SUMMARY

• Dynamic program manager with 28 years automotive experience, 20 years real - time embedded microprocessor based automotive applications, and 8 years Project Management.
• Experience in Adaptive Cruise Control,- Confidential /RF Receivers, Controlled Brakes, Electronic Confidential Confidential, and Instrument Clusters at Confidential and Confidential

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Auburn Hills, MI

Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Led cross-functional program team for Medium Confidential Transmission Confidential (MEOP) Confidential
• Tier 2 to Confidential, Confidential, Confidential for five programs simultaneously
• Led product development team consisting of Electrical, Systems, Software, and Mechanical Engineers, and Manufacturing, Quality, Purchasing, Sales and Validation.
• Set up timing to meet customer milestones and drove team to meet the timing.
• Reported project status to management at Monthly Program Reviews, Financial Reviews, and Gate Reviews.
• Maintained project budget consisting of labor, travel, contracted work, and material.
• Drove team to have enough material for prototype builds.

Confidential, Farmington Hills, MI

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manage global project team for Passive Entry Passive Start ( Confidential ) System - Confidential and RF receivers.
• Team includes Product Development (Mechanical, Electrical HW and SW), Purchasing, Sales, Prototype, Validation, Manufacturing and Quality.
• Maintain project timing, manage open issues and drive them to closure, escalate as needed and coordinate solutions. Coordinate timing issues between functional groups.
• Established timing to procure tools for seven key fob programs for Confidential Global B architecture.
• Issued tooling P.O. requests and worked with tool shop to procure tools on-time.
• Created timing plan and drove Purchasing to procure components on-time.
• Lead equipment supply meetings to push on-time deliveries.
• Reported project status to senior management.

Confidential

Applications Engineer

Responsibilities:

• On-site engineer at Confidential for controlled and passive shocks and struts for future and current production programs.
• Led Confidential Product Development Team (PDT) meetings, ensured team kept schedule, tracked action items and drove issues to closure.

Confidential

Project Manager, Brighton, MI

Responsibilities:

• Chaired Confidential project team meeting - published agendas, action items, and minutes for electronically controlled braking products.
• Provided flow down of project objectives from management to team. Tracked project execution status and supported escalation and resolution of issues.
• Supported and coordinated sourcing activities for Confidential and components with purchasing and supplier quality. Worked with suppliers to address issues.
• Coordinated and ensured that all development groups had their hardware needs satisfied.

Confidential

Leader, Brighton, MI

Responsibilities:

• Coordinated validation of electronically controlled braking products. Drove team to meet timing.
• Coordinated work of validation team members.
• Maintained and met schedule for procurement of validation test equipment.
• Wrote validation statements of work. Evaluated validation quotes for timing, cost, and content. Selected validation suppliers.

Confidential

Lead Application Systems Engineer/Technical Lead

Responsibilities:

• Directed Confidential engineering team by capturing and analyzing customer requirements for an Adaptive Cruise Control.
• Wrote the application specific product definition document for the design and development of software, electrical, system, and mechanical features and functions of the product.
• Led Confidential team review of all customer requirements, and negotiated exceptions with customer to reach satisfactory solutions.
• Directed and tracked testing of electrical, mechanical, software, validation, systems, and manufacturing requirements.
• Drove team to complete required testing, compiled results, and presented Design Verification Plan & Report (DVP&R) to Confidential .
• Developed functional test plans for software package. Tested, analyzed, and validated both on bench and in vehicle.
• Developed electrical mechanization drawing for hardware and Confidential .
• Specified and tested diagnostic services ( Confidential, etc.).
• Coordinated Confidential hardware and software teams for Confidential Technical Design Reviews (TDRs).
• Represented Confidential engineering at customer’s weekly team meetings. Documented and tracked open issues and drove them to closure.

Confidential

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• On-site engineer for a complete program development cycle at Confidential for Adaptive Cruise Control.
• Led Confidential Product Development Team (PDT) meetings, ensured team kept schedule, tracked action items, and drove issues to closure.
• Ensured all customer expectations were clearly communicated and satisfactorily met.
• Led design and release of packaging for Confidential . Wrote bracket assembly Statement of Work, helped select
• Confidential ’s packaging source, and was the main engineering interface between Confidential and bracket supplier.
• Directed Confidential designer. Worked with Confidential purchasing and cost estimating. Bracket consisted of stamping and casting.
• Supported production and prototype builds at vehicle assembly plant.
• Collected and analyzed electronic control unit test data on bench and on vehicle.