Engineer Manager

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[pic] EDUARDO MESON FELAN

Personal

Informatio Age: 39 years old, Married with Maria Teresa De la Fuente

n (35 years old) and with 2 daughters (Daniela 8 years and

Silvana 4 years old).

Mexico Address: Monclova Coahuila M xico

Home phone: (866-***-**-** Cell Phone: (866-***-**-**

Current Address: 617 Timothy Lane, Rochester Michigan

USA 48307

Home phone: 248-***-**** USA Cell. Phone: 248-***-****

Personal e-mail: abnxgd@r.postjobfree.com

Objective Use my experience, knowledge and efforts to create and

lead the most motivated team so we can develop and launch

the best and innovated products keeping always in mind

that product design drives the big part of his quality and

costs that are the most important things that defines the

customer satisfaction and the company profits.

Work

Experience (10 years of experience in Air Bags and Steering wheels

development and application)

TAKATA TK Holdings 7/2011 - up today Auburn Hills

Michigan .

Superintendent Senior Product Engineer

Role

Expert in all related to Air Bags and Steering wheels and

many roles are support Sales for quotation, Design,

Develop Engineering, Testing and manufacturing

applications at the production plants, VA/VE projects,

warranties engineering side for root cause analysis

support, Six Sigma Projects for products and R&D projects.

Mainly working for all type of Air Bags and steering

wheels products focus on OEMs General Motors and Chrysler.

Constantly relation and communication with customer and

all Mexico production Plants. Leading 4 engineers.

Accomplishments

Successfully launched all programs in Manufacturing Mexico

Plants with no issues or delays: Samples: GM Delta DAB

(Cruze) 5 starts air bag, Chrysler RT (Town and Country) 5

starts, DS (Ram Pick-up), LX KAB (300S), Working with GM

warranty team as an engineering responsible and getting

the best quality and support and having 2 years in a row

(2010 & 2011) the Supplier of the year. As a quote team we

awarded many new projects, last one in 5/12 was the

Chrysler UF (200S) Steering wheels complete platforms

getting a high volume project.

Current Responsibilities

Leading the New MY14 WK (Grand Cherokee), SRT (Special

Cherokee edition), and KL (Jeep

Liberty) Air bags. Maintenance and responsible of Design

changes of current mass production Chrysler Brand strategy

Driver Air Bags programs MY12 JK (Jeep Wrangler) WK (Jeep

Cherokee), KK (Jeep Liberty), MK (Jeep Patriot), LX

(300C), LX Lancia, LX SRT, JS (200C), LC (Challenger), LD

(Charger), RT (Town and Country), Part of the Core

engineering and Innovating Team developing new

technologies for new products. New Leader of the global

standardization manufacturing Plants project.

7/06 - 7/11 (5 years)

TAKATA Restraints Systems Base: Monclova Coahuila

Mexico

Leader Senior Product Engineering

Role

Main Link between Tech center Product Engineers and Mexico

Air Bags and steering wheels Manufacturing Plants

(Monterrey, Monclova, Torreon and Acuna Plants), Design,

Develop Engineering, Testing and manufacturing

applications at the production plants, VA/VE projects, Six

Sigma Projects for manufacturing and R&D projects for

manufacturing processes. Support Customer visits and

mainly working for all type of Air Bags and steering

wheels products focus on all OEMs. Honda, Ford, GM,

Chrysler, Toyota, BMW, Mercedes, Mazda, BMW, Tesla,

Fisker, Spartan & Subaru. Support on localized parts as

Metal stamping, welding, injection molding, fabric cut and

sewing areas. Leading 7 Product engineers, 1 Technician

and 1 CATIA designer.

Accomplishments

Successfully developing and launched Many programs from

all OEMs, Big savings in money and time avoid Product

engineers travel to the plants for DV or PV events, our

team was capable to support all this events, many VA/VE

implemented for product, many Kaizens implemented,

information mediator between engineering and manufacturing

plants so we have a great relation with Plant Managers and

Engineering at Michigan Tech Center. Leader of the Plant

innovating team in 2010, changing and improve many of the

traditional processes always trying to think out of the

box.

