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Engineering Manager - Garden and Watering Products
ROBERT BOSCH
Peoria, IL
Robert Bosch GW acquired by FISKARS Department Manager of cross-cultural, nine-member team. $140M Business produced and marketed water Nozzles, Sprinklers, Garden Hose, and Accessories in consumer retail and trade channels. Reported to Director of Engineering.
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FISKARS
Madison, WI
Project Lead 2 - Garden and Watering Products Garden and Watering products - Sprinklers, Hose, Nozzles, and Accessories. Product Lifecycle Management, Project and Department Manager for New Products, Sustaining Engineering, Lab. * Engineering and Project Lead: Impact Sprinkler Solution - Exceeded goal of improving metal impact sprinkler life >2x over previous version through root cause analysis, DOE testing, design modifications, tooling revisions. Improvements under budget at incremental .02 added cost and cost improvements of .20, a $30K Annual Benefit. * Project Lead: * Watering Channel Project Execution Team. Upside $1.6M in incremental sales in first year. Sustaining projects contributed to the re-establishment and growth of a $100M business. * Development of 2017 Sprinkler lineup which more than doubled margins for 2017.
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Technical and Project Lead
Reinvigorated the Traveling Sprinkler
Drove cost reduction process netting $500K year one. a Marquee legacy product with reduced sales due to declining reliability. Investigated root cause, redesigned and retooled gear box. Product now meets or exceeds original life specification. Customer service calls down 60%, sales rebounding. * Initiated Competitive Benchmarking, supplying vital information tool for Marketing, Sales, and Development teams. Hands-on Ergonomic and user experience studies. * Lifecycle management - Headed a new program yielding over 150 tangible new product concepts for all categories. Many are in development for upcoming seasons. * Leak-Free - Revolutionary hose end connector. Managed Technical Verification, Prototyping, Packaging, and POP system. Projected upside: >$10M * Packaging Engineering - Created hundreds of items annually for major retailers and OEM accounts. Annual cost savings $250K. Fredrick M. Morgan 2 of 2
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Engineering Manager - Pneumatic Automotive Tools
STANLEY BLACK & DECKER
Towson, MD
New position within Stanley Black and Decker to fuel growth in the Automotive after-market. Reported to Director of Automotive Engineering. * Project/Technical Leadership: benchmarking, performance targets, testing, and documentation for DEWALT, Stanley, Fat Max, and Porter-Cable pneumatic products. Achieved over $20M incremental sales in first year through home center and industrial channels. Rollout for first ever DEWALT Automotive tools: Q2 2014. DEWALT
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Engineering/ID Project Lead
Saved $8M through the successful transfer of 150 power tools from the U.S. to
Reynosa Mexico by managing the efforts of a multi-disciplinary team of 6 departments from concept to post production. * Channel Project Leadership, Packaging: Completed an average of 35 projects per year, all 100% on time, on spec, on quality. Incremental sales: $30 - $45M per year. * Created the B&D Global Packaging Test Protocol. Reduced shipping damage by 20%. Enabled International facilities to create more robust packages for ocean and domestic shipment. * Improved margins by creating all new, line-up of injection molded power tool carry cases. $600K in savings.
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PENTAIR TOOLS GROUP
Jackson, TN
Purchased by DEWALT in 2004 2000 - 2004