About this Candidate
DAVRON CV: Candidate 3822879
ENGINEERING DIRECTOR | NPI, SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, AUTOMATION & CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
Core Expertise
- Global engineering leadership for cross-functional teams across product development and manufacturing
- Systems engineering and V&V implementing requirements traceability and evidence-based release decisions
- New product introduction with stage-gate governance and simulation-led design
- Automation and capital delivery for manufacturing including digital printing and slitting integrations
- Continuous improvement and Six Sigma driving MOEE, FMEA reuse, and cost/capacity gains
- Modular architecture and DFM to increase commonality, reuse, and variant configurability
Project Background
- Led cross-site engineering organization delivering $1.4M capital to add throughput and capabilities
- Built reusable FMEA library and closed major Six Sigma projects, transferring controls to operations
- Raised manufacturing overall equipment effectiveness from 55% to 85% across five workcells in 12 months
- Deployed systems engineering and unified V&V framework for complex electromechanical product lines
- Implemented hybrid agile with Jira, aligning stage-gate programs and scrum teams to common cadence
- Delivered a self-cleaning filtration product using simulation to eliminate manual cleaning and downtime
Key Skills
- Systems Engineering | Requirements Traceability | V&V
- NPI | Stage-Gate Governance | DFM
- Six Sigma Black Belt | FMEA | Continuous Improvement
- Automation Integration | Capital Project Development | Commissioning
- Agile & Scrum | Jira rollout | Program governance
- Simulation-led Design | Energy Simulation | Performance Correlation
- SolidWorks (CAD review) | Design review and technical leadership
- Global & matrixed team leadership | Cross-cultural communication | Fluent English/Spanish/Portuguese
Education
- M.S., Mechanical Engineering
- MBA
Awards & Recognition
- Six Sigma Black Belt certification
Why Interview this Candidate?
An engineering director with 25+ years of experience driving NPI, automation, and systems engineering for manufactured products. Demonstrated ability to deliver capital projects, embed V&V and agile practices, and lift manufacturing performance substantially. Fluent in three languages, they blend technical leadership with program governance to accelerate commercialization and manufacturing readiness.
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