Manager Electrical Engineer

Terry Slater

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Redford, MI. *****

313-***-**** ******@***.***

Department & Project Management

Over 30 years experience in Electronic/Electrical Department Management

Completed every project or job taken on

Increased engineering capabilities at all locations

Reduced field service time by %25

Reduced product to market time by as much as %500

Increased productivity at all locations

All budget and scheduling duties

End of line and engineering test machines & fixtures

Complete electronic design, PC board design, manufacturing and testing

Education

Business Management, Productivity, and Communications Degree - Real World

Exp

BSEE - U of M

Assoc. Degree - R.E.T.S. Electronics

Employment History

6/2012 - Present - Electrical Engineer - Electronic Engineering Services -

Redford, MI

EES is a short term contracting firm for 3rd party electronic and

electrical engineering. I design electronics including p.c. board layout &

design. PLC programming with Allen Bradley RSLogix and FactoryTalk

software. Educated engineers and electricians on noise reduction methods.

Analog and digital circuit design. Customer interaction for full scope of

contracts.

8/2006 - 5/2012 - Electronic Engineering Manager - Testek, Inc. - Wixom,

MI

Electronic Engineering manager for Aerospace component test machine

manufacturer. Responsible for all electronic design, analog & digital

electronics. I am main electronic design engineer also. P.C. board design,

manufacturing operations. Electronic and electrical "fireman" for plant

floor test equipment. Taught Noise reduction & grounding classes to

engineers & electricians. Product planning, cost & wiring reduction team

member. All management responsibilities for electronics. Design, BOM's,

training, scheduling, fault analysis, budgets & documentation. Full cradle

to grave interaction in electrical / electronics.

11/2002 - 2/2006 - Project Engineer - Oxbow Engineering - Livonia, MI.

Project engineer for Tier 1 automotive assembly tooling and fixture

company. Scheduling, contractor interface, customer buy-offs, controls

design review responsibilities. Part of R&M team, FMEA documentation team.

Controls design, inspections and checkout of fixtures. All tier 2 project

responsibilities.

4/1998 - 9/2002 - Engineering Manager - Testron Corp. Livonia, MI.

Engineering Manager for electrical and mechanical design. Company

manufactures custom electrical connectors and electronic test equipment

for production automotive assembly. I did all electrical and electronic

design, QC and field service manager. Electrical purchasing & software.

Microprocessor, computer and P.L.C. controls, PC board & hardware design.

Complete Engineering management responsibilities. All budget, scheduling

and documentation. Quality control & assembly documentation. Personnel

reviews and management.

10/1989 - 11/1997 - Engineering Manager - Static Controls Corp. - Walled

Lake, MI.

Engineering Manager for electronic and electrical design. Manages

electrical & mechanical departments. Customer reviews, scheduling of

projects, manpower & costs. Company manufactures Electronic display and

marquees as main product line. Various other electrical and electronic

devices for the industrial and automotive market. Mechanical design and

Q.C. manager. Sales meetings, scheduling, interface and technical reviews

with customers. Electronic, PC board & software design & debug.

3/1986 - 9/1989 - Electrical Project Engineer - Link Engineering -

Detroit, MI.

Electrical and electronic project design engineer. Company built large

friction material testing devices. Dynamometers, brake and clutch testers

were the main products. Other projects include axle testers, in vehicle

brake test equipment, coil spring testers. Electronic & software design.

Customer design reviews on my projects.

1/1978 - 3/1986 - Eng. & Manufacturing Manager - Static Controls Corp. -

Walled Lake, MI.

Electronic and electrical engineer. Manufacturing manager, purchasing and

field service manager. Company designed and manufactured electronic

devices and stamping press automation equipment for automotive customers.

Quality control department before QS requirements, all electronic and

electrical design. PC board design & manufacturing.

Experience with:

Schematic capture software, PC Board layout software, Spice software, Cad

software,

Microsoft office software, Quality control software, Assembly & BOM

software.

Departmental Management, Project Management, Operations, Engineering,

Manufacturing, and Customer Interaction. Budgeting, manpower assignment,

ATP's & Quality assessment.

PLCs, Computers, Software, DC Motors, Position controls, J1850, CAN, Class

2, Pressure sensors, Torque sensors, Temperature sensors, HMI devices,

Blue hose, Modbus+, Engine controls, Instrument panels, Doors, Chassis,

Plant operations, Speed sensors, Actuators, Stepping motors, Paint

sensors, Vision systems, Liquid dispensing, Instrument clusters, AC

Motors, Stamping controls and automation, Power supplies, Wiring harness,

Displays, Marquee systems, Plant floor communications, Steering testers,

Transmission testers, Dynamometers, Microprocessors, Digital and analog

design, P.C. board design, Screw machines, FMEA, R&M and other

documentation requirements, Production Assembly fixtures & systems,

Electronic assemblies of all kinds, Assembly systems and much more.

Other contract engineering and projects completed for:

Static Controls Corp., Walled Lake, MI Beta-Tech, Roseville, MI

Service Controls, Livonia, MI.

Link Engineering, Detroit, MI Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, MI

Allied (Bendix), South Bend, IN.

