Experience

Nordco

• United States
• Railroad Equipment Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Project Engineer

  • Jun 2022 - Present

  Lead a small team of engineers to continue the development of a rail tie exchanger. Responsible for the appropriate application of resources to achieve project schedules of a large project. Oversaw and coordinated resources to address issues in the field. Provide team members goal setting, mentoring, and career development. Lead a small team of engineers to continue the development of a rail tie exchanger. Responsible for the appropriate application of resources to achieve project schedules of a large project. Oversaw and coordinated resources to address issues in the field. Provide team members goal setting, mentoring, and career development.



Flores Automation

• Automation Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Project Management

  • Mar 2021 - Feb 2022

  Indirectly managed cross-functional teams responsible for delivering industrial automation projects and interfacing systems for asphalt and concrete paving equipment control. Planned, organized, monitored, and oversaw multiple projects to meet defined requirements, identified resources and budget to meet project objectives. Ensured appropriate management of customer and supplier involvement throughout the life of the project. Prepared development plans for each program or project, monitored progress against goals. Provided regular analysis and reporting of status across projects, resource assessment, budgeting, planning and management. Drove regular project meetings and accountability of stakeholders to assigned tasks/responsibilities, and working with supply management, managed supply impact to status and priorities. Show less



Harley-Davidson Motor Company

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr Design Engineer

  • 2011 - Aug 2020

  Coordinated and supported engineering activities related to delivery motorcycle components and systems. Provided functional competence, technical guidance, and direction to designers. Oversaw design and analysis of components, established test plans and criteria. Collaborated with members to execute projects using H-D methodology.

• Program Manager

  • 2011 - 2012

  Brought assigned product development project milestones in on time and to budget through management and control of the schedule, expense and capital budget, and resource utilization of product development projects. • Fulfilled subject matter expert role for Program Management processes and tools, including scheduling, resource forecasting, and expense budgeting processes for the project team.• Drove standardization and continuous improvement through documentation, training, tools development, metrics, and layered audits.• Wrote business cases. • Collaborated with functional areas across company to achieve program deliverables. Show less

• Staff Engineer (Custom Vehicle Operations and Trike)

  • 2003 - 2011

  Coordinated engineering activities for delivery of complete motorcycle projects. Provided functional competence, technical guidance, for personnel with variety of skills, focusing efforts on product design, development, and release processes to deliver products. Led technical personnel including planning, work assignments, PEP, mentoring, and career development. Worked cross-functionally to secure resources and manage activity.



Harley-Davidson Motor Company

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr Project Engineer Parts and Accessories

  • 1998 - 2002

  Coordinated and supported of engineering activities related to the successful delivery motorcycle accessories. Provided functional competence, technical guidance, and direction to designers. Collaborated with team members to develop and maintain project schedules using Microsoft Project. Determine engineering manpower and budget requirements for assigned projects. Establish test plans and criteria. Coordinated and supported of engineering activities related to the successful delivery motorcycle accessories. Provided functional competence, technical guidance, and direction to designers. Collaborated with team members to develop and maintain project schedules using Microsoft Project. Determine engineering manpower and budget requirements for assigned projects. Establish test plans and criteria.



Jacobson Division of Textron

• Racine, Wisconsin, United States

• Product Engineer

  • 1990 - 1997

  Responsible for a product line of turf maintenance equipment including: utility trucks, aerators, seeders, and sweepers. Led new product development, minor product refreshes and continuing engineering to support the resolution of field issues. Managed 5 Engineers and 2 Designers and coordinated engineering activities from concept to production. Worked with product management to establish design guide criteria for, features, performance, warranty, and project timing. Assisted the project manager to develop the business case by providing development and product cost estimates. Determined resource requirements for, manpower, prototype, and test costs. Collaborated with EZ-GO Textron to co-develop a mid-weight truck line. Show less