Project Engineer
Professional experienced in successful project completion providing team leadership and technical direction for product development efforts.
Project Management
Launched new product in six months, realizing unforecasted sales of fifteen million dollars in one year.
Managed product development team to successful product introduction, with focus on resource, time and financial (capital and expense) requirements.
Led product development team with clear written and oral communications with management, manufacturing, customers and vendors.
Utilized project management tools to ensure successful product introduction including MS Project, Quality Function Deployment, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
Product Development
Experienced with all levels of product development including marketing analysis, conceptualization, design for manufacturing, development and manufacturing implementation.
Maintained clear communication with management during compressed product development cycle, adapting phased introduction system to meet customer’s timeline.
Collaborated with global colleagues to define market and product attributes for global product introduction. Led global product development team in implementing product plan.
Organized brainstorm sessions, defined development plan, and led product team in implementing plan to solve product performance deficiencies for customer application in record time resulting in one million dollar product order. The division vice president commented that “I did not think that we would be able to solve the problem”.
Supervision and Administration
Defined product development team requirements, identified skills sets and responsibilities required, interviewed and selected candidates, and trained new employees.
Networked at division, sector, and corporate laboratory levels to identify synergistic technology development opportunities for new product line.
Supervised drafting group with emphasis on speed and accuracy.
Implemented e-mail newsletter, developed business website, and coordinated office staff and schedules.
Product Design
Designed assemblies and components from concept to manufacturing using Unigraphics modeling software.
Conducted design of experiments (DOE) to optimize fiber optic connectors.
Developed “Handbook of Product Design for Electronic Connectors” that was used by colleagues for many years.
Familiar with fiber optics, tape manufacturing, chemical processing, and large and small structural design, FEA analysis, Moldflow, and Unigraphics 3D modeling.
Skills
Mechanical Design including plastic molding,...
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