SUMMARY:

• With extensive automotive engineering and management experience, I understand the scope of projects in the context of the “big picture” and lead colleagues, suppliers and application engineers to a similar understanding.
• I use program timelines in conjunction with risk assessments to achieve successful results.
• My ability to maintain effective communication, continually monitor product quality, accurately identifying a projects scope and resources are key to achieving a successful outcome while maintaining a highly functioning work environment

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Electronics Program Manager

Confidential

• Primary program contact with customers on programs. This includes managing program activities from program kick - off to production launch
• Establish and execute program timelines, milestones and program commitments made with the customer.
• Maintain EBITDA/Gross Margin by program per negotiated business award.
• Ensuring that a clear line of communication occurs between customer base, Gentherm and all key personnel are engaged throughout the program cycle.
• Manage/ensure the following processes are executed: Prototype Orders, RFQ Process, Tooling Orders and material orders for start of launch.
• Follow up to ensure costing receives necessary data to develop quote.
• Ensure programs are within budget at program end and for the life of the program.
• Lead the Program Team to identify and achieve Continuous Improvement /cost reductions on programs.
• Ensure customer involvement where necessary to achieve Continuous Improvement objectives by program to increase overall program margin.
• Develop a detailed program plan, resource requirements and overall costs to launch the program with the Program Team and present during Project Circle for final program approval.
• Manage core team, customer relationship, program tasks to ensure program milestones are achieved and status updates and input information utilizing the PCP
• Manage program status updates and input information utilizing the Project Creation Process.
• Elevate red risk items to Top Management for immediate response and resolution on show stopper issues.
• Manage, capture and process engineering changes for the life of the program.
• Ensure that appropriate technical interface during the product development cycle is established and maintained with the customer including providing support during field failures or other failed components when necessary.
• Participate in program launches, customer audits or conferences in Acuna or at the customer as necessary.
• Responsible to maintain relevant customer information and systems such as APQP status, program milestones and ECN updates in the Gentherm data base.
• Successfully managed GM Functional Safety (Asil B) HVSM electronics project. Worked with the functional safety Manager and assisted with functional safety audits to examine and assess the evidence that the appropriate safety lifecycle management techniques were applied consistently and thoroughly in the relevant lifecycle stages of product.

Confidential

Automotive Engineering Program Manager

• Managing technical portion of an Automotive Infotainment Program (This program is approximately a $1M program)
• Responsible for managing the Software, Hardware, and Mechanical engineering technical execution
• Managing a program that consists of approximately 7-8 engineering team members in China, Germany, and the U.S.
• Develop timing/recover plans for all engineering groups
• Collect financial data, gather program targets and related reports
• Report out program deliverables to OME
• Resolve or escalate issues and communicate status to cross functional teams
• Chair weekly program team meeting

Engineering Program Manager

Confidential

• Support nightly global PMT meetings ensuring engineering coordination with cross-functional teams around the world
• Lead regional engineering concerns into common global solutions (NA, Europe & APA)
• Experiences in rationalizing regional concerns into common global solutions (NA, Europe & APA)
• Support pre-production builds as needed
• Ensure AVBoM, Falcon, WERS are in alignment to PDL and build requirements
• Change control, coordinating multiple PMT’s with follow-up to functional releasing activities for launch while understanding Ford engineering processes
• Resolve or escalate issues and communicate status in weekly health charts
• Ability to establish a systems engineering approach to solving problems
• Support development of Program papers as needed
• Lead/support Program Steering Team and other key meetings
• Support Change Control, AIMS and Launch team meetings
• Lead all vehicle design activities and homologation designs for China, Taiwan and Mongolia (interior carpet, carpet mats front and rear seating.

START/STOP PMT Engineer

Confidential

• Support industry-leading Start/ Stop PMT engineering activities delivering to Drive smart & Drive green pillars; Program interface
• Lead PMT activities in support of near-term program delivery
• Support Program GPDS gateway deliverables
• Ensure AVBoM alignment to PDL, build requirements, etc.
• Support Start Stop technology and program application status papers
• Support competitive start stop technology migration plan by driving efficiencies considering common global technology; maximize function & customer value, while minimizing costs
• Provide inclusive & supportive team approach to drive reliable response to assignments

Hybrid PMT Engineer

Confidential

• Manage design issues and feasibility concerns during prototype builds while assisting tech - mechanic with trouble shooting and functional specifications
• Manage timely engineering resolution of any DV issues, attribute and/or engineering issues, and drive compliance with design rules, standards, targets, and requirements
• Communicate program key timing events to functional team during PMT meetings
• Ensure commodity timing plans align with the program deliverables and assist in resolving commodity timing plan issues flagged by D&R engineer
• Escalate commodity timing plan disconnects with functional management and then to program if functionally aligned - disconnects are reviewed in Functional EQOS and Program Timing PAT/PST
• Ensure all functional subsystems provide deliverable Integrator assessments monthly - or as issues arise
• Manage functional system deliverable status and action red/yellow assessments appropriately by required timing
• Establishes meeting cadence, schedule, SharePoint, chairs the discussion, and manages agenda
• Escalates any program assumption disconnects either to functional and/or program teams for resolution
• Communicate general program assumptions to the functional teams - provide access of program PDL to D&R engineers to facilitate product definition accuracy
• Ensure sign-off meetings are supported and all part issues are addressed by required completion date.
• Ensure publish point reviews are supported by appropriate D&R engineers
• Insure that the D&R engineers address and resolve part issues by required timing
• Supported and helped facilitate cross subsystem issues
• Report week-to-week changes (including key drivers for the changes) to program team and functional leadership
• Facilitate discussions between the program, functional leads, quality and affected D&R engineers for roadmap action plans and opportunities
• Consolidate metrics and highlight items that need escalation
• Provide update on AIMs status and resolution plans to the Program (Integrator, PST Meetings) and Function (Design Reviews/EQOS/PIR) and escalate as required in functional reviews
• Managed prototype builds at Roush -build meetings, management walk-around and drives.

