Experience

NAL Lighting Group

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• National Sales Manager

  • Nov 2022 - Present

• Director of Engineering

  • Nov 2022 - Present


VOLT® Lighting
• United States
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Product Development Manager

  • Feb 2022 - Nov 2022

AMP® Lighting
• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Product Development Manager

  • Feb 2022 - Nov 2022
• Regional Sales Manager - East

  • Jul 2021 - Feb 2022

  NAL Lighting Group partners with innovative lighting manufacturers from around the world to bring the best lighting tools to the North American market. We understand the needs and demands of architects, interior designers and lighting designers and we are dedicated to fulfilling those needs. As Regional sales Manager - East for NAL, I am focused on promoting our brands and products to our local sales agent partners and lighting specifiers across North America as well as systematizing a unique… Show more NAL Lighting Group partners with innovative lighting manufacturers from around the world to bring the best lighting tools to the North American market. We understand the needs and demands of architects, interior designers and lighting designers and we are dedicated to fulfilling those needs. As Regional sales Manager - East for NAL, I am focused on promoting our brands and products to our local sales agent partners and lighting specifiers across North America as well as systematizing a unique product lineup backed by the best logistics and customer support possible.

• Director Of Engineering

  • Jul 2020 - Feb 2022

  NAL Lighting Group partners with innovative lighting manufacturers from around the world to bring the best lighting tools to the North American market. We understand the needs and demands of architects, interior designers and lighting designers and we are dedicated to fulfilling those needs. As Director of Engineering for NAL, I am focused on bringing in our partners products, getting them NRTL listed via redesign, component changes or other adjustments. I also assist in promoting them to our… Show more NAL Lighting Group partners with innovative lighting manufacturers from around the world to bring the best lighting tools to the North American market. We understand the needs and demands of architects, interior designers and lighting designers and we are dedicated to fulfilling those needs. As Director of Engineering for NAL, I am focused on bringing in our partners products, getting them NRTL listed via redesign, component changes or other adjustments. I also assist in promoting them to our local sales agent partners and lighting specifiers across North America.



Inter-lux

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President Of Engineering

  • Dec 2017 - Jun 2020

• Vice President of Manufacturing

  • May 2017 - Dec 2017



Scott Lamp Company, Inc

• United States
• Hospitality
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Engineering

  • Oct 2016 - Apr 2017

  Leader of Drafting, Engineering, Design and BOMs for all 3 of Scott lamp brands Leader of Drafting, Engineering, Design and BOMs for all 3 of Scott lamp brands



Insight Lighting

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Design Development Manager

  • Apr 2014 - Oct 2016

  I have both Sustaining Engineering and New Product Engineering reporting to me. Responsible for developing New and Innovative products as well as maintaining and keeping them up to date in the market place once they are launched. In the first 6 months, we have released 7 New Products with more to come! I have more goals to streamline the entire process that my team touches, and these will come to realization within a year of my hire. Working with the floor to help streamline the day to day… Show more I have both Sustaining Engineering and New Product Engineering reporting to me. Responsible for developing New and Innovative products as well as maintaining and keeping them up to date in the market place once they are launched. In the first 6 months, we have released 7 New Products with more to come! I have more goals to streamline the entire process that my team touches, and these will come to realization within a year of my hire. Working with the floor to help streamline the day to day flows. April 2015 Update: The NRTL/UL/ETL lab team and responsibilities now report to me as with the Engineering department. This change was designed to streamline and also generate accountability amongst the 2 teams that work towards a similar goal. Generating new standards and 'team' environment to quicken the process. Show less I have both Sustaining Engineering and New Product Engineering reporting to me. Responsible for developing New and Innovative products as well as maintaining and keeping them up to date in the market place once they are launched. In the first 6 months, we have released 7 New Products with more to come! I have more goals to streamline the entire process that my team touches, and these will come to realization within a year of my hire. Working with the floor to help streamline the day to day… Show more I have both Sustaining Engineering and New Product Engineering reporting to me. Responsible for developing New and Innovative products as well as maintaining and keeping them up to date in the market place once they are launched. In the first 6 months, we have released 7 New Products with more to come! I have more goals to streamline the entire process that my team touches, and these will come to realization within a year of my hire. Working with the floor to help streamline the day to day flows. April 2015 Update: The NRTL/UL/ETL lab team and responsibilities now report to me as with the Engineering department. This change was designed to streamline and also generate accountability amongst the 2 teams that work towards a similar goal. Generating new standards and 'team' environment to quicken the process. Show less