6/03 -6/06 (3 years)

Auburn Hills, Michigan.

Product Engineer

Role

Design, Develop Engineering, Testing and manufacturing

applications at the production plants, VA/VE projects.

Frequently traveling to the plant for product application

Accomplishments

Successfully launched many programs from GM as GMX365 and

GMT900, Owner of 2 Patents that give better position and

savings to my company.

10/02 - 5/03

(5 Years of experience in Aluminum and steel foundry)

TEKSID Aluminum (Today NEMAK) Monclova, Coahuila Mexico

(Italian Company Leader in Automotive Monoblocks and

cylinder heads. Aluminum foundry)

Superintendent Product Engineer

Role

Product Engineer leader, developing Monoblocks cylinder

heads and bedplates in Aluminum for Gravity Die Casting,

Low pressure and high pressure die casting, some in lost

foam casting. Main contact between Tech center in Turin

Italy and Mexico Plants, Design, Develop Engineering,

Testing and manufacturing applications at the production

plants, VA/VE projects, Working with OEMs. As Chrysler,

Ford, GM & Leading 6 Product engineers, 1 2D AutoCAD

Designer and 1 Unigraphics (UG) designer.

Accomplishments

Successfully developing and launched many programs from

all OEMs. Solution to many foundry problems as cracks,

bubbles, porosity, cold joint etc.

12/00 - 10/02

Turin, Italy

Product Engineer & Program Manager

Role

Product Engineer and Program Manager for new develop

programs at Teksid Technical headquarters center in Italy.

Accomplishments

Successfully developing many projects and also the Teksid

Patented process named Precision Sand, working on some V8

Monoblocks.

12/99 -12/00 Monclova,

Coahuila Mexico.& Nashville TN

Product Engineer

Developing Aluminum products and work to close foundry

scrap problems for General Motors (bed plate) and Chrysler

(Monoblocks 2.7 & 3.5L). Responsible to move all the

engineering and knowledge of Ford Cylinder head from

Tennessee to Monclova Plant. (6 months living in Nashville

Tennessee).

1/99 - 10/99

NATIONAL CASTINGS Sahugun, Hgo Mexico & Chicago ILL

(US Steel Foundry GE Valves and Railway products)

Continuous Improvement Engineer

Engineer responsible to improve process and products to

reduce scrap, improve productivity to increase profits

always using six sigma Methodology.

4 months in Chicago training and working on Six Sigma

projects.

1/98-1/99 (2 years) Monclova, Coahuila Mexico

AHMSA (Altos Hornos de M xico)

(Leader Foundry Steel Company)

General Supervisor of Oxygen, Nitrogen and Argon Plants(4)

Supervision for all processes, customer deliveries and

sales of all gases and liquid products. Coordinator of all

Technical Operators and Plant operation process.

Trained for 6 months to leading the Air Liquid Plant #5

and responsible to coordinate the operations, maintenance

and gases administration to the different customers in

AHMSA.

Studies University: Mechanical and Administration Engineer

ITESM (Instituto Tecnol gico y Estudios Superiores de

Monterrey)

Campus Monterrey.

Wichita State University Intensive English School (6

Months)

High School: IMTES (Monclova Technological High School)

College and Elementary: College La Salle de Monclova.

Additional

Studies Black Belt (Six Sigma)

Problem Solving and Decision Making (Honda Training)

Michigan.

GD&T (Michigan)

FMEA (Michigan)

Program Manager (FIAT Italy)

Mechanical Engineer Symposium (Monterrey)

UNIGRAPHICS (3D) (Michigan)

CATIA (3D) (Monterrey)

AutoCAD (2D)

ISO/TS 16949

ISO 14001

Areas of

Interest Research and Developing (R&D)

Product Engineering

Manufacturing

Languages

Spanish (Mother Language)

English (Fluent spoken and write)

Italian (Fluent spoke and write)

Hobbies

Fishing

Golf

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