Terry Urban

Experience

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  Daimler Trucks North America

  Jun 1997 - Dec 2004

  Multiple Roles: Senior Development Engineer, Cab DMO Team Leader, Climate Control Engineer

  - Secured two patents for innovative climate control system design solutions, demonstrating significant innovation and technical expertise in improving vehicle efficiency. - Saved $7.5M by implementing over 125 cost-saving initiatives through Direct Material Optimization (DMO) initiatives.

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  Daimler Trucks North America

  Jul 2005 - Nov 2006

  Project Engineer, Team Leader, System Integration Engineering

  Led design team of 10 contract engineers and designers and oversaw EPA MY 2007 HVAC plumbing, transmission oil cooler plumbing and pneumatic fan solenoid development. Additional achievements include:- Devised innovative design strategies to maximize component commonality and minimize cost and complexity. - Partnered with Manufacturing Engineering and the mock-up center to rapidly resolve packaging and assembly issues.

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  Daimler Trucks North America

  Jan 2007 - Oct 2015

  Oversaw hybrid specific electrical and electronic design on current production and next generation vehicles in collaboration with offshore, global teams in Germany and Japan. Served as Technical Lead and Lead Electrical Design Engineer for all hybrid harnesses on the M2. Additional achievements include:- Completed the Cascadia Class 8 hybrid vehicle demonstrator project, showcasing the capabilities of hybrid technology to senior executives by coordinating resources and managing a complex two-year project with global collaboration. - Hired and trained the Electrical Power Distribution and Computer Area Networks (CAN) team and reconfigured a production vehicle into a running B-Sample hybrid prototype in four months. Show less Hired, trained, motivated, and managed a high performing design team of 12 engineers and designers that achieved all objectives with oversight of Current Product Engineering PowerTrain and PowerNet harnesses and components. Additional achievements include:- Streamlined feature offerings from eight to three, significantly reducing Custom Work Orders (CWOs) and improving the order translation system's accuracy and efficiency while maintaining high customer satisfaction. - Established a visual management board with leading KPIs and facilitated daily standups to review key deliverables, focus, and strategies to overcome roadblocks in a high-pressure production environment. Show less

  • Senior Engineer II, Mechatronics Hybrid Engineering

    Oct 2011 - Oct 2015

  • Special Project Core Team, Project Management Office / SPIN 2014, Telematics

    Jul 2014 - Sept 2014

  • Project Engineer, Team Leader, Mechatronics

    Jan 2007 - Sept 2011
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  Caterpillar Inc.

  Oct 2015 - Mar 2018

  Led multi-discipline team and highly complex product development and partner onboarding programs for the consumer product market segment across various functional areas. Ensured the delivery of all program aspects including design, business process, quality, purchasing, order fulfillment/demand management, marketing, supply chain, operations, product support, and financials. Served as new product introduction (NPI) expert for project teams and drove continuous process improvements.- Generated $19M in sales by meeting Lowe's onboarding requirements and delivering products on time, successfully onboarding the cloud-based solutions provider Edgenet in just five weeks, a process that typically takes over six months. - Delivered multiple projects on time, including a 12-kW portable generator for the North American market and a 2-kW inverter project for North America, UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. Show less Managed a complex product portfolio matrix and communicated results to stakeholders. Collaborated with agency, consultants, strategic suppliers, and SMEs from other internal divisions/groups. Leveraged strong commercial, business, and technical skills along with an understanding of manufacturing, accounting, and pricing functions.- Identified and developed commercialization roadmaps for the Top Three product ideas, achieving executive approval for continued development of one selected project by utilizing a LEAN Agile product development process, partnering with UC Berkeley School of Business and MBA faculty. Show less Establish, mentor, and lead a newly created cab engineering team and all cab engineering product development activities including component and systems design, documentation, validation and verification. Evaluate on-site supplier capability to identify potential strategic manufacturing partners. Additional achievements include:- Achieved an 88% reduction in cab configurations, eliminating the need for warehousing and optimizing production processes by streamlining from eight configurations to one and resolving key design challenges. - Decreased decision timeline by three months and improved paint topcoat quality by leading a cross-functional team to address stakeholder concerns about post-e-coat BIW drilling, leveraging internal and external coatings experts. Show less

  • NPI Program Manager, Home & Outdoor Power

    Mar 2017 - Mar 2018

  • Program Manager, Marketing & Digital - Innovation Accelerator

    May 2016 - Feb 2017

  • Engineering Manager, Global On-Highway Trucks

    Oct 2015 - May 2016
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  Martin Engineering

  Jul 2018 - May 2019

  Engineering and Development Manager

  - Improved cross-functional communication and collaboration by 33% through implementing program and project management principles, leading to the timely production launch of the N2 Twist Tensioner, an IoT-enabled primary belt cleaning product. - Reduced the engineering project backlog by 50% in 10 months by consolidating projects into a single tracking system, setting priorities with the CTO, and establishing weekly meetings to enhance communication, collaboration, and accountability.

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  EnerSys

  Dec 2019 - Jan 2024

  Senior Systems Engineering Manager

  - Achieved a 20% reduction in misallocated resources by implementing 100% tracking of engineering time, providing transparency into activities, and enabling data-driven prioritization decisions, which led to three new positions to support revenue growth. - Improved collaboration and efficiency by restructuring an engineering team of 13 into seven functional areas, enhancing career advancement and employee engagement, which led to better succession planning and team morale. - Enhanced team capabilities and engagement through mentoring and continuous learning, leading to improved decision-making and top job satisfaction with only Two non-retirement turnovers in Four years. - Decreased risk for a multi-site project by quickly adapting to late customer changes, creating a digital proof of concept within two weeks, and testing a physical prototype within three weeks, ensuring the project met revised requirements and customer expectations on time. - Generated revenue growth from $31M to $78M from fiscal year ‘20 to fiscal year ‘21 and successfully introduced three new products by maintaining team cohesion and productivity during the pandemic with 15-minute daily huddles. - Maintained stable revenue performance at $75M in FY22, despite pandemic-related supply chain disruptions, by delivering multiple NPI projects, improving processes, new customer acquisitions, and supporting operations with second-sourcing activities. - Unified design teams across 10 sites onto the same SolidWorks platform, creating a standard process for annual software upgrades, improving CAD data sharing and design efficiency, and achieving implementation within one week of the target date. - Facilitated the successful migration from SAP ECC5 to SAP ECC6 and drove the implementation of the PTC Windchill PLM system, providing a roadmap for other teams and saving over $100k in consulting fees through in-house developed tools. Show less