SUMMARY:

• Program Management (20+ yrs)
• Supervisor leading technical cross - functional teams (20+ yrs)
• Automotive Manufacturing Product Development (20+ yrs)
• Body design, development, release, and production implementation (20+ yrs)
• Cost Reduction implementations (20+ yrs)
• Corporate Strategic Cycle Planning (3+ yrs)
• WERS, APQP, DFMEA, PFMEA, GPIRS, RFQ, Lean Mgt, Change Mgt
• Extensive use of MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Project) & SharePoint
• Results-oriented, quality-driven leader with a focus on customer satisfaction, strategic planning, multi-tasking, and business process improvement
• Strong communication skills used extensively for executive management presentations and building supplier relationships
• 6-Sigma Green-Belt Certification
• APEL Qualified in the original nine FTEP disciplines (first Ford Engineer)

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Program Manager

• Managed AVBoM PATeam through Program Approval.
• Coordinated and delivered media drive cars with latest approved part levels for the European drive, GPIRS parts ordering, PAVE drive, parts update process, and Vehicle Reviews prior to global shipments.
• Restored VP prototype units into auto show quality for MKC global auto shows and media drives.
• Coordinated directly and via GPIRS with component suppliers and assembly plant to get the latest part levels for auto show cars.
• Coordinated DST, Roush rebuilders, PAVE, Design Studio Fabricators for the rework of media cars.
• Supported on-going, year-over-year product improvements and homologation requirements.
• Managed a preconceived vehicle design to a successfully launched freshening program.
• Led cross-functional teams to design and plan a new program management system for meeting customer needs and reducing corporate constraints toward program implementation.
• Managed design and color approvals, future model features, and finding and developing “firsts” for the product line.
• Implemented Media Launch activities, interacting with Program Planning, Marketing, Public Affairs, Vehicle Integration and Engineering.
• Created 2013 Fusion Marketing Media Guide and Residual Value Guides for Executive Management and all internal and external Media Guide Users. Led to largest resale percentage ever given to a new vehicle in Ford history.
• Coordinated the global media launch plan for all midsize car engineering activities.
• Was the subject matter expert (SME) for product definition
• Participated as an SME focusing on “how to do” Program Management.

Engineering Craftsmanship Specialist

Confidential

• Responsible for leading the program AST to achieving consensus between Design, Engineering, and Production for exterior margins and flushness (SRIs) on all Ford car and truck programs.
• Provided engineering direction and acted as a mediator advising (GDT), mentoring, and supporting future model vehicle programs.

Confidential

Manager

• Overall material cost reduction design/program responsibility to support aggressive targets for exterior body components--shell, underbody, fenders, rad-support, doors, hood, deck lid, glass, cladding, bumpers/fascias, mirrors, lighting, exterior trim, hardware/mechanisms, and sealing.
• Arranged ongoing new feature introductions, all component durability, plant launch and change control support, warranty improvements, and further implementation of material cost reductions.
• Designed and released body engineering components (both exterior and interior) for all carryover/ongoing car product lines.
• Defined scope and managed resources, established operational baselines, and monitored financials for minor appearance changes, plant launches, warranty/cost reductions, durability prove-out/failure analysis, and vehicle crash safety requirements.
• Part of a successful team planning an all-new, from the building location to production, automatic transmission.
• Managed the luxury interior product development group which was responsible for meeting customer needs for seating, door trim panels, interior billboard trim, and carpeting; including all facets of financial planning, BOMs, and dealing with complexity.
• Managed vehicle development for overall comfort and durability for Lincoln/Ford luxury models.
• Led change control and gatekeeping during launch, vehicle program support, durability failure analysis and evaluations for 4 vehicle launches at 2 assembly plants over two years.
• Defined customer needs and program constraints, investigated how to achieve those needs within corporate guidelines, and devised a system to ensure program completion. Implemented universal garage door opener sun visor, supplemental controls on steering wheel, compass in the cluster, and adjustable steering wheel efforts switch.

Confidential

Advanced Volume Analyst

• Managed a consensus team that developed comprehensive forward-year financial planning volume forecasts of automobile sales for the U.S. market for Ford's 10-year financial/product planning cycle.
• Integrated the financial planning volume forecasts with capacity planning. My forecasts were communicated throughout the corporation and used in business planning, capital investment, CAFE, engineering headcount, and forward program budgeting purposes.
• Responsible for developing product assumptions for the newly designed Lincoln Town Car introduced in 1989, an $850 million vehicle program. Implemented a new program management process to establish and achieve objectives within the timing constraints for this program.
• Organized/led the review which led to the decision for Ford to commit to air bag systems.
• Held various product development engineering positions working on Federal/California durability emissions Confidential and engine family certification.
• Wrote white paper that received EPA approval for using an EGR engine family data for a non-EGR engine.
• Prepared filings with EPA and CARB on end-of-line surveillance, and vehicle in-use field compliance.