Experience

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  The university of iowa

  Aug 2010 - May 2014

  Student

  BSE in Industrial EngineeringMinor in Business AdministrationActive member of Theta Tau Professional Engineering FraternityWriting consultant at Hanson Center for Technical Communication

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  M.a. ford

  May 2011 - Aug 2011

  Industrial engineering intern

  Created 1200+ to-scale 2D AutoCAD drawings of high performance cutting toolsUpdated and rearranged 2D shop floor layout in AutoCADMaintained and edited data on Global Shop ERP system

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  Hanson center for technical communications - university of iowa college of engineering

  Jan 2012 - May 2014

  Technical writing consultant

  Individual tutoring for 150+ students per semester- Assisted students with technical writing, i.e. lab reports, project proposals- Assisted students with professional writing, i.e. resume building, article critiques, response papers

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  Lifeway ridgecrest conference center

  May 2012 - Aug 2013

  Recreation staff

  Facilitated high ropes course, laser tag, rec shack for ~10,000 campers each summerAssisted with grounds work, housekeeping

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  Lockheed martin

  Jul 2014 - May 2016

  Operations ldp associate

  January 2016 - May 2016 (Product Cost Analyst - Manufacturing Finance)- Evaluated earned value metrics to proactively monitor and support government programs baselined at $9M- Established business-wide reporting system to determine material time-phasing for any program based on consumption and receipt to help reduce retroactive reporting corrections of $5M of material each quarterJuly 2015 - January 2016 (Operations Supervisor, Q53)- Delivered final 6 radar antennas of 2015 schedule to US Navy early, resulting in $24M of revenue while managing 30+ employees- Created a dynamic tool to determine weekly headcount required for each work cell based on schedule and business needsJanuary 2015 - July 2015 (Subcontracts Project Management)- Drove collection of 400+ monthly metrics to provide visibility to all red/yellow subcontracts while simultaneously supporting root-cause analysis to improve performance- Developed and maintained 2015 SCM training course schedule, plan and $65k budget for 300+ person organizationJuly 2014 - January 2015 (Operating Excellence Deputy Lead)- Assisted with business-wide affordability efforts and risk mitigation to realize ~$11M in savings- Completed lean six sigma green belt certification through the successful facilitation of a business unit-wide process improvement project Show less

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  Tempur sealy international

  Jun 2016 - Aug 2017

  Global product engineer

  Supported 10+ new product development and value engineering projects per year- Conducted individual plant certifications throughout our 15 US-based facilities for new product launches to maintain high quality standards and ensure superior product function and performance-Technical lead responsible for all testing, KPI development, pilots, and manufacturing changes on value engineering projectsEnhanced material performance by 25% for the mattress bagging material and process- Exceeded project requirements by developing a design of experiment to test and analyze over 700 data points across 10 different setup scenariosOwner of Process FMEA, risk assessments, and action plans for all projectsSupported at least two supplier audits per year focusing on quality management, inspection and testing, process control, outgoing product traceability, and continuous improvementStreamlined cross-functional relationships between new product development and manufacturing through requirement validation Show less

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  Bsh home appliances corporation - north america

  Sept 2017 - Feb 2019

  Manufacturing engineer

  Standardized manufacturing operations by procuring and implementing a $300k robot and automated gluing dispensing system to manufacture 44,000+ range door assemblies per year - Analyzed numerous RFQs to determine optimal solution - Trained production workforce on assembly operations to ensure quality and efficiencyCommanded new product launch for the 2018 Rangetop assembly line as the manufacturing lead - Decreased FPY failures by 75% with improved assembly operationsCreated and deployed relational database tracking system for daily production using Excel VBA and SQL - Oversaw factory-wide continuous improvement implementation based on trends identified through the database reporting features Show less

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  Radio systems corporation

  Feb 2019 - Sept 2021

  Project manager (scrum master) ii - iot engineering

  Managed all new product development and sustainment projects for connected pet products- Conducted sprint planning and scrum ceremonies every 2 weeks- Worked cross-functionally with UX/UI and category managers to develop internal customer requirements- Outlined project epics, features, user stories, and improvements based on business requirements- Collaborated with Quality Assurance on regression testing, bug fixes, and any firmware or mobile application updatesDeveloped IoT requirements for each phase of the Customer Centered Product Design process- Implemented standard communication plan and template for information hand-off between project managers and internal customersAllocated resources for front end, back end, and embedded software development based on project priorityHelped to grow the connected pet product profile yearly- 3-4 new product launches per year Show less

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  Ge appliances, a haier company

  Sept 2021 - now

  Leading SmartHQ digital strategy and development for the Clothes Care and Small Domestic Appliances microenterprises. Establish scalable agile practices across entire SmartHome Solutions IoT cloud team

  • Director, Digital Product Management

    Jan 2024 - now

  • Senior DT Manager, B2C SaaS

    Dec 2022 - Jan 2024

  • Senior Business Systems Analyst - Smart Home Solutions

    Sept 2021 - Dec 2022