Program Manager

Confidential

• Responsible for overall remanufacturing program status - Chairing Launch Status meetings, R/Y/G updates, to Senior Manager
• Generate program tracking. accountable for program timing roll-up and source selection tracking
• Responsible for ongoing process improvement
• Image acquisition and management of Reman Catalog content/ shot list management.
• Responsible for pre-source development including language and standards as applicable
• Responsible for direct interface with Marketing to develop new program/product launch schedules
• Manage risk management/quality performance in Chrysler manufacturing process.
• Organizes and leads cross functional team initiatives
• Create translation matrix, Vehicle Asset Matrix, Global Overview, and Market Volumes- documents specific program information

Program Manager

Confidential

• Managed program spec book for two Diesel Engines: documented all functional specifications and facilitated PDL’s to cross functional teams. I was the central point of contact for all powertrain design changes to our cross functional teams
• Coordinated all engine program management cross-functional teams with department Senior Manager in conjunction with all vehicle platforms
• Managed design issues and feasibility concerns with venders for advanced (powertrain) prototype mule vehicles while assisting tech - mechanic with adaptation parts and functional specifications
• Coordinated testing with all platform activities and hand-off points within DCX
• Provided timely and quality engineering assistance to DaimlerChrysler venders with the design, acquisition of parts and development of Powertrain systems, sub-systems and components
• Assisted Senior Manager in running day-to-day needs of programs
• Collected financial data, gathered program targets and related reports
• Guided technicians and engineers in the use of tests and plan of record targets for program through my involvement in test trips and activities
• Prepared and delivered technical reports and presentations
• Coordinated and setup program management meetings while documenting issues and published findings to cross functional teams
• Created and managed the diesel engine program timing with platform and German counterparts
• Assisted with CATIA packaging with the development and release of engine parts (change control)
• Responsible for all advanced diesel engine deliverables and marriage points with German counterparts
• Identified new or modified parts required for application
• Populated interface FMEA with spec book interface values
• Expanded FMEA for new features and functional objectives
• Updated FMEA throughout development process with results and lessons learned
• Managed the handling of failed parts by obtaining responses and counter measures
• Defined and released engine lube oil and fuel specifications
• Updated the latest design level components (cooling, exhaust, fuel, etc)
• Tracked the status of vehicle weights and coast down values to support calibration
• Managed bill of material for engine assemblies and facilitated part disclosures for the powertrain system
• Wiring management: routing, pin definition and translation to CG nomenclature - connectors - definition, position and pin out coordination, populating transmittal data base for engine and Change Management data base

Program Manager/ Senior Project Management Consultant

Confidential

• Responsible for establishing all vehicle timing and milestones using MS Project and Ford Integrator
• Created and analyzed vehicle level timing plans (Ford FPDS and GPDS) timing using MS Project to report status to Ranger Program management
• Chaired vehicle timing PST to ensure Ford venders engineers new tooled end items (parts) are aligned to program timing. Specifically making sure all engineering timing disciplines are followed: and they meet PSW, P-authority, and APQP/process deliverables are on track
• Managed 347 new tooled end items and 47 supplier work plans for timing PST meeting
• Assisted with Ford E-tracker Hex chrome data base, engineering torque and replacement data
• Provided project management leadership within project and program stewardship utilizing PM best practices.
• Managed issue resolution, risk mitigation and applicable tool using critical path methodology, PMBok and Ford's FPDS/GPDS systems
• Volunteered my past FPDS template development to work on GPDS updates (which included task sheet updates and implementing logic into MS Project)
• Member of Ford Green Belt GPDS project. (MS Project -Visio auto draw) a visual basic macro married with MS Project/Visio that populated key events with Gantt and milestone graphics on a Visio template. My objective on the project was to review the draw fields, code current task with new call out symbols and check MS project logic at the same time
• Provided consulting services, strong intra and extra team networking, communication, influencing and problem solving skills
• Responsible for generating revenue growing ideas (unique vehicle ideas) as a member of Ranger Growth PST. Duties included: peer research, gathering engineering feasibility, cost and timing

Confidential

Program Manager - Team Lead

• Team lead responsibilities included: providing technical leadership to IMSI contract team, set team objectives, create and maintain employee performance evaluations
• Participated in new company product or services development
• Acted as primary communication interface with clients and communicated project policies to personnel
• Created MS Project transmission level timing plans while providing weekly status reports, 60 day look-heads and project plans for management
• Co-chaired program kickoff meetings, managed multi-year vehicle launch programs and their deliverables which were reported to senior management
• Developed and maintained program specific work plans from P/T FPDS generic IPP templates including integration of component and manufacturing plans to support overall P/T level work plan
• Published transmission-timing plan on the WEB using FrontPage
• Formally signed-off work plans with program teams
• Developed recovery plans for transmission level work plans, as requested by team
• Reported timing status at transmission PMT meetings
• Coordinated Powertrain Program review process (PTPRP) including: scheduling meetings, facilitating meetings, developing and maintaining generic PTO timing models
• Supported the development and enhancements of generic Power Train and Program level production templates