Manager Product Development

Edward M. Zdankiewicz, PE

**** ******* ***** • Parma, OH 44134 USA

Mobile: 216-***-**** • Email: *************@***.*** • LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/edwardzdankiewicz Technology commercialization professional with broad base of experience as a senior-level manager and independent consultant in business, product, and process development for companies involved in automated product test and industrial automation. Accomplished manager in leading high-performance teams to achieve bottom-line performance. Specialties:

Professional Experience

Parker Aerospace, Gas Turbine Fuel Systems Division – Mentor, OH 2013 – Present World-class lean manufacturer of engine fuel, thermal, and lubrication management components and systems for gas turbines in aerospace, defense, and power generation markets. Division Manager, Test Engineering

Currently directing an engineering team located at six facilities in US and Asia responsible for test engineering development, project management, and operations; 100% OEM and overhaul product testing per customer, DoD, and FAA requirements. Similar responsibilities for 12 US vendor suppliers manufacturing electronic and mechanical components, and a central Metrology lab providing NIST-traceable calibration services for the Division and as a profit center for Parker Aerospace customers worldwide. • Defined, articulated, and now leading execution of a new Division- wide strategy and technology roadmap to design, build, and deploy next-generation test systems for automated precision flow and pressure testing, data acquisition, automated reporting, and big data management. Technical and managerial direction for test systems engineering, hardware, software, and ergonomic design. • Results to date include: rapid design and deployment of seven mobile test units within four months to support a critical field overhaul program for Boeing 787 power electronics cooling systems; also managed their installation and operations at three US and two international locations (2013-14); design and deployment, four new types of next-generation automated test system platforms for fuel nozzle characterization and airflow testing to support GE LEAP, GEnx and GE9X aerospace engine programs (2014-17); and design of an advanced lube system test rig that simulates engine scavenge sumps at flight conditions to develop, test, and evaluate next-generation lube/scavenge pump systems (2015-17). Echogen Power Systems LLC – Akron, OH 2007 – 2013

Late stage (pre-revenue) start-up developing thermal engines using an innovative supercritical CO2 based Rankine cycle to recycle waste heat into electricity, reducing grid demand and carbon footprint for energy-intensive manufacturers in steel, cement, glass, petro-chemicals, and distributed power generation. Business Development Manager (2010 – 2013). Led customer relationship building for cement, steel, and non- ferrous markets in US and Europe. As Proposals Manager, helped to raise $10M equity-based funding, including Due Diligence support; Raised $12M grant-based funding from State of Ohio, DoD Navy and DOE. • Lead/co-author, Echogen’s first six technical papers presented at US and international trade shows – Electric Power Expo, PowerGen India/Asia, Russian Compressor Users Symposium, PowerGen USA, Global CemPower Conference (London, UK). Engineering Lab Manager and Lead Systems Engineer (2007 – 2012). As an engineering start-up specialist, led team to design and built Echogen’s first three system prototypes, reducing to practice the CO2-based power cycle that is the Company’s core technology. Directed design, construction, and operations of 3 engineering laboratories to support new product development. Site manager, 250kWe demonstration system at American Electric Power. • Senior systems engineer, 7.5MWe heat engine design definition - control logic, systems packaging, FMEA, PFDs, and P&IDs. Primedyne Systems Inc. – Cleveland, OH, San Diego, and San Jose, CA 1986 – 2007 Senior Consultant, full operational and P&L responsibility for consulting firm providing product, market, business development services to clients in advanced energy, MEMS sensors, and environmental monitoring / control. Selected highlights (2000 – 2007): Program Manager and Product Development Leader for a small west coast instrument manufacturer. • Led engineering team to develop electronics, hardware, software for air meteorological flight instrument designed to MIL and aerospace standards for a DoD unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) application. VP Engineering and Director, Business Development (as an executive management contractor) restructured 30- year old instruments company business around their new patent – a polymer-based MEMS sensor for environmental monitoring and control. • Led product development, established manufacturing partnerships with two silicon wafer

