Robert Hjelmeland

**** ***** **** ****, ******* IN 46049

765-***-****, acwtcz@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

For 28 years, I have been recognized for solving problems in Engineering, Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, and Information Technology as both an individual contributor and as a team member.

Employment History

Program Manager, Rolls-Royce 2010-2016

Lead teams to develop Infrastructure Infrastructure Solutions applied to Manufacturing

oCondor ($11.4Mill USD) – Renovation & Modernization of three manufacturing plants, one warehouse and shop floor modernization impacting 3million square feet, 2014-present

o Blue Macaw ($4.81M BRL) - Green field Factory project in Santa Cruz, Brazil, 2013

o Marine DDC ($3.5M BRL) - Factory infrastructure renovation project in Rio De Janerio, Brazil, 2014

oEvolve ($176k USD) – Renovation project in Plainfield, Indiana

Lead teams in Business moves and new construction

oArron ($800k USD) - Installed the IT infrastructure and moved 300 clients for a green field office building in Mount Vernon, Ohio

oHouston ($151k USD)- Installed the IT infrastructure and moved 50 clients in Houston, TX

oCanada ($300k CAN) - Installed the IT infrastructure and moved 150 clients in Montreal, Canada

Lead teams in Mergers and Acquisitions

oODIM Marine ($76k CAN)- Acquisition of Civil Marine site in Petersburg, Canada

oODIM Energy ($179k CAN) - Acquisition of Nuclear Energy site in Dartmouth, Canada

Project Manager, Eli Lilly; B&C Consulting 2008-2010

Assembled initial Program and Project Plans for ExenitideOne product Marketing campaign

Developed Risk, Quality, and Communication Plans for first to market pharmaceuticals

Developed Project Schedule for ExenitideOne, Marketing & Medical in the United States

Worked with Doctors on first in Human Clinical Trials for Oncology and Men’s Health

Project Manager, DELPHI 2005-2008

I transitioned from Start Center Engineer into Project Management by capturing Satellite Radio (XM and Sirius) business with Hyundai and Kia. As the Project Manager I was responsible for all aspects of the project including schedule, risk, communication, and stake holder management. At the completion of the project, my team placed our product as standard equipment for most models offered by these OEM’s.

Start Center Engineer, DELPHI 2002-2005

Increased the company's growth by developing and delivering responses to customer requests for quotes (RFQ’s). Over a three year period, resulting in more than $2 Billion in business in new and carry on business.

Product Architect / Systems Engineer, DELPHI 2002-2005

Electrical and Mechanical product architecture for both XM and Sirius Satellite Radio (SDARS) deployed on GM, Ford, Chrysler, Mercedes and Freightliner. Developed Systems Interface Documentation for SDARS on vehicle communications buses, such as J1850, CAN, MOST (fiber optic) and D2B (fiber optic).

Program Coordinator / Project Manager, DELPHI 1998-2002

Managed the DELPHI-DELCO Modular Door System - the first inter divisional systems level product development.

Program Coordinator for Security and Keyless Entry.

Project Engineer, DELPHI 1993-2000

System Engineer responsible for System Operation, Validation and Test.

Project Engineer, ACA contract to DELPHI 1988-1993

Electrical Design Engineer responsible for Hardware Circuit Design, Validation and Test.

Skills

Office Skills

Microsoft Project, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Excel, MicroSoft Powerpoint, Microsoft word, Microsoft Outlook, Primavera

Project Management & Leadership Skills

Project Management, Program Management, Integration, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management, Communications Management, Union Environment Budgeting, Agile, “Water Fall”, Critical Path, Critical Chain, SDLC, Six Sigma, Product Costing, Project Estimation, Scheduling, Bill of Process, Bill of Design, Bill of Material, Global Team Management (up to 20 people in the core team, 50 on extended team), Mentoring/Coaching

Engineering Skills

New Product innovation, Technical Writing, Schematic Capture, FMEA (Failure Modes Effect Analysis), PFMEA (Process Failure Modes Effect Analysis), DFM (Design for Manufacturing), GD&T, NEC, USB, CAN, D2B, MOST, I2C, I2S, FPGA, DSP, Dc/Dc Power supplies, PCB Layout, EMI/EMC, Rf, General Class HAM (N9XYR), Battery Management, Oscilloscopes, Power supplies, spectrum analyzer, signal generators, root cause analysis, CAD, CAM, C, C++, Assembly, Ladder Logic, PLC, Automotive power electronics, motor control, DoE (Design of Experiments), MiniTab, SABRE

Other Skills

IT Infrastructure, Construction, Information Security, WiFi, PDX, Data Center, Cisco Switches, Real Estate Broker, Boy Scout Leader

Robert Hjelmeland

Education & Certifications

Masters of Science, Operations Management, Kettering University

Masters of Science, Manufacturing Management, GMI University

Bachelor of Science, Engineering Technology, Purdue University

Associate of Science, Engineering Technology, Purdue University

Certificate in Project Management, Boston University

Certified Project Manager, PMI

Honors & Awards

Prominent DELPHI Awards

DELPHI Presidents Award, Mentor Graphics Roll Out, 1996

Donald J. Almquist Award for Extraordinary Achievement, VW Radio, 2003

Donald J. Almquist Award for Extraordinary Achievement, OnStar, 2007

Intellectual Property

• US Patent # 6,329,779 “Object Detection System” 2001

• US Patent # 7,352,655 “Automatic Time Correction for Mechanical Clocks", 2006

• US Patent # 7,441,257 “Method for Cooling Compact Disc”, 2005

• DELPHI Trade Secrete H-205119 Object Detection Algorithm, 2001

* European Patent EP1352788 "Transmitting Digital Data to Radio Receivers"

* US Patent Application 200-***-****, "Telematics devices with TDD ability", 2008

* US Patent Application 200******** "System and process for automatically adjusting acoustic settings to best fit an audio system"

* European Patent Publication EP1631120, Acoustic settings based on Program Type (PTY), Nov 2007

oSAE, “Peripheral SDAR Interoperability”, May 2001

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