Michel Simard

Experience

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  Montupet Ltd

  Sept 1993 - Sept 1996

  Tool Designer

  Designed and maintained drawings for permanent tools to mold various aluminum parts by gravity process. Customer and supplier liaison.

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  L&H Consultants Inc.

  Sept 1996 - May 1998

  Senior Designer

  Senoir designer on various projects in aerospace and automotive using CATIA and Unigraphics. Solid modeling of parts and assemblies, creation of methodologies and customer support.

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  Magna Closures

  May 1998 - Jul 2005

  Engineering Manager

  Managed the product development and testing of window systems with a team of 30 engineers focused on customer requirements, ease of manufacturing, cost reductions and warranty improvement.

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  Goodrich Landing Gear

  Jul 2005 - Mar 2008

  Project Manager

  Directed and managed the successful implementation of a model based project with Goodrich Landing Gear and supply chain for the Airbus A380 Freighter, Gulfstream G650 and Lockheed Martin F-35 landing gear. Implemented new PLM processes for accessing, design and manufacturing data and supported the user engagement.

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  MBD Solutions Inc.

  Mar 2008 - Jun 2012

  President - Senior PLM Consultant

  President - PLM Process Consultant (2010-2012)Provided a strategic approach during the development of the Model Based Definition (MBD) processes for tier1 aerospace supply chain.President - Quality Process Consultant (2008-2010)Provided tools and services to Aerospace tier1 supply chain to support their Quality deliverables.

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  AWC Company

  Feb 2012 - Jun 2012

  Production Manager

  Managed the daily Production operations of a custom CNC machine shop specialized in the manufacturing of large and small volume foam mold tooling for various types of seating systems, including Logistics and Quality departments.

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  BOMBARDIER

  Jun 2012 - Dec 2016

  Senior PLM Project Manager, Product Development Engineering division

  Senior PLM Engineering Project Manager, PDE division (2015-2016)Managed the deployment of new strategic PLM (manufacturing and engineering processes) across the Bombardier Aerospace tier1 supply chain.Senior PLM Project Manager (2014-2015)Executed the technical implementation of the new paperless Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) for the new Global 7000/8000 business jet.Senior PLM Engineering Technical Lead (2012-2014)Managed the implementations of new process and tools across multiple sites and aircraft programs. Show less

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  ArcelorMittal

  Aug 2017 - Nov 2017

  Senior Process Specialist

  Located at the "Mont Wright", an open pit iron mine, my responsibilities were to optimize the operation processes to increase the tonnage of ore extracted daily by analyzing the data collected on the transport vehicle. My main achievement was the implementation of a maintenance schedule for the fuel tank bleed valve on the fleet of the 240 tonnes transport trucks, by reducing the refuelling time by an average of 43% twice daily, which resulted in an 2% daily increase ore extracted daily and an increase in gross revenue of $57 millions annually. Show less

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  BRP

  Nov 2017 - now

  Support the manufacturing projects relative to any IS&T infrastructure and applicative implementation in 8 manufacturing sites worldwide. Work with internal customers (sponsor) to document the project scope, business needs, requirements & business processes, analyses processes, perform gap analysis and make improvement recommendations to sponsor. Evaluate infrastructure requirements, support applicative development and UAT. My main achievement was the documentation/update of the Assembly and Quality processes. Show less

  • DTQC Analyst

    Jul 2019 - now

  • Senior Business Analyst

    Nov 2017 - Jul 2019