Engineer Project Manager

RYAN BROWN

**** *** ***** #***, ****** Del Rey, CA 90292

*******@*****.*** 248-506--0267

Q U A L I F I C AT I O N S

Determined and analytical professional with over 14 years of experience in financial analysis, project management,

product engineering and customer support. Extensive experience with international business. Strong analytical

team-building, and presentation skills. Effective leader, communicator, and problem-solver. Comfortable with

learning new technologies and highly adaptable. Self-starter comfortable with defining requirements in open

situations. Master of Business Administration Degree, Finance; Bachelor of Science Degree in Physics. Willing to

travel and relocate.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CODA AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION, Los Angeles, CA 2011-Present

Lead Engineer

• Program management for the development of utility grid-scale energy storage tower.

• Lead Engineer for sensing on all electric vehicle program meeting all FMVSS regulations.

• Program management of all safety-related systems.

• Supplier management of globally distributed suppliers

CONTINENTAL/SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION, Auburn Hills, MI 2004-2011

Business Controlling Sr. Financial Analyst (2010-2011)

• Perform financial and risk analysis of acquisition programs.

• Prepare pricing quotations for new business acquisition targets, resulting in over $400 million in new

business.

• Proposed fixed cost reduction measures.

• Developed business unit strategy roadmaps.

Project Manager (2008-2010)

• Managed team of 12 software engineers in 3 countries, on 2 continents on high-visibility safety electronics

project representing $25 million in annual revenues.

• Successfully coordinated globally distributed software development activities, including project timeline,

project status reporting, documentation, as well as version, configuration, and change management.

• Performed project cost analysis and development.

• Translated customer requirements into engineering goals

• Tailored development process to synchronize software development process models between two operating

companies.

Accomplishments:

Took over troubled German-based program, transitioned it to North America, and successfully integrated

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globally distributed software development and test engineering teams from Germany, the United States, and

Mexico. As a result, all program milestones were met on time and within scope.

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Led diagnostic and redevelopment efforts for several late-development and customer critical software issues.

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Software corrections were implemented, tested, and released with no adjustment of customer timing.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (Continued)

Sr. Applications Engineer/Resident Engineer (2004-2008)

• Managed successful execution on all aspects of product development and deployment for critical

automotive electrical safety systems, representing $20 million in annual revenue.

• Served as key contact/liaison between customer and internal stakeholders.

• Negotiated statements of work and defined key technical requirements.

• PM @ Siemens Certification

LEAR CORPORATION, Southfield, MI 2002-2004

Electrical Integration Engineer

• Led development and program management of production electrical testing equipment.

• Wrote of Statements of Work and Responsibilities.

• Mentored a team of students from Southfield High School designing electrical controls and software for

FIRST Robotics Competition robot.

THREE-FIVE SYSTEMS, INC., Tempe, AZ 2000-2001

Product Engineer

• Prepared quotations and cost estimates for custom products.

• Designed and validated Liquid Crystal Displays for use in commercial electronic devices.

• Selected and developed materials.

• Developed semiconductor processes for film deposition

• Design of experiments

AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR, INC., Middleton, WI 1999-2000

Senior Field Service Representative

• Served as primary Customer Support contact for worldwide public and private sector business.

• Managed data collection; performed troubleshooting for Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage

(SMES) system.

• Developed cryogenic test stand

• Strong knowledge of superconductors and cryogenics

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Software: Microsoft Office; MKS Integrity Client/Manager; MathCAD; Visual Basic for Excel

E D U C AT I O N

OAKLAND UNIVERSITY, Rochester Hills, MI

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Master of Business Administration, Concentration in Finance, 2007

THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, MI

Bachelor of Science, Physics, 1997

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