Experience

Crane Engineering

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

• Application Engineer

  • Feb 2021 - Present

  Responsible for technical specification and sales engineering of custom and standardized valve applications. Review RFP/RFQs to define scope of supply and customer's needs. Identify solutions for short and long term projects. Work with account managers on everything from engineering to sales support. Travel up to 50% supporting sales and engineering in the field with existing and new applications. Reports to distribution business unit manager. Liaises with suppliers for product applications and product improvement. Works internally to support sales process improvement, order entry and order accuracy.



Oshkosh Defense

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Systems Engineer

  • Apr 2019 - Feb 2021

  Upon success of traceability project, I was promoted to Senior Systems Engineer, managing 4 direct reports who were responsible for weapons system integration into JLTV armored vehicles. Work hand in hand to apply prior asset traceability project to WSI project on JLTV. Manage a diverse team, responsible for employee development, direction and goal setting and communications to upper management and partner teams regarding project status, requirements and progress. Travel to subsites and manufacturing areas to personally inspect and improve process implementation and alignment within the organization.

• Operations Engineer

  • Nov 2015 - Feb 2021

  Develop processes for specific component tracking per government standards within OSK to provide 100% traceability of critical armor components. Work with engineering, manufacturing, and internal stakeholders to develop a robust, adaptable process. This was a ground up project which required a completely new process implementation to coincide with a new product/ component and US government requirements. Gatekeeper to the process and first line of report regarding project status and day to day operations related to this implementation. Reports to advanced operations engineering manager. Travel to and support national OSK and partner sites.



Msoe Fluid Power Institute

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Jun 2013 - Nov 2015

  Design and set up testing modules for partner organizations and their fluid power/ hydraulic applications testing. Responsible for creating reports and articulating data to customers and organizations. Utilize data and expertise to provide recommendations and product design feedback for critical application components. Design and set up testing modules for partner organizations and their fluid power/ hydraulic applications testing. Responsible for creating reports and articulating data to customers and organizations. Utilize data and expertise to provide recommendations and product design feedback for critical application components.