Engineering and Product Manager for NPD

Objective

A position as Mechanical Engineer, Engineering Manager or Product Manager, who also acts as a liaison among marketing, R&D, and manufacturing, for a global company by tri-lingual language skills and knowledge in developing new technology and new products.

Comprehensive R&D experiences including new technology development based on managing various projects and organizations.

Skilled in a virtual prototyping development, quality controls, quantitative verifications, technology databases, and technology collaboration.

Knowledge of an interdisciplinary academic background: mechanical engineering, metallurgical engineering, and business administration.

Education

Illinois Institute of Technology, Stuart School of Business, Chicago, IL

MBA, July 2008

Yonsei University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Seoul, Korea

Ph.D., February 2002

Thesis: “Design, Dynamic Analysis and Control of Milliactuator Embedded Suspension for Dual-Stage Actuator System in HDD”

Studied on the all-expense-paid scholarship of HYOSUNG Co., Korea

Yonsei University, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Seoul, Korea

M.S., August 1991

Thesis: “Effects of Addition of Alloying Element and Heat Treating Condition on Damping Capacity of Fe-17%Mn Alloy”

Studied on the all-expense-paid scholarship of HYOSUNG Co., Korea.

Yonsei University, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Seoul, Korea

B.S., February 1989

Experience

SUZOHAPP Inc., Mount Prospect, IL 2017-2019

Senior H/W Engineer, R&D Department

Provided core technologies for Cash Recycling Machine, especially for belt-belt transport with tensioner design, tension-slack concept, speed difference, etc.

Technical lead for developing high speed cash deposit machine.

Managed knowledge transfer from purchased technology.

Investigated new technology to implement new concept with searching for outsourcing solution.

Supported technical issues from Teller Cash Recycler with Hitachi as a supplier.

SRJ Inc., Schaumburg, IL, 2017-2017

Engineering and Operations Manager

Developed and managed operation of rubber tracks, ground engaging tools and agricultural machine parts

Diebold, Inc., North Canton, OH, 2012-2016

Senior Engineer, Cash/Check Platform Solutions

Developed new 3 OEM devices as Cash Recycling machine used in ATMs per Japanese companies.

Created systematic performance analysis approach and arranged new firmware per 3rd party supplier and S/W per R&D in China to resolve analyzed issues, resulting in 4 times better performance for 4 years.

Resolved newly requested specifications and quality issues from customers with 3rd party supplier, Service, Supply Chain, Manufacturing and Product Management.

Prepared for monthly and quarterly performance reports for top managements.

Investigated and clarified existing unsolved algorithm concept bringing about H/W problems for over one decade and suggested new algorithm.

Investigated and analyzed over 500 academic papers and patents, and established new R&D direction and plan per Virtual Product Development, Measurement and instrument, Research Network, and Design Library.

Implemented Data Analytics projects with Splunk to understand real time data of machines status and Microsoft Azure for Predictive Maintenance.

Participated in patent litigation to defend by finding related patents and papers and attending a deposition, resulting in making claims of four patents infringement invalid for Cash Recycling machines.

Dooco Electronics USA, INC., Buffalo Grove, IL., 2008-2011

Senior Strategic Product Manager, Strategy Management and Business Development Department

Managed and monitored product development/production schedule including R&D and manufacturing for Motorola, OMRON, Apple.

Audited the performance of two factories making cell phone components and branch offices located in China and Korea.

Created marketing strategy and technology road map for cell phone components such as vibration motors.

Resolved supplier owned long term inventory problem, the liability problem from the End of Life of Motorola.

Researched the technology trend of Light Guide Film in cell phone industry, determined to give up EL technology and purchased customized machines for new method to make light guides for SonyEricson and Motorola.

Investigated dome array application for potential sales except cell phone industry, found out the switch market for IT industry and created a new business with Apple.

Investigated new business on the existing business channel, found out the possibility of die-casting part with an oversea company, and participated in three models of Motorola.

Arranged and participated in roadshow to introduce die-casting parts for IT and lighting industries.

Nautilus HYOSUNG, INC., Seoul, Korea, 1991-2006

Sr. Manager & Principal Engineer, Research and Development Department, 2002-2006

Managed 3 teams of R&D responsible for developing banking automation products such as Cash Dispenser and Check Deposit Modules and Cash Recycling Modules:

- Embedded S/W Development Team

- Mechatronics Development Team

- Fundamental Technology Research Team

Created new R&D branches for the banking automation system

- Bill recognition for the US dollar, Korean won, Japanese yen

- Pattern recognition of printed characters and 2 dimensional barcode for bill payment

- Virtual prototyping development by Computer Aided Engineering:

Pro/Engineer Mechanica for dynamic simulation, RecurDyn for multibody dynamic simulation,

LS-Dyna for explicit FEA, and Marc for implicit FEA with Pro/Engineer CAD system

Constructed performance verification systems by quantitative data acquisition with $1 million budget

- Vibration, dynamic, static data analysis environments

Designed R&D technology databases and training courses for new technologies

- Mechantronics, recognition, and computer simulation parts

Developed cooperation systems with universities and external laboratories, and received technology transfer

Introduced quality control systems such as Taguchi method, 6sigma approach and Design of Experiment

Awarded the silver prize in the 2005 Korea Best Practice Contest, Korea Management Association

“Quality Improvement of Media Separation Mechanism”

Participated in the project of $9 million budget, “Bill Recycle Machine Development”, supported by Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy Republic of Korea

Examined the project of $10 million budget, “Nano Manufacturing System”, supported by Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy Republic of Korea

Participated in international conferences and seminars and presented papers:

- 1999, 2002-2005, Information Storage and Processing Systems Conference, Santa Clara Univ.

