Multiquip / MQ Power, Lewisville, TX
Manufacturer of industrial engine driven generators
Manager of Engineering, (2008-2011)
• Managed a staff of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Designers split between (2) plants in different states.
• Supported all operational departments in the company including Sales, Product Management, Purchasing, Manufacturing/Assembly, Test/QA, Service, Technical Support, Parts, Technical Publications, Marketing, Customer Service, Cost Accounting.
• Tasked to migrate the division from a ‘job shop’ environment to a full production mentality. Dedicating staff to ‘download tribal knowledge’ from key manufacturing personnel to properly document the current products.
• Processed over 1000 customized generators totaling more than $50MM.
• Migrated mechanical design system from 2D AutoCAD to 3D SolidWorks modeling.
• Developed new, ground-up standard units, standardizing product designs and options, creating sub-assemblies for various standards and options, creating product nomenclature to allow future configuration of SAP auto-configuration, wrote all product specifications documents.
• Maintained UL/ETL files for UL2200 and CSA22.2
• Oversaw 3rd party certification testing including UL/ETL, engine application audits, sound pressure testing and structural engineering certification.
• Championed the efforts to systematize the use of SAP to reduce/eliminate external systems and processes.
ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEMS, INC., Tulsa, OK
Manufacturer of custom electrical power distribution equipment, including low and medium voltage switchgear and MCCs, integrated in Power Distribution Centers (aka Power Houses or PCRs).
Manager of Engineering / Staff Manager, (2006-2007)
• Managed a staff of 14 including Project Managers, Project Engineers, Design Supervisor, Electrical Designers, Mechanical Designers and Document Control.
• Reduced engineering COGS from >9% to <4.9% of revenue.
• Plant revenue more than doubled without increasing engineering head-count.
• Attained UL Panel Builder certification (UL category NITW)
• In-process with four (4) UL file extensions for major vendor products (UL categories DLAH and WUTZ)
• Streamlined the Document Control process for document issuance to customers, vendors, 3rd parties as well as to internal departments (purchasing, planning, manufacturing); the new process maintained Project records for every project transmittal.
• Led the efforts for the plant’s Oracle “re-implementation”; created documentation and instructions on how to perform the various functions inside of Oracle; trained personnel on the various new or reconfigured modules; discontinued use of an older BOM system and migrated it’s functionality into Oracle; specified custom Oracle reports.
• Participated in the plant’s ISO-9001 (2001) re-certification and follow-up surveillance audits; wrote or re-wrote multiple ISO Procedures and Work Instructions.
• Provided assistance to the Inside Sales/Marketing groups on quotations and customer visits.
ACUITY BRANDS LIGHTING, ABL-Austin Business Unit, Austin, TX
$80MM manufacturer of custom and unique fluorescent lighting.
Product Manager, (2003-2006)
• Reduced new product development cycle time from 3 months to 3 weeks.
• Reduced RFQ (request for quote) response time from 5 days to less than 4 hours; implemented an Intranet-based quote request system.
• Developed custom electrical controls solutions.
• Set standard and custom product and option pricing. Set large project pricing.
TESLA POWER & AUTOMATION, Houston, TX
$20MM manufacturer of custom electrical power distribution equipment, including low and medium voltage switchgear and MCCs, integrated in Power Distribution Centers.
Engineering Manager, (2000-2003)
• Managed 17 people including Project Managers, Project Engineers, Electrical Designers, Mechanical Designers, Project Coordinators, Customer Service and Document Control.
• Improved engineering on-time approvals from <10% to 86% while reducing cycle time from 7 to 4 weeks
• Improved on-time construction drawings from <10% to 94% while reducing cycle time from 11 to 8 weeks
GENERAL ELECTRIC, Industrial Systems – Engineering Services, St. Louis, MO
Industrial integration and services business consisting of dozens of field offices across the country. Custom, turnkey power-equipment and process line drive solutions would be engineered, installed and commissioned through the matrix-organization of project managers, engineers and technicians.
Operations Manager, (1998-1999)
Management Award (1999) Efforts in identifying new business opportunities.
Management Award (1998) Leadership, professionalism and strong organizational skills.
Management Award (1998) Innovative ideas to increase customer satisfaction and financial success.
• Directed all operations of the $12 million business unit covering 4 ½ states with three offices and a staff of 17 project managers, engineers and technicians; inherited a struggling business unit, cleared up the problem collectables (became only unit without problem collectables in the nation); addressed outstanding customer issues.
• Improved the unit’s ranking from #12 (18 national units) to #3 in the four measured metrics – change order percentage (of total project), PL&M variance, labor hours variance, contribution margin variance.
Project Manager, (1997-1998)
Management Award (1998) Customer satisfaction with "Outstanding Service".
SQUARE D COMPANY
Project Manager / Senior Project Engineer, Smyrna, TN & Costa Mesa, CA (1993-1997)
Power Monitoring and Control Systems (PM&CS) Business Venture
Management Award (1996) Dedicated service and innovative ideas on the division’s largest project.
Application (Project) Engineer, Smyrna, TN (1991-1993)
Medium-voltage Metal-Clad, metal-enclosed switchgear plant.
Management Award (1992) 100% On-time performance for all projects while maintaining the highest project complexity rating in the department. |
