Engineering Manager for 7+ Scrum Teams
Objective
I thrive on unique technology challenges and have developed multiple cohesive teams that deliver disruptive technology platforms to solve core business problems.
I am seeking mission-critical challenges that are central to the organization, with the freedom to envision and deliver transformative solutions.
My passion is building clear, executable visions of emerging technology products encompassing IoT, cloud, and cybersecurity. I then develop and lead self-sustaining teams to execute on that vision.
Work Experience
Currently Enabling Rivian to Scale Manufacturing
• Leading Development of Shop Floor Vision Systems for assembly visual inspections, in-plant vehicle tracking, and bay occupancy metrics to reduce End-of-Line repair time.
• Developing a Digital Manufacturing Pipeline to extract all Bills of Material (BoM), Bills of Process (BoP), and CAD Asserts from Rivian's PLM System and transforming the data for rapid, ideal consumption on the Shop Floor.
Designed a next-generation connected platform to control a fleet of self-driving trucks
• Designed functionality of mission control systems, starting with the in-vehicle platform, wireless connectivity, and cloud strategy.
• Anticipated feature and technology requirements for future-state fleet mission control systems, including geo-resiliency and cybersecurity for a fully-autonomous fleet of trucks.
• Guiding teams to a cohesive vision and software engineering supporting an Agile cycle of high-quality, robust products
Built Daimler Trucks North America's (DTNA) Connectivity Platform
• Directed end-to-end development of an overall data and vehicle connectivity vision, digital product development strategy and the architecture roadmap for the IoT, Cloud, and Big Data platforms across multiple iterations supporting 220,000+ trucks.
• Conceived, designed and deployed a complete Cloud Back Office environment for Detroit Connect, including Portals, Secured Vehicle Connectivity Platform, Data Ingestion Engines, and Big Data Clusters.
• Cultivated highly-engaged teams through a Scaled Agile Framework aligned with DTNA's Connectivity business strategy to continuously deliver product enhancements.
• This environment has become the reference for other Daimler Connectivity implementations and accounts for 12 million USD in North America revenue.
Streamlined In-Plant Logistics for DTNA Operations, automating material flows and adopting a common Kanban process across 5 Truck Manufacturing Plants (TMPs)
• Empowered a team to build a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) to manage in-plant material flow based on a Plan for Every Part concept. DTNA's MES directly integrates the Mainframe MRP to real-time tracking and RFID technologies. Adoption of the best practices from all TMP's was the most significant accomplishment.
• Drove implementation of DTNA standardized "Pick To Light" system to optimize parts delivery to the assembly line. This solution was a vital element of the Continuous Improvement initiative focused on streamlining material delivery and assembly processes across Daimler North Americas Truck Manufacturing Plants, resulting in a $2.5M efficiency gain.
Productized ECU configuration by introducing SKUs and lifecycle management, to scale successful custom programming by 1000%+
• Deployed Virtual Technician; the first real-time remote diagnostics system integrated into the Customer Assistance Center (CAC) in Detroit. This service provided customers with a pro-active notification on Faults triggered by the powertrain controllers, allowing the CAC to deliver immediate customer support.
• Established and implemented engineering, manufacturing and service processes to manage the lifecycle of 1,600+ Vehicle Electronic Control Units (ECUs) per day. These processes dramatically decreased the number of non-starting trucks at the end of the production line due to mismatched software releases or parameter configurations on powertrain and vehicle ECUs.