SERGEY CHIRIPKO

Successfully launched EOX and EOX-H products along with AGILE kiosks, MAX services, and existing product enhancements

• Led 'Market Introduction Planning' activities to streamline the product lifecycle management process for efficient product launches and updates
• Provided ongoing support to internal teams (marketing, sales) regarding product functionality, features, and best practices
• Mentored team members in product marketing best practices
• Enhanced customer satisfaction by providing timely information to sales, maintaining open lines of communication, and ensuring high-quality service delivery
• Conducted market research to identify new opportunities and target markets
• Incorporated customer and sales feedback into product improvements
• Monitored industry trends and competitor activities, making strategic recommendations based on findings
• Award for "Service Excellence" in the launch of EOX

Successfully launched Touchscreen Lobby Panels, Evolution 100, and existing product enhancements

• Led 'Market Introduction Planning' activities to streamline the product lifecycle management process for efficient product launches and updates
• Facilitated successful product launches through close coordination with marketing, sales, engineering, and support teams
• Developed product documentation to communicate upcoming features and products to internal teams and external customers
• Collaborated with sales, marketing, and support teams to launch products on time and within budget
• Enhanced product development by conducting market research and competitive analysis
• Assisted in the creation of sales collateral materials, enabling the sales team to effectively communicate product value propositions to potential customers
• Compiled product and customer data to generate informed product strategy decisions

Lead and support engineering projects around cost down, make or buy, rationalization, and end of product life

Optimize elevator components to meet consumer needs while improving factory efficiency.

• Lead and support standardization of rail brackets from redesign to manufacturing
• Lead and support EVO 200 cost down initiatives from business case to implementation
• Create CAD designs and drawings in SolidWorks with FEA analysis
• Test prototype designs
• Partner with supply chain, quality, product managers, project managers, mechanical and electrical engineers, and manufacturing on cross-functional projects and teams
• Issue purchase requests/orders to suppliers while maintaining project cost targets
• Present product design, processes, and solutions to management

Lead and support engineering projects around cost down, make or buy, rationalization, and end of product life

Optimize elevator components to meet consumer needs while improving factory efficiency.

• Lead and support rationalization of sheaves through application matrices and reducing custom jobs
• Lead and support end of product life for elevator components by taking parts out of production
• Support make or buy of sheaves with bearing testing
• Create CAD designs and drawings in SolidWorks with FEA analysis
• Test prototype designs
• Support part quotations from suppliers by providing EAUs and evaluating business cases
• Partner with supply chain, quality, product managers, project managers, mechanical and electrical engineers, and manufacturing on cross-functional projects and teams
• Issue purchase requests/orders to suppliers while maintaining project cost targets
• Evaluate and select materials best suited to meet component specifications
• Present product design, processes, and solutions to management

Lead and support initiatives around administrative tasks, training, safety, 6S, and onboarding

• Lead and support implementation of learning and career development program
• Lead and support implementation of engineer promotion program
• Lead office 6S initiatives and train department
• Facilitate trainings on finance, professional engineer license, and SolidWorks certifications
• Support onboarding of new hires and transfers
• Mentor and train entry-level engineer in technical topics
• Created book library
• Lead and support 3D printing while creating a standard operating procedure
• Lead and support office safety initiatives
• Support R&D crisis management team for COVID-19

New Product Development for Winona and Healthcare Lighting Brands

Designed and built new lighting fixtures to meet consumer needs.

Completely redesigned Winona indoor/outdoor linear cove lighting line.

• Created CAD designs and drawings in SolidWorks
• Tested designs from rapid prototyping through finished product phases
• Obtained part quotations from suppliers while managing cost targets
• Managed and met thermal and water testing requirements per engineering specification
• Supporting productions runs and trials
• Partnered with marketing, optical and electrical engineers, and manufacturing facilities on cross-functional projects and teams
• Issue purchase requests/orders to vendors while maintaining project cost targets
• Evaluate materials best suited to meet project specifications
• Presented product design and process programs to senior executive management.

Developed new concepts and technology for dispensers and chillers, in the Maker Space, Boosted productivity and quality by implementing shop work database system, to draw on successful production experience.

• Designed and built new consumer-centric prototypes within refrigeration space
• Launched new Maker Space, enabling ideas to come alive more efficiently
• Partnered with stakeholders on cross-functional projects and teams
• Managed Prototype Shop work flow, standards and processes, and new technologies
• Implemented work order tracking system to create a prototype database and track shop activity
• Supported 3D Rapid Prototyping
• Set up new printing requests, part post-processing, and training on U-Print station
• Partnered with mechanical, industrial, electrical, and software engineers on cross-functional projects and teams

Lead, Managed and Supported New Vehicle Launches

Managed budgets up to $5M, developing strategy and schedule, and providing input on ‘make vs buy’

• Specialization on suspension/chassis parts while working with both Toyota plants and suppliers in NA
• Project management of a complete stamping die build within a new vehicle launch
• Lead stamping trials for new and existing stamping dies
• Transferred stamping dies from plant to plant or supplier
• Improved material utilization and implementation of part design changes
• Tuning stamping dies per feedback from Body Weld department
• Reporting to management on weekly basis
• Promoting safety within the workplace and contributing to department’s diversity initiative

On-Job-Training

• Problem solving through ‘Toyota Business Practice’ – Root Cause Analysis
• Understanding stamping principles and die making
• Applied ‘Toyota Production System’ to improve stamping productivity
• Evaluated stamping press specifications to align with stamping die design
• Analyzed forming limit diagrams for part formability and accuracy evaluation and improvement
• Solved stamping issues, such as part splits and wrinkles, burrs, and poor scrap flow within a die
• Tuned part fit in order to meet accuracy requirements and productivity targets