Engineering Manager

• Jul 2023 - Present

Electrical Engineering Manager

• Aug 2022 - Jul 2023

Overhead Cranes, Heavy Positioners, and Mobile Structures

Manufacturing Engineering Manager

• Dec 2020 - Jul 2023

Manger of the Manufacturing Engineering Group for Metal, Wood, and Resin Components and Products

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

• Jun 2020 - Dec 2020

CNC Machining, Robotics, Welding, Fixturing, Tooling, and Factory Automation for Metal and Wood Components and Products

Sr. Mfg. Engineer

• Jun 2013 - Dec 2020

• Develop, integrate and correlate CMM metrology practices and traceability for metrology products. • Develop, design, implement, and IP filings for proprietary long-term harsh environment hermetical assembly sealed manufacturing process. • Develop, design, implement, and support special purpose manufacturing processes and equipment. • Develop, integrate and correlate CMM metrology practices and traceability for metrology products. • Develop, design, implement, and IP filings for proprietary long-term harsh environment hermetical assembly sealed manufacturing process. • Develop, design, implement, and support special purpose manufacturing processes and equipment.

Sr. Mfg. Eng.

• Aug 2010 - Jun 2013

• Develop, implement, and support the single machine operation for the rough casting to finished part CNC machining, reducing the manufacturing cycle time from several days to <2 hours for large cast iron parts, and from several hours to <10 minutes for aluminum parts. • On shored and insourced CNC machining operations from internal and external suppliers requiring 14 additional machining systems. • Develop, implement, and support the single machine operation for the rough casting to finished part CNC machining, reducing the manufacturing cycle time from several days to <2 hours for large cast iron parts, and from several hours to <10 minutes for aluminum parts. • On shored and insourced CNC machining operations from internal and external suppliers requiring 14 additional machining systems.

Owner

• Mar 1994 - Dec 2009

• Developed and install proprietary technologies for the automakers and other OEMs as a direct, or specified, technology supplier. • Multiple Integrated Black Belt and Lean Manufacturing projects having >3 months of Work In Progress being reduced to 10 minutes to eliminate all of the secondary manufacturing operations for OEM client customers. • Develop, design, implement, and IP for customers proprietary self-supporting flexible fluid containers utilizing 54 lbs. coated Kevlar fabric to contain 26k lbs. on a 15% slope without metal for DoD, NATO, and UN customers. Show less

Sr. Mfg. Eng.

• May 1993 - Mar 1994

• Integrated Lean Manufacturing via re-engineered processes and designs for single and multi-ply metal flat stock into thin-wall deep draw extrusion and blind hydroforming corrugated bevels operations to reduce the problematic manufacturing processes from 32 days to 7 seconds and improve the overall production yield almost 8k% for Commercial, Military, and Space Flight fuel control sensors and actuators. • Integrated Lean Manufacturing via re-engineered processes and designs for single and multi-ply metal flat stock into thin-wall deep draw extrusion and blind hydroforming corrugated bevels operations to reduce the problematic manufacturing processes from 32 days to 7 seconds and improve the overall production yield almost 8k% for Commercial, Military, and Space Flight fuel control sensors and actuators.

Engineering Manager

• Jun 1992 - Apr 1993

• Special purpose machine design and implementation for Factory automation for external customers. • Developed internal manufacturing business unit having QC, CNC, and CMM operations for large casting production CNC machining for external OEM customers' parts. • Special purpose machine design and implementation for Factory automation for external customers. • Developed internal manufacturing business unit having QC, CNC, and CMM operations for large casting production CNC machining for external OEM customers' parts.

Focused Factory Manager

• Feb 1984 - May 1992

• Concurrently design, develop, implement, and operate the advanced focused factories’ electromagnetic, high efficiency - low and high frequency lighting products new internal business units having stand-alone real-time MRP. Incrementally doubled the sales of the 50+ year old business in 3 years with the new business units, while increasing operating margins >50% overall, with <$0 capital, having <1 shift manufacturing cycle versus the historical 12 weeks, requiring 36 versus 2,100 manufacturing personnel, being awarded 10 US patents for the products. • Completed multiple Manufacturing Management Program and Financial Management Program projects at domestic and off-shore manufacturing operations. • Six Sigma Lean production startups for >310 new products, RoHS, and costs reduction redesigns, in less than 3 years, achieving zero defect production and reducing the new product production lead time 92%. • Designed, implemented, and supported 6 axes CNC Artificial Intelligence / Expert computer control system for the off-shore facility wide retrofits of 1946 vintage equipment reducing the 45% manufacturing losses to near 0%, setup time from three shifts to ten minutes, and new operators’ learning curve from 36 months to <1 hour. Show less

Project General Manager

• Jul 1976 - Jan 1984

• Multiple domestic and off-shore, new and refurbished, Facility construction and Industrial relocation projects for Industrial, DoE, DoD, DoC, Municipal, Infrastructure, Pharmaceutical, Petrochemical, Retail, Educational, Medical, and other commercial corporate clients. • Multiple domestic and off-shore, new and refurbished, Facility construction and Industrial relocation projects for Industrial, DoE, DoD, DoC, Municipal, Infrastructure, Pharmaceutical, Petrochemical, Retail, Educational, Medical, and other commercial corporate clients.