Summary / Career Objective

Versatile engineer with experience in developing new products from concept sketches to production launch seeks opportunity to lead challenging engineering design programs.

An effective communicator and team leader, quick to understand processes and synthesize new solutions. Specific expertise includes:

  • International leadership experience
  • New Product Development process
  • Confident, clear presentation style
  • Design for procurement and manufacturing

Professional Experience

Emerson Process Management
2003 — Present

Design lead for a global platform project team, responsible for consolidating pressure regulator products obtained through acquisitions with legacy products to form company’s primary commercial line.

  • Launched new product series, replacing five low-margin designs with a unified, modular platform. Increased FY10 profits by $447K.
  • Managed deliverables and coordinated design efforts for a Chinese engineering team. Spent 10 weeks in China solving technical issues for new product series.
  • Performed complex finite element analysis to gauge pressure vessel components and structural stampings; eliminated need for multiple tooling revisions, reduced time-to-market.
  • Responsible for presenting and defending concepts and products in regular Design Reviews with peers and management.
  • Verified all new product releases with statistically controlled Pilot Runs; products and processes measured to 8 Sigma capability. Required cross-team integration with manufacturing, procurement, and quality.

Products Designed while at Emerson — 7 patents!

  • CS400 - New design replacing legacy product, 22K annual unit sales.
  • CP200 - New offering, competes with low-cost competitor.
  • CSB404 - European product, replaces two legacy designs.
  • CS403 - Modified legacy design to add functionality.
  • CP404 - New offering, adds additional capabilites to existing designs.
  • CP403 - New offering, extends capabilites to new designs.
Molex HPC
2002 — 2003

Outsourced several flagship product lines to best-cost country facilities. Responsible for the transfer of all processes, intellectual property, and on-site qualification of all manufacturing methods.

Alcatel USA
1999 — 2002

Responsible for designing circuit board assembly tooling; reduced both cycle time and handling defects.

Education

Southern Methodist University
1997 — 2002

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering / Computer Science / Mathematics

Web Design Portfolio
  • Hobert Pools & Spas - Site design for a local pool company. Uses several social networks to interact and inform their clients.
  • Hobert Pools & Spas - Site design for a local pool company. Uses several social networks to interact and inform their clients.
  • NTTI - Site for a local Occupational Therapist.
  • Classifico - Site design for a startup (I'm a co-founder) that fuses social networking and local search.
  • Classifico - Site design for a startup (I'm a co-founder) that fuses social networking and local search.
  • Dynamic Therapy - Site for a local Occupational Therapist. It's setup so that she can login and write articles in a simple, intuitive manner.
  • My Name Is Elvis - My dog Elvis' Twitter site. What started out as a joke/commentary on the effectiveness of Twitter turned into a fun project. Features include a fullscreen slideshow, Twitter integration, and a slick-looking pulldown tab.
  • Elderly Driving Assessments - Student project site, it uses a text-sizing tool and footnotes throughout.
  • Under The Umbrella - Simple, one-page site for a local Occupational Therapist. It acts as a point-of-contact for her clients and she's been shocked at the number of referrals she's received. We have a simple statistics / site metrics tool installed so she gets monthly updates via email about how people found her website (and how many).
  • Dickson Equipment - Website for a garbage truck resale store. They upload pictures and specifications of their trucks so that customers nationwide can browse.
  • Competitive Excellence - Site for a local motivational speaker. It's setup so that he can write articles (through a password protected web application) and his PR person can approve them, published instantly to the web.
  • Stellar Car Restoration - Proposed design for a classic car shop.
  • Island Cycles - Motorcycle rental shop, it allows the store to load pictures of satisfied clients.
Available for Contract
What started as a hobby transitioned into an interesting side-job when I was in college. Since my time is pretty limited now, I only pursue a handful of jobs each year — just the most interesting ones that come my way. Get in touch with me if you have an interesting project to discuss.