Engineer Project Manager

Daniel M. Winterhalter

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EXPERIENCE

MICROMOTION, INC. 7/2011-4/2015

Project Manager for multiple international product transfers; responsible for

engineering documentation, process validation, production pilot, and lead

presenter for stage gate/milestone process

Lead process improvement team for engineering change systems with focus on

change accuracy, prioritization and communication to all world areas

Created and lead process improvement team revising data management and

validation for the customer-facing sizing and specification systems

HunterDouglas (Contract w/ Aorist Technical Staffing) 3/2011-7/2011

Designed labor-saving assembly fixture to reduce breakage in manufacturing

and assembly process

Created new components that commonized parts and assembly process across

several product lines

Kim Lighting, Inc. 9/2008-6/2010

Integrated three different wireless control systems into the complete Kim

line of lighting products

Developed seven LED retrofit solutions for in-ground, pole-top, and area

lighting fixtures

Authored the business case for solar power technology that drew attention up

to the president of Kim's parent company

Perceptron, Inc. - Consumer Products Group 3/2007-9/2008

First author of design patent on a consumer digital borescope which generated

$25 million in first quarter sales

Lead Engineer of four multidisciplinary product teams that developed two

products (including best-selling borescope) and two accessories for

international power tool market

Responsible for the design, prototyping, testing, and optimizing of

components including molded plastic, rubber, machined metal, and formed metal

parts

Facilitated production in China via evaluation of new suppliers and monthly

travel to conduct product design reviews, production tooling releases, first

article inspections, product test reviews, and new product launches etc

DaimlerChrysler North America (Contract w/ TAC Automotive) 3/2005-2/2007

Product Release Engineer responsible for designing, packaging, sourcing,

testing, and verifying of ~65 sheet metal components; optimizing piece cost,

weight, tooling cost, and performance of those components

Responsible for tracking timing, sourcing, shipping, cost, weight, and

investment records for the BIW Underbody group (6 engineers, ~350 parts)

throughout seven different Bill of Materials, Financial Tracking, and

Inventory Control databases

PAC EDGE North America 7/2004-2/2005

Design Engineer responsible for creating, translating, and editing CAD

drawings to client specifications

United States Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division

5/2003-8/2003

Summer Internship- designed, implemented, and calibrated a robust robotic

obstacle detection and mapping system

Held an interim SECRET level security clearance

Education

BSE in Mechanical Engineering

University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI December 2003

Senior Design Project: BUGS Robot Mobility System Redesign: Team Leader,

sponsor liaison, author of project proposals. Redesigned mobility systems

of the Basic Unexploded Ordnance Gathering System (BUGS) robot enabling it to

traverse variable terrain while maintaining complete mission functionality.

Constructed a functional prototype

Student Project Team: University of Michigan Mars Rover Project Team:

Operations Team Leader 2002-2003, Construction Team Leader 2002-2003, Member

of the Command Team collaborated to solve project logistics problems,

evaluated progress towards project goals, and effectively combined project

sub-team efforts and results

Passed Michigan Professional Engineer Fundamentals of Engineering (EIT) Exam

Professional Engineering State of Michigan April 2004

Skills

Computer Aided Engineering: SolidWorks, CosmosWorks, SolidEdge, Unigraphics,

CATIA, Adams, AutoCAD

Other Computer skills: MS Office Suite, Matlab, C++, Visual Basic

Safety & operation trained on all common and many CnC machine shop tools

Activities

Mentored FIRST Tech Challenge team #25 (2010) - team won the highest award at

the 2010 FIRST World Championships

Mentored Ann Arbor Huron High School's FIRST Robotics team #830 (2006-2007)

University of Michigan Marching Band (1999-2003), Verdugo Swing Society

(2008-2010)

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