Sr. TECHNICAL FELLOW / Vehicle Dynamics

KASTRIOT SHASKA, PhD, PE

***** ********** ***** ~ Northville, Michigan 48168

Mobile – 248-***-**** *******@*****.***

Sr. ENGINEERING MANAGER / Sr. TECHNICAL FELLOW

Global Product Development ~ Lean R&D ~ Structural Dynamics Application

Seasoned and analytical Senior Engineering Manager and Senior Technical Fellow with a successful 20+ year track record including 15 years in research and product development with an international focus. Strong leadership skills with a history of building teams of highly qualified technical staff on a distributed basis, demonstrated ability to re-set the ethos and culture for the development area, and to present the team’s capabilities to outside organizations and customers. Broad general knowledge of the engineering skills gained in larger enterprise automotive environments enhanced by in-depth knowledge of complex application solutions, issues, and ongoing awareness of R&D practices / technology advances. Extensive use of system development life cycle management and engineering best practices to create accurate product requirements and functional specifications and provide technical leadership in the design, development, quality assurance, testing, and deployment of high value automotive solutions. A corporate spokesman on durability, structural dynamics, vibration, and difficult technical topics. A trained project manager with the ability to set expectations, develop project schedules, lead technical staff and cross functional teams, resolve critical path issues, and deliver quality results on time and within budget. An excellent communicator and proven problem solver capable of influencing at all levels of management with exceptional supervisory, mentoring and training skills. Areas of technical expertise include:

Lean R&D Problem Solving Critical thinking

Product Development Structural Dynamics Reliability, Risk assessment

Attracting & Developing Talent Vibration Control Statistics (6 Sigma)

Shaping Strategy Durability and fatigue Quality and Testing

CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Improved warranty 6%/year over a five year period using analytical design verification

Improved the R&D first time through verification test from 25% to 95%

Led and managed the fluid transport department to improve the product development procedures and developed new analytical tools resulting in positioning the department from the 6th place to the 1st place in the global market

Created non-linear vibration models for design automotive components resulting in improvements in customer duty cycle test correlations from 60% to 95% obtained at vehicle proving grounds

Developed technology specific roadmaps for R&D resulting in multiple patents and documented customer satisfaction improvements: FT department-"The best engineering team to work with" (OEM surveys), PTC department- In 2 years changed the customer perception for engineering knowledge from "poor" to "excellent" (OEM-survey 2014)

Led the development of improved CAE techniques for dynamic, vibration, and structural analysis including use of visualization and simulation capabilities leading to dramatic productivity increases

Earn the reputation "One of the best problem solver, critical thinker, and early risk identification and mitigation" in automotive industry

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

HVCC, VISTEON, Van Buren, Michigan 2003-Present

Sr. Engineering Manager, Sr. Technical Fellow

Manage day-to-day R&D tasks for America Technical Center

Responsible to integrate the R&D into the process of commercial development

Participate regularly in customers meetings to solve technical engineering issues resulting in new business and improvement relationships

Innovate and drive engineering disciplines, tools, best practice across products and across regions

Approve design specifications, technical design reviews and concept development projects for America

Responsible for global development of analytical design tools and methods. Apply the theories and concept of engineering in design, build and total R&D of product

Responsible to create the framework for leveraging the organization's synergism among engineering disciplines

Responsible to understand the existing pools of technical skills in a company, develop missing skills and how these skills are related to existing technical problems and related to the long strategy of the company. Lead the technical development, mentoring, and training of technical staff

Participate in the formulation and execution of organization strategy, ensuring the role for technology. Responsibility for building and maintaining core technical competency and for seeking out technical linkages among the business

Lead teams to standardization (simplicity and standardization) of current and new product to maximize economic benefits and improve quality.

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Dearborn, Michigan 1996-2003

Technical Specialist

Led vibration analysis, durability analysis, life, and damage prediction for climate control systems.

Spearheaded climate control stress/strain, load, vibration measurements and duty cycle analysis.

Implemented Key Life Test including schedule, cost analysis, plan, specifications and documentation.

Developed accelerated test and test to failure methodology that improved failure analysis results and decreased test time by 75% and reduced test costs by 70%.

Correlated test analysis with finite element analysis; managed real-time vibration simulation based on customer usage profiles.

Vibration Engineer for MAGNA, Livonia, Michigan (1995-1996)

Served as an Instructor and Design Engineer for UNIVERSAL CAE SERVICES, INC. and UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (1992-1994) providing instruction to mechanical engineering students.

EDUCATION/TRAINING

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY, Detroit, Michigan

Doctor of Philosophy, Mechanical Engineering, (structural dynamics, non-linear vibration, and random vibration), 2005

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Dearborn, Michigan

Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Minor in Manufacturing Engineering, 1998

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, 1995

A detailed Addendum with descriptions of career accomplishments, patents, technical contributions, training, publications, presentations, research projects, courses taught, and references is available upon request.

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