Product Development Mechanical

Mark Solly

Spring, Texas 281-***-**** acwmsa@r.postjobfree.com

Summary of Qualifications

•Exceptional leadership skills, including interviewing, hiring, coaching, counseling, teambuilding, conflict resolution, and team management.

•Advanced relationship and management skills, including partnering and consulting with senior management and executive roles to obtain both internal and external corporate partnerships.

•Internationally experienced and creative mechanical designer with 5 years of progressive experience leading Kaizen and ISO engineering and manufacturing processes.

•Experienced in large scale product development from concept to completion. Collaborative team player with a proven track record of delivering multiple, concurrent projects in fast-paced environments.

Recent Professional Experience

Baker Hughes Inc., Houston, Texas 2001-2015

Mechanical Design Drafting Manager

•Recruiting, interviewing and hiring qualified mechanical engineers and technologists, assisted HR members with day to day functions, development programs, raises and promotions, employee retention.

•Managed performance reviews and developed career ladders for technologists and shop personnel.

•Reduced high attrition rates in engineering to zero percent within one year by collaborating and providing direct support for junior designers. Investigated and approved the promotions for designers who had not been promoted in over ten years.

•Supervised the work of 15 team members, offered constructive feedback on their performance, and rewarded individuals for good work. Defined clear targets, objectives, monitored timelines, and flagged potential issues.

•Support a cross-functional team from Services, Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, Legal, and external suppliers to meet all project execution milestones.

•Manage the project’s budget and timeline to ensure the resources are available to complete the project within budget and on time.

•Helped negotiate a $50 million partnership with internationally known TATA for mechanical engineers and electrical engineers. Ensured contract compliance with talent agreements and made recommendations for annual reviews of internal contractors.

•Presented new product designs, participated in design reviews and approvals.

•Encouraged and drove design teams through the application of clearly defined roles and responsibilities for product development and the organization.

•Researched customer design proposals, specifications, and manuals to evaluate the feasibility, cost, and maintenance requirements of product design and development.

•Coordinated product designs and initiated team meetings to spearhead final decisions across internal departments such as PMO, corporate IP, finance, science and manufacturing.

•Implemented process and systems to improve product development through Lean Six Sigma.

•Increased department profitability 50% by reducing revisions and prototype rework with the purchase and use of 3D printers that operated for more than 13 years.

•Managed all phases of engineering projects, from concept to completion. Participated in the planning, budgeting, vendor selection and quality assurance efforts.

•Helped establish manufacturing configurations within CAD software to coincide with manufacturing processes to simplify communications and reduce manufacturing errors.

•Collaborated with architects and construction personnel for a $9 million project to build a Direct Metal Laser Sintering laboratory (DMLS). Presented the 2,500 sf new laboratory design which housed nine machines from Concept Laser, EOS, SLM, and DMG. Gain the necessary approvals for equipment purchases and phased construction of the laboratory.

•Completed a facility redesign costing twenty million and covering one hundred and forty-two thousand square feet of engineering spaces. The spaces consisted of laboratories, machine shops, quality control workspaces, failure analysis laboratories, and a class 1 clean room for hybrid PCBA development.

Lone Star College, Houston, Texas

Associate Professor

•Coordinated corporate relationships for workforce training, donations, and scholarships.

•Developed and implemented coarse curriculums.

•Taught CAD/CAM, basic board drafting, AutoCAD, Inventor, 3DS Max and technical illustration classes. Taught both manual and CNC machining classes for lathes and mills

Cooper Energy, Houston, Texas 1998-2001

Mechanical Design Drafting Supervisor

•Provided technical support for sales teams and upper management.

•Managed a small team of five designers working on replacement parts for internal combustion compressors and centrifugal compressors.

•Designed and optimized mechanical components for pneumatic unloaders, cylinders, liners, piston rods, connecting rods, crank shafts, bearings, and compressor valves.

Compressor Engineering Corp, Houston, Texas 1994-1998

Mechanical Designer

•Designed and optimized mechanical components for reciprocating engines and centrifugal compressors.

Horvath Precision Model Company, Houston, Texas

Industrial Scale Model Maker

•Offshore platforms, ships, architectural models, subsea wells, tradeshows, museum displays.

United States Navy, USS Ranger CV-61

Machinery Repairman MR3

Education

Academy of Art University

Masters of Architecture (graduation spring 2017)

University of Phoenix

Bachelor of Management

North Harris College

Associate of design and drafting

Additional Skills:

Advanced computer skills with AutoCAD, Solidworks, 3DS Max, Revit, CAD/CAM.

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