GM Hummer H2, Evansville, IN GM TCP, Pontiac, MI. DCX JTE,

Detroit, MI. Control Methods, Clinton Twp., MI.

Automatic Valve, Novi, MI. Photo-Tron, Auburn Hills, MI. Columbia Marking

Tool, Clinton Twp., MI.

Production Test Machines, Ann Arbor, MI.

Managing Business Departments and Projects.

I have been managing departments at small and medium size companies for

over 30 years. I have learned from both the best and unfortunately some of

the worst. I bring to the table an accumulated knowledge from both. I am

very intelligent, and pick up things very quickly. A quick look at my

background: I hired in at a small business as the only

electronic/electrical engineer there. We began to design electronics to

replace and integrate with other electronic/electrical devices bought out

by the owner. I ran all but the sales portion here. Business slowed,

personnel were laid off, and pay cuts went into place for the remaining

workers. I moved to a new company, and gained other knowledge that allowed

me to work with my original company on the side at home to change their

product line. This was also my last non personnel management position. I

went back to my original employer, as the product line started at home took

off there. I again managed the engineering dept., field service and quality

control departments there. From there I went to a company that was so

dysfunctional that eventually, due to lack of support from owners that I

could not overcome, I moved on from them, learning more about how not to

manage. Went to a company that personnel management was a challenge, as the

group I "supervised" did not actually work for me, but for another

department. I learned a lot of both good and bad from this experience. I

also worked as an electronic engineering manager for an aerospace company.

Learned even more there, again both good and bad. I also have had the

pleasure (with my companies OK.) to do a fair amount of self contracting

work in my time. These allow you to see even other company's styles,

sometimes as well as the employees that are working there, as you are many

times in on insider meetings and such.

Managing Style

I believe that in almost every case, the people who work for a company

ultimately determine the company's fate. (There are cases of owning patents

that can work otherwise) I work with the understanding that no two people

are the same, and what motivates one from another is also at times very

diverse. Having a department that likes their job, and enjoy coming to work

and identifying an employee's most productive position, are imperative to

not only good, but exceptional performance. Keeping good employees, and

letting others find a new course in life is a managing must. I treat all

employees with respect unless proven that it is not deserved. I believe

that each employee has input that should be heard, even if it is not acted

upon. Praise and acknowledgement works far better than threats and

humiliation. I learn something every day, sometimes from the least likely

source, so don't tune out on information. Information is power, and when

this applies to a project or program, only better things are the result. I

have learned that most departments lack some form of efficiency, from a

little to a lot. Eliminating these can greatly improve overall time to

market of an item. A good manager determines a person's strengths and

weakness within the position, and attempts to use the person's strengths as

much as possible. A manager's job at times is to smooth the bumps for those

working for him. To make their job more efficient, to reduce the time,

manpower costs and customer waiting period for an end result. Good managing

can do three things for most manufacturing companies, Reduce costs, both in

materials, but usually in manpower costs; reduce time to market; size or

packaging of the item. Do not sacrifice quality or abilities of the

product, continue to move forward, as someone is more than likely trying to

catch you. Standing still in business, is the same as slowly going

backwards.

Manager Traits

Good Rapport with employees and others within the company.

Having respect and true friendliness with co-workers works better than

negativity or adversarial relationships.

Ability to work with customers.

Having a customer believe he is vested in the project as "his" is

great. Keeping them happy and yourself informed, within reason, allows

for future projects.

No employees are the same.

Each employee invariably is treated different than the next. Learn

what pushes, or interest your employees. Put them into a position to

be better than they were the day before. Teach when possible. The more

interested and useful they feel, the better the results

Be consistent with decisions and directions.

Employees learn current methods and directions if you are not

available. Be known as a "strait shooter" who follows a procedure or

method in operation.

Remove inefficiencies in employee's methods or procedures.

These can be previous company methods, personal methods of employee,

or created by the customer.

Quick decisions with the best possible information. Assessing the risks /

rewards.

Decisions usually require quick action, as someone is waiting to

proceed pending a decision. Get all the information reasonably

obtainable, asses the best, worst and probable outcomes, and make a

decision. Always be flexible enough to change that decision, if it is

not working.

Have the big picture in focus, but do not dismiss the details.

The big picture keeps the long term goal of the project, department,

or program in sight, but many times the small details are what set

your work apart.

Adhere and Support the decisions made by upper management

As I would like for the responsibilities of my job decisions, support

those within the organization who have decisions that may affect your

department. If there is a good reason, provide feedback to those

decisions in private with the author, there is probably information

that you were not given or need to know.

Solve your department's issues.

Others have their own jobs to do, don't burden them with your

departments problems. Solve the issues internally if possible. If

other resources are needed, be precise about use of others time.

Be a good neighbor

Help out other departments or projects when you have the expertise.

Allowing for time to other areas of your employer is good in the long

run for all employees benefit.

Be fair, but firm

Everyone has a life outside work, however when we at work, work is

what we are there for. Happy employees are best, but getting the job

done is the absolute main function we have.

Be a good employee

Everyone has down time, or needs a brain break every now and then, but

be a good responsible, productive employee the entire time you are

working.

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