Kurt Stephen Shea

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Southwick, Massachusetts 01077

ad3uks@r.postjobfree.com

413-***-****

Summary

Talented strategic leader with proven track record of leading global development activities across multiple locations and multiple disciplines in the areas of Engineering, Strategic Operations, New Product Development, Design, Project Management and Manufacturing. Key strengths are motivating and inspiring teams to drive better outcomes with an emphasis on time-to-market. Areas of expertise include product development and design and a demonstrated ability to leverage the latest innovative technologies to reduce cycle time and cost. 20+ years of experience with a passion for building diverse, high-performing, highly motivated teams with a focus on new product development and strict time-to-market constraints.

Areas of Leadership

R&D

Strategic Operations

Product Management

New Product Development

Manufacturing

Engineering Automation

Manufacturing Automation

Cost Reduction

Experience

Mestek, Inc. Westfield, MA–2012 - Present

Vice President, Engineering

Lead a dynamic, fast-paced, iterative, deadline-driven NPI process to deliver products that exceed market demands

Drive innovation, product quality and cost, ensuring on-time delivery of products

Ensure frequent, transparent updates of the product development status to enhance, test and improve product outcome

Co-create with Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Design and R&D teams to exceed consumer expectations

Cultivate inclusive, creative processes that inspires constructive conflict to drive project teams toward better outcomes

Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to seamlessly bring new products from R&D to production and release to market

Collaborate with Product Management, Sales and Marketing to establish multi-year product plans across multiple divisions

Champion the collaborative review and refinement of NPI processes to shorten time-to-market and improve product quality

Streamline the organization processes to eliminate choke points and accelerate product development activities

Identify key project risks and develop mitigation strategies to maintain aggressive development deadlines

Align development with internal/external manufacturing partners’ capabilities to ensure a smooth transition to full production

Direct R&D, new product development, sustaining engineering, design and compliance activities for all product lines

Own organizational resource requirements, schedules, and budgets necessary to support product objectives

Oversee smooth integration of new products obtained through company acquisitions into existing product portfolios

ALSTOM Power, Inc., Windsor, Connecticut—2008 - 2011

Director, Engineering Automation – Achieved automation of global process and mechanical engineering activities of boiler island components for power plants. This involved the design, development and implementation of a three-tiered system utilizing SolidWorks to allow the automation of all engineering activities to reduce engineering cycle time while ensuring strict adherence to corporate design and manufacturing standards. Responsible for overseeing all development activities to achieve aggressive engineering reduction targets. Led multiple multi-cultural development teams in various geographic locations and time zones.

ALSTOM Power, Inc., Windsor, Connecticut—2005 - 2008

Management, Component Development Engineering – Oversaw the alignment of product lines to be more manufacturing friendly. Ensured that product enhancements achieved a more robust product offering while minimizing manufacturing cost and lead time. Key thought leader responsible for the automation of the engineering execution of products. Recipient of sector-wide innovation award for ALSTOM’s power segment related to the development of a system to automate engineering and proposal activities with significantly reduced cycle time.

ALSTOM Power, Inc., Windsor, Connecticut—2003 - 2005

Product Manager, Strategic Operations – Lead product road map for multiple boiler product lines. Managed boiler product lines throughout the product lifecycle, gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements. Defined product vision and worked cross-functionally with Engineering, Marketing and Manufacturing, to deliver the highest quality products at the lowest installed cost.

ALSTOM Power, Inc., Windsor, Connecticut—2001 - 2003

Consulting Engineer – Involved in the harmonization of product offerings across multiple global execution centers while ensuring estimating accuracies were improved to minimize commercial risk on project offerings.

Key Achievements

Engineering design execution hours reduced 80% by component

Manufacturing detailing hours reduced 80% per component

Reduced the Engineering cycle time of critical path components by 97%

Captured $1.5MM in cost-avoidance per contract

Developed a system to capture engineering and manufacturing expertise and implement it through automation of parametric modeling tools

Cooper Crouse-Hinds, Windsor, Connecticut—1998 - 2001

Product Engineer – Effectively executed new product development activities for the entire product line for Cooper Crouse-Hinds. This included the redesign of the product line with aggressive goals of cost reduction, manufacturing cycle time reduction and achieving an increase in inventory turns. Managed all aspects of new product implementation including engineering, tooling, capital budgets, FAA testing and ETL third party certification as well as production start-up.

Key Achievements

Reduced product line cost by 25-50% per product

Reduced product assembly cycle time by 98%

Redesigned product line with common components to significantly improve inventory turns

Leveraged new product design approach allowing product expansion opportunities into foreign markets

ALSTOM Power, Inc., Windsor, Connecticut—1995-1998

Designer - Responsible for identifying and eliminating interferences of Structural Steel with all disciplines for Utility Steam Generation boiler islands using plant modeling software. Additional responsibilities involved overall planning and coordination of assignments including evaluation of specifications and development of integrated scope and schedule requirements. Responsible for material forecast and design for fabrication and installation.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering – Western New England University, Springfield, Massachusetts

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