North America Electrical Engineer
Resume:
RESUME
Peter DeVries
Harrisburg, Illinois, 62946
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Summary
I am a Professional Engineer with over 40 years of experience. This experience has been in small privately held, as well as in large private and publicly held businesses. In addition; I have started two very successful businesses based on manufacturing, that I was able to build up and sell. My experience has been international, having worked throughout North America (Canada, USA, and Mexico) as well as Asia, with more than a decade as an Ex-pat.
My professional life has been focused on delivering results, through the use, and implementation, of Lean Manufacturing methods, driven by bottom line financial results. From the start, learning from the Shingijutsu experts (who came out of the Toyota Production System), through my work worldwide, I have become an expert in field of manufacturing excellence and Continuous Improvement.
I am looking for an opportunity to use my wealth of experience to help companies become world class, as well as pass on my experience to a new generation of experts.
Education
Electrical Engineer, University of Waterloo
Waterloo Ontario, 1983
Work History
2016-present,
CEO and Owner of NRR Consulting
Starting up new manufacturing facilities worldwide. Covering all aspects of a new facility startup from location selection, equipment procurement and set-up, to hiring and training of staff, and implementation of management and financial reporting systems.
2010-2016
COO and owner of Sigma Worldwide (Ex-pat - Asia)
Start-up of an Engineering and Manufacturing company delivering products from Asian third-party partners. Responsible for all aspects of building a full team including:
Identifying third party manufacturing partners
Design, build, and implementation of the full manufacturing process
Quality requirement definitions, as well as, on-site inspection and control
Hiring, training, and overseeing manufacturing staff
Shipping and delivery of product
2007-2010
OSM – Director of Operations (Ex-pat – Asia)
Responsible for product development
Responsible for all aspects of in-house manufacturing for major North American customers including
oAmazon
oNokia
oBlackBerry
2005-2007
Director of Quality - RT Sourcing (Ex-pat in Asia)
Responsible for all aspects of quality delivery for customers ranging from cosmetics to furniture
Managed a Quality Team that worked with a large group of third-party manufacturers
Responsible for translating the final customers requirements into working documents
Process and final inspection to ensure quality of delivered products
1989 - 2005
Kohler Company - Various roles of increasing responsibility (Canada, USA, China)
Roles included Manufacturing Engineer, Quality Engineer, Quality Manager, Factory Superintendent, to the start-up of a new facility in Asia. Products produced varied from plumbing to electrical generators.
1986-1989
Magna International – Testing Manager (Canada)
This was a research facility that worked on developing the first electric vehicle and battery to exceed a driving range of 100 miles per charge. The development was done in partnership with ABB of Germany and NGK of Japan. Responsible for the testing of the prototype batteries as well as working with Ford Motor Company to integrate our battery with their vehicle to do road testing.
1982-1986
Unitron Industries - Product Development Engineer (Canada)
Unitron was a North America based (Kitchener, Ontario) designer and manufacturer of hearing aids. I was responsible for new product design as well as product manufacturing
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