Summary

Work experience

• Design Quality Electrical Engineer - Commercial CPE

  Tennant Company

  2019.06-Current

  (7 years)

  Provide sound engineering practices and analytical skills as the solitary EE in the Life Cycle Management engineering group, located at a high-volume manufacturing facility. Worked projects in three separate areas: 1.) Design Quality improvements, 2.) COGS improvements, and 3.) A wide variety of production issue and Product Sustainment issues. -Completed many design quality projects, pulled from warranty data analysis. Determined root cause from failure analysis performed on returned parts. Designed and implemented changes and/or improved troubleshooting documentation to reduce warranty claims, saving several hundred thousand dollars annually. -In addition to design quality and COGS projects, also served as the only EE on site to assist the other engineers in our group, and to assist the production teams with electrical issues found on the assembly lines. -Generated significant revenue protection of $500,000 for a component shortage issue by identifying an alternative supplier, quickly testing samples, and locating an available supply to prevent 8 weeks of line-down on our highest volume machines. Nominated for a Tennant Leading Edge Award for actions to keep production running. Show less
• Sr. Electrical Product Development Engineer

  Herman Miller

  2014.01-2019.06

  (5 years)

  New product development for R&D division - phase 0 work supporting the Technology Integration and Development team. Address a wide variety of product challenges, independently applying engineering theories/concepts to assignments while contributing project leadership and technical expertise. Schedule and coordinate major segments of complex engineering projects to meet cost and time objectives. Review design and documentation to ensure compliance with design criteria and standards. Conduct feasibility studies, determine cost estimates and develop engineering criteria. Generated significant cost saving for a major product development project by identifying an alternative supplier, providing research/feedback on the power supplies and recommending the optimal USB-C Power Delivery design options. Partnered closely with the Performance Environments Team in the design updates, additional sensor testing and implementation of a new occupancy data collection system. Served as a go-to resource for a wide range of development projects including research on new sensor types, technical documentation/troubleshooting and vendor relationships. Show less
• Lead Electronics Validation Engineer

  Visteon Corporation

  2014.07-2014.10

  (4 months)

  JCI Electronics sold to Visteon effective July 1, 2014. Continued with same position and location as noted for Johnson Controls below.
• Lead Electronics Project/Validation Engineer

  Johnson Controls Automotive

  2011.01-2014.01

  (3 years)

  ►Lead Electronics Validation Engineer◄ • Led development and execution of EMC and Environmental test plans for electronic projects for several OEMs, including Ford, Mercedes, Toyota and Fiat. • Tested a wide variety of electronic products, including HomeLink, HUD, Instrument Clusters with TFT displays, Overhead Consoles and Compass/Inclinometer products. • Effectively led validation projects involving teams from North America, Europe, South American and Asia. • Responsible for all aspects of the validation process, from Design Validation and Process requirements, test plan development, test scheduling, assistance with test hardware and software, to test report production. ►Lead Project Engineer (August 2011 - December 2012)◄ • Led North American updates and support for Ford Focus instrument cluster as Project Engineer including lighting and audio tests at customer site. • Provided remote and on-site support for product issues at our manufacturing site, as well as the customer assembly plant. Show less
• Senior Electrical Engineer

  General Dynamics Land Systems

  2002.01-2011.01

  (9 years)

  Worked with a small team of engineers to design and produce rapid prototypes of new hybrid-electric military vehicles. • Lead Electrical Engineer for design, integration, and testing of all low-voltage systems including instrumentation, lighting, CANbus controls and network design, power distribution, a video mirror and situational awareness system, and auxiliary systems. • Led testing effort, including setup and in-vehicle use of data-collection equipment, to produce management reports from off-site test facilities. • Specified and integrated a Lithium-Ion battery pack for use as an extra supply of electrical power for extended engine-off vehicle operation. Show less
• Senior Telecom Analyst

  Meijer

  1995.01-2001.01

  (6 years)

  Responsible for enterprise voice management platforms and the network documentation system. • Customized a vendor supplied telemanagement system for the corporate network environment and deployed to over 150 stores. Saved over $100,000 in equipment costs by re-use of existing data transport systems. • Installed and administered several other voice management systems. Installed and maintained a network documentation drawing package. • Worked with the Voice group within the IT department to develop and install voice system management tools covering the entire organization. • Installed a chain-wide system to collect telephone system call data for store managment and loss prevention use. • Received extensive VBscript training to better install and manage a programming site management tool. Show less
• Instrument/Process Control Engineer

  Sappi Fine Paper

  1985.01-1995.01

  (10 years)

  Designed and directed installation and startup of many process control projects at this large paper mill. • Responsibility for instrumentation and controls on two very successful paper machine rebuild projects ($60 and $100 million). • Responsible for design and installation for all control projects in the paper machine and water treatment areas. • Managed and directed installation of a new plant voice system (PBX). • Designed and maintained a new network cabling infrastructure for the entire site. Show less

Educational experience

• Michigan Technological University

  BS, Chemical Engineering
• Michigan Technological University

  BS, Electrical Engineering