Maxlite

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Product Engineering Team Manager

  • Jun 2013 - Mar 2014

  • I lead a team of engineers in testing and designing new and improving existing products. • I routinely interact with Product Operations, Purchasing, Product Management and Quality to accomplish this and tasks outlined below. • Responsible for the concept and detail design of capacity/mechanical improvements of existing equipment as well as new equipment. • Creates new ideas and concepts to increase manufacturing machinery efficiencies. • Makes detailed analysis of "make - buy" for… Show more • I lead a team of engineers in testing and designing new and improving existing products. • I routinely interact with Product Operations, Purchasing, Product Management and Quality to accomplish this and tasks outlined below. • Responsible for the concept and detail design of capacity/mechanical improvements of existing equipment as well as new equipment. • Creates new ideas and concepts to increase manufacturing machinery efficiencies. • Makes detailed analysis of "make - buy" for machinery and equipment and, upon approval, executes those decisions. • Ensures that equipment is properly specified, properly designed, properly installed and properly running. • Develop a new leading edge family of outdoor LED products, with the world’s highest efficacy. • New LED board concept currently in process of patent filing.  Can change to any high power LED chip using the same optical platform without changing PCB’s. Show less • I lead a team of engineers in testing and designing new and improving existing products. • I routinely interact with Product Operations, Purchasing, Product Management and Quality to accomplish this and tasks outlined below. • Responsible for the concept and detail design of capacity/mechanical improvements of existing equipment as well as new equipment. • Creates new ideas and concepts to increase manufacturing machinery efficiencies. • Makes detailed analysis of "make - buy" for… Show more • I lead a team of engineers in testing and designing new and improving existing products. • I routinely interact with Product Operations, Purchasing, Product Management and Quality to accomplish this and tasks outlined below. • Responsible for the concept and detail design of capacity/mechanical improvements of existing equipment as well as new equipment. • Creates new ideas and concepts to increase manufacturing machinery efficiencies. • Makes detailed analysis of "make - buy" for machinery and equipment and, upon approval, executes those decisions. • Ensures that equipment is properly specified, properly designed, properly installed and properly running. • Develop a new leading edge family of outdoor LED products, with the world’s highest efficacy. • New LED board concept currently in process of patent filing.  Can change to any high power LED chip using the same optical platform without changing PCB’s. Show less



Acuity Brands Lighting

• Senior Design Engineer

  • Aug 2009 - Jun 2013

  August 2009 – June 2013 We underwent a re-org. to consolidate the Austin Business to corporate in Conyers, Georgia. Since I have experience in both the day to day and new products, I do a little in each. List of Projects: • Recently, I was the only engineer on a new Lithonia product that uses the ‘Toyota’ model of system that helped pull all teams together to start from nothing, to design frozen in 3 weeks time. • Lead designer on 80% of the product line that made up Acuity… Show more August 2009 – June 2013 We underwent a re-org. to consolidate the Austin Business to corporate in Conyers, Georgia. Since I have experience in both the day to day and new products, I do a little in each. List of Projects: • Recently, I was the only engineer on a new Lithonia product that uses the ‘Toyota’ model of system that helped pull all teams together to start from nothing, to design frozen in 3 weeks time. • Lead designer on 80% of the product line that made up Acuity Brands first organically developed ‘Brand’; Tersen. • Resonance Product • Veo Product • Ratio LED Product • Designed a new product that became the church standard for LDS – Latter Day Saints. • Designed for other brands as well: • AEL (American Electric) • Lithonia • Holophane

• Director of Engineering

  • Aug 2007 - Aug 2009

  This position combined everything that I have done at ASL and rolled it into one, was the manager of both Sustaining Engineering and NPD Engineering. Responsibilities were for day to day order flow to new product design to hit the key dates to launch. Major stake holder in the Development of the new Acuity Brand; Tersen.

