Supply Chain Project Management

LEON BROWN

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Summary

Experienced professional with 20+ years in the manufacturing industry, Expert in engineering and project management, skilled trades experience in designing, developing, and delivering various systems and components for industrial and commercial applications. Led and mentored teams of engineers, technicians, and operators, and collaborated with customers, suppliers, vendors, and regulators. Secured 2 patents for R&D industrial projects that resulted in new or improved products, features, or capabilities. Reduced supply chain cost by 15% and improved manufacturing engineering process by introducing innovative technologies. Contiguous contract compliance and customer satisfaction by adhering to specifications, standards, and regulations. Work Experience

Project Manager Earth Orbit Technologies Inc. Full-time Apr 2020 - Present · Leading tool & die transfer teams responsible for client relations and engineering. Tooling sales, client proposals and order placement. Manage program timing for order fulfillment, planning

& infrastructure projects battery storage, transportation, supplier management, and quality assurance. End user planning, analytics, and optimization of bill of material supply chain KPI’s. Create workflow schedule of values and instructions material estimating, proposal analysis of sales RFIs data operations one code platforms. Key recent accomplishments labor relations: • Led a technology skill trades team on complex and innovative tool & die projects for a major client, resulting in a 25% increase in revenue and a 10% improvement in customer satisfaction. • As built drawings by 50% by creating and implementing effective client proposals and order placement strategies, using CAD and estimating tools• Reduced order fulfillment cost of long lead time material by 30% and improved efficiency by 40% by managing field personnel sourcing. Project management of bill of materials, estimating, and proposal layout of projects. Response to RFP’s layout operations, using tooling operational line-ups that enhanced accuracy and competitiveness of the quotes and bids.

Sr. Quality Engineer June 2017 – April 2020 Earth Orbit Technologies Inc. Pontiac, Michigan USA. My duties consist of creating sales proposals and contract tooling estimates for tier1 tier2 manufacturing suppliers. Administer non-disclosure agreements, tool development CAD checker, and product review meetings. Perform cost accounting machine shop parts. GD&T meetings with customers datum strategies for fixture mounts, brackets, formations, and net part shape datum inserts. Key recent accomplishments: • Created and delivered sales proposals and contract tooling estimates for over 50 tier1 and tier2 manufacturing suppliers, resulting in a 30% increase in revenue and a 20% improvement in customer satisfaction. • Administered and enforced non-disclosure agreements for all projects, ensuring the confidentiality and security of the company's intellectual property and trade secrets. • Performed tool development CAD checking and product review meetings for various projects, ensuring the quality and accuracy of the design and manufacturing process.

• Performed cost accounting for machine shop parts, optimizing the inventory management and budget allocation for each project. • Conducted GD&T meetings with customers to determine the optimal datum strategies for fixture mounts, brackets, formations, and net part shape datum inserts, enhancing the performance and functionality of the products. Sr. Product Engineer December 2015 – June 2017 Eaton Corporation, Proving Grounds Marshall, Michigan USA. My duties consist of attending cross-functional design review meetings. The manufacturing design team led cylinder deactivation technologies assembly and packaging. Advanced valvetrain program tool builder led Eaton engine factories & test facilities. My role in the prototype shop involves day-to-day engineering, simulation, and analytical reliability testing. I am an individual contributor to a 3D CAD design tool creator for machine work holding, dimensional fixtures GD&T, and tolerance stacks. Key recent accomplishments: • Led the manufacturing design team for cylinder deactivation technologies, a project that improved the fuel efficiency and emissions of internal combustion engines, using advanced valvetrain. • Coordinated and participated in cross-functional design review meetings, ensuring the quality and feasibility of the engineering solutions and specifications for various projects. • Supervised and supported the tool builder team for the advanced valvetrain program, a project that developed and tested innovative valvetrain components and systems for engine performance and durability • Performed day-to-day engineering, simulation, and analytical reliability testing for various prototypes in the shop, using state-of-the-art equipment and software, such as CAD/CAM, FEA, CFD, MATLAB, LabVIEW, etc. • Created and implemented a 3D CAD design tool for machine work holding, dimensional fixtures, GD&T, and tolerance stacks, enhancing the accuracy and efficiency of the design and manufacturing process. Operations Manager May 2009 – November 2015 Catalyst Management Group (CMG) Pontiac, Michigan USA Duties consist of running day to day operations of CMG’s infrastructure division. Provide daily coordination with hourly CMG labor team, safety meetings, site visits, and time keeping. Foster union relationships ex., signatory relationships. Manage government contract timing and milestones for workforce development in local communities. My role required me to identify workforce development channels, close the skill trade gaps. • Managed and executed the day-to-day operations of CMG's infrastructure division, overseeing a team of 20 laborers, engineers, and technicians, and ensuring the quality and safety of the projects. Key recent accomplishments: • Coordinated and LEON BROWN

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conducted daily activities with the CMG labor team, such as safety meetings, site visits, and time keeping, using MS Excel and other tools. • Fostered and maintained positive and productive union relationships, such as signatory relationships, with various stakeholders, such as customers, suppliers, vendors, and regulators. • Managed and delivered government contract projects for workforce development in local communities, meeting the timing and milestones, and exceeding the expectations of the clients. • Identified and implemented workforce development channels, such as training, mentoring, and apprenticeship programs, to close the skill trade gaps and enhance the performance and retention of the workforce.

