VP Quality, Reliability or Design Assurance
HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
Senior engineering leader with experience managing projects and interfacing with clients globally. Diversified engineering analysis, research and product development with companies and research centers.
• Implemented
• Development of the technical talent and capabilities for four Reliability Programs in Energy Automation, Medical, Compressor and Electro- Mechanical Systems industries
• Health monitoring product strategy and techniques using prognostic Health Management (PHM) techniques and Reliability centered Maintenance (RCM), resulting in a 2% increase in market share.
• Processes and Techniques like DOE, ALT and RGA achieving a reduction in warranty of 3% with an impact to bottom line of $113 million in an eight year period.
• Knowledgeable
• Continuous improvement mindset for the reliability organization (including DRM and lean principles to improve productivity) to concurrently achieve reliability, cost and speed to market of new technologies.
• Design for Six Sigma (DFSS, DMAIC, Lean Six sigma) techniques, and design for reliability (DFR).
• Developed
• Structural, electrical and mechanical testing standards using Accelerated Life Testing (ALT) techniques and Design of Experiments (DOE), Reliability Growth Analysis (RGA) facilitating reliability evaluation of mechanical, electronics and structural components and systems for product in design, and improving speed of innovation.
• Channels for cross-functional participation in the product development process reducing potential impact to customer relationships to obtain deep understanding of customer value drivers.
WORK EXPERIENCE AND SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
RELIASOFT Corporation, Tucson, AZ; Minneapolis, MN
Sr. Director, DfR Strategy and Planning 2011 - Current
Responsible for helping organizations to reduce their risk when launching products by improving their capability to better understand product performance to customer requirements in a timely manner by reducing product validation time and warranty cost due to design escapes. Responsible for internal technical development in Reliability Applied areas of accelerated life testing techniques and data analysis
• Developing corporate DfR strategies for the following customers: EMBRAER, COVIDIEN.
• Reliability Product Demonstrations Strategies for McQuay, Mosebach Industries, ACTUANT Electronics and Energy, COVIDIEN, EMBRAER.
• Technical Development in data analysis and accelerate life testing techniques: COVIDIEN, VALE.
INGERSOLL-RAND – Climate Solutions – Thermo King – Hussmann – Koxka – Krack - Trane
Sr. Director, Global Quality and Design for Reliability Engineering, Minneapolis, MN 2003 – 2011
Responsible for 19 test centers worldwide. Implemented 4 Global Centers of excellence in Minneapolis (US), Prague (EU), Bridgeton (US), and Taicang (AP). Implemented operational strategy for Global operation of COEs and labs.
• Implemented a Reliability Program at from ground zero. Program is a benchmark for other IR business units.
• Developed and implemented strategy that led teams to contribute over $280 million (USA ,Europe and Asia) in product cost of quality and product reliability improvements from 2003 through 2010 worldwide.
• Cost Center responsibilities by planning for Annual Operating Plan (and longer-term) expense budgets, capital expenditures and external partnership activities.
• Created health monitoring strategy for Climate Control Sector using prognostic Health Management (PHM) techniques and Reliability centered Maintenance (RCM), resulting in 2% increase market in remote monitoring.
• Drove implementation of structural, electrical, software and mechanical testing standards using Accelerated Life Testing (ALT) techniques, to facilitate reliability evaluation of components for products in design, improving speed of innovation and create synergies across the enterprise
• Provide functional leadership and oversee organizational plans, performance management, salary administration, and employee relations issues.
• Directed product development Knowledge Management Based strategy using Set Based design concepts for innovation, and issue resolutions via completion of CAPAS for internal and external found issues.
SIEMENS - Medical Systems, Inc
Manager of Serviceability Engineering and Documentation, Hoffman Estates, IL 1999 – 2003
• Implemented ALT techniques for Electro-mechanical, software, electronics, structural and mechanical reliability testing of components, static and vibration, using strain-gages and accelerometers. Implemented Test procedures for product lines.
• Developed reliability and maintainability program for Siemens Medical Products (Nuclear Medicine and CT).
• Improved DFMEA processes and Hazard Analysis programs.
• Developed remote monitoring SMART systems for nuclear medicine in order to optimize maintainability programs for nuclear medicine systems.
• Strong familiarity with FDA medical device design assurance programs (PMA, 510k,Quality systems, QSR and ISO 9000,1,2,4, ISO13485), UL and IEC standards
SIEMENS - Energy and Automation Inc. 1997 - 1999
Manager, Reliability Engineering Department, Bellefontaine, OH
• Implemented ALT techniques for Electro-mechanical high power devices like breakers and switches
• Developed reliability programs and standardized life testing reducing product warranty by $3M on annual basis.
COPELAND CORPORATION (Emerson Electric Corp. Subsidiary) 1994 - 1997
Project Manager and Sr. Project Engineer, Reliability Engineering Group, Sidney, OH
Summary of Work Experience
Project Engineer for the following companies:
SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRIL, ABB IMPELL CORPORATION, DUKE UNIVERSITY, COPPETEC, and SIKAPLICA S.A 1991 - 1994
1990 - 1991
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
MIAMI UNIVERSITY, Middletown, OH 1998 – 2010
Adjunct Professor, Mechanical Engineering and member of the Dean’s Advisory Council*.
URBANA UNIVERSITY, Urbana, OH ...
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