PAUL R. POLLOCK

**** *** **** *** ~ Fort Wayne, IN 46835 ~ (260) 444 – 2749

acd4mn@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Engineering professional known for: high integrity, leadership, management, motivation, training and

developing successful teams. Creative leader who works well in advanced programs developing relationships

between corporations, universities and national labs by researching projects that move businesses ahead of their

competition. Excellent interpersonal communication, and problem solving skills with idea and solution

generation. Capable of difficult problem solutions involving multi-disciplinary information needed for a cost

effective conclusion. Creativity + Credibility = Advantage in any Market.

Twenty five plus years working in the commercial vehicle market with Navistar, PACCAR, Freightliner and

Volvo designing rear driving axles, front steering axles, front and rear suspensions, air brakes, chassis, cab,

creating a virtual development process ( ADAMS modeling, finite element analysis, solid modeling, CFD ),

vehicle dynamics, structural dynamics, lab. testing, vehicle testing and data collection. Worked in front of the

production release process with advanced engineering projects and then in the release process to the start of

production. Created department and project budgets with timing, manpower requirements, equipment, materials

and facilities requirements.

Heavy experience in steel and aluminum fabrication and machining using: certified welder ( mig, tig, arc, gas in

all positions ), cutting ( gas, plasma, laser ), metal fabrication ( shears, rolls, brake press, forming, iron worker,

punch press, stamping ), assembly, castings, forgings, metallurgy, machining ( lathes, mills, drilling ).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Engineering

• Organized and hired a team of highly motivated professionals creating cutting edge products and solving

difficult problems using state of the art technology.

• Developed new products worth over $85M in annual sales.

• Ability to support current products worth $1.2B in annual sales with customer and supplier relations,

cost avoidance, cost reductions, manufacturing, warranty, sales and marketing in a global vehicle

market.

• Awarded 11 patents.

Accomplishments

• Created and developed front and rear suspensions, front steer axles, ABS and air foundation brake

products.

• Initiated a virtual development process to understand product performance, life and cost before investing

the first penny on parts.

• Developed vehicle dynamics technology with vehicle testing, data recording, benchmarking and

working with outside companies.

Leadership and Management

• Created a new vehicle research center at a local university for improving local industry and greater

involvement of students and faculty in local business.

• Made presentations to large and small groups within the corporation, local community and at

conferences for product sales, buy-in and raising money.

• Created departmental budgets with personnel wages, fringes, travel, office expenses, software and

prototype materials.

• Created new business startup, negotiated with a large Fortune 500 company for a technology license

and successfully found startup venture capital.

• Created a Heavy Vehicle Duty Cycle and data acquisition project with the Oakridge National labs and

Michelin Tire.

• Created $1M project with TARDEC for proving ground data collection, full flexible multi-body vehicle

model creation, confirmation with track data and then life prediction between the track and road data.

• Able to build the right Team for what is needed while creating a positive atmosphere that everyone

wants to come to work every day to move the business forward.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Navistar Truck and Engine Corp, Lisle, IL 2011 - 2012

Engineering Manager/ Vehicle Engineering Manager/Advanced Vehicle Technology

Koru Design Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI / Ft. Wayne, IN 2008 - 2013

President / Founder

National Transportation Research Center, Knoxville, TN 2008

Vice President Business Development

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 2006 – 2008

Executive Director, Center for Advanced Vehicle Design and Simulation

Dana Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI / Ft. Wayne, IN

Reliability Engineer 2005 – 2006

Chief Engineer Advanced Products 1999 – 2005

Chief Engineer of Brakes and Advanced Products 1997 – 1999

Chief Engineer of ABS 1994 – 1997

Before 1997 :

Chief Engineer Brakes, Chief Engineer ABS, Sr. Product Engineer, Product Engineer, Designer, certified

welder, fitter, commercial vehicle mechanic, automotive mechanic, metal fabrication, metal machining,

American Hoist and Derrick designing and building 500 ton mobile cranes and 50 ton back hoes, Fabweld

making large tanks, long walkways and a railroad car revolver

EDUCATION / TRAINING

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering Technology, Purdue University, Fort Wayne, IN

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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Innovative and Creative Thinking Chassis & Suspension Component Design for

• Passenger Cars & Light Trucks

Heavy Duty Brake School

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• APQP Training

Fatigue of Weldments

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• Interviewing the Job Applicant Legally

Diversity Training

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Product Cost Analysis Elements of Marketing

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Developing Personal Strengths Philosophy & Techniques of Statistical Process

• Control

FMEA ( Process & Design )

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• Introduction to Value Analysis

Design of Experiments part I

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• Concurrent Engineering Practices Applied to the

Applied Design of Experiments

Design of Chassis Systems

• Quality Function Deployment

• Mechanics of Heavy Duty Trucks and

• Ductile Iron Technology

Combinations

• Basics of Metallurgy

• Fundamentals of Supervision

TOOLS

Microsoft Office, solid modeling (Solid Works), FEA, multi-body modeling, GD&T

AFFILIATIONS

• Member, Society of Automotive Engineers

• Advisory Board Member of the Western Michigan University Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautical

Engineering Department 2005 - 2008

RECOGNITION

• Leadership in Digital Product Simulation & PLM by Daratech

• Keynote Speaker at the International Conference on Agile Manufacturing

PATENTS:

Eleven patents supporting vehicle suspensions, steer axles, drive axles and brakes, solving product deficiencies

and field problems.

4,798,394 King Pin Assembly for a Vehicle Steering Axle

5,269,546 Self Steering Assembly

5,429,423 Fabricated Front Axle I Beam

5,785,332 Motor Vehicle Steering Knuckle Assembly

5,992,943 Wheel End Assembly

6,105,422 Brake Tester and Method of Using Same

6,419,250 One Piece Forged Steering Knuckle

6,398,262 Modular Sub frame Assembly for a Motor Vehicle

6,336,533 Noise Dampening Brake Shoe

6,997,468 Control Rod Suspension

7,004,277 Power Blocks

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