PRODUCT TEST ENGINEERING MANAGER
Extensive product testing and development experience managing automated testing facilities for quality assurance, product development and certification of gasoline and diesel automotive emission catalysts and lubricants. Expertise in engineering design, system integration, instrumentation, process control, construction, troubleshooting and startup of automated research pilot testing facilities. Engineering project experience managing operations and global research and development resources to develop, evaluate, and improve chemical products and their production; scale up chemical manufacturing processes from bench to pilot scale through commercial scale. Collaborative team member skilled at establishing rapport with operations and trade employees and senior management.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
* Programming test software
* Process Instrumentation and Analyzers
* Project Management
* Distributed Process Control System Integration/Config.
* EPA & ASTM Test Protocols
* Project Cost Estimation
* I.P. Management & Patents
* Safety Systems
* Quality Systems (ISO 9001)
* Root Cause Analysis
* Automation (Control Strategy / Data Reduction)
* Engineering Process Design
* SAP
* Lean Processes (Six Sigma)
* Supervision
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
BASF CORPORATION, Iselin, NJ 2000-2015
Product Technology Manager (2012 – Present)
Technology lead member of a small internal entrepreneurial start-up team focused on commercializing and launching an innovative vehicle natural gas fuel adsorbent technology to extend the driving range of Compressed Natural Gas vehicles. Managed all aspects of products including certifications, research and development scope and budget, manufacturing scale up and Intellectual Property.
* Served as Product Manager for line of innovative Metal Organic Framework (MOF) products. Developed and tracked research and development milestones and budget through a phase gate project system. Work resulted in reduced product manufacturing costs and improved performance characteristics.
* Program Manager for BASF research team during a federally funded ARPA-E (Dept. of Energy) natural gas adsorbent vehicle fuel storage project and secured $1.7MM in research funding for the company. Developed project budget, scope of work, milestones and project reports.
* Coordinated three global teams in the US, Europe and Asia to manufacture batches of a new food contact adsorbent product and generate FDA samples and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) documentation for certification. Produced successful manufacturing trial and sample generation that met the project timeline.
* Managed product Intellectual Property (IP) process including patent landscape development, provisional patent and patent application development and Intellectual Property strategies development, which ensured timely filing of many patent applications supporting the business plan and IP strategy.
* Compiled market and past production data to develop a cost benefit analysis report for alternative product forming methods. Project results were used for product pricing and evaluation of new product applications.
Sr. Development Engineer / Group Leader (2000 – 2012)
Managed multiple, highly automated emission performance testing and research systems. Directed vehicle emission catalyst performance test development, system integration, programming of automation system software, measurement instrumentation and control specifications, automation system troubleshooting and quality system record keeping. Supervised a group of test engineers and technicians.
* Evaluated new test instrumentation technologies, which improved measurement accuracy and reliability of test results.
* Increased product testing data quality and testing equipment utilization through development of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and utilization of statistical process control (SPC) tools.
* Established improved post-test data processing trough VBA scripting of Microsoft products to process test data into report format, reducing test cycle time and engineering time analyzing test data.
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