Engineer Sales

Paul R. Holbrook P.E.

**** ******* ****, ******* *****, IL 60089 • 847-***-**** • fax 509-***-**** • *************@*******.***

OBJECTIVE

Significantly contribute to a consumer products organization that prizes and rewards meaningful new product

innovation.

EXPERTISE

Creating and developing innovative new mechanical and electromechanical products across a wide variety of

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industries

Developing and driving collaborative cross-functional approach to new product development

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Leading product development from concept through production, including new product development teams, product

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testing, prototyping and existing product support

Integrating engineering activities with Marketing, Industrial Design, Sales, Manufacturing, Quality and Supply Chain

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Hands-on leadership by example

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Designing and developing new product processes

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Ensuring product conformity with performance/quality specifications, cost and schedule goals

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SIGNIFICANT CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Inventor, principal engineer and entrepreneur with an extensive history of generating significant new product revenue

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($200+MM) through innovative design ability.

• Digital Innovations: brought more than 25 new products from concept to production, raising new product sales

from ~0 to 45% of total sales

• Fortune Brands: brought ~20 new products (comprising several hundred SKUs) from concept to production, with

several producing multi-million dollar revenue, doubling new product sales (as a percentage of total sales)

• Black & Decker: provided hands-on technical management and design leadership for SnakeLight, (most

successful product launch in Black & Decker history with $85 million first full year revenue). Awarded 2 patents on

SnakeLight.

• Fifty three combined household product utility patents/patent applications

• Three independently developed products licensed to three consumer goods companies

EXPERIENCE

DIGITAL INNOVATIONS LLC, Arlington Heights, IL 2000-

present

Consumer electronics accessory manufacturer

Vice President - Engineering/New Product Development

Responsible for all aspects of new product development from concept through market introduction, including

development and implementation of new product development process, concept generation, coordination with Far East

supply base, resolution of quality and manufacturing issues, direction of all patent affairs and evaluation/negotiation of

external product concepts.

• Created New Product Development Process, including key milestones, product specifications, engineering feasibility,

design reviews, schedules, legal/patent issues etc.

• Directly contributed to innovative product development, with 2 patents and 4 pending

FORTUNE BRANDS INC., ACCO North America, Lincolnshire, IL 1997-

2000

$700 million office products manufacturer – part of $1.5 billion ACCO World Corp. owned by $4.5 billion Fortune

Brands

Vice President - Engineering

Responsible for all aspects of new product engineering from concept through market introduction for Swingline and

Wilson Jones, including development and implementation of new product development process, concept generation,

coordination with Far East supply base and resolution of quality and manufacturing issues.

• Received 20 worldwide new product design awards as a result of leading edge product design

• Received ACCO’s “Comeback Team of the Year Award” for 1998 for stabilizing new product development

Directly contributed to innovative product development, with 2 patents and 2 pending

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BLACK & DECKER CORPORATION, Household Products Group, Shelton, CT 1990-

1997

$450 million household products manufacturer – part of $4 billion Black & Decker

Director - Engineering 1995-

1997

Brought new line of premium kitchen appliances (6 products, ~15 SKUs) from concept to production; facilitated supplier

selection, communication and coordination; directly contributed to innovative new product development with 6 patents.

Engineering Manager

1993-1995

Provided hands-on technical management and design leadership for SnakeLight ( awarded 2 patents); concurrently

developed designs with manufacturing, marketing and other functional areas through team-driven approach; developed

test plan to accurately simulate actual consumer usage.

Senior Project Engineer, Cleaning Engineering 1992-

1993

Supervised engineering personnel in development of innovative, practical designs for new cleaning appliance;

generated preliminary design layout; developed test specs/procedures.

Project Engineer, Advanced Concept Development 1990-

1992

Brought new cleaning appliance from concept to feasibility stage; designed/assembled two generations of functional

prototypes; designed/specified AC and DC motors, fan systems, gear trains, actuators, rechargeable battery systems,

castings and injection molded plastic parts.

UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Norden Systems, Norwalk, CT 1987-

1990

$200 million radar systems manufacturer - part of $15 billion United Technologies

Lead Mechanical Engineer

Supervised and coordinated design and development of liquid coolant system, power supplies, microwave assembly,

chassis/harness, analog/digital printed circuit assemblies and thermal/structural analyses; successfully presented

customer design reviews.

HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY, Radar Systems Group, Los Angeles, CA 1982-

1987

$700 million radar systems manufacturer - part of $5 billion Hughes Aircraft

Mechanical Systems Engineer

Coordinated mechanical design and manufacturing activities to achieve program objectives and timely hardware

deliveries; facilitated unit/aircraft interface and customer interface/support; prepared customer progress letters; insured

smooth transition to production mode.

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles, CA

MS Electrical Engineering, 1987 Concentration: Control Systems,

Robotics

CORNELL UNIVERSITY, Ithaca, NY

BS Mechanical Engineering, 1982 Concentration: Mechanical Design/Analysis, Design for

Manufacturing, Machine Design

AFFILIATIONS/HONORS

Licensed Professional Engineer (Mechanical)

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American Society for Quality – Certified Reliability Engineer (past)

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Hughes Aircraft Fellowship (1985-1987)

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Fifty three combined utility patents/patent applications

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Three independently developed products licensed to three consumer goods companies

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“Best E-Commerce Product” award – ERA show October 2007

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