Manager Engineer

Engineering Program Manager

An engineering professional with extensive experience addressing market

needs through the development of innovative products. Achievements

highlight a combination of program management skills, engineering expertise

and diplomacy. Accomplished Program Manager and problem solver who develops

effective cross functional teams while demonstrating sensitivity to

corporate goals and customer needs. Recipient of eight product design

awards and five patents with seven additional patents pending.

Demonstrated strengths include:

NPD Management Failure Analysis

Team Building Consensus Development

Group Management Codes and Standards Analysis

Creative Problem Solving Innovative Product Design

Written and Verbal Communication Plastics Expertise

Professional Experience

WJ Keezer Associates, Sherborn, MA

Principal Consultant (2006 to present)

Offering independent consulting services in project management, product

conceptualization, design, and code and standards compliance. Projects have

included but were not limited to:

. Program Manager for a mature embedded software systems design firm

specializing in creative design optimization with a short development

timeframe.

. Structured PLM system and defined a 3-year product development plan for a

start-up manufacturer of DX geothermal heat pumps. Also served as

Principal Engineer; facilitating research, engineering, manufacturing,

warehousing and distribution strategies using local resources.

. Provided guidance in plastics design for a major fireworks component

manufacturer.

. Program Manager for projects in digital signage.

Lexicon, d.b.a. Harman Specialty Group, Bedford, MA

Engineering Services Manager (2004 to 2006)

Managed a staff of nine providing Document Control, Component Engineering,

PCB design, Mechanical Design and Product Safety and Regulatory services

for Design Engineering. Reported directly to the Vice President of

Engineering.

. Managed the program to successfully upgrade mechanical design from 2-D

AutoCAD to 3-D SolidWorks 2005. Evaluations of leading contenders

(SolidWorks, Autodesk Inventor 8, and ProE Wildfire) were performed with

two design engineers before choosing SolidWorks.

. Major participant in the Consumer Electronic Association's R1WG10

Committee's 3-year revision of ANSI/CEA-636 Recommended Loudspeaker

Safety Standards, an industry document of best practices in designing for

and assessing loudspeaker consumer safety.

Managed the program to research and compare the relative merits of PLM

systems to upgrade a paper-driven documentation system. System adopted

was 1/3rd the cost of the closest contender and superior in its ability

to integrate with the mCAD and eCAD environments, Forecast to save $3.5mm

for the $24mm company in the first year of implementation.

. Managed the program to assess company vulnerability to RoHS. Employed a

component-centric "triage" approach to provide strategic information to

Design Engineering for determination of the scope and cost of revision

for each product. Program was completed on time and within budget.

WJ Keezer Associates, Inc. Sherborn, MA

Principal Consultant and President (2000 to 2004)

Offering independent consulting services in project management, product

conceptualization, design, and code and standards compliance. Projects have

included but were not limited to:

. Conducted design review of multiple professional audio loudspeakers and

their collateral material to assure continued listing under the 5th

Edition of UL 1480.

. Engineering Program Manager and innovative force behind the simultaneous

development of two advanced concepts in automotive acoustics and

associated manufacturing processes. Seven or more potentially patentable

concepts were developed in a 12 month period.

. Provided expert services to the Association of Home Appliance

Manufacturers (AHAM).

. Researched and wrote proprietary report on custom installed consumer

audio, with particular attention toward the working relationship between

installers and customers.

. Wrote and successfully championed proposals to strengthen requirements

for voice/alarm systems in the 2002 National Fire Alarm Code . An NSCA

project supported with private funding.

Bose Corporation, The Mountain, Framingham, MA

Senior Engineer (1994 to 2000)

$2.3 billion global leader in home, commercial. professional and automotive

entertainment systems. Applied a breadth and depth of experience to

engineering and marketing problems in commercial audio. Senior advisor to

Engineering for new product concepts. Provided technical and regulatory

expertise to Marketing.

. Developed an approach toward large venue audio system design that would

result in an 85% reduction in wiring costs and complies with all

worldwide installation codes.

. Managed a project to determine the suitability of a second-generation

audio signal router design utilizing embedded software for use in the

international fire alarm market.

. Created a concept for teaching magnetic and electrical concepts of audio

systems. Business Music Systems Group adopted this concept as a training

piece for dealer service technicians.

. Managed a program that totally re-wrote Article 640 of the 1999 National

Electrical Code (NEC ). Further revisions were accepted by the NFPA for

the 2002 Code.

. Managed a program resulting in numerous revisions to the 1999 National

Fire Alarm Code The 2002 National Fire Alarm Code contains

further revisions.

Principal Engineer, Group Manager and Systems Engineering Manager (1983 to

1994)

Conceptualized new products and managed engineering programs for OEM

division through 1991, then the Professional Products Division through

1994. Averaged 6-8 direct reports over this period.

. Managed five major Business Music System programs totaling eleven

products with 1998 annual sales in excess of $20M.

. Program Manager and Engineer of OEM partnerships with Sony, Zenith,

Philips and Ensoniq.

. Functional conceptual prototypes of self-amplified systems developed for

Apple and C.F. Martin Guitar

Education

. Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Northeastern University,

minor in Electrical Engineering.

. SolidWorks 2001Plus Training (3-D CAD)

. Advanced Tooling for Injection Molding (NYU), UL 6500 & UL 60065

(Consumer and commercial audio & video product safety standards),

Plastics in Electrical Products (UL), Plastics in Product Design (Society

of Plastics Engineers), Targeted Selection Interviewing (Nichols

College), Visual Presentation of Information (Dr. Edward Tufte)

. Solar Heating System Design, Northeastern University

Current and Former Professional Affiliations

. Member, Society for Concurrent Product Development (SCPD), Boston Chapter

. Member, Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE)

. Member, Northeast Product Safety Society (NPSS)

. National Fire Protection Association (NFPA); Electrical Section Member,

Building Fire Safety Systems Section Member, Industrial Fire Protection

Section Associate Member

. International Association of Electrical Inspectors (IAEI); Associate

Member

. Member, Association of Loudspeaker Manufacturing and Acoustics (ALMA)

Patents and Design Awards

. 5 patents in the technologies of circuit design, audio/video sound,

mechanical design, and magnetic circuit design. Seven additional

patentable concepts pending, including one that would reduce large venue

installation materials costs by up to 85%

. Potentially patentable concept for low cost DX geothermal system

installation.

. 6 design awards for achievements in plastic product design (3 from the

Society of the Plastics Industry, 3 from Plastics World Magazine), 2

product design awards - from Video Review Magazine and Audio/Video

International Magazine for the Zenith/Sound by Bose television.

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