Professional Summary

Accomplished systems and product designer and engineer with two decades of experience focusing on understanding customer needs, then designing and implementing complex systems through appropriate use of advanced technologies; self-motivated & disciplined; take great pride in delivering value to my customers.

Designed and launched an emergency vehicle alert service to save lives of first responders and public drivers

Designed and brought to market a mobile asset tracking system

Designed and implemented several mission critical systems, including at Tesla Motors

M.S. Computer Science (Specialization in Machine Learning, GPA 4.0) M.S. Engineering Management

B.S. Electrical Engineering

Professional Skills & Education

Academic

Sampling

of Abilities

Skills: Product Mgmt, Project Mgmt, Customer Discovery, Architecting, UI/UX, Agile Development, Test Cases, Data Visualization, Technical Analysis, Business Value Analysis, Machine Learning Technologies: JIRA, Python, JavaScript, React Native, SQL, MQTT & Pub/Sub, GitHub, APIs, AutoCAD, PLCs, HMIs, Microsoft: Excel, Project, SharePoint

Earned masters degree with 4.0 gpa while raising toddler and traveling for work

Average employment duration over 5 years

Software written two decades ago is still operational

Managed solar panel manufacturing assets and processes

Owned and ran professional engineering services company Work Experiences

Career Highlights

adftco@r.postjobfree.com linkedin.com/in/ashercornelius ashercornelius.com Traverse City, Michigan Asher Cornelius

SR. PRODUCT MANAGER, 2019-

Startup SaaS company disrupting the environmental sampling industry

Manage the laboratory aspect of the SaaS platform, including product design (web app & mobile app), customer discovery, internal and external integrations, and testing.

Manage feature discovery and prioritization with senior management and SMEs.

Manage agile development team (write epics, stories, tasks and specifications; product backlog grooming; run sprints with international teams.)

Manage mobile application app store presence and release management.

Researched and implemented company testing framework; company lead for test case creation and execution.

Improved mobile app barcode scanning time by factor >10x; became a major marketing feature. SampleServe

Second Siren

SR. PRODUCT MANAGER & SOFTWARE DEVELOPER, 2020-

Startup company providing real-time emergency vehicle alerts for drivers via their mobile phone

Design and develop the mobile application with special consideration given to the unique issues present in customer acquisition and retention before the hardware side sees widespread adoption.

Manage the Google Play Store and Apple App Store app listings and releases.

Conceptualized key data communications architecture using pub/sub model.

Wrote vehicle simulator to aide in both hardware sales and to improve mobile user experience.

Consult on all other platform technical designs (web app, hardware)

100% responsibility for design, programming and deployment of the company’s mobile application. Wine

Maker

Cyclist EV

Enthusiast

Lifelong

Learning

Ironman

Finisher

Personal

SR. APPLICATION ENGINEER, 2012-19

Global manufacturing engineering firm with 20% annual growth

Architect and implement state-of-the-art factory monitoring and control systems and interfaces.

Implement ERP-to-Shop Floor communications and data exchange.

Automate data collection and reporting.

Provide 24/7 remote support to multiple high-volume manufacturing operations across the country

Act as company resident expert for Ignition Scada/MES platform.

Create sales proposals, functional & technical design specifications.

Designed & implemented large scale Scada, Andon & OEE system for Tesla Motors general assembly shop; was spec’d as a lead Ignition SCADA designer and engineer for Model 3 launch.

Designed & implemented sophisticated work-instruction assembly line system for Stryker Medical Group with data management compliant with strict FDA rules (21CRF11). ATS Applied

Tech Systems

5x

MANAGER OF SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, 2006-12

Global manufacturer thin-film solar panels

Key member of design team for enterprise-wide MES implementation to gather and evaluate requirements and their solutions, define and monitor metrics, and regularly report to management.

Manage systems engineers to support manufacturing operations.

Responsible for data collection of all cell assembly lines.

Create and maintain reports on multi-plant performance using MS SQL and SSRS.

R&D to improve product performance, run experiments, analyze data and develop models.

Line studies to identify bottlenecks; design strategic buffer zones; parallelization of machine sequences.

Conceived the idea and drove the business case for an innovative solar cell assembly system, in the face of significant spending cuts, saving $2MM/yr.

Automated collection of data that reduced errors, downtime and support calls to zero.

Eliminated manufacturing bottleneck; increased total plant output by 4% during period of rapid growth. United Solar

Ovonics

Work Experiences (continued)

CO-OWNER & ENGINEERING DIRECTOR, 2000-06

Industrial systems integration and mobile asset tracking

Manage all aspects of company operations with emphasis on cash flow management and planning.

Manage the company’s fleet tracking product, including marketing, budget and design.

Create sales proposals, manage and execute projects

Conceived and brought to market an automotive fleet tracking and monitoring product (FlashLink) Phoenix

Engineering

Asher Cornelius

Volunteer

Work

Interests

Long time active volunteer, fundraiser and triathlon coach for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Member of the Michigan chapter’s Executive Leadership Team defining new vision and opportuinites to increase revenue

(2008-2010)

adftco@r.postjobfree.com linkedin.com/in/ashercornelius ashercornelius.com Traverse City, Michigan

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