CAREER PROFILE
→ Excellent professional track record in managing, leading, and mentoring support staff
→ Extensive experience in precision metal fabrication, tool design, automotive, energy, mobility, soft and hard armor, and computer services
→ Highly capable in patent writing, performance testing, and manufacturing design
→ Increased profit through capital expenditures and facility design
→ Published articles in two publications with regards to the topic of processing and capital acquisitions
→ Recognized as an achiever, self-starter, and hard worker with a hands-on approach
→ Resourceful thinker, leader, and ethical individual with a performance history of outstanding results
→ Superb background in process improvement and product design
→ Worked internationally developing rapport with international technical groups in Montreal and Norway
CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS
→ Designed the first domestic hybrid commercial helmet used by the military and police officers combining aramid and thermoplastic materials
→ Designed helmets featured in 'American Sniper' film
→ Designed helmets utilized by the Los Angeles Police Department
COMPUTER SKILLS
→ JobBOSS v. 11.7.4, Solid Edge and AutoCad, DNC software
→ Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), Minitab16, Solid Works
Engineering Manager
FORMAL EDUCATION
● Master's in Business Administration
University of North Carolina, 1991
● Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering Technology
Rochester Institute of Technology, 1986
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
● Engineering Manager
2013-Present
▪ Led and mentored 11 engineers and maintenance staff
▪ Designed facility and capital equipment installation
▪ Provided customers with direct technical support
▪ Utilized JobBOSS V. 11.7.4, ISO/TS 16949:2009, and ISO 9001:2008
● VP Engineering
Buckeye Shapeform, Columbus, OH 2011-2013
▪ Led and mentored six engineers in designing, quoting, and manufacturing deep drawn
extrusion; precision sheet metal fabrications; precision stampings; and injection molded
components
▪ Led and organized four tool and dye makers in building and repairing tooling and
setting up key equipment.
▪ Utilized Solid Edge and AutoCad for tool design
▪ Worked as a Process Engineer for inspecting manufacturing of castings utilized in
automotive industry
▪ Performed silk screening and powder coating
● Engineering Manager
Protech Armored Products,
A BAE Company, Pittsfield, MA 2004-2010
▪ Set goals and coordinated activities to improve performance and gain market share
▪ Chaired daily management meeting to assure effective communication and to omit
"bottle necks"
▪ Implemented manufacturing line to produce ballistic helmets, a multi-million dollar
project completed within an aggressive timeline
▪ Published an internal paper on an improved combat helmet
▪ Facilitated an R&D project for DoD for small arms protective inserts, ballistic mitigation, and weight reduction
▪ Led environmental and safety programs to comply with OSHA and EPA
▪ Managed all engineering disciplines and shop floor and maintenance for three facilities
▪ Designed the first domestic hybrid commercial helmet combining aramid and thermo-
plastic materials
▪ Performed supplier development and qualification
▪ Designed tooling and process for vehicle fuel systems per ASME codes
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
→ Automation design for machining and assembly
→ Capital equipment specification, justification, and implementation
→ Engineering management and mentoring
→Facility design and capital equipment installation
→ JIT manufacturing processing
→ Kaizan-Theory of Constraints Methodology
→ Lean and Value Stream Mapping
→ Program manager for DoD contracts
→ Supplier development and qualification
→ Twelve (12) patents applied for and/or fi...
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