Engineer Customer

Deddeh, Tony (T.)

***** ******** *****, ******** ********, MI 48382 248-***-**** ********@*****.***

Objective

Obtain a senior management position where I can utilize my management, leadership, and engineering skills to maximize growth with reduced risk.

Professional Experience

Ford Motor Company

Supervisor – Electronic Control Panel & Switches D&R Engineering: 8/2013 – Present

Manage a team of 10 D&R engineers to support NA ECP design and development from concept through launch.

Responsible for ~$250M ECP annual buy

Responsible to review and approve all financial including tooling, cost and ED&T.

Work with employees to create training and development plan

Mentor and conduct employee annual performance review

Develop and manage department budget

Work with cross functional teams to develop technology and migration plans

Design & Release Engineer – Electronic Control Panel: 6/2006 – 7/2013

Manage the design, development, integration and launch for electronic control panel.

Negotiate variable cost, tooling and ED&T

Conduct TDR’s to specifications and design requirements including homologation and head impact for multiple regions.

Conduct supplier on-site and build reviews and during major milestone part builds

Support vehicle prototype and production builds

Lead team efforts to resolve pre-tooling release design issues

Lead team efforts to resolve build issues including software, hardware and mechanical

Applications Engineer – Switches 8/2001 – 6/2006

Managed 4 suppliers to meet program milestone and deliverables on 6 forward model programs for multimedia components including design, development, validation and production

Primary interface between program team and supplier

Responsible for review of supplier detailed design, cost and development timing

Led cross-functional team of key Ford and supplier personnel during product development to support key program milestones

Managed 6 suppliers to meet program milestones for all customer actuated and hidden switches for D219/D258 vehicle program. Responsibilities included the following

Release of $5M in new tooling for switches

Release of $200 average vehicle cost content for switches comprising of 67 part numbers

Coordinated and led cross-functional team meetings including suppliers to ensure correct switch interface with other vehicle sub-systems

Prepared status review presentations for Director level meetings at each milestone

Achieved all critical deliverables due for each program milestone.

Porter Engineered Systems

Account Manager 3/2001 - 8/2001

Manage commercial, engineering, and all program aspects for tier 1 customer, and all associated tier 3 suppliers per customer program. Coordinate and manage internal cross-functional team to support program requirements

Primary interface to customer

Development of quotes and negotiation of price and tooling dollars

Resolve all price reduction/increase actions associated with current programs

Negotiate cost of quality actions for current programs.

Buehler Motor

Account Manager: 1/1999 - 3/2001

Managed all commercial and engineering aspects for key corporate accounts: Visteon - $40M, Developed Valeo - 4M+. Responsible for new business development inside and outside of existing customer base

Developed sales & marketing strategy to secure new accounts. h Developed $4M annual revenue with new customer, Valeo

Coordinated all price actions and responded to all customer Request for Quotation

Negotiate all customer required productivity price reductions

Negotiate and implemented change for cost and reliability improvements

Approve all engineering actions prior to proposal to customer

Determine customer needs and requirements for next generation products

Manage customer relationship

Sales & Application Engineer: 6/1997 - 1/1999

Manage the application, development, reliability, quality, cost, and timing issues associated with electric actuators through customer representation to engineering and assembly plant facilities

Manage the life of a vehicle program from inception through launch and phase out

Introduced and launched next generation actuator for new vehicle line

Initiated tracking system for quality and engineering issues

Launched Technology Integration meetings with customer to separate and keep focus on forward technologies and directions

Established direct interface with forward model engineers to direct selection and application of actuators.

Valeo Climate Control

Component Engineer: 9/1996 - 6/1997

Managed the application, development, reliability, quality, cost, and timing issues associated with Level 1 purchased components. Electric and Vacuum Actuators, Cables, and Control Heads. Identified, defined, and communicated functional and reliability requirements of level 1 components. Reviewed and approved supplier design and process FMEA and DVP&R.

Chrysler Corporation

Product Engineer: 1/1995 - 8/1996

Managed the design, development, packaging, and release of Incandescent, Electroluminescent, and Light Emitting Diode (LED) based interior lamp assembles, interior lighting switches, and ergo and non-ergo switches for 98 LH passenger vehicles. Worked closely with other engineering departments to ensure design and packaging of the lamp assemblies and switches. Maintained quality assurance for similar components on currently produced vehicles.

Education

Masters of Business Administration

12/2000 Oakland University, Rochester, MI

Bachelor's Science Electrical Engineering

6/1994 San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

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