Experience

Nortech Systems, Inc.

• Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Program Manager

  • Oct 2020 - Present

  Managing multiple concurrent development programs, working with client companies across the Medical Device industry to design and deliver exceptional products that improve patients' lives. Managing multiple concurrent development programs, working with client companies across the Medical Device industry to design and deliver exceptional products that improve patients' lives.



Honeywell

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr Project Manager, IIoT and Automation

  • Mar 2019 - Jul 2020

  Led ideation and capital project proposal processes, and managed daily milestone execution and schedule recovery planning. - Developed and led 7 Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) projects saving $3.5M annually. - Coordinated 9 factory automation projects totaling $3.65M annual save. - Measured financial performance of completed projects ($1.65 million in 2019).- Led IIoT projects with the goal of not merely digitizing the existing manufacturing system, but re-envisioning the system itself to best utilize data to gain more accurate control, eliminate waste, and reduce cycle time.

• Senior Program Manager Engineering

  • Dec 2007 - Mar 2019

  Program-level responsibility for key product developments, including customer needs identification and concept definition activity for Navigation and Sensors product line. - For programs in the Planning and Specification, Development, and Validation phases, monitored milestone progress, reported status to executive leadership, and negotiated scope change with both suppliers and customers where needed. - Collaborated with all business functions to find creative ways to accelerate program tasks within Manufacturing Engineering to make up for schedule misses elsewhere and mitigate the known technical risks that were realized. - Regained schedule, overachieved on process automation targets, and executed under budget to restore a faltering program; successfully implemented automation savings exceeding $30 million over the product life. - Partnered cross-functionally and with suppliers to create a program plan that delivered a high-quality product on time to market and at the lowest possible cost; worked on both cost-plus and commercial end item projects. - Shepherded over 50 projects into the development pipeline, including products with over $100 million in annual revenue.

• Sr Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Manager

  • Jul 2006 - Nov 2007

  An Integrated Supply Chain leadership position focused on the big picture of the manufacturing health of six major aerospace product lines across five manufacturing sites – cost reduction paths, obsolescences, and technology insertions. - Led the investigation into cost reduction redesigns (Value Engineering), defining the business case for those investments, tracking program progress, and measuring program results. - Combined dozens of programs to create a holistic view of future cost reductions that enabled the business to count on the future viability of the product in a competitive environment. - Created and executed 90 Value Engineering programs, generating over $17 million/year in cost savings.



Keithley Instruments (A Tektronix Company)

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Product Line Marketing Manager

  • Jul 2000 - Jul 2006

  Defined new measurement products and managed design engineering teams for the scientific research market area. Led the company's efforts in strategic selling to research and educational institutions. - Created entire marketing programs, including promotional literature, white papers, trade show appearances, and demonstrations. - Rewrote the entire Low-Level Measurement Seminar and delivered three worldwide tours attended by thousands of scientists and engineers in over 20 countries. - Received Research and Development Magazine’s R&D 100 awards for both the 6485 PicoAmmeter and the 2182A/6220 micropower impedance system.

• Core Technology Scientist

  • Jun 1994 - Jul 2000

  Created new measurement techniques and invented technologies for the premiere brand in scientific electrical measurements. - Wrote and presented many papers on cutting-edge calibration technologies and novel measurement capabilities. - Received R&D 100 award for Model 6430 sub-femtoAmp SourceMeter.