Y. BENJAMIN WANG

***** ********* *****, ********** *****, MI 48331-1636

248-***-**** acwpgn@r.postjobfree.com

Bringing 25+ Years of Professional Experience in Technical Management and Planning

EMPLOYMENT

Program Manager (February 2016 Present), Gabriel Ride Control

Managed after market supplier programs to support first to market strategy

implementation.

Lead sourcing strategy development and sourcing implementation for the China JV

business.

Program Manager (May 2014 January 2016), FZ Automotive Mold

Managed customer support in tooling qualification for tier one automotive suppliers.

Maintained and continuously expanded a North America customer base in the

automotive tooling industries.

Engineering Operation Leader/Program Manager (May 2010 April 2014), GE Energy

Managed engineering support in wind tower supplier qualification activities. The wind

energy team delivered record number of wind towers to GE customers in 2012.

Drove a lean supplier qualification process for quality, efficiency and cost improvement.

This initiative supports the GE global supplier base expansion.

Led cross-functional team to develop innovative wind blade structure and achieved a

total cost saving in the order of million dollars.

Led wind blade team to develop breakthrough technology in blade structure repair.

This will result in cost savings and market growth in the fast growing service segment.

Staff Project Engineer/Vehicle System Manager (Sept. 1993 Jan. 2009) General Motors

Led a solid execution of NVH performance integration for full size truck structures.

Developed successful results with significant improvement from previous generation.

Body panel committee chair: Established non-negotiable dimensional requirements for

body structure fabrication. This resulted in significant quality improvement,

standardized requirements, and efficient vehicle development process.

Led 3-D tolerance analysis and synthesis in vehicle build strategy development.

Advanced 3-D software technology and design strategy were applied to achieve the

very competitive assembly performance targets.

Developed and implemented advanced optimization technology for dimensional and

manufacturing process improvement. (GM Record of Invention)

Led variation reduction team to achieve a 20% dimensional quality improvement of

vehicle body structure assembly at several GM assembly plants.

Led validation activities in Common Datum & Locator Strategy for vehicle body

structure assembly. This achievement resulted in process standardization and

improvement in the flexible manufacturing system.

Applied robust engineering method to the manufacturing process improvement of

vehicle door structure and seat structure systems (GM special achievement award).

Senior Research Associate (April 1992 Sept. 1993)

Product Application Center, National Steel Corporation

Initiated and led joint team effort formed by NSC and GM staff to develop vehicle body

panels This activity resulted in strong customer relationship, innovative way of team

work, and the implementation of advanced steel technologies (high strength steel,

bake-hardenable steel etc.)

Led National Steel participation in AISI Automotive Applications Committee to develop

lightweight steel body structure for OEM customers. This industry-wide joint effort

demonstrated a phenomenal 40% body-in-white weight reduction design.

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Engineering Mechanics, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Major: Structural

Vibration under Mechanical and Thermal Loadings.

B.S., Architecture, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.

PERSONAL

Conference Session Chair, Vehicle Manufacturing, International Society of Science &

Applied Technology.

Ph.D. dissertation committee member at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor:

Application of Multivariate Statistical Methodologies to Body-in-White Assembly Process.

Design for Six-Sigma Certification.

Lean Manufacturing Certification.

Adjunct faculty at Wayne State University. (Engineering Technology Department)

Bilingual in English and Chinese

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