams in Asia.
SMITHERS SCIENTIFIC SERVICES, INC., Ravenna, Ohio
Project/Test Engineer - Lead projects for an automotive testing services facility. This included
standardized and custom testing of automobiles, subsystems, components and tires, in the laboratory
and field.
MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Application Engineer - Configured and sold custom test/simulation systems for the automotive and
aerospace industries, worldwide.
BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE and CONTINENTAL TIRE, Akron, Ohio
Tire Development Engineer – Developed new:
• Tire designs for OEM and replacement markets
• Tire manufacturing equipment and processes
• Tire test procedures and equipment
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M. STOCKER RESUME 14-JUN-2010
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Green Belt - Lean Six Sigma