Design Engineer Project

Master of Business Administration / Mechanical Engineering professional with a diverse background and breadth of experience.

Project Management Design Engineering P&L Product Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GENERAL ELECTRIC, Erie, PA 2011 - Present

Technical Project Manager, Digital Enterprise Team, Locomotive (2016 – Present)

Coordinate with the functional line organization and the digital organization to drive inputs and requirements into the new Digital Enterprise PLM structure being developed to meet various customer requirements throughout the product lifecycle. Responsible for developing processes, training, and integration into the functional areas.

Coordinated and planned the training for the Engine group (256 people) across three continents (North America, India, Australia) with various levels of training for different job positions. Achieved 93% of personnel trained before Go-Live.

Developed the template engineering BOM (bill of material) that feeds into the manufacturing BOM and service BOM that serves as the baseline for all future BOMs in the new PLM system.

GENERAL ELECTRIC, Erie, PA

Team Leader, Cab Structures and Packaging, Locomotive (2011 – 2016)

Led design engineers by taking inputs from Product Managers and transferring those into design requirements. Managed and ran design reviews for the Cabs team and planned work for the engineers to meet project requirements and deadlines.

96% on time design release status with designs ranging from minor changes to an entirely new locomotive concept

Balanced customer, design, and manufacturing requirements to optimize project and running costs vs. timelines and customer requirements

Led multiple design teams in Erie, Moscow, Bangalore, and Brazil which fed multiple manufacturing locations - Erie, Texas, Kazakhstan, and Brazil

VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA, Greensboro, NC 1998 – 2011

Product Manager, Commercial Aftermarket, Heavy Duty Trucks (2008 – 2011)

Responsible for P&L for the Volvo aftermarket proprietary products for VTNA; Commercial Aftermarket interface with purchasing, procurement, spare parts engineering, information services, pricing and project management for new product development and existing product alterations.

Increased sales 14% and profit 19% over previous year on $110M in sales and $45M in profit

Created external process for Volvo aftermarket groomed cab product offering

Achieved greater aftermarket representation and input into designs and future products through Vehicle Module Teams and Maintenance Decision Body; acted as voice of the aftermarket customer

Led cross functional team to pursue design patent infringements resulting in 17 cease and desist letters and 3 lawsuits

Led teams to develop products for private label branding

VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA, Greensboro, NC

Project Design Engineer, Heavy Duty Trucks (1998 – 2008)

Responsible for seats, belts, steering wheels, air bags, steering shafts, and pedal plates, as well as Feature Responsibility for Interior Noise and Upper Steering in North America for Volvo and Mack products. Experience in the following areas: BiW, hood, bumpers, grilles, bezels, splash shields, cabinets, and metal supports.

Led suppliers, designers, testing, and other engineers in Interior Noise project balancing performance and cost/weight trade-offs

Supplier Involvement with Product Development (SIPD) Leader for new Adjustable Shifter

Special projects: Interfaced with manufacturing and purchasing to resolve open Cab issues during and after initial new product launch

Leader for the new seat project: Coordinating with Engineering, Marketing, Purchasing, Testing at TNO and Sweden, and Supplier on safety requirements, product quality, features, testing, and cost

Promoted from Product Engineer to Product Design Engineer and then to Project Design Engineer

CHACE PRECISION METALS, Reidsville, NC 1996 – 1998

Manufacturing Engineer

Responsible for process, product, quality, and equipment improvements for thermostatic and clad materials from incoming materials, to bonding and sintering, to rolling, slitting, cleaning, and stamping.

Implemented solutions for wavy clad strip that ceased the need to rework half of the coils processed without capital investment – Entirely personnel/teamwork driven

Developed new strip process to reduce edge to center variation from 0.0045” to 0.0031”

Improved Yields - Modine Cold Bond: from 88.2% to 93.1%; Modine Strip: from 88.6% to 92.9%; Cold Bond Thermostatic: from 93.0% to 96.3%

SCM METAL PRODUCTS, Johnstown, PA 1993 – 1996

Supervisor

Responsible for the Alloy Department Finishing Area, including supervising a total of 12 union employees and three off-shift foremen; including providing order dates to marketing, scheduling production, interacting with the sales department, production reports, and quality issues as they arose.

Passed initial ISO audit the first time and all successive follow up audits with no major or minor non-compliances

On-time order completion rate of 97.5% while operating production 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration, 2001

Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, 1991

Penn State University, University Park, PA

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