Burlington, Wisconsin 1994 to Present
Responsible for overall facility issues at the MGA Wisconsin Operations including aspects such as employee management, overall project guidance, and new business development. Extensive travel to the Asian Pacific region for overall MGA business development.
Areas of expertise include:
Rough Road and Airbag Abuse (Airbag Sensor System Development)
Frontal, Side, and Rollover airbag systems
Developed and refined testing methodologies used for the evaluation of airbag sensor systems to evaluate deployment and non-deployment conditions. This issue is critical to overall design and functionality of the airbag system in terms of normal driving conditions/events and actual crash (deployment) events.
- Chassis, Powertrain, and Overall Durability
- J.D. Power Ratings Improvement
- Various vehicles ranging from moped/motorcycle to passenger car and military
- Road Correlation
- Development of vehicle testing and evaluation programs for a worldwide customer base. Extensive experience working with Asian manufacturers to improve overall durability and functionality issues for vehicle brands that now rate highly on J.D. Powers ratings.
- Temperature, Humidity, and pH effects
- Deep Water Fording – specialized military application
- Combination durability/environmental events to accelerate corrosion
- Developed full vehicle corrosion methodologies and facilities to evaluate U.S. military vehicles for the rigors of shipboard and mission specific events. Results delivered to upper levels of the U.S. military including Marine generals.
- Project manager and engineer roles for various school bus testing including the following Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) – 111, 131, 217, 220, 221, 222, 301S
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee B.S. - Mechanical Engineering
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Member, 1994 – present
Recreational Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) Member, 1997 – present
Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Association (SEMA) Member, 1997 – present
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