Sr. Project Developer

Cole Slaughter

**** *** ***** **., ********, Texas 76049

817-***-**** ****.***********@*****.***

Engineer / Project Management

Engineer and manage projects from concept to production release. Manage multiple projects at one time with a focus on engineering, time and money. Meeting all timeline dates and gates with deliverables and cost analysis. Projects were all completed on time and to cost targets. Accelerated high profile projects and launched as much as 3 months to 1 year early. Ability to coordinate and develop complex parts and engage all team members to complete task to design intent, on time and to cost targets.

Professional Experience

Nike Golf, Fort Worth, Texas Mar 2001 – Aug 2016

Senior Product Developer / Shop Manager

Executed the development, manufacturing and on time commercialization for all golf club offerings. Established and owned ‘one voice’ communication line between engineering teams and overseas vendors to meet product performance goals and manufacturability/quality requirements resulting in YOY decreases in consumer returns.

Provided factual situation analysis regarding schedules, GPM targets and product performance to propel and formalize decisions

Managed weekly briefings to provide high level updates to operations and business teams at Nike Inc. to ensure projects were on track resulting in a 100% success rate for on-time delivery of all products

Evaluated vendor capabilities and established new sources for components and manufacturing processes providing the company savings through competitive pricing and decreased freight cost

Managed machine shop, fabricating of prototypes for review meetings, testing and product validation; increased output by 3X with hiring the right people, installing the right processes and using the

right parts

Created and managed tracking documents for all PGA tour support team member that showed up to date status of orders and ship dates

Met 60% target margins on all projects

Found cost savings of $1M on average each year within all projects

Engineering Manager

Managed the overall development and engineering of the full line of golf clubs for Nike Golf. Created new test standards that were followed when developing projects. Accelerated the engineering and commercialization of Covert and Flex Loft by 1 year. Managed engineering budget of $2.3M.

Managed 4 Product Engineers, 4 CAD designers, 5 Testing technicians and 8 Shop personnel

Set up product development process that delivered full engineering packages on time to meet production start and product launch

Created schedules to track projects time and ensure KPI’s were met

Oversaw and coordinated product development meetings to keep key stakeholders updated

on projects

Industrial Engineering Manager

Created and managed a new industrial engineering department. Took finalized design and work with overseas factory partners to create production tooling to meet launch quantities.

Set up process of taking projects from end of prototyping to validate design and start pilot runs to ensure production was met on time

Created schedules to ensure projects were completed on time

Managed overseas vendors during the creating of production tooling to ensure design criteria was met per the engineering package

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Project Engineer

Engineered and tested concepts until met project scope. Worked on 8 to 10 projects at once at different stages of the development cycles. Many designs were Golf Digest Hot List award winners.

Designed, engineered, and tested golf club designs from concept to production

Created engineering spec drawings, BOM’s and assembly specs to exact design specifications to meet job scope

Created prototypes for testing and validation of designs to ensure project was meeting scope of brief

Previous Experience Includes:

Impact Golf Technologies, Fort Worth, Texas

Engineer

CAD and engineering spec drawings for golf club designs

Created prototypes for OEM’s

Club Design, mold making and fixture design

BF Goodrich, EES Division, Fort Worth, Texas

Designer / Drafter

Designed metal backshells to fit military specified electrical connectors

Created detailed engineering spec drawings

Created and maintain BOM’s

Haliburton Energy Services, Fort Worth, Texas

Designer

Sheet metal design using CadCam

Created and maintained BOM’s in IMS System

Wrote ECN’s

Traulsen and Co Inc., Fort Worth, Texas

Product Design Engineer

Converted all product to CFC free refrigerants

Created new sheet metal design for new systems

Improved product line and designed for easier manufacturing

CAD Designer

CAD drafting using AutoCAD

Designed sheet metal parts for commercial refrigerators and freezers

Calculated the flat view of sheet metal design for manufacturing

Created engineering spec sheets and BOM’s

Education

Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas

Bachelor of Science, Industrial Technology

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