Experience

StoneLock Facial Biometrics

• United States
• Security and Investigations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President of Operations

  • May 2017 - Present

  • Made frequent trips to China to establish relationships with our China factory and document their manufacturing process for producing the company’s core products.• Established relationships with vendors and contract manufacturers to support production of the company’s core products in the U.S.• Designed and constructed the manufacturing area to support an assembly line process which is cellular and scalable to support production and growth of the company’s core products.• Developed and maintains procedures to manufacture all the company’s products.• Responsible for hiring, training and managing production personnel.• Implemented and maintains the company’s ERP System.• Work closely with finance to minimize inventory valuation, cash flow, product cost and cost of goods sold.• Work closely with engineering to maximize design for manufacturability in new product development. • Work closely with sales to ensure the highest level of customer satisfaction• Work closely with the CEO and owners to establish strategic plans to attain company goals.

• Vice President Of Engineering

  • Jun 2013 - May 2017

  • Managed the incorporation and testing of new product features.• Responsible for all agency approvals.• Developed relationships with customers and provided technical support to the field.• Development of all technical content and manuals for products.



SOR, Inc.

• United States

• Vice President of Engineering

  • Apr 2004 - Jun 2013

  A $33 million ISO-9001:2008 certified company that produces process instrumentation for the Oil & Gas and Power Industries.• Developed a strategic direction for the company in conjunction with the rest of the leadership team.• Implemented a cross-functional product development process.• Managed all aspects of product development from conception to production for 12 products and product derivatives including: development cost estimates, project cost tracking, root cause analysis of problems during development, identification of gaps and implementation of corrective action steps.• Transferred the technology for a non-contact ultrasonic level product from a company in Australia.• Developed a labor tracking system to quantify the time spent on development and support activity. • Hired 8 Mechanical and Electrical engineers, and set goals and conducted performance reviews for a department of 16 people.



ForTech, Inc.

• United States
• Accounting

• President and Owner

  • Nov 2002 - Apr 2004

  A $250,000 contract engineering company that specialized in the development and production of automated custom test equipment primarily for the avionics and railroad industries. The company was always cash flow positive.• Founded and managed all aspects of the company.• Initiated and developed customer accounts, negotiated all contracts and managed all projects.• Contracted 4 engineers and 1 assembly person to perform development and production respectively. • Created systems for purchasing, receiving, job cost tracking and invoicing and managed all supply chains.



Ideal Aerosmith, Inc. (formerly Pentar Avionics)

• Operations Manager / Manager of Production and Engineering

  • Aug 2000 - Jul 2002

  The Kansas City division generated $1.5 Million in annual sales of avionics test equipment for Pentar Avionics.• Created a start-up division in Kansas City for Pentar Avionics, a Seattle based company, for the purpose of developing and producing test equipment for avionics manufacturers.• Set goals and objectives for the division.• Initiated and developed customer accounts and negotiated all contracts.• Determined material cost and engineering development time for quoting of customer solutions.• Managed all development projects and scheduled and oversaw all production builds.• Implemented processes and process improvements.• Hired and managed all 7 manufacturing and engineering personnel.• Provided technical support to the engineering staff.• Created systems for purchasing, receiving, and job cost tracking and managed all supply chains.• A promotion to Operations Manager was awarded when the Kansas City Division was acquired by Ideal Aerosmith, Inc. from Pentar Avionics in February 2002. With the promotion, came full responsibility for the facility including all processes and procedures and the implementation of Ideal’s ISO 9001 quality system.



BFGoodrich JcAir Test Systems

• Manager of Custom Test Solutions and New Business Development

  • Oct 1997 - Aug 2000

  Responsible for quoting engineering projects, visiting customer sites and negotiating contracts, providing program management, scheduling projects, determining staffing levels, providing technical support to the engineering staff, and setting goals and objectives for the group. Further responsibilities included overseeing production of Custom Test Solution’s products in the factory, creating procedures and work instructions for the Contract Review and the Design Control areas of ISO9000 and performing all duties pursuant to recruiting and hiring engineering staff for not only the Custom Test Solutions group but also for all engineering groups. Also, responsible for researching other industries to determine the applicability in those industries of the company’s expertise with test equipment.



BFGoodrich JcAIR Test Systems

• Electrical Engineer

  • Jan 1990 - Oct 1997

  Responsible for completing the engineering development of a product intended to test aircraft proximity sensors. Multiple responsibilities with an automatic test station included developing equipment drivers and utility drivers for the station. In addition, was responsible for writing software to perform return to service testing on multiple avionics units and developing the interface hardware from the unit to the test station for each. Responsible for completing the engineering development of a product intended to test aircraft proximity sensors. Multiple responsibilities with an automatic test station included developing equipment drivers and utility drivers for the station. In addition, was responsible for writing software to perform return to service testing on multiple avionics units and developing the interface hardware from the unit to the test station for each.