SUMMARY:

• Collaborative Mechanical Engineer (ME) with 30+ years of broad expertise in Product Development Introduction (NPI) processes, 15+ years of diverse aspects of Information Technology (IT) support, i.e., Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) & Product Data Management (PDM) gained over the years, with demonstrated ability in successfully driving NPI and IT activities, delivering products and/or IT solutions on time and within budget.
• Arena Omnify PLM
• Oracle Agile PLM
• Windchill PDMLink 10.0
• New Product Introduction
• PTC Creo 2.0 & 3.0
• PTC Creo ECAD - MCAD
• Acoustic ME Development
• Six Sigma Tolerance Analysis

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

PLM Architect / Configuration Management Site Manager

Responsibilities:

• Served as the PLM and CM Subject Matter Expert (SME) providing high level Enterprise direction and best practice recommendations pertaining to all aspects of PLM, PDM and CM processes. This resulted in updates to the Enterprise-Wide Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) related to ECO/MCO Review/Approval Workflow Processes, Reviewer & Approver Groups, Assembly, Part Item & Document Numbering, Item & Type Classifications, etc.
• Established, tested and implemented (with collaboration of key departmental SMEs) all PLM Change Order Workflows Processes, i.e., ECO, MCO, Failure Root Analysis Corrective Action (FRACA), as well as setting up all User Groups, User Roles, etc. to match the updated Enterprise SOP.
• Drove & coordinated team efforts for VLOOKUP cleansing and formatting of Item, Assembly and Bill Of Material (BoM) metadata migration from (2) ERP systems (SAP and Epicor) into the PLM system. Also, the efforts & coordination in location and loading of the latest released engineering drawing PDFs scattered throughout many individual file folders located on (2) servers, into the PLM system resulting in creating an Enterprise Wide “single source of truth”.
• Developed (in 2 months’ time) end-user materials after company’s user license funding reduction. Resulting in Enterprise-Wide PLM System user (approx. 150 global users with Ukraine’s Engineering team) meeting the targeted “ECO/MCO GO Live” date and budget.
• Established, maintained, and led continuous improvement activities for PLM and CM-related processes and procedures to ensure compliance with engineering/manufacturing standards, product quality, customer and regulatory requirements, business needs, and industry best practices.
• Started efforts in engaging the Enterprise Key Stake Holders with helping identify the primary ERP system (SAP or Epicor) in preparation of establishing the PLM metadata export translator requirements to match the chosen ERP system metadata field requirements.
• Provided Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Reports monitoring cycle time improvements/cost savings.

Confidential, Glenview, IL

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Drove efforts in preliminary definitions of Agile PLM procedures and workflows for a new startup “FalCom” Organization (Military Business) within an already established Agile PLM system used by GN Hearing’s (Medical Business) with their very stringent Medical Auditing Requirements. This resulted in permission being granted by GN CEO and CTO for the FalCom Organization to use the GN Enterprise PLM system but, with a safeguard of having a seasoned PLM Change Management Clerk (located in Denmark) assigned to the FalCom Organization, to ensure that none of our Military Business information would ever intermingle, corrupt or violate any of the Medical Business’s PLM System information or Medical Auditing requirements.
• Collaborated with FalCom’s ME, EE, SW, Purchasing and Manufacturing Department SMEs in finalizing the PLM Processes/Change Order Workflow Requirements. This resulted in me validating and documenting the test results obtained from the PLM System’s “Sandbox”, of the agreed-up Item, Assembly and Document Numbering Nomenclatures, the Review Approval Groups, the Item Type and Categories, the Review and Approval Workflows i.e., ECO, Process Change Orders (PCO), Record Change Orders (RCO), as well as validation of exported metadata info. into ERP (SAP) system. This secured the final approval for the use of GN Enterprise’s PLM System and “Go-Live” of the FalCom’s unique PLM Procedures and Change Order Workflows.
• Led mechanical design development of In The Ear (ITE) and Over The Ear (OTE) IP67 rated headset products, ensuring MIL-STD, IP, RoHS and CE Compliance (using Creo 3.0/Windchill PDMLink/Agile PLM/Creo - Altium IDF Export Translator).
• Collaborated with cross functional teams (e.g., ID, EE, SW, QA and Manufacturing) on headsets’ form, fit and IP67 acoustic function as well as on new manufacturing/testing processes.
• Verified product design integrity utilizing CAE and functional testing.

