Experience

Mestek, Inc.

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Vice President, Engineering

  • 2015 - Present

  Lead a dynamic, fast-paced, iterative, deadline-driven NPI process to deliver products that exceed market demands. Drive innovation, product quality and cost, ensuring on-time delivery of products. Ensure frequent, transparent updates of the product development status to enhance, test and improve product outcome. Co-create with Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Design and R&D teams to exceed consumer expectations. Cultivate inclusive, creative processes that inspires constructive conflict to drive project teams toward better outcomes. Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to seamlessly bring new products from R&D to production and release to market. Collaborate with Product Management, Sales and Marketing to establish multi-year product plans across multiple divisions. Champion the collaborative review and refinement of NPI processes to shorten time-to-market and improve product quality. Streamline the organization processes to eliminate choke points and accelerate product development activities. Identify key project risks and develop mitigation strategies to maintain aggressive development deadlines. Align development with internal/external manufacturing partners’ capabilities to ensure a smooth transition to full production. Direct R&D, new product development, sustaining engineering, design and compliance activities for all product lines. Own organizational resource requirements, schedules, and budgets necessary to support product objectives. Oversee smooth integration of new products obtained through company acquisitions into existing product portfolios Show less

• Director of Engineering

  • 2012 - 2015



Alstom Power

• Electric Power Generation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director Engineering Automation, Global Engineering

  • 2008 - 2011

  Achieved automation of global process and mechanical engineering activities of boiler island components for power plants. This involved the design, development and implementation of a three-tiered system utilizing SolidWorks to allow the automation of all engineering activities to reduce engineering cycle time while ensuring strict adherence to corporate design and manufacturing standards. Responsible for overseeing all development activities to achieve aggressive engineering reduction targets. Led multiple multi-cultural development teams in various geographic locations and time zones. Show less

• Manager, Component Development Engineering

  • 2005 - 2008

  Oversaw the alignment of product lines to be more manufacturing friendly. Ensured that product enhancements achieved a more robust product offering while minimizing manufacturing cost and lead time. Key thought leader responsible for the automation of the engineering execution of products. Recipient of sector-wide innovation award for ALSTOM’s power segment related to the development of a system to automate engineering and proposal activities with significantly reduced cycle time.

• Product Manager, Strategic Operations

  • 2003 - 2005

  Led product road map for multiple boiler product lines. Managed boiler product lines throughout the product lifecycle, gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements. Defined product vision and worked cross-functionally with Engineering, Marketing and Manufacturing, to deliver the highest quality products at the lowest installed cost.

• Consulting Engineer

  • 2001 - 2003

  Involved in the harmonization of product offerings across multiple global execution centers while ensuring estimating accuracies were improved to minimize commercial risk on project offerings.



Eaton

• Ireland
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product Engineer

  • 1998 - 2001

  Executed new product development activities for the entire product line for Cooper Crouse-Hinds. Included the redesign of the product line with aggressive goals of cost reduction, manufacturing cycle time reduction and achieving an increase in inventory turns. Managed all aspects of new product implementation including engineering, tooling, capital budgets, FAA testing and third party certification as well as ensuring a smooth transition to manufacturing and efficient production start-up. Executed new product development activities for the entire product line for Cooper Crouse-Hinds. Included the redesign of the product line with aggressive goals of cost reduction, manufacturing cycle time reduction and achieving an increase in inventory turns. Managed all aspects of new product implementation including engineering, tooling, capital budgets, FAA testing and third party certification as well as ensuring a smooth transition to manufacturing and efficient production start-up.



Alstom Power

• Electric Power Generation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Mechanical Engineer

  • 1995 - 1998

  Responsible for identifying and eliminating interferences of Structural Steel with all disciplines for Utility Steam Generation boiler islands using plant modeling software. Additional responsibilities involved overall planning and coordination of assignments including evaluation of specifications and development of integrated scope and schedule requirements. Responsible for material forecast and design for fabrication and installation. Responsible for identifying and eliminating interferences of Structural Steel with all disciplines for Utility Steam Generation boiler islands using plant modeling software. Additional responsibilities involved overall planning and coordination of assignments including evaluation of specifications and development of integrated scope and schedule requirements. Responsible for material forecast and design for fabrication and installation.



Rykoff-Sexton

• Project Engineer

  • 1992 - 1995

  Led the engineering design and development of food service facilities which included structural, electrical, plumbing and HVAC applications. Supervised on-site installation crew for multi-million dollar equipment installation projects. Led the engineering design and development of food service facilities which included structural, electrical, plumbing and HVAC applications. Supervised on-site installation crew for multi-million dollar equipment installation projects.