- 2002-2005, Web Handling Seminar and International Conference, Oklahoma Univ.

- 2003-2005, Flexible Media Handling Research Committee in Japan

Senior Engineer, Research and Development Department, 1991-2001

Dispatched to Yonsei Univ. from HYOSUNG Co. for obtaining a doctor’s degree

Designed and developed the first domestic Passbook Printer in Korea

Awarded "Special Prize for R&D (1993)”

Dispatched to Hitachi Ltd., Japan for the cooperative development of Cash Deposit Machine

Developed various machines for the banking automation system such as Magnetic Card Reader and Cash Dispenser

Affiliated Societies

Korea Institute of Industrial Technology Evaluation & Planning

The Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers

The Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering

The Korean Institute of Metals and Materials

The Japan Society for Precision Engineering

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Languages

Fluent in Japanese and Korean

Patents

“Measuring Device of the Frictional Coefficient and Carrying Distance between Roller and Material”, Korean Patent Application No. 10-200*-*******

“Device for Measuring Friction Force”, Korean Patent Application No. 10-200*-*******

“Performance Testing Device of Apparatus for Separating Paper Money”, Korean Patent Application No. 10-200*-*******

“Performance Testing Device of Apparatus for Separating Paper Money”, Korean Patent Application No. 20-200*-*******

“Auto Teller Machine Using a Robot”, Korean Patent Application No. 10-200*-*******

“Device for Measuring Friction Force”, Korean Patent Application No. 20-200*-*******

“Media Separation Apparatus of Automated Machine”, Korean Patent Application No. 10-200*-*******

“Bill Separating Structure Having a Preliminary Pad for Bill Separating”, Korean Patent Application No. 20-200*-*******

“Apparatus for Detecting Two Papers Using Ultrasonic Sensor”, Korean Patent Application No. 20-200*-*******

“Apparatus and Method for Detecting Two Papers Using Ultrasonic Sensor”, Korean Patent Application No. 10-200*-*******

“System and Method for Guiding Blind Person Using Mobile Device ”, Korean Patent Application No. 10-200*-******

“Bank Note Classification Using Wavelet Transform”, Korean Patent Application No. 10-200*-*****

“Method for Sound Recognition Using Mobile Device and Mobile Device for a Hearing-Impaired Person of Enabling the Method”, Korean Patent Application No. 10-200*-*******

“Cassette Device of Check Receiving Machine”, Korean Patent Application No. 10-200*-*******

“Tester for Characteristic of Collision”, Korean Patent Application No. 10-200*-*******

“Apparatus and Method for Proving the Position of Obstacle with Blind Person”, Korean Patent Application No. 10-200*-*******

“Automated Teller Machine Having a Cassette Apparatus”, US Patent Application No. 11/475133

Publications

“Effects of Alloying Elements and Heat Treatment Condition on Damping Capacity of Fe-17% Mn”, Spring Annual Conference of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1991

"Tracking Control of HDD Dual Stage Actuator with Shear Mode PZT Micro-actuator", Spring Annual Conference of The Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering, 2000

“Design and Dynamic Analysis of Suspension for Dual Actuator Type HDD”, Proceeding of the 11th American Society of Mechanical Engineerings Annual Symposium on Information Storage and Processing Systems, 2000

“New Milliactuator Embedded Suspension”, Fall Annual Conference of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2001

“Controller Design of Piezoelectric Milliactuator for Dual Stage System”, Fall Annual Conference of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering, 2001

“Design and Dynamic Analysis of Suspension for Dual Actuator Type HDD”, Journal of Information Storage and Processing Systems, Volume 3, 2001

“Design, Dynamic and Analysis and Control of Milliactuator Embedded Suspension for Dual-stage Actuator System in Hard Disk Drives”, Asia-Pacific Magnetic Recording Conference, 2002

“FE Analysis of Belt-Roller System Using Marc”, MSC Virtual Product Development Conference, 2004

“Design and Development of Milliactuator Embedded Suspension for Dual Stage System in Hard Disk Drives, Asia-Pacific Magnetic Recording Conference, 2004

“Behavior of Belt Running over the Rollers”, Spring Annual Conference of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering, 2004

“The Finite Element Analysis of the Flexible Media Separation Mechanism”, MSC Virtual Product Development Conference, 2005

“The Finite Element Analysis and Experiment of the Flexible Media Separation Mechanism”, Spring Annual Conference of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering, 2005

“Analysis of Double Feeding on the Note Separation Mechanism”, American Society of Mechanical Engineers ISPS Conference, 2005

“Dynamic Analysis of ATM Gate Module”, Spring Annual Conference of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering, 2005

“Dynamic Analysis of Check Auto-Alignment System Using Taguchi’s Method”, American Society of Mechanical Engineers/Japanese Society of Mechanical Engineers Joint Conference on Micromechatornics, 2006

“Optimal Design of Check Auto-Alignment Mechanism with Oval-Shaped Roller”, 9th Western

Pacific Acoustics Conference, 2006

“Feature Extraction for Bank Note Classification Using Wavelet Transform”, Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, 2006

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