Matt — Sr Mechanical Project Engineer

October 2016 - Present Rochester Hills, MI - Shortening Quote Delivery times while increasing budget accuracy. - Driving products into new customer production processes. - Improving Project Control and Reporting. ABB Sr Mechanical Project Engineer

2001 JR (Cirrus / Stratus Underbody) for Daimler Chrysler, optimizing cycle time and equipment utilization and reducing system cost. Project Engineer (Daimler Chrysler 2000 PL / Neon Underbody) - Planned and launched the Daimler Chrysler 2000 PL / Neon Underbody System. Managed the launch team of both DCT employees and outside contractors (both union and non union). Managed engineering, cost, manpower, installation and timing issues for DCT. Negotiated all changes to project scope and costing. Defined installation requirements, resolved "punch-list" items, and managed "Technician Reviews". Provided daily work assignments and engineering support on-site. Simulation Engineering Supervisor - Took over the newly formed Simulation Engineering Department, quadrupled it's size, drove the process and provided design direction for the Daimler Chrysler 98LH / Intrepid / Concord / LHS / 300M Underbody, including the initial concept of the tooling, controlled design, and off-line programmed the robots used to assemble the vehicle. Delivered cost effective simulation service to the organization to reduce costs and time to launch. Rolled out beta implementation of "CATIA Robotics". Detroit Center Tool Project Manager

1995 - 2000 (6 years) Warren, MI See description for DCT, Inc. Detroit Center Tool Project Manager

1995 - 2000 (6 years) Warren, MI See description for DCT, Inc. Classic Systems, Inc. Systems Supervisor

M Eng / B Eng (Hons), Mechatronic Engineering (1987 - 1991) Heart of England

(1979 - 1986)

April 2012 - October 2016 (4 years 7 months) Auburn Hills, MI / Windsor Ontario - Lead customer contact for engineering and project issues on Power Train projects. - Developed standard robot EOAT packages to improve time to market. - Managing and directing Manufacturing, Installation and Mechanical and Controls Design

February 2011 - April 2012 (1 year 3 months) Wixom, MI - Creating and implementing innovative solutions for flexible, re-usable Power Train Assembly & Test Systems using standard "process packages" that can be assembled to match a specific customer's requirements, reviewed proposals and quoted both original scope of work and changes (OCRs) for mechanical content and engineering hours. - Reducing design time, time to market and increasing "R" value (reusability) of automated Engine Block / Head Assembly & Test. ABB, Inc. Project Engineer

August 2007 - February 2011 (3 years 7 months) Auburn Hills, MI / Windsor, ON - Lead customer contact for engineering and project issues on Power Train projects. - Acted as Lead Engineer, managing other engineering and installation resources at customer site during installation. - Deployed automated systems, both new and kits to existing equipment, integrated new and old control systems and current and legacy ABB robots. - Managing and directing Manufacturing, Installation and Mechanical and Controls Design. - Developing and implementing standard, rugged process solutions to ease installation and start-up. Applied Robotics, Inc. Senior Applications Engineer

March 2005 - August 2007 (2 years 6 months) Southfield, MI - Identified "solutions" rather than "products" and redefined company offerings to align with customer requirements for custom end of arm tooling solutions in the automotive, semiconductor and white goods spaces, while reducing manufacturing costs and inventory. - Used Lean Manufacturing and Quality Functional Deployment to streamline manufacturing (incorporating design for manufacture principles) while balancing internal efficiency against customer delivery and performance requirements. - Led technology development efforts for both new mechanical and controls / software products, aligned research with customer needs and focused efforts on maximizing return on investment and best alignment to customer requirements while avoiding customer specific designs in favor of industry solutions. SMI International, Inc. Project Engineer

October 2003 - February 2005 (1 year 5 months) - Managed the concept, design and manufacturing of an automotive flexible assembly system for a start up engineering and manufacturing company, introducing additional models into existing facility while re-utilizing equipment and facilities to reduce cost to customer, working with the customer to develop project requirements and specifications to ensure their expectations for quality, cost and delivery of the system were met. - Leveraged simulation engineering and photogrametry to implement a new process in a plant that had almost no data on their existing systems and equipment while accelerating delivery to the customer. - Lead process / design risk analysis utilizing FMEA methods to minimize impact both to existing production system and from new systems and equipment required for the future model. - Introduced new technology to General Motors Mexico; a robot based Flexible Measurement System to replace a fixed camera Perceptron System. IMRA America, Inc. Production Engineer

June 2002 - September 2003 (1 year 4 months) Ann Arbor, MI - Introduced 6-Sigma based process control systems and Kaizen based workstation layouts to improve productivity and reduce costs. Also applied Lean Manufacturing methods to improve manufacturing process. Adept Technology, Inc. Sr. Consultant Process Planning

November 2000 - May 2002 (1 year 7 months) Livermore, CA - Reduced costs by introducing standardization in semiconductor assembly systems and processes for consumer electronics, microprocessor manufacturing and optical component assembly, improved start-up production rate and reduced "time to full volume". Worked with internal product development teams to better align Adept's robotic and simulation products with customer requirements. - Worked with Sales and Engineering to bring technical expertise in simulation into the sales process and provide feedback to Engineering on customer needs, wants and future directions to increase customer enthusiasm and resultant sales. Detroit Center Tool Project Manager

February 1995 - November 2000 (5 years 10 months) Warren, MI Project Manager - U/Body Manufacturing Engineering / Product Development - Following Ford's decision to replace the original OEM, I took over managing the launch of the Ford Focus Underbody System at Wayne ISA, without adding any resources I resolved the issues with the system and brought it to full capacity (from less than 50% of design capacity). - Led team responsible for the system architecture of the Daimler Chrysler

October 1991 - February 1995 (3 years 5 months) Troy, MI Managed a network of UNIX (SGI IRIX based) Simulation Workstations, intergrated it into a PC based network. Developed custom software tools as required