Matthew Rutledge, PMP, MBA

Experience

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  PARKER HANNIFIN AEROSPACE HYDRAULIC DIVISION

  Mar 2006 - Dec 2006

  Manufacturing Engineer

  ● Reprogrammed laser marker for entire product line ● Standardized product database process sheets using new CAD models

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  General Kinematics Corporation

  Jan 2007 - Nov 2007

  Design Engineer

  ● Design vibratory material handling equipment specific to customer’s specifications ● Use proven engineering methods to gather necessary data for design and validation ● Create 3D models for analysis and 2D prints for production ● Communicate directly with customer and sales to design a product that meets their specific needs ● Design equipment in a high pace environment, ranging 2-3 months from inception to production ● Test and tune designs as well as provide troubleshooting help on the shop floor Show less

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  4ONE / FREEDMAN SEATING COMPANY

  Nov 2007 - Apr 2012

  Design/Application Engineer

  ● Design seat mount systems for existing and new seat lines to fit multiple OEM bus builders ○ Free standing pedestal designs ○ Cantilevered and specialty mounts that tie into customer specific structure● Design new products to meet government regulations and customer requirements ○ APTA White Book regulations for load capacities, impact resistance, vibration, and others ○ End users include: New York City, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Broward County● Utilize 3D CAD software (SolidEdge) to create 3D models and 2D drafts ○ Proficient in sheetmetal, solid modeling, and surfacing. ● Perform duties in fast paced environment – 4 weeks or less from kickoff to production release● Manage multiple projects at once (from one to eight at a time)● Delegate, manage, and review work through CAD, data entry, production, testing, and quality assurance ● Provide direct customer support (both over the phone and on-site) when situation warrants ● Provide hands on production support in factory● Assess benefits of new business possibilities for company ○ Evaluate design, tooling, materials, and production costs against potential market share gains● Utilize Made 2 Manage (M2M) software to coordinate material flow and production through building Show less

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  Hendrickson

  Apr 2012 - Nov 2013

  Product Manager / Mechanical Design Engineer

  ● Coordinate activities between all internal departments as they relate to a given project. ● Contribute to the development/execution of the product/customer strategy and annual marketing/business plan ● Gather requirements and estimate costs to produce guidance pricing and firm quotes on potential projects, while maintaining healthy gross and contribution margins. ● Manage the portfolio analysis of Market Share and Profitability to identify gaps and opportunities for revenue growth and profit enhancement. ● Maintain regular communication with OEM purchasing, engineering, and marketing personnel. ● Manage the analysis of OEM supplied build data and product plan/model changes to discover concerns, opportunities, and to define five year product plans. ● Responsible for segment profitability through identification and execution of revenue growth and cost reduction opportunities. ● Responsible for product planning (APQP), development, launch (PPAP, ISA) and support for division products ● Conduct Value Engineering/Analysis studies to identify opportunities for alternative designs and/or materials ● Develop specifications, standards, and costing associated with new designs and materials ● Review, recommend and develop new product and process technology opportunities (ie. Enhancements to existing products/materials/processes or new technologies that fit strategically) ● Perform regular visits to OEM customers to update them on product technology and identify new opportunities ● Recommend capital expenditures in support of annual operating plan. Participate in preparation of Capital Expenditure Requests for consideration during periodic capital planning sessions. ● Manage multiple projects at once ● 5S Auditor at facility Show less

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  DICKEY-john

  Nov 2013 - Sept 2015

  Manufacturing Engineer

  ● Brainstorm and execute strategies to get plantwide dppm below target 6500.● Develop manual and semi-automated assembly aides for use on the production floor.● Review and approve manufacturing procedures to ensure that production associates have the appropriate procedure to build a product correctly.● Developed new digital method of displaying visual work instructions (VWIs) at production work stations utilizing outdated and soon-to-be scrapped computers. Previously work instructions were printed hard copies, which greatly limited what could be put on them. New, digital VWI’s can incorporate videos and CAD animations to better illustrate assembly methods.● Resource for current design team (both in design for manufacturability review and also capitalizing on my years of experience in new product design)● Member of multiple internal teams tasked with company improvements in certain areas, including: safety, material flow, operational excellence, and quality initiatives.● Member of team tasked with bringing in large piece of capital equipment that will automate a time consuming and inconsistent process, and also reorganize the plant floor plan to maximize efficiency with new equipment in place.● Tasked with coming up with long term proposal for integration of flexible automation solutions that can be implemented across Dickey-john’s wide array of products. Must research all available options and present business case for what solutions offer Dickey-john the best return for the capital investment.● Proficient at quick, creative troubleshooting. Issues that arise on the floor typically pertain to a product that is currently being produced and a solution to the issue needs to be implemented quickly so production is slowed down as little as possible.● Manage multiple projects at once● Safety Auditor for facility Show less

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  BUNN

  Sept 2015 - Nov 2019

  • Technical lead for new product development of bean-to-cup style commercial coffee brewers.• Represent engineering project team in interdepartmental meetings discussing greater business impact of the new product.• Ensure project is staying on track for both schedule and budget.• Coordinate the efforts of design engineers to ensure that components integrate properly and all function properly at the complete system level.• Coordinate efforts of departments involved in the up front and downstream development of new products (mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, software engineering, purchasing, document control, technical publications, quality assurance, reliability/testing, manufacturing, service)• Assist in finding and vetting of new vendors who can provide the components/service necessary for increasingly more complex systems.• Sit with customers when necessary to provide technical perspective during all levels of product development process (ideation, building a business case, establishing timelines and budgets, status updates during development, deciding warranty coverage and duration, establishing preventative maintenance schedules and parts lists)• Perform design engineer duties on an as-needed basis to keep projects moving at the necessary pace and to keep other design engineers freed up to focus on highest priority design issues. Show less • Design mechanical components at the individual components level, while ensuring proper integration into larger beverage dispense system.• Utilized multiple material types and manufacturing styles to achieve product performance requirements (ie: injection molded plastic, die cut plastic, sheet metal, machined metal, etc)• Oversaw and created finalized fully detailed prints to ensure proper fit, function, and appearance.• Established test protocol for new components to ensure that they meet the performance levels necessary to function satisfactorily in complete system. Show less

  • Engineering Project Manager

    Apr 2016 - Nov 2019

  • Design Engineer III

    Sept 2015 - Mar 2016
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  Memorial Health System (IL)

  Dec 2019 - Aug 2023

  Project Manager / Work Management System Admin

  - PM over a wide range of projects, from IT implementations, to facilities building projects, to process improvement projects.- Responsible for not only ensuring that the projects are completed on-time and in budget, but also work with senior leaders to make strategic decisions about project priorities when scopes grow and there are finite resources at the project teams' disposals.- System admin for the organization for Smartsheet platform.-Helped design entire toolkit used by PM staff to run projects (schedule, charter, RAID log, closure memo, requirements doc, lessons learned, stakeholder management register, etc) and built the back end of the system to roll metrics from all projects into one centralized set of portfolio level reports and dashboards.- Leveraged the skills acquired during setup of the PM toolkit to roll out platform to broader organization. This brought in many departments throughout the organization who had previously worked autonomously and allowed senior leaders to see the efforts of the system as a whole and make strategic priority decisions based on the organization as a whole, as opposed to just the few departments that reported those metrics upwards previously. Show less