Profile

Design Engineer with 25 years of experience in the Point of Purchase (POP) display industry as a working engineer and team manager responsible for multiple locations, seeking a position that utilizes my technical and management skills that offers growth opportunities and a collaborative environment.  Capable of leading a team responsible for the detailed design, engineering and development of highly complex retail displays and fixtures that incorporate a wide array of materials and manufacturing technologies.  Vast experience working hand in hand with the most recognizable retailers and consumer brands and their agency partners executing their vision to meet and exceed cost, quality and delivery expectations.  

Work History

Lead POP Design Engineer/Manager II | Smurfit Westrock | November 2017-Present 

POP Design Engineer | Smurfit Westrock | April 2007-November 2017

POP Design Engineer | Cannon Equipment | July 2000 – April 2007 

Civil Engineer | Tysinger, Hampton & partners | July 1998 – July 2000 

Skills & Abilities

    • SolidWorks - 2007-Present

    • AutoCAD Inventor - 2004-2007

    • AutoCAD 2D - 1998-2004

    • Excel

    • PowerPoint

    • Sharepoint

    • Word

    • Illustrator

    • Photoshop

  • This software was utilized daily for project scheduling.

    • Project timelines were entered

    • Specific tasks with due dates were assigned to team members

    • Labor hours were logged against assigned tasks

  • This is another project scheduling platform.

    • I have used this to keep track of our department Engineering Changes over the years

    • I have used this to keep track of our Engineering Production Release Forms

Samples of work

Smurfit Westrock Training and Committee's

  • Receiving a Yellowbelt consisted of an online training course and passing an exam. A project signed off on by your sponsor was then executed and completed before the Yellowbelt certificate was issued.

    • Lead of the Training and Development committee since 2020

    • The goal of T&D was to generate training documents for various machines and tasks throughout our organization

  • The Steering team consisted of management team members. The goal of this Committee was to look beyond what was happening in the present moment and plan the next steps for our department

    • Leadership Essentials - 2019

    • Foundations of Leadership - 2023

Portfolio

  • Hershey Candy Rack - Standalone

  • Disney Princess Display - In Aisle Shelf Display

  • Alcon Air Optix Touchscreen - Countertop

  • Hershey Candy - Endcap

  • 3M Safety - Lowes Endcap

  • Touch & Learn Insinkerator - Lowes Rack Display Rendering

  • Touch & Learn Insinkerator - Lowes Rack Display

  • Leap Frog - Leap TV - In-Aisle Display

  • Leap Frog - Rendering

  • Leap Frog - In-Aisle Display

  • Hasbro - Disney Princess Dress Up Kit

  • Unilever - Endcap dress up kit