Trevor Sherts

Experience

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  Penn State University

  Aug 2009 - Aug 2013

  Student
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  Ford Motor Company

  Jun 2012 - Sept 2012

  Manufacturing Engineering Intern
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  Ford Motor Company

  Sept 2013 - now

  Led North America-based Experience Design PM team. Managed team of 7 Experience Design PMs, aligned team project portfolio with business priorities, and guided human-centered design project teams to create clear and actionable outcomes in the form of customer and systems requirements. Collaborated with engineering management to translate design intent into future product hardware and software experiences.Projects include experience design and requirements definition for next generation home EV charger experience design, next generation EV truck, future vehicle access and security features.Was also responsible for the implementation of new department processes to better define deliverables and improve cross-department collaboration. Show less Applied human centered design principles from customer research through engineering requirement development. Aligned teams across the enterprise (engineering, marketing, legal, finance, etc.) toward customer driven implementation of product actions and new service opportunities to support Ford's commercial customers.Projects include roadmap development for a small/medium business fleet customer CRM platform, alignment of global discovery and design project portfolio to Ford Pro priorities, and implementation of pilot customer co-collaboration workshops. Show less Interfaced with experience designers and engineering teams to translate human centered design vision into engineering requirements for shared use autonomous vehicle. Generated a near and far term Ford point of view on personally owned autonomous vehicles spanning SAE L3 and L4 capabilities.Led cross-disciplinary workshops to co-create innovative solutions where technology or business case gaps existed between vision and execution. Ensured customer needs were upheld throughout the design process, from concept to final product definition.Worked with business design teams to translate the business case for different concepts, features, services, and ventures to stakeholders.Projects include autonomous vehicle experience design and requirements creation (SAE L3/L4), integrated vehicle security roadmap definition, Bronco special edition experience design, Mustang global brand strategy development, and international rollout and support for new product definition strategy for future European EV product. Show less

  • PD Operations Supervisor

    Jul 2023 - now

  • Experience Design Product Manager - Model e

    Nov 2021 - Jul 2023

  • Experience Design Product Manager - Ford Pro

    Nov 2020 - Nov 2021

  • Project Lead, Driverless UX and Special Studies

    Aug 2017 - Nov 2020

  • Engine Calibration Engineer

    Sept 2013 - Aug 2017
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  The Engineering Society of Detroit

  Jul 2022 - now

  Board Member