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Product & Engineering Management professional with Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification and over 11 years of work experience implementing Quality-By-Design solutions in Construction, Software, Automotive and Consumer Products spaces. Subject Matter Expert for a cumulative 350 products with Concept-to-Market lifecycle guidance and 23% reduction in development / management costs. Served as lead on 9 major projects with cumulative $2,200,000 in profitability and BCR of 3.7 with team sizes of 8 – 20 members.

Resume

I. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

National Technical Manager
Holcim Solutions and Products US, LLC
June, 2019 – November, 2024
Nashville, TN

  • Provided technical leadership for Fluid-Applied Coatings and Systems to 45 sales managers across all of the USA and Canada with 15% increased capacity and $800,000 gained in profitability.

  • Coordinated the sustainability of 86 products across 7 functional categories through database development with investment of $50,000 to optimize over 1,500 customer-facing specifications.

  • Drove the optimization of over 340 technical specification documents from a manual update process to an automated and dynamic database-driven knowledge management solution.

Product Development Engineer
Alten-Cresttek, LLC – Direct Support at Honda R&D North America
February, 2016 – January, 2019
Columbus, OH

  • Optimized the input of Critical-to-Quality Characteristics into A-Requirement Testing, enabling a 55% reduction in manhours and labor / resource savings of $600,000.

  • Matured 11 components, across 4 platforms, through Drawing Release with strategic prioritization for Electromechanical Layout, GD&T and Manufacturing Constraints.

  • Served as Project Leader in implementing Virtual Validation Software with 5 supporting team members and lifecycle investment of $200,000 with database integration.

Process Simulation Engineer (FEA / CAM)
G-TEKT North American Corporation (G-NAC)
July, 2014 – February, 2016
Columbus, OH

  • Served as Principal Quality Lead to facilitate sustainable CAE countermeasures for a 15% reduction in non-value-added activities and savings of over $500,000.

  • Empowered communication & DMAIC implementation between Planning, Development, CAE and Manufacturing to develop robust designs for 9 components across 3 platforms.

  • Process optimization generated increased CAE capacity of 35% which allowed the addition of 2 Hot-Stamped metal components to production output with $250,000 capital investment.

Product Quality Engineer
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), LLC
May, 2013 – June, 2014
Auburn Hills, MI

  • Implemented Proactive Kaizens with Cross-Functional Teams to engage Early Product Management (EPM) and Feedback Loops for net waste mitigation of $300,000.

  • Served as Project Lead to implement $100,000 in capital investment for Metrological Quality Control systems on 7 components across 3 platforms.

  • Engaged a diverse range of 12 team members including plant management, staff engineers, UAW Carpenters, Electricians, Millwrights and Masons.

II. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

M.S., Integrated Systems Engineering
The Ohio State University
September, 2011 – May, 2013
Columbus, OH

  • GPA: 3.7 / 4.0

  • Electives: Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) / Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA)

  • Minor: UI / UX, Cognitive and Physical Ergonomics

B.S., Product / Industrial Design
The Ohio State University
September, 2006 – June, 2011
Columbus, OH

  • GPA: 3.6 / 4.0

  • Electives: Product Planning and Strategy

  • Minor: Business Management (Technical Marketing)

III. TECHNICAL CERTIFICATIONS

Product Management Certification
SkillUp
Credential ID: AXXNR016Y30N
October, 2024

Scrum Master Certification
IBM
Credential ID: 839SBC9X1WFC
October, 2024

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Certification
LinkedIn
Credential ID: 38104CCD9C7b316
November, 2024

LSSGB, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification
The Ohio State University
13 ASQ Units + 13 CE Hours
Focus: Product Design for Lean Six Sigma (PDLSS)
April, 2013

IV. SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE

  • Product / Project Management

    • SAP｜5 years

    • Power BI｜5 years

    • Tableau｜4 years

    • Oracle Analytics Cloud｜4 years

  • Programming

    • SQL｜5 years

    • Python｜4 years

    • Java｜3 years

    • C++｜4 years

  • CAD / Modeling

    • CATIA｜10 years

    • SolidWorks｜13 years

    • Revit / Dynamo｜9 years

    • AutoCAD｜12 years

  • Simulation / CAE

    • Generative Design (All3DP / nTop / Creo)｜8 years

    • FEA (LS-DYNA / SimAI / SPEOS)｜10 years

    • Autodesk Nastran / Fusion｜6 years

    • Systems (FlexSim, Simulink, Arena)｜7 years