JIM SETTERSTEN

Newburgh, IN 812-***-**** acwggu@r.postjobfree.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimsettersten

Summary

Resourceful people leader and engineering professional with 20+ years of progressive experience in design, R&D, manufacturing, product management and new business development for power conversion products and system solutions for mining, heavy industry and renewable energy applications. Results-driven leader with a high degree of business acumen.

Areas of Expertise

AC & DC Drives

Automation & Control

Business Development

Competitive Analysis

Engineering Management

Energy & Power Conversion

Market Research / Analysis

P&L Management

Product Development

Product Management

Relationship Management

Strategic Planning & Execution

Systems Engineering

Technical Problem-Solving

Technology Roadmap Development

Professional Experience

FLANDERS Evansville, IN 6/2013 – 2/2016

Director, Global Engineering

Recruited by the VP of Innovation to build a global engineering team to drive world class excellence through new product development and systems integration solutions with AC/DC motors & drives, control & automation and power distribution systems for our customers in mining and heavy industry.

Engineering Leadership for 80+ multi-discipline global team, $10M department budget, $2.5M R&D budget.

Supported New Business Development for Mining and Heavy Industry, opportunities in excess of $30M.

New Product Development for Motors, Drives, Control and Automation solutions, projects in excess of $5M.

Systems Integration Solutions with Sales in excess of $6M.

Launched a matrix organizational structure, creating rapid response of multifaceted engineering resources.

Created stage-gate product development process, improving effectiveness and efficiency from concept to launch.

Catalyst/Change Agent, driving culture shift through implementation of process, standards and best practices.

Relationship management, fostering collaboration between cross functional departments and customers.

ABB New Berlin, WI 3/2009 – 6/2013

Product Group Manager, LV Power Inverters, Renewable Energy

New Business Development and Product management for Renewable Energy portfolio. US team lead for ABB’s global business units for Wind Turbine Converters and PV Solar Inverters.

P&L responsible for $25M Wind Turbine Converter product line (US operations).

New business development for Wind Turbine Converters and PV Solar Inverters, $60M+ opportunities.

Product Management, Renewable Energy Power Conversion portfolio, global sales in excess of $160M.

Participated in merger and acquisition activities, including $1 Billion acquisition of Power-One.

Member of UL Standards Technical Panels (STPs) for Wind Turbine Converters and Generating Systems.

Collaborated with internal and external customers to transform voice-of-customer (VOC) into product design.

Teamed with market segment leaders to coordinate marketing efforts across all product lines and business units.

Product Line Manager, Wind Turbine Converters

New Business Development, Technical Marketing and Product Management of ABB’s Wind Turbine Converter product portfolio.

New Business Development for Small and Community Wind Converters, $10M+ opportunities (US).

Product Management and Product Lifecycle for Wind Turbine Converters, $550M US market.

Product localization team member for $30M wind converter manufacturing line, Ft Smith AR.

Post-sale support for Utility Wind OEM customers, > 5,200 MW US installed base.

Competitive analysis, product roadmap, strategic planning and execution for US market entry.

Technical marketing and presentations for internal & external customers and trade shows.

P&H MINING (Joy Global) Milwaukee, WI 11/2003 – 3/2009

Group Leader, Electrical Development Engineering: R&D team leader for automation & control solutions (Drives, PLC, SCADA) for P&H’s mobile equipment product lines (Electric Rope Shovels, Rotary Drills, Walking Draglines)

Technical lead for electrical system design, from concept through field validation and product lifecycle support.

Developed a 4 MW AC Drive and control solution for the 120T class electric rope shovel, achieving 99.5% availability and exceeding productivity guarantee by 50% within the first month of operation.

System Architect and project technical lead for P&H CenturionTM Control. A modular control platform (Drives, PLC, HMI, SCADA) providing adaptive and semi-autonomous control functions with remote health monitoring.

Principal Engineer: Senior level systems engineer for automation, control and AC & DC drive technologies.

ABB New Berlin, WI 4/1995 – 11/2003

Held progressive engineering roles, building a foundation in product design and application of automation & control (PLC, HMI, SCADA) and power conversion (AC & DC drives and motors) solutions.

Group Leader, Product Engineering: Managed a team of four engineers in the development and manufacturing support for AC standard drives including ACS600, ACS800, and ACS550 product lines.

Senior Product Engineer: Lead Engineer for an OEM product line (P&H Mining), including all hardware and software components. Designed and commissioned a 3200 KW, DC digital drive and control solution (Drive, PLC, HMI).

Senior Application Development Engineer: Developed custom OEM software applications for AC and DC drives, including DCS600, ACS600, and ACS800. Applications included: Ming, Oil and gas (PCP, ESP, Rod pump).

Systems Support Engineer: System test, field commissioning and post-sale support of plant-wide (level 3) automation and control systems (PLC and HMI) for paper and metals industries.

Education

Master of Science Engineering Management (MSEM)

The Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, WI

Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering (BSEE)

The Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, WI

Military

United States Marine Corps (USMC)

Sergeant (E-5), Honorable Discharge

Awards: Naval Achievement Medal, Cert. Of Commendation, Meritorious Mast, (2) Meritorious NCO Promotions

Wisconsin Army National Guard

Sergeant (E-5), Honorable Discharge

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