Experience

Coherent Consulting, LLC.

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Owner

  • Apr 2015 - Present

  Manufacturing Engineering support for electronics assembly processes. Implementing new technologies. Solving persistent technical issues, Building robust technical customer relationships. Managing and motivating engineering staff. New product introductions.



Cheatah Motorsports

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Owner

  • May 2008 - Present

  St Petersburg Florida Racing Engines and Technology



Vaporgenics

• United States
• Retail

• Vaporologist

  • Mar 2013 - Nov 2013

  Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area Developing a solar powered well pump that operated on a closed loop vapor system. Evaluate the characteristics of various working fluids. Improve system performance (gallons per hour/depth). Reduce system cost. Improve system manufacturability.



Kimball Electronics Group

• United States
• Furniture

• Engineering Manager

  • Sep 2007 - Apr 2008

  Tampa Florida Manage Manufacturing Engineering and Process Engineering disciplines. Improve plant productivity. Introduce metrics management approach.



Jabil

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Americas Operations Development Manager

  • Mar 2002 - Mar 2007

  St Petersburg Florida Responsibilities involve extensive travel to global manufacturing facilities providing on site manufacturing operations support, training and cultural integration.

• Director of Manufacturing Engineering

  • Jun 1999 - Feb 2002

  St Petersburg Florida Responsible for orchestrating consistent global Manufacturing Engineering policies across 19 facilities in 10 countries. Train and develop Manufacturing Engineering Managers in each site. Promote consistent company culture across diverse regional cultures.

• Manufacturing Engineering Manager

  • Jan 1993 - Jun 1999

  St Petersburg Florida Manage the activities of the Manufacturing Engineering, Machine Support, and Facilities groups. Initiate and direct projects aimed at improving yields and efficiencies plant wide to world-class levels. Promote cross-pollination of technical information between product groups and plants. Responsible for selecting, justifying, and ordering all automated production equipment for the Florida campus.

• Senior Manufacturing Engineer

  • Aug 1988 - Jan 1993

  St Petersburg Florida Develop and implement new manufacturing processes and improve existing manufacturing processes to improve quality, reduce costs, and increase throughput. Perform factory support for all aspects of electronics manufacturing. Provide DFM analysis and feedback to the design group.



King Radio Corporation

• Manufacturing Engineer

  • Jun 1985 - Aug 1988

  Olathe Kansas Develop and introduce surface mount technology as a volume manufacturing process on a new line of land mobile radio products. Support and refine existing automated processes for through hole technology. Integrate new technologies into avionics products.



Amistar

• Sweden
• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Field Service Engineer

  • Jan 1982 - Jun 1985

  Burr Ridge Illinois Administer a field service organization which supported automated electronics manufacturing equipment over a thirteen state area.