Mechanical Engineer Manufacturing

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Huntington Woods, MI 48070 Email: **************@*****.***

EDUCATION:

****-**** ***** ****** ** Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Master's Degree in Management (MBA)

1981- 1985 Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering

EXPERIENCE:

10/2017 – Present BAE DEFENSE SYSTEMS, COMBAT VEHICLES DIVISION Sterling Heights, Mi

Principal Mobility Engineer and Engine Lead, M88A3 Hercules Combat Vehicle. Engineering manager responsible for powertrain engineering on a $300 million program to upgrade an 80 ton Army tank with an all new powertrain. Working with Caterpillar to

integrate a 1400 horsepower, 32 liter V12 diesel into the tank upgrade program. Engine-vehicle integration responsibilities include

engineering work in thermal, engine, transmission, and controls areas, program management, subcontract and purchasing management, managing and negotiating budgets and program costs, and negotiations with the US Army customers.

7/2015 – 10/2017 ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED Plymouth, MI

Senior Manager, Commercial Vehicle Product Planning and Vehicle Engineering. Responsible for product planning and vehicle engineering of Class 3,4,5, and 6 Isuzu commercial trucks sold in the United States. A member of the leadership team bringing the Isuzu FTR to market, Isuzu’s first vehicle 100% designed in the United States. Managed the chassis engineering group with 25 engineers, about 1/3 of the engineering team at Isuzu’s Plymouth R&D center. Served as the technical lead for all autonomous and ADAS systems development. Managed all aspects of prototype build events, including parts procurement, supplier relationships, creating and overseeing testing/validation plans, etc. Was the lead manager for working with GM on joint programs, sitting on GM steering committees for coordinating the several Isuzu trucks sold as Chevrolet Models.

1989-2015 GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Warren, MI

Broad base of assignments and experience in automotive product planning and engineering over a period of 26 years at GM. 25 of the 26 years were in new vehicle design, engineering, and planning, 1 year was in manufacturing.

AREAS OF EXPERIENCE:

2008-2015 Vehicle Performance Engineering Manager, managed 12 teams on each assigned vehicle program in the areas of vehicle dynamics, noise & vibration, fuel economy, electrical architecture planning and development, driveability, safety, thermal, controls, quality/reliability/durability, serviceability, mass, etc Coordinated/managed prototype build events and associated validation plans. Worked on autonomous and ADAS systems development from 2013-2015 on the C7 Corvette and Gen 2 Volt.

2001-2008 Advanced Vehicle Planning Manager, planning manager responsible for early stage new vehicle planning and definition. Work included establishing the overall vehicle configuration and program content, bill of material definition, using market research to set technical performance requirements, competitive positioning and brand equity positioning, coordination with corporate portfolio planning.

1989-2001 In the first half of my GM career, I worked in a wide variety of areas, including:

·Release engineering, mainly in chassis and power train areas.

·Fuel economy estimation, planning and engineering.

·Aerodynamic development.

·Part to part interface requirements specifications for quality improvement.

·Six Sigma strategy implementation. Certified Six Sigma - Black Belt.

·development of new market research tools

·did early pioneering work on GM’s first traction control and Stabilitrak systems, which we designed in the 1990s. One of the first implementers at GM of UML/SysML for design/layout of electrical architectures.

·solved a multi-month no-build condition/crisis with the 1993 Camaro Convertible with a multivariate statistical analysis of the top stack to head mis-alignment, allowing the convertible model to go into production and saving millions of dollars.

·invented some new templates for powertrain/vehicle product positioning, which are now used as critical templates for powertrain planning on all of GM’s new vehicle development programs globally.

CHRONOLOGICAL WORK HISTORY: FUNCTION:

·1989-92 Camaro/Firebird IV Engineering

·1992-93 Camaro/Firebird IV Assembly Plant Manufacturing

·1993-96 Cutlass/Regal/Century Engineering

·1996-97 Gen V Camaro (Cancelled) Engineering

·1997-99 Pontiac Aztec Member of Vehicle Line Executive Team & Engineering Team

·1998-2001 Not program specific Development of new market research tools

·2001-2002 Gen V Camaro (Cancelled) Planning/Engineering

·2002-2002 H4 Hummer (Cancelled) Planning/Engineering

· 2002-2004 H2T Hummer Crew Cab (Cancelled) Planning/Engineering

·2004-2005 Solstice Targa Planning

·2005-2006 Gen V Camaro Planning

·2006-2008 Chevy Cruze Planning/Engineering

·2008-2008 C7 Corvette (Cancelled) Engineering

· 2008-2011 Chevy Volt Engineering

· 2011-2014 C7 Corvette Engineering

·2011-2015 Gen 2 Chevy Volt Engineering

·2015-2015 Future Vehicle Engineering

·2015-2015 Future Vehicle Engineering

1985-87 TRW, DEFENSE SYSTEMS GROUP - Redondo Beach, CA

Mechanical Engineer on MX missile basing systems. Evaluated overall system configurations and alternative candidate designs. Specialized in stress analysis, failure modes, shock isolation, and nonlinear dynamic simulations. Did extensive FEA modeling with ANSYS.

1983-84 Summers MARTIN MARIETTA AEROSPACE

Manufacturing Engineer. Worked in the NASA assembly plant used to manufacture the space shuttle's large external fuel tank.

Personal: Lifelong sports car enthusiast and owner, with 19 years of experience working on Corvette and Camaro at GM, and personally owning 23 sports cars over the last 35 years. Like to Downhill Ski and Golf.

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