Program Engineer October 2006 – April 2009 General Motors Corporation (GM) Pontiac, Michigan USA. My duties require engineers to visit tooling centers, assembly plants, and report back to GM headquarters the appropriate vehicle timing for tool construction. With the launch of a new automotive program, initiated production part approval processes and sign off on tooling commitments with the construction factories within network. Champion cross functional meetings with tooling centers, metal centers, and assembly plants. Site visits with stakeholders resolving corrective actions and establishing a good reputation at the plant is my success. Duties consist of CAD buyoff’s using formability analysis, tool construction timing meetings, quality, and senior manager meetings. Process owner leads identification, resolution, and closure of feasibility issues with parts in press equipment, weld tool automation, class(A)metal, and checking fixtures. Key recent accomplishments: • Visited and coordinated with various tooling centers, assembly plants, and GM headquarters, ensuring the appropriate vehicle timing for tool construction for over 20 projects, using CAD/CAM software and formability analysis. • Initiated and completed production part approval processes and tooling commitments for a new automotive program, a project that involved the design, development, and delivery of innovative and reliable products, using advanced engineering and manufacturing techniques. • Championed and participated in cross-functional meetings with tooling centers, metal centers, and assembly plants, ensuring the quality and feasibility of the engineering solutions and specifications for various projects. • Conducted site visits with stakeholders, resolving corrective actions and establishing a good reputation at the plant, resulting in a 15% improvement in customer satisfaction and a 10% reduction in errors and defects. • Led and managed the identification, resolution, and closure of feasibility issues with parts in press equipment, weld tool automation, class(A)metal, and checking fixtures, enhancing the performance and functionality of the products.

1st Line Supervisor June 2000 –September 2006 General Motors Corporation Pontiac, Michigan USA October 2006 – April 2009 Supervisory experience in the procurement of steel as a raw material, process mapping, machine-it, heat-treat, and insert into die castings. I managed the machining of shop die components that are fitted and assembled in die shoes for sheet metal tryout. Schuler Press 500ton system training, synchronous modular die construction 21 tool makers on staff running die turnover work cells. I am trained in UAW union shop local best practices. My duties consist of daily lineups, CMM quality checks, and process planning for roll throughput yield- dies constructed 9 per month. My tasks require daily scheduled CAM room time in system for 2D, 3D machining jobs. Proficient communicating tasks like grinding, timing steels, welding beads, or loading dies in a press for tryout. I possess a good temperament and work well under pressure. My project management skills can provide production support, corrective actions on shop floor more visible saving time back to metal centers and assembly plants. Tooling Engineer June 1997 – May 2000. The Timken Company Canton, Ohio USA individual contributor Cup/Hon/Grind bearing manufacturing support using engineering calculations and tooling design projects. Provide industrial manufacturing support working in conjunction with engineering teams. Design engineer foundry mill shoe tooling and packaging used to increase capacity size and output. Grinding process improvement part-tool design modernization of how steel billets are machined reducing downtime by 30% machining cups, and cones.

Quality Steel Engineer May 1996 – June 1997 LTV Steel Company, Cleveland Ohio USA The LTV steel company taught me metallurgy and the ingredients required to manufacture steel of various concentrations. The LTV steel onsite metallurgical laboratory at the Cleveland Works would receive samples extracted from a production coil run at the 84” hot mill. The resulting test reports analyzed the steel for purification and its crystalline lattice structure from lot-to-lot production. I report my findings weekly to the area manager or process engineer providing the stakeholders with good statistical process control meetings and reading of data reports. Education • Central State University c/o 1999 Manufacturing Engineering, ABET • General Motors University, c/o 2002 Tool and Die Supervisory College • University of Phoenix, c/o 2007 master’s Business Administration • Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, c/o 2010 Building Operator • ETI Effective Training Inc; American Society of Mechanical Engineers Y14.43-2011 standard, c/o 2018

• Functional Gaging and Measurement Y14.5-2009 standard, c/o 2016 Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance • Society of Automotive Engineers, c/o 2015 Advanced Valvetrain Systems Society of Automotive Engineers, • Patents: Hydraulic Lash Adjuster Assembly Sleeve USA/Europe No. 17861294.1-1007 PCT/US2017056842 Eaton Intelligent Power Limited