Drew Freinberg

Drew Freinberg

Lieutenant Colonel

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Passionate about product and business development

  • Education

    • Worcester Polytechnic Institute

      2001 - 2005
      Bachelor of Science - BS Mechanical Engineering

      Activities and Societies: Senior project - Formula Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) racecar design team Junior project - Impact attenuation study on the U.S. Army's Advanced Combat Helmet (ACH) in conjunction with Natick Soldier Systems Center / DEVCOM

    • Graduate School of Business - University of Cape Town

      2019 - 2019
      Yale Global Network Week Business Administration and Management, General
    • Yale School of Management

      2018 - 2020
      Master of Business Administration - MBA Sustainability
    • U.S. Army Command and General Staff College

      2021 - 2021
      Advanced Operations Course
  • Experience

    • US Army

      May 2005 - now
      Lieutenant Colonel

      Currently serving as a Cell Chief for the Contingency Response Unit, focused on the Pacific area of responsibility. I've previously commanded a Theater Support Group detachment in American Samoa, led the Boston City Team within the 75th Innovation Command, written doctrine at the U.S. Army engineer school, served as chief of staff of a recovery field office in the Virgin Islands after Hurricanes Maria and Irma, led base camp development in Iraq, and commanded a 100-Soldier forward support company in Afghanistan. Show less

    • GE Aviation

      Feb 2006 - Aug 2006
      Application Engineer

      Evaluated applicable standards and developed a design validation test plan for a next-generation turbo-shaft engine

    • IMI Precision Engineering

      May 2007 - Apr 2012
      Design Engineer

      Designed over 100 custom fluid control solutions for a variety of customers and oversaw regulatory agency follow-up testing for the company’s products

    • Carling Technologies

      May 2012 - Apr 2020

      Oversaw end to end development of five global product lines, launched two products to production, streamlined new business opportunity processes, researched competitive landscape, generated positioning documents with marketing, and interfaced with all internal functional areas and external consumers Managed a multi-million dollar budget and schedule of the company's highest-profile project, a privately-labeled load center for a residential electronics manufacturer Developed a patented circuit breaker for a cutting-edge lighting control panel and a three-position locking switch for a large automotive manufacturer.

      • Product Manager

        Aug 2018 - Apr 2020
      • Project Manager

        May 2014 - Aug 2018
      • Design Engineer

        May 2012 - May 2014
    • Tactical Revolution, LLC

      Sept 2020 - Jan 2022
      Director of Product
    • Method

      Jan 2022 - now
      Senior Manager, Delivery Management
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Scrum Master Certified (SMC)

      Scrum Alliance
      Dec 2021
    • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification

      Air Academy Associates
    • Illustrator 2020 Essential Training

      LinkedIn
      Oct 2020
      View certificate certificate
    • Power BI Essential Training

      LinkedIn
      Jul 2020
      View certificate certificate
    • SQL Essential Training

      LinkedIn
      Jul 2020
      View certificate certificate
    • Project Management Professional (PMP)

      Project Management Institute
      May 2014
    • Secret security clearance

      US Army
      Jul 2014
    • Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED

      American Red Cross
      May 2020
    • SAFe Product Owner / Product Manager (POPM)

      Scaled Agile, Inc.
      Feb 2023