Kevin Gallo

Experience

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  Chicago Blower Corporation

  Jul 1995 - Mar 1997

  Manufacturing Engineer

  Management:- Managed 12 workers in key departments by setting up assembly lines to produce 40 units daily.- Developed order scheduling, workflow and time process for job completion.- Set up assembly line to produce 40 units daily.- Supervised materials procurement; provided production with tooling resulting in efficient fabrication and assembly.- Interfaced with design department to resolve manufacturing problems.- Performed quality control inspections.

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  ACS Group

  Mar 1997 - Dec 2004

  Lead Product Engineer

  Management:- Directed eight engineers, monitoring job releases, quotes and workloads to ensure quality performance and timely completion of projects.- Oversaw ¼-ton to 40-ton portable chiller and 25-ton to 195-ton central chiller lines.Achievements:- Released up to 150 custom product orders annually.- Reduced custom orders by over 50% and lead times by standardizing special options and reducing many custom products.- Decreased custom product lead-times by up to a week with order documentation and scheduling of job releases.- Designed and build a ¼-ton prototype chiller in 1-1/2 weeks.Product Development:- Detailed experience in refrigeration systems, heat transfer applications, fluids, glycol cooling and thermodynamics.- Design custom cooling systems for laser and plastic industries, including valve and pump sizing.- Provide AutoCAD wiring schematics, piping diagrams, assemble bills of material and schedule project timelines for manufacturing. Show less

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  Hussmann

  Jan 2005 - Oct 2010

  Senior Project Engineer/Commercial Group Lead

  Management:- Responsible for the engineering process from receipt of order to Commercial Group Engineering release to shop floor support.- Monitor Commercial Group Workloads; delegate jobs effectively.- Spearheaded release of new product line.Achievements:- Drove bill of material accuracy to above 98%.- Maintain on-time deliveries with engineering releases and customer drawings.- Standardize pricing on specialized units.Product Development:- Work with engineers from Monterrey, Mexico to complete smooth product transfer.- Designed and released new product option for existing condensers.- Generated electrical wiring and programming for new features added to standard product line.- Provide Sales and Application Engineering support to ensure condensers and condensing units are engineered to meet customer requirements; sizing and circuiting of units to meet specific job needs; job quoting for non-standard applications.- Provide Service and Parts support to resolve field issues.- Completed projects revising technical specifications, brochures, catalogs, operation and installation manuals, electrical/mechanical drawings. Show less

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  International

  Oct 2010 - now

  Management:- Thermal Management lead for design and development of trucks and tractors for program with annual sales of approximately $100M.- Managed team of engineers who completed part designs, releases, bills of material, build books and work instructions.- Hired and managed outside engineering firm when internal resources were limited.Achievements:- Launched high-quality programs on-time and worked within program budget to develop individual design engineering hours and timing.- Worked with Manufacturing, Cost Analysis, Supplier Quality and Purchasing to verify correct parts were sourced, priced properly, quality approved and received in a timely manner for build events.Product Development:- Traveled to multiple manufacturing facilities to help provide support to program team during build events.- Worked with Vehicle Architecture and other System Management Teams to review fully integrated designs, develop complete vehicle 3D models and finalize designs.- Followed up on in-program scope changes and build issue clean-up to produce high-quality trucks and tractors. Show less Management:- Thermal Management Cost Reduction team lead.- Supervised six engineers and monitored their individual cost reduction ideas on a continuous basis.- Developed and presented weekly reports to upper management on current status, progress and future goals.- Lead for Cost Reduction cross functional team that includes Engineering, Purchasing, Quality and Manufacturing.Achievements:- Produced $8.3M savings for FY2012, with another $3.3M carrying over into FY2013.- Saved an additional $0.9M by improving release date of modified aftertreatment system by 1-1/2 months.- Improved Thermal Management Cost reduction savings by more than 31% over previous years.Product Development:- Participated with Cost Reduction team to develop new ideas for savings.- Directly worked with assembly plants to schedule new product releases and pilot runs.- Detailed experience in automotive transmission, cooling, HVAC and exhaust systems. Show less

  • Engineering Group Lead

    Dec 2012 - now

  • Product Development Engineering Team Lead

    Oct 2010 - Dec 2012