Grand Rapids Metropolitan Area
With a 10-year track record of engineering, designing, and delivering cutting-edge technology that propels companies toward new revenue sources, new business opportunities, and new customers, I possess the passion and skills to help your team produce game-changing products. I proved my ability to create a continuous improvement culture throughout my career by establishing a 'high engineering-bar' as core to the team identity in a fast-paced environment, solving challenging architectural problems from highly scalable cloud services, and leading teams to moves seamlessly from product vision through the development lifecycle. At Disher, (leading talent recruitment, product development, and business consulting firm serving Fortune 500 companies), I progressed to roles of increased responsibility based on thought leadership, evangelizing our technical prowess, and helping build the brand. Never one to settle for the status quo, I earned a reputation as a savvy strategist who aligns and manages resources to jumpstart and execute projects, convert challenges into opportunities by anticipating risks, and providing solutions. Areas of Expertise: Project Management | Change Management | Business Requirements Analysis | Risk Management Design Engineering |Strategic Project Management| Process Improvement | Mentoring and Coaching | Cross-Functional Team Leadership | Power BI Certification |Data Analysis | Design Consulting Project Engineering | Senior Design Engineering Product Design and Development | Six Sigma and 8D Methodologies | Product and Market Launch Technology Development Statistical and Data Analysis | Budget Management Clifton Strengths Finder: Strategic | Analytical | Connectedness | Futuristic | Belief
DISHER is a nationally-recognized product development, talent attraction, and business consulting firm. Since 2000, we have helped hundreds of Fortune 500 companies, suppliers, and independent inventors successfully discover, design, engineer, and manufacture high-impact products and services.
Promoted to leadership role overseeing 1-3 Designers and Detailers. Directed research, design, and build stages for multiple complex engineering projects to meet and exceed standards for cost and quality. Key Project Achievements: ► Oshkosh new Striker 3000: Exceeded corporate goals while delivering the project under budget. ► BAI Striker: Teamed with project leaders on first-ever fully EU compliant ARFF vehicle with BAI for the Italian Ministry; projected to multimillion-dollar sales increases while serving as best-practice for international project cooperation. ► Striker: 1500, 3000, and 4500: Successfully solved one of the top customer warranty concerns through the design and launch of an auto tensioned single belt system for diesel engines while balancing changing needs from sales and marketing teams.
► Managed the development of parts, tooling, assembly equipment, prototypes, and test gages for automotive interior components and systems for DaimlerChrysler. ► Provided technical solutions to meet project and product objectives and oversee designs for new product launches and enhancements.