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Qualifications Profile Highly accomplished engineer, with 19 years of industrial experience supported by 12 years of education in engineering. Extensive experience in product design, simulation, testing, and quality management systems. Experienced in hydraulic and controls components and systems (including hardware and software) design and applications. 14 years of experience using commercial CFD and FEA Software backed-by by more than 5 years of academic research in the same area. More than 7 years of experience in supervising and developing small to large groups of design, simulation, and testing engineers. Expert at directing and completing large-scale and complex projects, while successfully driving continuous product and performance improvement by applying expertise in Six Sigma methodologies application, engineering product design, and virtual product development and testing tools. Concept-to-execution leader, with proven success in working with cross-functional teams, internal and external sales, vendors and customers, adept at developing solutions-based and cost-effective techniques to optimize products, processes, and business operations. Areas of Expertise New Product (Component And System) Design And Development ~ Continuous Product Improvement Quality Management System and APQP ~ Six Sigma ~ Process Development and Validation Project Management ~ Engineering Management and Leadership Employee Recruitment, Interviewing, and Development ~ Budget Administration Strategic Planning and Implementation ~ Engineering Procedures and Standards Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) ~ Finite Element Analysis (FEA) ~ Dynamic System Modeling (1-D) CAE (CAD) Tools ~ Lab Testing and Field Verification major * Managed design and analysis for the engineering departments, including hardware and software development activities. * Directed other design engineering personnel regarding design, simulation, and validation needs. * Conducted research and offered suggestions for ongoing upgrades for analysis tools and required hardware, and kept abreast of latest technologies and capabilities for virtual product developments. * Established processes to efficiently and accurately utilize simulation tools along with verification and validation plans on testing data for CFD, FEA, and dynamic simulation activities. * Utilized CFD and FEA for hydraulics valves and manifold assembly development. * Created concepts for new valve products, and changed and troubleshot existing valves and manifold concepts to improve and achieve design goals. * Developed designs for new valves from initial conceptualization to production, including a new pressure-reducing valve series with added internal damping function for enhanced stability. * Performed testing and simulated several hydraulic manifold circuits in testing beds to improve performance and analyze fatigue life. * Defined baselines for correlation between analysis and testing data, and utilized information to optimize design and decrease laboratory testing, while integrating methodologies for sending analysis from local computers to multiprocessor computers for automated parametric studies analysis. * Conducted regular meetings and initiated presentations for the engineering and sales departments, while attending monthly meetings for the sales and engineering departments to discuss new business ideas and developments. contributions in building a new Alternative Energy Laboratory involving the development of new charge injectors for electrostatic atomization and creating various experimental rigs which included hydraulic circuit atomizers and electrostatic charge injection units. * Displayed skills in defining physics of electric charge interaction with insulating liquids through mathematical models validation.
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