Experience

Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM)
• United States
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Vice President, Technical Operations and Standards

  • Jul 2016 - Present


Whirlpool Corporation

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director - Design for Safety & Regulatory

  • Jul 2011 - May 2016

  Lead Whirlpool’s certification agency relationships (UL, IMQ, Intertek, and CSA), with added accountability for safety, energy and water regulatory activities. Manage a team of over 80 direct and indirect reports in 22 technical centers globally. Technical Process Owner for Design for Safety methodology and tools

• Sr Principal Eng

  • Aug 2010 - Jul 2011

  Senior Principal Engineer role that supported the Reactive Investigative Process for all appliance categories (refrigeration, cooking, laundry, dishwashing, small appliances, air treatment and water products) in all regions around the world. The Whirlpool program is a very well regarded investigation process.

• Product Design Director

  • Sep 2008 - Aug 2010

  Responsibilities included product development, quality improvement and cost reduction efforts in three North American Region (NAR) tech centers (Tulsa, OK, Cleveland, TN and Edgewater, MI). Products included all cooking products (ranges, cooktops, ovens and microwaves). Managed matrix organization of 230 employees. Expense budget of $50 million and capital budget of $35 million.

• Product Approval Director

  • May 2007 - Sep 2008

  Responsible for product approval to ensure product design intent meets customer requirements (safety, performance, energy, reliability) on any food preparation products in all regions for Whirlpool. Also responsible for lab operations to support testing throughout the product development process for all food prep products including freestanding ranges, cooktops, and ovens. Managed global lab organization of 125 employees in Edgewater, MI; Cleveland, TN; Celaya, Mexico; Joinville, Brazil; Cassinetta, Italy; and Shenzhen, China. Show less

• R&D Director

  • Dec 2003 - May 2007

  Full responsibility for worldwide dishwasher product development plan, advanced technology efforts, product development, and quality & cost reduction efforts. Directed department of 45 permanent employees and total work force of 70. Expense budget of $9.0 million, and capital budget of $10 million. Significant customer interaction.

• Director, Design Verification and Freestanding Range Platform

  • Apr 2000 - Dec 2003

  Led two teams in a dual purpose role. One team was Design Evaluation department for the consumer science, codes, reliability, and materials areas. Second team was as the Product Director where I led a team of 22 with responsibility for $27 million capital projects budget for new product introductions.:



Maytag

• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Product Design Engineering Manager

  • 1998 - 2000

  Led team of 8 engineers and associated support personnel that designed and implemented 2 new products. Both products received #1 rating in Consumer Reports. Served as Project Manager for Design Engineering projects.

• Product Design Evaluation Manager

  • 1996 - 1998

  Initiated and organized Design Evaluation department for the consumer science, reliability, and materials areas after the Dishwasher R&D department was relocated. Set up labs from the bare floor up to operational labs.

• Senior Design Engineer

  • 1994 - 1996

  Lead engineer of a team responsible for development and implementation of Intellisense™ Dishwasher that used sensors and fuzzy logic. Dishwasher received #1 ranking in Consumer Reports.

• Design Engineer

  • 1989 - 1994

  Designed large plastic parts, pre-painted steel parts, and wash algorithms for dishwashers.


Caterpillar
• 300 - 400 Employee
• co-op

  • 1985 - 1988