Shawn Rivera
Hudsonville,MI
Summary
Highly-motivated Project Manager brings proven abilities from project inception to completion. Expert in identifying and mitigating risks, reaching milestones and managing deliverables. Highly organized leader with great attention to detail. Strong work ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Unique mix of manufacturing, quality and launch skills which allow a forward-looking perspective during development.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Engineering Manager - Technical Project Engineers
GHSP
Grand Haven, Michigan
04.2024 - Current
- Lead a team of 9 engineers, with the responsibility of resource balancing, mentoring, establishing group budgets, personnel goals and development.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define technical requirements, identify risks, and develop solutions to development challenges.
- Contribute to process improvement initiatives for JIRA, with suggestions to to enhance engineering workflows and deliverables.
- Maintain and improve engineering processes, driving continuous improvement initiatives to optimize efficiency.
Senior Program Manager
GHSP
Grand Haven, Michigan
03.2024 - Current
- Led cross-functional teams on a multi-platform vehicle shifter program.
- Responsible for customer communication of project timing, risks, change management and technical team updates.
- Responsible for monthly reports to leadership team on project risks, financials and milestones.
- Led regular meetings with the development team to review progress and address issues as they would arise.
- Initiated customer commercial discussions around change requests, including risks and responsibility.
- Identified areas of improvement within the existing project and collaborated with the team on changes.
- Provided guidance and mentorship to other program managers.
- Led problem solving team for technical issues which arose on the project.
Project & Personnel Manager
DornerWorks, Ltd.
Grand Rapids, MI
03.2020 - 11.2023
- Led a variety of FPGA & Software projects in medical, defense and aerospace; with longest term project being the NASA Artemis 2 Space Switch.
- Led regular scrums to review project tasks, identify dependencies, and resolve blockers.
- Utilized GitLab for issue tracking, sprint planning and customer release management.
- Developed and maintained project plans, timelines, and budget metrics.
- Responsible for both technical and commercial customer communication.
- Collaborated with quality assurance lead to create project documentation in accordance with ISO 9001/AS9100
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to establish product line focus/roadmap for Time Sensitive Networking IP.
- Responsible for personnel management of 9 direct reports, including employee development, goals, 1 on 1's, yearly reviews, salary planning and project staffing
- Led proposal/SBIR teams for new customer engagements, including coordinating the technical architecture overview, compiling work break down and estimates, as well as evaluating project exposure (customer fit, customer financial health, project risks)
- Collaborated with finance, quality, engineering, leadership to establish project lessons learned to drive continuous improvement.
Software/Hardware Project Engineer
Gentex Corporation
Zeeland, Michigan
11.2014 - 02.2020
- Developed software/hardware project timing and drive consensus across disciplines for wide array of products: Auto-Dimming/Full Display Mirror, Compass, HomeLink, HomeLink Connect, Integrated Toll Module and Fire Protection
- Primary customer technical interface with Audi and VW and leadership team regarding project status
- Monitored and maintained resource workload plans
- Created hardware and software test plans with collaboration across disciplines
- Reviewed/analyzed/clarified customer requirements and process documents
- Coordinated discussions between systems, manufacturing, hardware, software, validation and the customer to define product needs for existing and new technologies
- Resolved conflicts and removed roadblocks within the team
- Assessed risks and coordinated with the development team to create mitigation plans
- Coordinated customer scope changes to minimize disruptions to the existing implementation plan
- Managed hardware/software release process starting from engineering change order through final part approval.
Product Engineer
Johnson Controls/Visteon
Holland, Michigan
01.2008 - 09.2014
- Led 35 multi-discipline product launch and production projects simultaneously for HomeLink and Compass projects
- Led globally distributed team for instrument cluster project development, supporting three different customer teams
- Provided mentorship to new product engineers in the team
- Led multi-discipline engineering budget quotes, including customer statement of work documentation, engineering estimates and communication of assumptions/exceptions to the customer
- Responsible for defining product requirements and documenting them in IBM Rational RequisitePro; Led alignment and resolution of issues related to customer requirements
- Team Lead for problem solving sessions, using techniques such as Kepner Tregoe and Fishbone Analysis
- Coordinated launch efforts amongst hardware design, interior design, test development, quality and validation
- Identified lessons learned post-project completion, applied associated updates to the lessons learned database and made recommendations for continuous improvements
- Provided development status updates to the customer and executive leadership
- Coordinated product definition between design studio, software development and test teams
- Managed the customer features for several families of instrument clusters, ensuring customer feature clarity while strategically managing changes to scope
- Identified potential risks that could impact project timing or product quality and developed mitigation plans with the team
- Developed product DFMEA with the team and tracked required actions to closure
- Reviewed product safety requirements with safety coordinator and identified potential product safety concerns and brought them to resolution
- Analyzed field returns and regularly presented analysis conclusions and corrective actions to the customer
Resident Engineer
Johnson Controls
Holland, Michigan
08.2004 - 12.2007
- Hardware analysis of production & warranty failures for automotive electronics
- Primary technical interface for development and post-launch activities with BMW
- Coordinated global teams in root cause analysis and developed necessary corrective actions for failures
- Provided on-site customer support for critical launch and production issues
- Managed automotive electronics product suppliers for DVD components
- Reviewed and maintained DFMEAs and PFMEAs
- Creation and closure of 8Ds, 5 Phases, 5Ps, A3s
- Initiated lessons learned documentation and reviews to encourage future design improvements
- Led VA/VE activities for post-launch products
Roles Included: Production Supervision, Powertrain Resident Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Controls Engineer and Quality Engineer
Ford Motor Company
Dearborn, Michigan
05.1999 - 07.2004
- Led a production team in the improvement of line efficiency from 38 jobs per hour to 45 jobs per hour in the first three months
- Reduced costs by optimizing supply usage, driving for zero scrap and minimizing overtime by improving line efficiency
- Assembly plant lead on all powertrain control module calibration concerns
- Provided critical assistance during stop shipments and quality-related sort actions for powertrain operations commodities at the vehicle assembly plant
- Led the root cause analysis of all day-to-day powertrain issues at the vehicle assembly plant, including leading line down investigations due to powertrain concerns
- Supervised electricians to complete the actuation of emergency stops for new engine block manufacturing line
- Led the cylinder block team in developing global process commonality between all manufacturing lines
- Assisted in coordinating the launch of several new automotive engine manufacturing lines, including safety inspections and on-site vendor support
- Led internal and external validation activities for engine dynamometer testing
Education
Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Engineering, 2001; Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, 2001 -
University of Michigan, Dearborn Michigan
01.2004
Skills
- Product Development & Processes
- Task Planning & Prioritization
- Engineering Leadership
- Risk Analysis & Management
- Budgeting and Forecasting
- Employee Development & Evaluations
- Coaching & Mentoring
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Root Cause Analysis
- Change Management
- Manufacturing & Quality
- Agile & Waterfall Methodologies
- Performance Evaluations
Timeline
Engineering Manager - Technical Project Engineers
GHSP
04.2024 - Current
Senior Program Manager
GHSP
03.2024 - Current
Project & Personnel Manager
DornerWorks, Ltd.
03.2020 - 11.2023
Software/Hardware Project Engineer
Gentex Corporation
11.2014 - 02.2020
Product Engineer
Johnson Controls/Visteon
01.2008 - 09.2014
Resident Engineer
Johnson Controls
08.2004 - 12.2007
Roles Included: Production Supervision, Powertrain Resident Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Controls Engineer and Quality Engineer
Ford Motor Company
05.1999 - 07.2004
Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Engineering, 2001; Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, 2001 -
University of Michigan, Dearborn Michigan
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