Experience

Wil-Ro, Inc.

• United States
• Automotive
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Design Engineer

  • May 2022 - Present

• Operations Manager

  • Jun 2021 - May 2022

  Manager of production, engineering, safety, and quality at an industry leading truck body manufacturer. Leads and collaborates with 25+ team members to improve processes and innovate product lines. Responsible for motivating and creating a culture of support and growth for all team members. Regularly communicates and organizes alongside local governments, contractors, and vendors to complete projects by deadlines.

• Design Engineer

  • Jul 2020 - Jun 2021

  Team Lead overseeing and creating all design aspects of Wil-Ro truck bodies to ensure consistency of our premier product, and identify areas for improvement and innovation. Crafted in America since 1973, Wil-Ro, Inc. manufactures high-quality truck bodies and trailers for landscaping, hauling, construction, equipment distribution, and farming, as well as outdoor adventure excursions. Wil-Ro's premier truck bodies and trailers come in a variety of standard models as well as custom configurations to fit the needs of customers and distributor partners nationwide.Headquartered in Gallatin, Tennessee, Wil-Ro focuses on craftsmanship and people, fostering time-honored manufacturing processes to build the strongest, longest-lasting truck beds and trailers in the industry.Forged in the fires of the American spirit, Wil-Ro is 100% American made, and Veteran owned.



Michelin (ASRC)

• Reliability Engineer

  • May 2019 - Sep 2019

  American Synthetic Rubber Company produces various grades of synthetic rubber for the Michelin Group. Using synthetic rubber for a wide variety of vehicles and aircraft, including automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles, farm equipment, construction equipment, domestic and military aircraft, and personal mobility equipment, and is shipped to Michelin tire manufacturing facilities throughout the world. Responsibilities: - Designed CAD drawings for conveyor line components to improve lines’ reliability - Performed and presented data collection/analysis to make informed purchasing decisions - Devised reliability tests conducted on conveyor bearings to predict failures before their occurrence - Partnered with outside companies to select and install products effectively - Created proposals which granted a project $80,000 in capital funds based on the gathered data - Completion of this project saved the company an estimated $100,000 annually due to increased runtime



National Science Foundation (NSF)

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) at UofL

  • May 2018 - Aug 2018

  The National Science Foundation is an independent agency of the United States government, that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Responsibilities: - Gained experience working in a cleanroom - Manufactured solar cells and other microtechnologies - Extensive microscope experience while working with microfluidics for particle analysis - Presented findings at national conferences in the U.S. The National Science Foundation is an independent agency of the United States government, that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Responsibilities: - Gained experience working in a cleanroom - Manufactured solar cells and other microtechnologies - Extensive microscope experience while working with microfluidics for particle analysis - Presented findings at national conferences in the U.S.



Governor's Scholars Program

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Resident Advisor

  • Jun 2017 - Jul 2017

  The Kentucky Governor's Scholars Program is a program to attempt to keep "the brightest" rising high school seniors inside the state of Kentucky. The program is a five-week program over the summer for students between their junior and senior years of high school. Responsibilities: - Facilitated seminar discussions on topics including politics, race, gender, etc. - Developed structured lesson plans outlining each weeks’ topics and goals - Oversaw team members of my floor and the general safety of all scholars