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Huntington Woods, MI 48070 Email: ac26et@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION:

****-**** ***** ****** ** Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Master's Degree in Management (MBA)

1981- 1985 Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering

EXPERIENCE:

3/2016 – present ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED Plymouth, MI

Supervisor, Commercial Vehicle Product Planning and Vehicle Engineering. Responsible for product planning and engineering for 5 medium duty commercial truck models. A member of the leadership team bringing the Isuzu FTR to market, Isuzu’s first vehicle 100% designed in the United States.

1989-2015 GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Warren, MI

Broad base of assignments and experience in automotive product planning and engineeering over a period of 26 years at GM. 25 of the 26 years were in new vehicle design, engineering, and planning, 1 year was in manufacturing.

AREAS OF EXPERIENCE:

2008-2015 Vehicle Performance Engineering Manager, managed 12 teams on each assigned vehicle program, one team for each of the 12 templated areas of vehicle functional performance. Responsible for all areas of vehicle functional performance including vehicle dynamics, noise & vibration, fuel economy, acceleration and driveability, safety, thermal, electrical, controls, quality/reliability/durability, serviceability, mass, etc.

2001-2008 Advanced Vehicle Planning Manager, extensive experience in early stage new vehicle planning and definition. Work included establishing the overall vehicle configuration and program content, bill of material definition, using market research to set technical performance requirements, competitive positioning and brand equity positioning, coordination with corporate portfolio planning.

Release engineering, mainly in chassis and power train areas.

Fuel economy estimation, planning and engineering.

Aerodynamic development.

Part to part interface requirements specifications for quality improvement.

Six Sigma strategy implementation. Certified Six Sigma - Black Belt.

Electric Vehicle Design (7 years) experience (the Chevy Volt and multiple Volt derivative models).

Engine Lineup Analysis for optimal product positioning. Did three studies, years apart, on three different programs that all resulted in making late changes to the engine lineups for a new model/program.

Powertrain Portfolio Planning Set requirements for new and existing powertrain families driven by the needs of GM’s global vehicle portfolio plan.

New Sports Car Planning, including 4 new generational models of the Camaro (two went into production, two were cancelled), the C7 Corvette, the Solstice, Cadillac XLR, Cadillac ELR V Sport.

Vehicle Technical Specification Development and database management on new programs.

Engineering Criteria Development for vehicle packaging and resolution of issues between the styling studio and vehicle engineering.

Market Research and Brand Positioning, competitive benchmarking.

CHRONOLOGICAL WORK HISTORY: FUNCTION:

1989-92 Camaro/Firebird IV Engineering

1992-93 Camaro/Firebird IV Assembly Plant Manufacturing

1993-96 Cutlass/Regal/Century Engineering

1996-97 Gen V Camaro (Cancelled) Engineering

1997-99 Pontiac Aztec Member of Vehicle Line Executive Team & Engineering Team

1998-2001 Not program specific Development of new market research tools

2001-2002 Gen V Camaro (Cancelled) Planning/Engineering

2002-2002 H4 Hummer (Cancelled) Planning/Engineering

2002-2004 H2T Hummer Crew Cab (Cancelled) Planning/Engineering

2004-2005 Solstice Targa Planning

2005-2006 Gen V Camaro Planning

2006-2008 Chevy Cruze Planning/Engineering

2008-2008 C7 Corvette (Cancelled) Engineering

2008-2011 Chevy Volt Engineering

2011-2014 C7 Corvette Engineering

2011-2015 Gen 2 Chevy Volt Engineering

2015-2015 Future Vehicle Engineering

2015-2015 Future Vehicle Engineering

1985-87 TRW, DEFENSE SYSTEMS GROUP - Redondo Beach, CA

Mechanical Engineer on MX missile basing systems. Evaluated overall system configurations and alternative candidate designs. Specialized in stress analysis, failure modes, shock isolation, and nonlinear dynamic simulations.

1983-84 Summers MARTIN MARIETTA AEROSPACE

Manufacturing Engineer. Worked in the NASA assembly plant used to manufacture the space shuttle's large external fuel tank.

Personal: New widower, wife passed away Oct of 2015 after two year struggle with lung cancer. Elected to take early retirement program from GM July 2015, to care for wife prior to her passing, then joined long time GM product development partner Isuzu. Lifelong Sports Car Enthusiast and Owner like to Downhill Ski and Golf.

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