Travis Fuller, MSME, MSBA

Experience

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  Yardney Technical Products Inc

  Jul 2007 - Jul 2009

  Jr. Program Engineer

  Responsible for the manufacturing, testing, and delivery of lithium-ion cells and batteries.- Conducted DOT study to ensure compliance with the C.F.R. (Code of Federal Regulations) for transportation. - Responsible for technical writing of numerous types of engineering documents.

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  Goldenrod Corporation

  May 2011 - Jan 2013

  Mechanical Design Engineer

  Design of pneumatic/mechanical machinery, web handling equipment, and tooling for the winding and automation industries. Responsible for the complete mechanical design, analysis, and drafting of projects.- Project manager for the implementation of new software that links the Company's 3-D modeling package (Autodesk Inventor) to the ERP system. Standardized and organized technical design/data, structure, B.O.M.’s, job routings and part numbering scheme of the Company's product offerings.- Worked in a high pace manufacturing environment designing both custom projects and industry leading products. Authored over $4.2 million in approval drawings on over 375 custom design projects with over $2.3 million for in house manufacture. Show less

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  Lex Products Corp.

  Jan 2013 - Sept 2015

  Mechanical Project Engineer

  Engineering project management for new product development (NPD) and research and development (R & D) projects for a military and commercial electronics manufacturer.- Mechanical design and analysis including the CAD models, drawings, and B.O.M.'s. - Design, modeling, and analysis of thermal management systems for use in power distribution and control products. - Actively contribute to System FMEA’s and Design & Process FMEA’s for all NPD projects.- Collaborate with tool makers and tool design engineers on the development of injection molded parts (thermoset, thermoplastic, and rubber). - Research and analyze new products, patents, and patent applications. Provide support to ensure timely and organized prosecution of patent and trademark applications. - Responsible for test plans and design of experiments (DOE) for impact testing, transit drop testing (per MIL-STD-810G), thermal performance testing, and proof of concept testing.- Designed and developed a UL1008 listed Non-Automatic (Manual) Transfer Switch.- Sole Inventor of Patent US14290486 "Interlock Article."- 2014 Lex Products Awards: Excellence in Design: AMEPDIS and Excellence in Safety Show less

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  The Vitec Group plc

  Sept 2015 - Sept 2017

  Manufacturing Engineer

  - New Product Introduction (NPI) Program Manager for high-end commercial electro-mechanical products including Anton/Bauer batteries and Lite Panels LED lighting. Develop and manage manufacturing and business processes for both in-house and contract manufacture on a global, multi-continental scale. - Perform manufacturing engineering duties for both new products and sustaining “legacy” products including: Tool design, production line buildout, floorplan layout, work instruction, capacity analysis, capital equipment specification, DFMA/DFX analyses, machine repair and maintenance.- Managed the contract manufacture transition of a multitude of battery product lines to manufacturers in the U.S, Mexico, and Costa Rica. Show less

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  Lex Products

  Sept 2017 - now

  VP, Engineering & Analytics

  - Responsible for Analytics, R&D, New Product Development, and Applications Engineering.- Data Architecture and Governance. o Deployed on-premises analytics reporting infrastructure using PostGres as a DBMS. Set policies for access control, data documentation, and data stewardship.o Responsible for software/technology decisions as it relates to analytics deployments. - Data Engineeringo Created a Data Warehouse comprised of a multitude of Data Marts, deploying fact-dimension star-schema models for scalable analytics reporting.o Integrated data from disparate sources, resulting in a unified data repository that improved data accessibility and reduced data silos.- Data Analysis and Insightso Utilized machine learning to develop and deploy predictive analytics tools which included data engineering of external sources including APIs and web-scraped data.- Reporting and Visualizationo Created interactive dashboards using PowerBI, providing real-time insights into key performance metrics for executives and manufacturing teams.- Product Development and Project Managemento Directly supervise managers and individual contributors of cross-disciplined engineering team.o Implemented Autodesk Vault (Product Data Management) software for use by the entire engineering team, a project which included data migration from disparate sources.o Stewarded Applications Engineering revenue growth of over 300% without having to scale resources. o Bring products to market including “Smart Power” hybrid power and energy storage products for use in commercial and military applications. Oversaw several successful multi-million-dollar product launches.o Served as a member of multiple UL Standards Technical Panels (STP), responsible for the drafting and revising of technical standards.- Promoted from Engineering Manager to Director of Engineering to Director of Engineering and Business Analytics to current role. Show less