• New Products Design Engineer

  • Aug 2005 - Aug 2007

  Designed new products from scratch. Participated in customer feed back and market feed back to help filter the direction to go. Worked cross functionally with vendors, sourcing, factories and marketing to design the smoothest flowing product. Also, came up with an idea for rapid prototype tooling that we use to this day. • Designed products for other Acuity Brands • Peerless • Holophane

• Engineering Manager

  • May 2002 - Aug 2005

  Promotion received in May 2002 to Engineering Manager. My new duties included processing in a timely manner, support for manufacturing, support for quotes, support for field services and customer service, as well as involved in new product design. List of Projects: • Have reduced average process time of orders that require engineering from 16 days to 2. • Audit tooling and made a ‘live’ data base of our tooling conditions to help quotes and customer service identify potential… Show more Promotion received in May 2002 to Engineering Manager. My new duties included processing in a timely manner, support for manufacturing, support for quotes, support for field services and customer service, as well as involved in new product design. List of Projects: • Have reduced average process time of orders that require engineering from 16 days to 2. • Audit tooling and made a ‘live’ data base of our tooling conditions to help quotes and customer service identify potential order issues. • Leading project to identify high volume parts and design and build jigs for machining operations. • Leading project to simplify our BOM (Bills of Materials) in AS400. This project also reviews our as designed drawings versus our as built parts. • Co-Leader on a new age online configurator tool for customers. Configurator is able to let customers design and build a 3D file, with color, and place into a photo a complete assembly to see what their job site will actually look like when complete.

• Design Engineer

  • Jul 2001 - May 2002

  This company designs and builds antique style street lamps; from the pole, to the arm, luminaries, ballast assembly and lenses. My tasks include design of new product lines. I have recently designed the Eurotique poles and arms. I have also designed the UVA35 luminaire. I am engineer in charge of on of our regional sales groups. My duties to this group are to process orders, generate cut sheets and orientation drawings as needed. I utilize the rest of engineering to help support the tasks… Show more This company designs and builds antique style street lamps; from the pole, to the arm, luminaries, ballast assembly and lenses. My tasks include design of new product lines. I have recently designed the Eurotique poles and arms. I have also designed the UVA35 luminaire. I am engineer in charge of on of our regional sales groups. My duties to this group are to process orders, generate cut sheets and orientation drawings as needed. I utilize the rest of engineering to help support the tasks that I perform with some light managing. This company primarily uses castings; we have a foundry in Mexico, and fabrications.



