Experience

Harper International Corporation

• United States
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Of Engineering

  • Oct 2016 - Present

  Harper International Is a leading provider of thermal processing equipment for the carbon fiber and emerging material industries, offering solutions for the most demanding applications. Since I began there in October 2016 the company has grown from a $30M to a $70M company. As Director of Engineering I have 3 direct reports and a total staff of 28 PE/PM, Mechanical Engineers, Electrical Engineers and Designers. In addition to the Electrical Engineers working on the design of power systems, we have a staff of PLC programmers. The engineering team is responsible for supporting aftermarket, field service; provides application support, and manufacturing engineering support. Enterprise Impact: o Project Management oversight of New Orders and Special Projects. o Development of a line of Configurable furnace to expedite time to market. o Outsourcing of Engineering to help facilitate business growth. The outsourcing included both Mechanical and Electrical Design work. o Recruiting and developing new electrical and mechanical engineers. o Established cross-functional team to help develop carbon fiber ovens to support the largest single order in the history of the company. o Worked with supply chain to develop new sources of supply to produce oven project. o Conducted RCA’s to drive continuous improvement. o Collaborated with PMO to develop necessary RACI (responsible, accountable, consulted and informed) and stage gate matrix.



Ingersoll Rand

• Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

• Engineering Manager

  • 2006 - Oct 2016

  Engineering Manager 2006-2016 Ingersoll-Rand, Compression Technologies and Services Division (formerly Cameron Compression Systems) Managed a staff of 75 domestic and international employees, encompassing 6 supervisors and 5 design groups in electrical and mechanical engineering design work to support shipment of $240M in product annually. Responsible for annual department budget of $4.5M. Technical responsibility for North American and International supply chain. Guide the interface with both potential clients and client acceptance for delivery in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.



Cameron, a Schlumberger company

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Engineering Supervisor

  • 1993 - 2006

  Engineering Supervisor Cameron Compression Systems (formerly Cooper Industries) Engineering Supervisor Cameron Compression Systems (formerly Cooper Industries)



Cooper Industries

• Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

• Design Engineer

  • 1983 - 1993

  Design Engineer Cooper Industries ( formerly Joy Manufacturing) Design Engineer Cooper Industries ( formerly Joy Manufacturing)