Confidential, Schaumburg, IL

Senior Staff Mechanical Engineer, Accessories and Peripheral Solutions

Responsibilities:

• Co-developed, documented, and tested Motorola corporate-wide end-to-end Agile PLM system processes, eliminating 4 legacy PLM systems resulting in company saving of $4M annually.
• Collaborated with the following IT Administrators: Windchill (PDMLink in Schaumburg, IL.), Oracle (10 & 10i) Change Management and Oracle Agile PLM “Go-Live” (in Fort Lauderdale, Florida), our newly outsourced manufacturer Samina ERP SAP (in Reynosa Mexico) as well as the Data Migration IT lead, in the coordination of cleansing of our Oracle 10 Change Management, SAP ERP and Windchill PDMLink metadata (using VLOOKUP) prior to migrating it into Motorola’s Oracle 10i Change Management System (a pre-requirement) for migrating the metadata into the Oracle Agile PLM System. Afterword’s collaborated with the Windchill Administrator (using VLOOKUP) in locating and migrating the released engineering (latest revision) PDF files into Oracle 10 Change Management System. This resulted in regaining a “single source of truth”, a 20% productivity improvement generating approx., $4 M annually company.
• As the ME Agile PLM SME monitored Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Reports monitoring cycle time improvements/cost savings.
• Developed ME Agile PLM/Windchill PLM/PDM user materials and provided department, improving ECO and MCO daily generation cycle time by 20%, resulting in estimated department annually savings of $200K.
• Led PLM IT software team in developing a PLM system “Product Readiness Report” that pulled together full product BOMs with qualification readiness data statuses, eliminating engineering time spent tracking statuses and saving $10K per released product.
• Co-developed an Agile PLM Request for Quote (RFQ) process, reducing vendor selection cycle time by 30% and improving quoted accuracy between vendors by 66% saving the company in lost time approx. $25K.
• Led mechanical development and project planning of a Proof-of-Concept submersible Radiation Sensor Remote Speaker Microphone (RSM) developed for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and several major Canadian city fire departments. Provided Motorola sales team with on-site technical support during customer meetings. ed Motorola’s monetary “Bravo ” for outstanding commitment to the project.
• Worked in cross functional teams, using Marketing Requirement Document (MRD) to generate product Technical Requirement Documentation (TRD) and Product Qualification Testing (PQT) plans.
• Held quality meetings with suppliers, discussing quality issues, reviewing root cause analyses, validation testing results, and approving proposed corrective actions with quality tracking methods.

Confidential, Schaumburg, IL

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Led a team of 5 engineers in the development of an IP67 GPS RSM (from concept through production) Resulting in product release on time and budget generating the company an expected revenue of $6M annually.
• Collaborated with Radio Products Group and Accessories Stake Holder to secure funding, then with the following Administrators: Windchill (PDMLink in Schaumburg, IL.), Oracle 9 and 10 Change Management (in Fort Lauderdale, Florida), our newly outsourced manufacturer Celestica’s ERP SAP (in Monterrey Mexico) as well as the Data Migration IT lead, in the coordination of cleansing the Oracle 9 Data Server, SAP ERP and Windchill PDMLink metadata (using VLOOKUP) prior to migrating it into Motorola’s Oracle 10 Change Management System. Afterword’s collaborated with the Windchill Administrator (using VLOOKUP) in locating and migrating the released engineering (latest revision) PDF files into Oracle 10 Change Management System. This resulted in regaining a “single source of truth”, a 20% productivity improvement generating approx., $4 M annually company.
• Led mechanical Original Design Manufacturer (ODM) projects, resulting in development cost savings and the release of a Motorola Branded MOLEX IP67 connector and Starwerks 4 desktop microphones on time and on budget generating the company an estimated annual revenue of $6 M.
• Completed my Green Belt addressing an elevator RSM acoustic feedback issues related with multiple Firefighter in close proximity activating the RSMs PTT. Corrective actions with cost savings were recommended to management for approval.