ACnC Industries

• Design Engineer

  • Jun 1996 - Jun 2001

  This company designs and builds OEM assembly equipment for a variety of manufacturers such as Delphi, Borg Warner Automotive, Corning, American Axle and Parker Hannifin. A few examples are: • Valeo wiper system consisting of: 7 Stands that assembled the lever arms, pivot arms, pivot shafts (press), Lube station, and Motor for funnel assy. • Parker Hannifin: Carbon Canister assembly Stand. Auto snap ring load and press, orientate, walking beam design with quick changeover for thousands… Show more This company designs and builds OEM assembly equipment for a variety of manufacturers such as Delphi, Borg Warner Automotive, Corning, American Axle and Parker Hannifin. A few examples are: • Valeo wiper system consisting of: 7 Stands that assembled the lever arms, pivot arms, pivot shafts (press), Lube station, and Motor for funnel assy. • Parker Hannifin: Carbon Canister assembly Stand. Auto snap ring load and press, orientate, walking beam design with quick changeover for thousands of parts. • Borg Warner: Many timing chain tensioned assembly stands with verification heads. • Delphi: Electronic Throttle Control (ETC) throttle body assembly stands. Included hydraulic presses, screwdriver guns, and leak-test and Loctite applicator machines. • Corning: Material handling equipment. • American Axle: Gear/Pinion press stands, Rear gear housing disassembly benches. • Other machines include a variety of assembly operations such as dials, conveyor systems and also include manual benches and fixturing All systems are turnkey operated; designed custom assembly machines for manual, automated and robotic operation; participated in every aspect of the design consisting of meeting with clients to assess their need, design, drafting, and detailing; interaction with vendors to order purchased components, and working closely with machinists during build phase; worked with planning budgeting, and defining specific procedures for various tool designs; remained up-to-date with new technologies and stayed abreast of new developments in the field of tool design. Show less This company designs and builds OEM assembly equipment for a variety of manufacturers such as Delphi, Borg Warner Automotive, Corning, American Axle and Parker Hannifin. A few examples are: • Valeo wiper system consisting of: 7 Stands that assembled the lever arms, pivot arms, pivot shafts (press), Lube station, and Motor for funnel assy. • Parker Hannifin: Carbon Canister assembly Stand. Auto snap ring load and press, orientate, walking beam design with quick changeover for thousands… Show more This company designs and builds OEM assembly equipment for a variety of manufacturers such as Delphi, Borg Warner Automotive, Corning, American Axle and Parker Hannifin. A few examples are: • Valeo wiper system consisting of: 7 Stands that assembled the lever arms, pivot arms, pivot shafts (press), Lube station, and Motor for funnel assy. • Parker Hannifin: Carbon Canister assembly Stand. Auto snap ring load and press, orientate, walking beam design with quick changeover for thousands of parts. • Borg Warner: Many timing chain tensioned assembly stands with verification heads. • Delphi: Electronic Throttle Control (ETC) throttle body assembly stands. Included hydraulic presses, screwdriver guns, and leak-test and Loctite applicator machines. • Corning: Material handling equipment. • American Axle: Gear/Pinion press stands, Rear gear housing disassembly benches. • Other machines include a variety of assembly operations such as dials, conveyor systems and also include manual benches and fixturing All systems are turnkey operated; designed custom assembly machines for manual, automated and robotic operation; participated in every aspect of the design consisting of meeting with clients to assess their need, design, drafting, and detailing; interaction with vendors to order purchased components, and working closely with machinists during build phase; worked with planning budgeting, and defining specific procedures for various tool designs; remained up-to-date with new technologies and stayed abreast of new developments in the field of tool design. Show less



P&R Industries

• United States
• Automation Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Drafter/Design Engineer

  • Jun 1992 - Jun 1996

  Started as a drafter to learn CAD. The company quickly recognized my abilities and asked me to change my major to Mechanical Engineering from Architecture. I then began working with customers including factory line personel to design and build assembly line type machines to streamline work flow. Used CAD software and worked with CnC tool and die makers who built the machines. We would then have a qualification run off that usually had to meet 98% efficiency for customers that included Borg… Show more Started as a drafter to learn CAD. The company quickly recognized my abilities and asked me to change my major to Mechanical Engineering from Architecture. I then began working with customers including factory line personel to design and build assembly line type machines to streamline work flow. Used CAD software and worked with CnC tool and die makers who built the machines. We would then have a qualification run off that usually had to meet 98% efficiency for customers that included Borg Warner, ITT, Delco, Bausch and Lomb, American Axle, Corning and others. Show less Started as a drafter to learn CAD. The company quickly recognized my abilities and asked me to change my major to Mechanical Engineering from Architecture. I then began working with customers including factory line personel to design and build assembly line type machines to streamline work flow. Used CAD software and worked with CnC tool and die makers who built the machines. We would then have a qualification run off that usually had to meet 98% efficiency for customers that included Borg… Show more Started as a drafter to learn CAD. The company quickly recognized my abilities and asked me to change my major to Mechanical Engineering from Architecture. I then began working with customers including factory line personel to design and build assembly line type machines to streamline work flow. Used CAD software and worked with CnC tool and die makers who built the machines. We would then have a qualification run off that usually had to meet 98% efficiency for customers that included Borg Warner, ITT, Delco, Bausch and Lomb, American Axle, Corning and others. Show less