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VP OF ENGINEERING
Summary
Focused Engineering Executive offering proven track record of cost-effective project management and developing business relationships across multiple industries. Highly skilled in application engineering, team leadership, budget management and project delivery.
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Experience
VP of Engineering, 5Th Kind, March 2017-August 2020Los Angeles , CA
- Effectively lead and managed a growing corporate engineering group consisting of Project Engineering, Production Engineering, R&D Engineering and Test Lab.
- Direct reports included the managers of each department and 5 Project Engineers.
- Member or the Board or Directors, Strategic Planning Committee and, Committee setting future corporate vision and goals.
- Recruited, hired, mentored, motivated and promoted talented individuals for the entire engineering group.
- Balance business objectives across long term growth, short term opportunities, platform stability, and rapid expansion of technical capabilities Worked with senior management to shape and develop technical roadmap, and defined yearly goals for each department.
- Provided a strong technical guidance to the teams.
- Ensured a high level of quality and consistency throughout the organization.
- Played a key role in expanding and renovating the test lab department ($800,000 capital project).
Engineering Manager, Eaton Corporation, November 2012-May 2017Shawnee , OK
- Managed a team of 12 Project Engineers, 2 Administrative Assistants and Test Lab personnel.
- Oversaw Project Engineering and Test Lab department budgets and capital projects.
- Recruited, hired and trained new Project Engineers.
- Track multiple aspects of project progress and barriers, and prepare summaries for communication with senior management.
- Technical contact for Carrier's overseas licensees and divisions in Australia, Belgium, India and China.
- Set engineering roadmap, priorities and effectively run day to day operations.
- Maintained and developed strong relationships with customers, external sales team and vendors.
- Manage and evolve the development process and achieve ideal deployment of personnel for different product lines.
- Participated in weekly design, schedule reviews, and team meetings.
- Directed the development of the engineering department's strategic plans consistent with established corporate strategic plans and ensured their proper execution.
Project Engineer/ Sr. Project Engineer, Carrier Vibrating Equipment, June 1995-November 2012City , STATE
- Successfully managed over 100 projects for custom engineered equipment to meet client specifications.
- Designed drying, conveying and other processing vibratory equipment for various industries including Chemical, Rubber, Foundry, Plastics, Recycling, Food and Dairy.
- Developed project costs, generated customer proposals, reviewed customer specifications, managed project timeline, and provided project communication through completion.
- Executed projects during phases including proposals, planning, design, procurement, manufacturing, commissioning, and customer acceptance.
- Specialized projects included:.
- Development of a “deep bed” vibrating fluid bed dryer to achieve a 30-45 min retention time for high-value polymer.
- Designed largest known vibrating fluid bed dryer for dairy powders (6.5' wide x 45' long).
- Conceived and developed vibrating scalpers using machined UHMW plates to separate valuable polycrystalline silicon.
- Optimized designs for UBC Airknife systems.
- Main technical contact taking part in pre award meetings, kick off meetings and equipment start-up (FAT) meetings.
- Managed, documented and maintained project schedules.
- Handled field problems and customer complaints in a timely fashion minimizing company expense.
- Attendance and witnessing of commissioning start up systems.
- Twelve-year AAG award recipient for Top Engineer.
- Problem-solved creative ways to adjust to challenging situations to meet the schedule/cost/safety targets.
Education and Training
Masters of ScienceMechanical Engineering, , University of Louisville, Speed Scientific School, 1995with honors.
Bachelors of ScienceMechanical Engineering, , University of Louisville, Speed Scientific School, 1994
- With honors.
- Reestablished Pi Tau Sigma (engineering honor society) at the university. KY Professional Engineer license #21747
Certifications
- Engineering Management
- Leadership
- Problem Solving
- Custom Equipment Design
- Technical Sales
- Application Engineering
- Engineering Processes and Standards Project Management Mechanical Engineering
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School Attended
- University of Louisville, Speed Scientific School
Job Titles Held:
- VP of Engineering
- Engineering Manager
- Project Engineer/ Sr. Project Engineer
Degrees
- Masters of Science
Bachelors of Science
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