Engineer Project

Edgar Storm

Email: *********@********.***

Address: *** ***** ***** **.

City: Rochester

State: NY

Zip: 14613

Country: USA

Phone: 585-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: $110,000

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Edgar M. Storm Jr.

791 Stony Point Rd Spencerport NY 14559 Cell: 585-***-**** *********@********.***

SENIOR MANUFACTURING PROCESS ENGINEER

Team Leadership / Project Management / M.S. Manufacturing Operations

Accomplished Senior Process Engineer with over 20 years of experience in Manufacturing Engineering, Project Management and Team Leadership, offering experience in process development, lean manufacturing and problem solving. Demonstrated ability to lead, develop and execute a wide range of projects from the initial concept through high volume automated production, cradle to grave. Established proven performance record of bringing Product Design Engineering together with Process Engineering, co-develop new products and processes using out-of-the-box strategies to bring new products to market on time and within budget. Currently have 1 Patent (US007971769B2), 5 Patents Pending.

q ISO-9000 / QS-9000 / TS16949

q Lean Production Systems

q Value Stream Mapping

q Lean Engineering Tools (Shainin "Red-X", FMEA, Pareto Charts, Fishbone Diagrams, Six Sigma 5S, 8D Methodology, PDCA approach to problem solving)

q Process Development

q Design for Six Sigma

q Team Building q Process Re-Engineering

q Value Analysis

q DFA/DFM

q Statistical Process Controls (SPC)

q MS Project & MS Office

q Targeted Interview

q Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GENERAL MOTORS- Honeoye Falls, NY 2005 to Present

Fuel Cell Research and Development Center - GM's global hub for developing Fuel Cell and Li-ION battery systems.

Senior Process Engineer/Project Engineer

Clean room process development, new production equipment integration and architecture for multiple fuel cell stack and Li-ION stack production systems. Team Leader for fuel stack/module test engineering group. Specified, developed, delivered and qualified multiple new fuel cell test stands and battery related decoupled development activities.

Provided supplier development support for GM101X "Project Driveway" fuel cell components, resulting in accelerated project timing and on time delivery.

Led multiple Fuel Cell Module Test System implementations and test stand harmonization, resulting in reduced test times and more streamlined test sequences.

Led new Stack Test Stand Implementation and multiple Stack Test Stand harmonization projects, eliminating legacy hardware and providing more efficient test protocols.

Developed Projects and Supervised engineering interns in summer of 2006, and summer of 2007.

Advanced Tooling and Production System development for Fuel Cell Components and Stack Assembly.

Developed high volume production process for 6th Generation Fuel Cell Stack Assembly and Unitized Electrode Assembly (UEA).

Lead Engineering responsibility for Li-ION battery related Decoupled Development Projects resulting in accelerated validation and programs to market.

VALEO MOTORS AND ACTUATORS - Rochester, NY 1999 to 2005

Formerly ITT Automotive, Delco Chassis - High Volume Manufacturer of DC Electric Motors and Actuators

Forward Manufacturing Engineer / Project Leader (2000 to 2005)

Managed and implemented all Hydraulic Driven Fan System (HDFS) future programs from a Rochester site perspective. Prepared financial justifications for all new programs, cost improvements, new business opportunity cost requests, and managed project accounts and spending. Engineering responsibilities included Clean Room Processes, Injection Molding (900/1100 Ton Machines), Fan Balancing and Final Assembly.

Rochester focal point for all HDFS Product Change Requests, manage on site Product Change files, resulting in TS16949 Audit Compliance.

Prepared, submitted and conducted DaimlerChrysler Process Sign Off (PSO) documentation and PSO runs on site, and customer's site. Passed every PSO 1st time

Credited with the Flawless Launch of 2002 Jeep WG (Diesel), 2003 Dodge VIPER VGX, 2004 Dodge Ram SRT-10 (VIPER TRUCK), and 2005 Jeep WK / WH (Grand Cherokee 5.7,3.0).

Cost Improvement Manager (1999 to 2000)

Direct report to Air Flow Plant Director. Responsibilities included 4 cross functional direct reports. Guided team to identify "Technical Productivity" cost savings that were shared with suppliers. Annual savings targets were 30% of product cost. Team achieved a total savings of $13M.

Direct reports included; Purchasing, Quality, R&D, and Manufacturing Engineer Team Members

Developed the Air Flow Cost Improvement Team, prioritized all Cost Improvement projects, developed and managed project timelines, implement into production and document savings.

