Manager Engineering

COLIN A. ROBERTS

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EDUCATION

INDIANA UNIVERSITY Indianapolis, IN

Master of Business Administration, 3.5/4.0 May, 2008

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Ann Arbor, MI

Master of Engineering, Automotive Engineering, 3.8/ 4.0 December, 2000

Master of Science in Engineering - Ergonomics and Human Factors, 3.9/4.0

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY Tempe, AZ

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, 3.2/4.0 May 1996

WORK HISTORY

ALLIED SPECIALTY VEHICLES - FLEETWOOD RV, Inc. Decatur, IN

2010 - 2012 Vice President of Product Development, Engineering, and Design

• Lead all product portfolio planning, development, and execution – 73 direct reports

• Invent new coaches and floorplans via innovative Voice of the Customer Image Capture

• Instituted 100% 3D Cad modeling- Designs in Lean MFG. techniques with poke-yokes

• Doubled previous departmental productivity while eliminating entire layer of management, reducing headcount and departmental budget by 20% or $800,000.

• Developed current #1 and #2 Best Selling Models - Bounder 35K and Storm 33Q – Increasing Class A Gas Market Share– And growing.

• All new Chassis co-design with Freightliner, reducing annual chassis spend by more than $6MM

• Developed all new Diesel Coach in record 7 months, RVIA Show Launch, 11/28/11,

o Best of Show - RV Pro Magazine - January 2012 Issue

o Top 5 Debuts - RV Business Magazine – December 2011 Issue

ALLIED SPECIALTY VEHICLES - CAPACITY OF TEXAS, Inc.

Heavy Duty Truck Manufacturer, Class 8 & Intermodal Longview, TX

2007 - 2010 Engineering Manager, Director of Engineering, and then Vice President of Engineering

• Lead and coach all engineering activities including design and manufacturing engineering with Lean focus.

• Received $822k Texas State Grant to develop fuel-cell Zero Emissions Terminal Tractor

• Received $750k Texas State Grant to develop industry first Pluggable Series-Hybrid Electric Hybrid vehicle, PHETT . Patent-pending

• Implemented Solid modeling design and FE analysis to raise engineering group work product to state-of-the-art capabilities.

• Brought Industry-First Cummins ISL-G LNG & CNG Alternative Fuel Vehicles to Production

• Launched new MaxxForce 7, Caterpillar C7 and Cummins DOT vehicles

• Selected by Cummins, Inc. as Beta Engine Test and Development partner for 2010 ISB engine

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION Detroit, MI

1995 - 2007 Various Positions including Vehicle Systems Manager, Powertrain Controls Manager, Suspensions Release Engineer, Finite Element Design Analyst, GM Fellow

• Lead GM Truck Performance and Development Team at Proving Ground and 7 domestic and international Assembly Plants for 2006 and 2007 model year production launches.

• Coordinated team which invented and implemented Fuel-Saver Mode to improve Full-size Truck fuel economy. Patent-pending.

• Coordinated efforts of Powertrain Application Engineering to Model Year 2005 Flawless Launch, earning attendance at award ceremony at GM Heritage Center.

• Acted as GM Powertrain Arbiter and communication conduit for conflict prevention and resolution to GM Truck Group.

• Co-invented solution for high-rate intake airflow monitoring, U.S. Patent 7,069,773.

• Co-invented drag control algorithm for increased oversteer resistance, U.S. Patent 7,306,542.

• Redesigned inherited suspension components during 100% NHTSA recall helping to restart idled Moraine vehicle assembly plant, earning a PMQH Chairman’s Award, and incurring zero further incidences on Chevrolet TrailBlazer and GMC Envoy.

• Wrote AutoMigWeld finite element analysis modeling software which reduced welded chassis-frame model generation from four days of manual labor to 45 minutes of auto-processing.

• Conducted redesign of engine cradle, frame and park-brake systems on full size trucks resulting in a $2.4M yearly cost savings.

• GM Fellowship – University of Michigan

o Researched in-cylinder flame front propagation, ocular pattern recognition while driving, and in-plant human motion control.

o Graduate Teaching Assistant – Vehicle Dynamics

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