ENGINEERING MANAGER
Achievement oriented engineering management professional with 15+ years of progressive experience across various industry segments. Proven ability to combine vision, creative thinking, and focus with well-developed project management and leadership qualities to support new product introduction and product support activities, positioning companies and products for success. Foster relationships with staff to improve performance, provide effective feedback and solicit engagement. Team player with high integrity, analytical and technically competent with good business sense and demonstrated ability to learn key concepts quickly.
Areas of expertise include:
* Strategic Planning & Leadership* Process Design & Redesign* Change Management* Program Management* Regulatory Requirements* Six Sigma (Green Belt)* Delegation* Performance Reviews* Motivation* Productivity & Efficiency Improvement* Organization & Team Design* Government Contracts* Problem Solving* Decision Making* Total Quality Management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Product Engineering Manager, Katecho, Inc. – Des Moines, IA 2014-2015
Manufacturer of Class I and II medical devices
Hired to lead the design and launch team. Responsible for designing products easy to manufacture on the floor, and meeting customer needs, including FDA regulatory requirements. Plus the performance reviews, career development and program assignment for 4 reports.
Key Contributions:
* Create CRM tool from scratch. Used Outlook to fashion a CRM tool to track potential customers from initial inquiry to sample build.
* Reduce engineering work request duration. Measured duration between work flow steps and added rigor to process. Reduced duration by 66% (from 4 weeks to 1.5 weeks).
Senior Project Manager (contract), Kustom Signals, Inc. – Lenexa, KS 2013-2014
Design, assembly and support of law enforcement radar, lidar and in-car & body-worn video equipment
Brought in to get new in-car video platform ($1.5M budget) back on track. Project was one year late and almost 100% over budget. Managed schedule, budget and risk for three subcontractors. Established weekly status meetings at the engineering and manufacturing facilities.
Key Contributions:
*Ensure project re-start on budget. Enforced “no work” rule without PO with subcontractors. Established verification process for deliverables prior to payment. Project on-budget at departure.
*Establish project processes. Created and updated processes for risk evaluation / mitigation, WBS, change management, and project planning.
Director R&D Engineering, Compressor Controls Corp. – Urbandale, IA 2011-2013
Design, assembly and support of turbomachinery control systems for the oil & gas industry
Responsible for new product introduction and support at a $150M business. Established a scope management process to reduce scope creep in software releases, improving cycle time. Created a Test & Verification department to address escaping defects. Our first activity was to introduce early integration testing. The first application identified 60 issues prior to beta release.
Conducted the performance reviews, career development and program assignment for five direct report managers in a department of 28. Exposed my team to project management concepts with on-site VSM and Requirements training. Participated in Dale Carnegie training with my direct report managers.
Led a team of peers to define our 5-year strategy using cloud technology with industrial control systems. Created the level 1 schedule, budget, risk register and assumptions within two months.
Key Contributions:
*Effective personnel management. Transitioned a manager to a lead technical role, better suited to his skills and personality. Coordinated a smooth separation for two engineers, when product lines were cancelled.
*Implement a Help Desk for customer issues. Built on Sharepoint to collect, prioritize and assign issues to engineers. Resulted in just over 25% improvement in scheduling and resolution delivery.
*Introduce new troubleshooting process. Using the 8D process, we resolved two recurring issues (occurring over years) with no further incidents.
Program Engineer & Section Lead, Hamilton Sundstrand – Rockford, IL 2009-2011
Design, manufacture, assembly and support of electric power systems for commercial and military aircraft
A unique situation with a main competitor responsible for complementary equipment on a $20M program. Streamlined the 787-9 power panel EMC test issue resolution method, producing a 33% reduction in resolution time (2-3 weeks to less than one week). Plus the performance reviews, career development and program assignment for 12 reports.
Key Contributions:
*Balance with main competitor on same program. Delicate balance between serving our common customer and divulging trade secrets. We complet...
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