Drove activities that generated technical productivity ideas for cost improvement, such as conducting Value Analysis sessions, and supplier DFA/DFM workshops.

Prepared financial justifications for all required investments, prepared Investment Appropriation Requests, managed all project accounts and spending.

ITT AUTOMOTIVE, INC.. Electrical Systems - Rochester, NY 1993 to 1999

Formerly Delco Chassis - High Volume Manufacturer of DC Electric Motors and Actuators

Customer Liaison Engineer (1997 to 1999)

Direct report to Auburn Hills N. American Sales / Quality Managers. Developed and administered programs for tracking concerns and resolutions stemming from customer inquiries, at the customer's site. Job was assigned full time to Delphi Harrison Thermal Systems in Lockport, NY.

Coordinated management of ITT-A initiated Change Request Authorizations (CRA's) resulting in faster changes to market and customer approvals.

Provided launch support for new products and/or new platform modules, resulting in real time action plans and corrective actions on site at the customer.

Provided notification to customers of potential quality, shipping or design concerns, proactively preventing quality issues.

Coordinated Human Resources and managed immediate containment activities in emergency situations ensuring quality product to the customer.

Provided direct feedback to ITT-A plant and central quality functions, engineering, program management, logistics, sales, and manufacturing ensuring all cross functional managers had the most up to date information on hand at the same time.

Forward Manufacturing Engineer (1996 to 1997)

Developed critical processes and clean room assembly for the Hydraulic Driven Fan System (HDFS) program. Leveraged resources in Rochester, NY and Dayton, OH necessary to support "Non-Funded" and "Un-Approved" Skunk-Works activities.

Supported the early development stages of the Hydraulic Schematic of the first g-rotor based steering integrated Hydraulic Driven Fan System creating a new business opportunity.

Developed product and processes together with Product Engineering, resulting in the manufacturing requirements, test parameters and a manufacturable design for HDFS.

Worked through multiple DFA/DFM activities streamlining design and assembly.

Developed Clean Room Specification and first Production Assembly line simulation used to launch production equipment.

Cross Functional Team (CFT) Chairperson (1993 to 1996)

Lead the BL 5000 Cross Functional Team, coordinated change team activity, prepared and managed project timelines, conducted weekly CFT meetings, controlled all Cost Improvement activity, analyzed cost requests, prepared project appropriation requests, managed all project accounts and spending, qualified new equipment, controlled S.O.P. launches, monitored customer ppm's, and implemented corrective actions.

Represented ITT at customer sites to address customer quality concerns. Support included Delphi Harrison Lockport, Tuscaloosa, and SATURN.

Supervised two engineering interns in summer of 1994, and two engineering interns in summer of 1995.

Air Management technical expertise support for "Crisis" assignments.

Mechanical drive mechanism and linkage trouble shooter for air management manufacturing engineering group.

DELCO CHASSIS DIVISION, General Motors Corp. - Rochester, NY 1990 to 1993

High Volume Manufacturer of DC Electric Motors and Actuators

Special Assignment - BL 5000 Noise Team (1992 to 1993)

Extensive use of Shainin "Red-X" statistical engineering in evaluating all noise generated by the BL 5000 blower motor. Credited for identifying the root cause of the "Motorboating" noise issue, creating the 6 degree chamfered thrust face bearing and implementing the change into production.

Supported noise team in identifying root cause of "Whine" noise issue, and implementing the Morganite CM-880 brush into production.

Current Manufacturing Engineer (1991 to 1992)

Provided engineering support of BL 5000 Motor and Armature assembly lines. Increased machine up time, decreased departmental scrap, increased system efficiencies, coordinated departmental suggestions, and implemented corrective actions. Additional responsibilities included BL 3000 motor line support.

Product Engineer Liaison (1990)

Product engineering support at the Rochester Operations for the Air Moving Business Unit. Coordinated changes, conducted trial runs, evaluated proposed changes, wrote engineering work and test requests, and engineering test and analysis reports.

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS

KETTERING UNIVERSITY - Flint, MI

Masters of Science in Manufacturing Operations, 6/2012, GPA 4.0

Certificate in Lean Production Systems, 6/2011

ALFRED UNIVERSITY - Alfred, NY

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, 5/1991, GPA 3.72

Magna Cum Laude.

MONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE - Rochester, NY

Associate of Science in Engineering Sciences, 5/1989

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