Dan C. Howell II

Experience

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  Stellantis

  Oct 1999 - Jul 2000

  Vehicle Impact Development Test Engineer
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  HI-LEX Controls, Inc.

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2004

  Product Engineer

  𝘓𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘴. 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘰-𝘮𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘴. • Coordinated a variety of technical assignments throughout the organization. • Worked with a multitude of teams to identify, analyze, and resolve system failures and quality issues. • Executed technical presentations to support new business initiatives and enhance growth. Show less

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  Magna International

  Aug 2004 - Jun 2007

  Project Engineer

  𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥'𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 $40𝘉 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 173𝘒 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘦𝘴. 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘢 𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘋𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘣-𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴. • Generated $1.4M in revenue over five years by building a new design for component integration into door module system. • Maintained communication and provided technical support/guidance to Stellantis and internal cross-functional teams for optimal product design, development, and delivery to meet objectives. Show less

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  Inteva Products

  Apr 2008 - Feb 2013

  Senior Product Engineer

  𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺. 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺-𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘛𝘦𝘴𝘭𝘢, 𝘕𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘯, 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘭𝘦𝘳.• Successfully led development and launch of new power window system for Tesla Model X. • Spearheaded complex design investigation, analysis, and feasibility studies for new systems and components. Show less

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  Inalfa Roof Systems, Inc. - North America

  Feb 2013 - now

  𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵-𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘧𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯-𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺. 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 $1𝘉 𝘪𝘯 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘦. 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳-𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘴. 𝘌𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴. • Worked with sales leaders to design a global commonization strategy, leading to $19M in new business. •Collaborate within a cross-functional environment to ensure regional alignment of project goals with the USA, Mexico, China, and South Korea while maintaining communication of technical information. Show less 𝘏𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘷𝘺 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘓𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴. 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴. 𝘈𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴. • Saved $800K in tooling costs by redesigning and standardizing product packaging. • Improved and upgraded the sunroof panel testing process, resulting in on-time completion of PPAP and $1.8M in reimbursement. Show less

  • North America Regional Technical Manager

    Mar 2016 - now

  • Senior Project Engineer

    Feb 2013 - Mar 2016