Engineer MBA

Daryl Hickman

**** ***** ***** #* *********: 810-***-****

Marysville, MI 48040 Cell: 313-***-****

********@*****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/darylhickman/

Profile:

Over 22 years’ experience between 4 companies General Motors, Ford, Ti automotive and JJBlack & Associates. I have developed expertise in Quality, Electrical, manufacturing engineering in addition to Information technology. All the while advancing my education level to achieve a MBA.

Quality Engineer:

• validate Functionality of Onstar vehicle communication platform (VCP) module covering multi global releases, cellular speeds & protocols

• Ensure VCP Module functionality meets expected quality standards, writing procedures and using define test equipment

• Using quality process to isolate defeats and process errors, report to corresponding business unit for resolution

• Manage APQ role of vehicle component platform from start to finish

• Work with GM legal to develop non-disclosure agreements for utility companies for 2 year Department of Energy / smart grid project

• Track & report individual vehicle data and Report findings to GM Design Engineering for future development

• Develop FMEA, DFMEA, Process maps, Life cycle cost analysis, Material flow chart and other document needed for Launch process. Maintain document control for plant reviews and audits.

Electrical Engineer:

• Validate OnStar modules Vehicle task management for new software/hardware releases, cellular technologies and securities features.

• Identify and document defects in areas of read/write to vehicle bus, Bluetooth, 4G LTE connectivity, audio and speech recognition, radio & instrument display, navigation system and Onstar test & production environments.

• Using OnStar environment and 1500+ Vehicle bus(Chevy Volt) to data collection for government, universities and 30+ utility company.

• Develop mobile robotic trouble shooting station for servo motor, controllers, starters and control panel

Mechanical / Industrial Engineer:

• Manufacturing Engineering projects involved ownership from concept through completion having budgets range $1,000 – $2.7 million

• Managed construction of a $2.7 million office complex to centralize production, maintenance and quality supervision personnel.

• Work with sub-contractor, vendor & suppliers building rapport to complete project on time and budget.

• Streamline client operations and improve overall business functions by defining standards and processes.

• R&M projects complexity range from simple spare parts list to complete launch requirements - spare parts list, maintenance schedules, Recommended PM Task, Reliability study, Life Cycle Cost analysis, operator & maintenance manuals.

• Utilize Six Sigma and Train the Trainer concepts to implement the Ford Production System (FPS) processes for Team Based Assembly & machining operations.

Information technology

• Set-up and maintain data base to Perform data collection for department of energy

• Created an Attendance scheduling Database which Reduced UAW grievances by 75%. Later integrated into Ford time keeping system

• Developed a productivity & issue-tracking database for transmission assembly line aiding to the average 8% Increased Productivity year over year for 5 years.

• Designed & developed tool-tracking database to increase (Transmission) Jobs per Hour (JPH) from 45 to 65. Provided reports for tooling change-over schedule and part ordering. Using MS Access, VB and Pos-Mon

Tools, Applications and Methodologies:

Quality Electrical Information technology Industrial / Manufacturing

APQP Experience navigation system OnStar Call Center simulator Bill of Material

ISO9000 Standards Onstar test environments MS Word, MS Excel Reliability projects

Organizational Development Read/write to vehicle bus MS Power point Process Definition/Analysis

Best Practice Implementation radio & instrument display MS Access Waste Reduction

Training Manuals Rohde & Schwarz equipment MS Projects CNC machine

Process Mapping & procedures Agilent test equipment PDF Writer Lean methodologies

Six Sigma Methodologies Bluetooth & GPS Cognos – Report net process mapping

SPC network Visual Basic Maintenance planning

8D packet & serial data Minitab Material flow methods

FMEA Vehicle Data Upload CAN Kaisen / Kanban

DFMEA SMS SQL/PL Developer Platform Launch documentation

Maintenance manuals POS-MON Analysis TOAD Project Management

Issue Resolution Allen Bradley latter logic MAXIO 6.2 Continuous Improvement

Policy Definition audio and speech recognition MS Visio Life cycle cost analysis

Non-disclosure agreement UMTS, CDMA, GSM & LTE Mars Production volume

Quality improvements Cellular 2G, 3G, 4G speeds LG Auto test tool Manufacturing Constraint Analysis

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

General Motors Company /Onstar (8+ years Contract)

Modis Inc. 248-***-**** OnStar System Test Engineer 6/2012 - Present (2+ years)

OnStar Lead Data Collection Engineer 7/2010-7/2012 (2 years)

Aerotek 248-***-**** Quality Engineer 6/2006 to 12/2008 (2+ years)

Kelly Technical Services 800-***-**** Manufacturing Engineer 3/1999 to 4/2000 (1 years)

JJBlack & Associates Inc. (4+ years direct hire)

JJBlack & Associates Inc. 586-***-**** Engineer Consultant 10/2005 – 3/2010 (4+ years)

Ford Motor Company (5+ years Contract)

Contract Professionals Inc. 800-***-**** Operations Analyst 6/2000 to 10/2005 (5+ years)

TI Automotive (5+ years Direct Hire)

TI Automotive 810-***-**** APQP Manager / Manufacturing Engineer 6/1993 to 2/1999 (5+ years)

United States Army (4+ years Enlisted E-5)

Armor crewmen 19K Honorable discharge 4/1989 to 6/1993 (4+ years)

EDUCATION:

Master of Business Administration (MBA) Baker College Graduate Studies - Flint, Michigan 2011 GPA 3.6/4.0

Bachelor, Business Leadership Baker College - Port Huron, 1998 GPA 3.2/4.0

Associate, Electrical Engineering National Institute of Technology - East Detroit, Michigan 1988 GPA 3.2/4.0

TRAINING / CERTIFICATIONS

Leadership Development Program - US Army

Machine Trades Certificate (2yr) - Sanilac Career Center

Certificate of completion Ford Corporate Accountability and record-Keeping Practices

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