Kelly Holshue

516-***-**** ad31dh@r.postjobfree.com

Career Objective

My goal is to be an excellent project/program manager.

Experience

VI-GRADE Farmington Hills, MI

Application Engineer / Program Manager [October 2020 - Current]

- Technical delivery, program management, and installation for all US systems

· Managed the installation of DiMs and STATICs at various customer sites [500,000 to 5 million dollar installations]

· Installed and Trained customers for COMPACTs and DESKTOP Simulators at various places

- Supported drive events, technology demonstrations, and trainings at Detroit Sim Center

- US Track representative

- Internal and 3rd Party Invoicing

- Pre-Sales Engineer

- US Shipping and Logistics Coordinator

- Licensing support for US customers

- Maintenance coordinator for US customers

- Marketing Support including Internal Summits, External Trade shows, White Paper Presentations

- Technical Account Manager for Ford Motor Company, Goodyear Tire, and Stackpole Engineering Services

- Tire Society Member and Committee Member

- Training Scheduler

NEAPCO Farmington Hills, MI

Core Engineer [November 2017 – October 2020]

- Management and organization of all engineering templates and calculators for design guides, sizing, torque capabilities, NVH, etc.

- Creation of new core engineering tools for strength, stress, and torque capabilities

- Creation of templates for use of parametric kinematic modeling

- Creation of tools to use for Monte Carlo simulations

- Supported RDLA/ nCode data analysis debug for awarded programs

- Lead lunch and learns for all new released templates, calculators, and tools for all employees

- Supported component analysis, while evaluating templates new SOR/ESOW

- Supported PD activities for new business pursuits

- Completed LPA Audits at local plant

- Lead for bimetallic welding including creation of SN curves and RTF life comparisons

- Lead efforts for updating and consolidating global DFMEAs

- Lead engineer for new carbon fiber developments

- VAVE efforts including coatings and supplier changes as well as design modifications

- Creation of Engineering Specification documents

KUMHO TIRE Akron, OH

Senior Engineer [November 2015 – November 2017]

-Lead efforts to expand the current OE development programs and gain new OEMs

-Lead development engineer for all German and Japanese OEMs

-Quality focus at the US plant; support for QA staff as needed; conducted audits at US plant for OEMs and internally

-Created and implemented an Inventory System at the American Technical Center

-Created and validated new on vehicle testing procedures: Reducing cost and time while increasing reliability

-Standardized all procedures, test requests, and test reporting at American Technical Center

-Created new regression models based on lab results with on vehicle procedures

-Engineering support for the new US plant; supported transfers of tire specifications from global locations to the US plant

-Created and lead all training efforts for the American Technical Center

-Lead training efforts for US plant for new engineers and factory workers

-Engineering Race Support (Attended PPIHC 2016)

-CenTiRe (Center for Tire Research) lead

-Updated design guides and testing handbook

-Expanded and improved the cut section program globally

-Conducted accurate and immediate responses to quality returns

FORD MOTOR COMPANY Dearborn, MI

Global Core Tire Engineer [December 2013 – November 2015]

-Lead for tire sizing and supplier selection for 15 different suppliers for all programs globally

-Conducted cross function meetings with Basic Design / Architecture, Purchasing, Studio, Vehicle Dynamics, Manufacturing, Chassis

-Global supplier contact for program details and releasing requirements and Global help desk for tires company wide

-Created tire specification requirements, Created corporate engineering test procedures

-Updated company Global Product Development System based on the required development timing for tires, wheels, and hubcaps

-Developed the extended mobility strategy for the company

-Created attribute models by using regressions from lab based testing

-Created Catia based tire drawing and Expanded the tire drawing to a tire cut section program to determine performance metrics

-Contributed to cost savings idea teams

-Verified Design Verification Plan and Reports (DVP&R) for sign off by Technical Specialist

Ford College Graduate Program - Chassis (Rotational) [May 2011 – December 2013]

Program Management Team for Chassis

-Lead program through successful first two launch stages at the plant (through tooling trial)

-Corrected any potential quality concerns for suspensions

-Removed physical limitations within the plant to produce a new product

SVT Chassis Engineer

-Developed new advanced technologies for stabilizer bars

-Designed new column with addition of paddle shifters

-Modified old bearing design for new product use

·Enhanced GD&T skills through courses

-Developed sourcing strategies for front and rear corners

Vehicle Dynamics

-Continued wheel stiffness through CAE using Nastran, HyperWorks, HyperMesh, and Radioss

-Created new body stiffness attribute requirement lists

-Developed and ran EPAS nibble DOE

·Obtained greenbelt certification using this project

Chassis Systems Engineer

-Redesigned a stabilizer bar and additional brackets

-Learned basic ADAMS modeling and Catia KBE tools

-Updated durability requirements and procedures

-Conducted torque audits

-Benchmarked shocks

Wheel and Tire Engineer [May 2010 – May 2011]

-Created Rolling Resistance vs Mu comparisons for benchmarking passenger and light truck tires

-Updated weight efficiency models, Part of cost savings idea teams throughout the year

-Created RPM calculators to distribute company wide

-Obtained approval for Design Verification Plan (DVP) for parts

-In charge of quality concerns and disposition of parts, worked with suppliers to avoid potential issues

-Conducted wheel stiffness FEA using Catia

-Worked with the team on wheel cover residue claims and wheel finish protection

Education

MSAE Master of Science in Automotive Engineering, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI July 2014

BSME Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI May 2011

Certifications

Tire Mechanics Short Course from University of Akron [September 2016]

Vehicle Dynamics Certificate Program from Society of Automotive Engineers [June 2016]

Six Sigma Greenbelt Certified by Ford Motor Company [December 2013]

Entrepreneurial Certificate from Lawrence Technological University [May 2011] Six Sigma Blackbelt [Course and Test Completed]

Core Competencies

Microsoft Office Suite Chassis and Suspension Team Leadership Global Communication Vehicle Dynamics 8D Simulators

Project Management Cross Functional Leadership Global and Domestic OEM’s Supplier Management Six Sigma Root Cause

Greenbelt Blackbelt Continuous Improvement WebEx VBA Matlab Microsoft Teams VI-Grade Suite SimWorkBench

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