Technology Development and Commercialization

Emerging Technology Evaluation / Investment Diligence

Start-up Specialist, Technology Start-ups and Spin-outs

New Product Development

Business and Market Development

Project and Program Management

foundries and one device packager. • Formed strategic partnership with Tier 2 automotive OEM to co-develop a combustion air quality sensor module for off-road and heavy-duty diesel engines. • Negotiated investment funding from leading HVAC OEM to establish automated sensor testing capability at our factory. Retained Consultant, Ohio Polymer Enterprise Development (OPED), developed advanced concepts for products and businesses based on nano-functionalized polymers for microelectronics and MEMS sensor applications. MicroChemical Systems SA (MiCS) – Cleveland, OH and Neuchâtel, Switz. 1998 – 2000 Early stage start-up, European manufacturer; world’s first commercially-available, silicon micro-machined, metal oxide chemical sensors and sensing modules for consumer, automotive, and industrial applications. I was one of four consultants recruited by Motorola to spin out and start up the company from their Phoenix sensors business unit, 1998. General Manager with President’s P&L responsibilities. Directed sales, marketing, applications support for chemical sensors and OEM sensor modules for the Americas. • Established joint development programs with international home appliance and two automotive Tier 1 manufacturers. • Led joint Swiss / US engineering team to develop company’s first sensor module in three months. • MiCS acquired by e2v Technologies GmbH (Chelmsford UK), 2007. Keithley Instruments Inc. – Solon, OH 1986 – 1998

World-class manufacturer of test and measurement instruments and automated systems for production testing and characterization of semiconductor wafers, electronic components, and advanced materials. Business Development Manager, Sensor Systems (1993 – 1998). Co-founded Keithley Chemical Measurements Business Unit, 1993; shared P & L responsibilities. • Network-based gas detection products for life safety and process monitoring in semiconductor foundries.• Managed alliance with Motorola and Japanese sensor partners. • Directed rapid development of automated test stands for sensor characterization. • Acquired by Matheson Tri-Gas, 1999. Engineering Manager, Systems Division (1986 – 1993). Automated parametric testers for semiconductor production testing. • Product design, systems configuration management; manufacturing liaison. • Special projects manager, design and on-time delivery of extended-configuration tester for IBM-France - largest single systems order in Division’s history. • Established product development and stage-gate practices to accelerate introduction of 80 new model-based instrument products over six-year time period. • In-house technical consultant, investment Due Diligence for Keithley Quantox wafer tester business unit; joint IBM / Keithley effort, 1993. • Quantox acquired by KLA Tencor, 1998. Life Systems Inc. – Cleveland, OH 1983 – 1993

NASA / DoD contractor, technology development of systems for regenerative life support, environmental control, and regenerative fuel cell power for spacecraft; DoD chemical warfare agent removal systems for military vehicles. Program Manager and Principal Engineer 1983 – 1986 Business Development Consultant 1986 – 1993

Led Vapor Compression Distillation Subsystem (VCDS) development programs reclaiming potable water from wastewater sources onboard NASA spacecraft; contract P & L responsibility with on-time delivery to NASA Johnson and Marshall Space Centers; Boeing Aerospace. • Guided technology programs through a critical development phase improving VCD reliability with 300% water production increase which later positioned VCDS selection over Hamilton Standard and AiResearch for installation on the International Space Station, 2009. • Retained business development consultant, regenerative life support business opportunities (part-time position through Primedyne Systems), 1986-93. NASA Lewis Research Center – Cleveland, OH 1978 – 1983 Technical Director, Structural Dynamics Lab (1981 – 1983). Supervised shock/vibration testing of experimental high-speed rotating equipment and space experiments. • Established field testing service for research turbines and compressors using vibration spectral and modal analysis. Project Engineer (1978 – 1983). Design, development, and fabrication of hardware, systems, and controls for testing research turbines, compressors, pumps, and transmissions. Education

MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Toledo (NASA Lewis extension campus), 1983.

BS, Mechanical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 1976.

Continuing education – business administration, project management, accounting and marketing.

Registered Professional Engineer (PE), State of Ohio, 1980.

LEED Accredited Professional (LEED-AP), Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, 2004.

Member – ASME, IEEE, and ASHRAE.

Author and co-author, over 50 published technical articles, papers, whitepapers, application notes and seminars on automation for environmental monitoring / control, waste heat recovery, power generation and related applications.

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