Engineer Human Resources, Product/Process Engineer & Supervisor

**** ******** ****, ********* ***** MI, *****

Phone: 248-***-**** E-mail: ***.**.***@*****.***

THOMAS DZIEGIELEWSKI

Leader, Problem Solver, Innovator,

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Hewlett-Packard, Pontiac MI.

. Contractor in the facilities support group.

April 2015 to May 2015

Organized event arrangement, printer support and maintenance,

internal document distribution and loading dock schedules.

Magna Corp. Farmington, MI

December 2014, 8th through

19th .

. Validation Engineer (short term contract). Organized validation of

test units between the assembly plant and test facility. My function

was organizing and tracking seats to test facilities.

Webasto Corp. Rochester Hills, MI March 2013

to October 2013

Senior Engineer

. Responsible for the roller shade tension system for the Lincoln

and Cadillac product lines. Duties included review and

completion of testing programs and expediting the change

process. Other duties included Design of Experiment consultation

and configuration. Other responsibilities included organizing

samples for fabric selection.

American Specialty Cars, Warren, MI

January 2012 to March 2013

Testing & Development Engineer

. Performed validation the tests and development of two truck bed

Tonneaus for the Dodge Ram as OEM equipment. Participated in a

power sunroof program as test plan statistician. Benchmarked a

Toyota Tonneau program. Supervised a crew of six people

operating in two facilities to execute various tests. Additional

benchmarking performed on after-market Tonneaus.

Chrysler LLC, Auburn Hills, MI July 1988

to November 2008 Supervisor, (also Engineer & Senior Engineer)

. As a Supervisor, received the Vice-President's Engineering Award

for curing an impact compliance problem with NHTSA on the

Chrysler Minivan. In three weeks my team turned failure to

comply into being 20% better than the MVSS federal impact

standard.

. Achieved a 20% reduction in Dodge truck seat warranty in each of

two consecutive years. This was done by accelerating delivery

of warranty information to the supplier; a reduction of two

months time. Also achieved reductions of 15% in complexity and

65% in warranty for a savings of over $1,000,000 on Jeep Compass

and Patriot seats.

. As a Supervisor, achieved a 0.8 P/100 improvement on one

question alone for customer satisfaction on truck seat finish

issues for the Dodge Ram. Achieved a 0.5 P/100 improvement on

one question for customer satisfaction for the

Compass/Patriot/Caliber line for seat belt comfort.

. Directed suppliers of seats for Chrysler for seven years for the

Jeep Patriot and Compass, Dodge Ram and Jeep Wrangler. I was

responsible for releases, changes, 20 years of warranty

reduction and interfacing with assembly plants and the

suppliers; Lear and Johnson Controls.

Prepared, launched and sustained Steering Column and Seat programs

using PPAP, DFMEA,

PFMEA, DFMA, FEA, IQS/Warranty, GD&T, DOE, DFSS and DVP&R.

. Designed, prototyped and introduced the use of magnesium and

aluminum extrusions as steering column structures. These were

developed for an aluminum car program and implemented on the

production Jeep Wrangler.

. Launched the castings, stampings and mechanisms in the original

Chrysler airbag steering columns. As a Supervisor, developed a

production tilt column for the winning Vipers of the Rolex24

endurance race at Daytona.

Allied/Signal Corp. Autolite Div. Fostoria, OH

June 1979 to July 1988

Product Engineer, Process Engineer and Plant Engineer

. Implemented the first Statistically Controlled Process in the

plant; including automation. Increased the process "FTC" from

80% to 98% resulting in a $600,000/year savings of Platinum.

Performed customer liaison functions between the Autolite and

Chrysler for three years.

. Reduced labor content in oxygen sensor processes: 60% in inner

electrode application, 93% in the

acid rinse station, 60% in the anti-seize application operation,

40% in the washer

attachment process, 25% in the vent clip attachment process.

Extended fixture life by 40%

for the electric current treatment operation

. Supervised UAW Millwrights, Machine Repairmen, Electricians and

Tool & Die Makers on all

shifts for a 24/7 operation.

Tornado Alley Games Corp., Rochester Hills, MI

December 2008 to Date

Owner

. Earned three "Silver" awards for The Surface Battle Group v3.0

product; a modern naval combat game.

PATENTS & PUBLICATIONS:

. Awarded eleven patents for steering column design while at

Chrysler. All within the Steering Column

Group dealing with vehicle impact or redesigns for cost

reduction.

. As a Supervisor, wrote "ANOVA Calculator" Design of Experiments

software in an Excel format for Chrysler; copyrighted.

. Published four table top games available commercially; "Surface

Battle Group v3.0",

"Dirt Track Saturday Night", "Speedway Racing" and "Moments of

Sheer Terror".

AWARDS RECEIVED:

. Received the Vice-President's Award for the Minivan. In three

weeks we turned failure to comply into being 20% better than the

federal standard.

EDUCATION:

[Undergraduate]

The University of Toledo

B.S. Mechanical Engineering 1979

. Pi Tau Sigma Mechanical Engineering Honorary Fraternity

. Some Post Graduate studies in Finite Element Analysis

(Thomas Dziegielewski, 05/10/2015)

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