Experience

Olea Kiosks
• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Engineering Manager

  • Sep 2020 - Present


AMERICAN RANGE CORPORATION

• United States
• Telecommunications

• Plant Manager

  • Jan 2018 - Sep 2020

  Manage day to day operations of 120,000 sq ft. manufacturing plant Schedule daily production, from fabrication to assembly Lead daily production meetings to ensure each assembly line is working towards the same goals and identify issues which may impact efficiency quickly Review ECN documentation with Engineering department and ensure implementation of new design changes to production Review prototype product designs with Engineering department and provide input to improve manufacturability through design process Plan rollout of new designs with fabrication and assembly lines to minimize waste and rework Identify assembly issues and implement changes in production procedure or propose design changes to engineering Audit Bills of Materials for obsolescence and errors Work with Customer Service department to provide lead time information and status updates to customers Work with Accounting department to monitor sales and production numbers and scale workforce to suit needs Organized fabrication department to more effectively prioritize parts for both scheduled production and engineering prototypes Trained new CNC programmers and operators on AMADA EMK turret punch, F1 laser, and ACIES machines Set up tracking system for Parts and Service requests for manufacturing utilizing Trello Set up and implement travelers for production routing utilizing custom built barcode scanning system Automated repetitive office tasks by utilizing Excel VBA, SQL, and Dynamics GP Set up assembly line for new product



Jade Range, Beech Ovens - A Middleby Company

• R&D Manager

  • Jan 2016 - Jan 2018

  Work with CSA, NSF, and Intertek to ensure custom projects are compliant to ANSI and NSF standardsCoordinate and manage all certification agency projects including new product certification, product updates, variance notices, and field evaluationsSet up, perform, and analyze tests and data in the test lab, including but not limited to setting up thermocouples, wiring up the DAQ, taking samples with combustion analyzerSupport design engineers in areas regarding combustion, materials, manufacturability, or other challenging areasRedesigned existing pizza oven to include monolithic deck, inshot burner array, underfloor burners, and new control system in order to cater to fast casual pizza marketDeveloped method for embedding thermocouples in a monolithic deck at specific depths which provides accurate deck temperatures while minimizing fatigue from thermal cyclingWorked with vendors to develop touch screen controls for oven

• Engineering Manager

  • Aug 2013 - Dec 2015

  Interviewed and hired new engineers during a period of restructuringProvided training for new engineers in sheet metal design and manufacturabiltyRestructured bills of materials into modular system to simplify future reconfigurations, reducing time spent on customization by 50%Transitioned company from three CAD and PDM systems (Solidworks, CATIA/SmarTeam, Pro/Engineer/Intralink) to unified CAD and PDM system (Solidworks/Enterprise PDM)Reworked ECN system to provide better tracking of active ECN and ECN requestsSet up order and task tracking system for engineering using TrelloSet up and administrate Enterprise PDM system to help control document revisions and facilitate the sharing of models and drawings between usersProvided engineering support for both before and after sales servicesWorked with outside vendors to outsource repetitive tasks and free up manufacturing resources

• Design Engineer

  • Jun 2008 - Aug 2013

  Designed and created custom parts and accessories for customer orders with minimal supervisionDesigned and developed Jade's dry flow wok rangesDesigned set of low profile, dry operation Chinese wok ranges for Stir Crazy chainWorked with vendors to outsource countertop cooking units, providing significant cost savingsProvided engineering support for manufacturing floorMaintained and updated drawings and BOMS for all counter top cooking units as neededCreated programs for AMADA CNC machines using AP100US (Turret punch and laser)Compiled BOMs for custom productsProvided general engineering and back end support for MAPICS system