Colin Bell

Customer focused Engineering Leader | New Product Development | R & D | Robotics & Automation | Enabling advanced manufacturing through product design

Brookfield, Wisconsin, United States

About

Engineering Manager with Global experience in multiple industries. Experienced in project management, Electrical Controls, Automation and MES strategy development and execution. Experienced leader bringing new product engineering, automated technology and manufacturing innovation together to reduce time to market through standardization and improved best practices in research and development. • Global team management • Global project management • Development of Electrical Controls & Automation strategy • Development of MES Global implementation strategy • Expense and capital budget management • Consumer product development • DFMA • Consumer product trials and market analysis • Team-building/Training/Supervision • Active PMI Member • Active NFPA Member

Experience

  • Director Segment Marketing & System Architect/Application at STMicroelectronics
    Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Director of Electronics Engineering at Generac Power Systems
    May 2022 - Jun 2025 · 3 yrs 2 mos

    Led a talented team of engineers and technicians in the development of electronic control systems across the company’s entire product portfolio, supporting portable, residential, commercial, and industrial power generation solutions. Responsible for defining and executing the strategy, engineering roadmap, and R&D initiatives for all electronic controls. Collaborated cross-functionally with business leaders to identify new product introduction (NPI) opportunities, qualify electronic design and manufacturing (EDM) partners, and ensure delivery of high-quality, reliable solutions that meet customer expectations.

  • Rockwell Automation (Full-time · 3 yrs 9 mos)
    • Sr. Manager, Industrailization Design
      Jan 2021 - May 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos

      Led and developed a team of engineers to design solutions across the company’s entire product portfolio, focusing on operational resiliency, optimized assembly and product cost, and functional performance—while supporting accelerated time-to-market for all new product introductions.

    • Industrialization Manager, Drives
      Sep 2018 - Jan 2021 · 2 yrs 5 mos

      Lead a team of global engineers to influence product design to enable highest utilization of existing manufacturing assets, supply chain components and operations standard processes. Working daily with the product development leadership teams to enable on time product launches within budget while achieving product cost targets.

  • Engineering Manager - Automation, Assembly and Test - Global Faucets at Kohler Co.
    Oct 2016 - Jun 2018 · 1 yr 9 mos

    Led a global engineering team in applying DFMA to optimize platform designs for automation in low-volume products. Drove deployment of global automation standards to accelerate product development, including support for the design of digital showering electronics.

  • Global Engineering Manager - COE of Controls & Automation at SC Johnson
    Mar 2015 - Oct 2016 · 1 yr 8 mos

    Implementation of global hardware and software standards | Development of legacy hardware strategy | Development of MES strategy and deployment | R&D for robotic assembly and pack | Global strategy for modular controls system