Experience

NODAR

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President of Business Development

  • Jul 2022 - Present



North American Lighting, Inc.

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Innovation

  • Jan 2020 - Jul 2022

• Sr. Business Development Manager

  • Jan 2018 - Jan 2020

  Business Development for sensors in exterior automotive lighting, v2v and v2x communication, IoT and Mobility ecosystem

• Business Development Manager

  • Mar 2017 - Jan 2018

  Autonomous driving and related technologies.

• Lead Technical Marketing Engineer

  • Jun 2016 - Mar 2017

• Sr Technical Marketing Engineer

  • Jun 2014 - May 2016

  Understanding competitors SWOTs in terms of engineering design and strategic styling.



Robert Bosch Tool Corporation NA

• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Engineer Cost Benchmarking

  • Jan 2012 - Jun 2014

  Product Benchmark and Design• Developed a proprietary method to determine competitor die cast, plastic, powdered metal, machined, universal motors and electronics, and extruded costs which includes material, process, coating, shipping, and profits using VBA, SQL, MSAccess & MSExcel for table, miter, chop, reciprocating, routers, and circular saws• Determined bottlenecks in manufacturing and methods to improve efficiency• Calculated component cost, SG&A, Tooling, VOH, FOH, AFC, ATC, MC, Duties, Shipping, Margins, Allowances and Discounts, and Retail Margin and interpreted through Advanced MS Excel, Pivot Tables & Charts, & MS PowerPoint with focus on total cost reductions through the supply chain• Used macroeconomic variables such as GDP, Currency Effects, Inflation, Interest Rate Changes, Labor Supply and Demand to determine trends• Utilized naïve and seasonally adjusted forecast to anticipate demand along with determining capacity constraints to optimize production; minimized project risk using competitor SWOT’s• Overseas travel to visit tier 1, 2, and 3 suppliers in China for cost• Worked in cross functional teams to determine requirements from each division• Objectively related Bosch tool benefits vs features using multivariate regression analysis• Utilized SAP to determine buyout product costs and determined cost reductions• Visited users to understand their insights about our tools and related these to costs• Designed and implemented training materials for new engineers highlighting tool functionality andstandards of development• Responsible for ELA (engineering laboratory applications) data imports and development• Involved in creating a business plan along with another colleague for a potential product Show less

• Mechanical Design Engineer

  • May 2008 - Dec 2011

  Table Saw Development• Table Saw sub system Development, Pro E models and drawings, FEA’s with Pro E Mechanica, Pro E sheet metal and mechanism• FMEA, DFMEA, Product Presentation, benchmark testing along with data interpretation, Quality Control using Weibull methods, Fixture Development and Testing• GD&T course completion certificate and implementation• 5 patents relating to a new project• Assigned to a level three project; development of a safety saw mechanism• Assigned to keep track of all project deliverables (OTD’s, PZ(Discounted Cash Flow), FEP Duration, etc) and distribute action items to VP’s and Directors• Worked with Marketing to determine requirements and benchmark competitor tools Show less



McDanel Advanced Material Technologies

• United States
• Glass, Ceramics and Concrete Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Product Sales / Design Engineer

  • Aug 2006 - Apr 2008

  WearGuard and Ceramic Pumps • Design and Sales of Wear Resistant Ceramic Bearings and implementation in steel mills • 60% of the time spent travelling to steel mills domestically and internationally with travel to India, Belgium, Canada, and USA • Collaborated with Praxair Laser Coating to develop a tungsten carbide laser coated bushing shrink fitted to galvanization rigs • Integrated a new ERP system in order to streamline orders and inventory • Ceramic Pump design involving high end ceramics honed to fit steel cylinders reducing ppm contamination during pumping of pharmaceutical fluids, for NCA Technologies, a sister company of McDanel • Aggressive customer contact and service increased sales by 450% in one year • Customer oriented position developing a business to business relationship • Reverse engineered thermocouples from China to save 40% • Led and made the decision to outsource components and save 50% Show less



Bosch Global Software Technologies

• India
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Mechanical Engineering Intern

  • Sep 2004 - May 2006

  Throttle Body Development • Intermediate software design validation for the power train division implementing both mechanical and electrical knowledge • Engineering reports for level 3 project, junior program management training, DOE and cause and effect tests for throttle bodies • Failure Analysis for throttle bodies (DFMEA), specialized projects included torque testing for throttle valve screws, constant customer (GM) contact, daily meetings to relay information from customer to team, explanation of failures to customer and managers • Trained technicians to interpret torque vs temperature graphs using regression analysis • Reviewed project deliverables and APQP with program manager Show less