Spence Stockbridge… Developing Efficient Engineering Processes & Teams

959 Hill Crest Drive • Carol Stream, Illinois 60188 • (630) 204-3405 • sstockbridge1@yahoo.com •

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Engineering Manager Process Improvement / Developing Products / Engineering Automation / Employee Development

Engineering Leader / Management: Earned reputation as a dedicated coach and mentor with distinctive

ability to train and lead efficient goal-focused teams. Passionate visionary: developing efficient engineering

processes and teams; leading to improved productivity, quality, as well as reducing engineering costs, resulting

in increased capacity and revenue. Outstanding professional track record for engineering products;

managing engineering resources, outsourcing partners, cross functional teams, deliverables, schedules, and

budgets to meet business objectives.

Process & Product Improvements: Perceptive ability to recognize and execute improvements in engineering

processes utilizing significant mechanical design knowledge experience, and Knowledge Base Engineering

solutions. Administers sound engineering principles to develop innovative, producible designs; leading to

outstanding improvements in productivity, costs, product quality, backed with thorough documentation,

exemplary dimensional analysis, and supporting thermal and structural analysis.

Improved engineering processes: Led in the development of product charts, design programs,

implementation of 3D modeling and PDM software, as well as writing procedures and work instructions.

Coached the engineering staff to improve and master critical skills sets, as well as mentored their thoughts

and beliefs to drive success. As a result, these efforts led to a 22% increase in productivity, 36% decrease in

engineering costs, and 79% decrease in customer warranties.

Increased capacity and revenue: Led a team in building and programming configuration models, as well

as creating detailed design guides. The development of this Knowledge Base Engineering (KBE) solution led

in an additional 35% reduction of engineering labor hours and a 25% increase in capacity equaling $9M in

additional revenue.

Reduced initial development time: Developed design programs to improve quality, reduce calculation

errors and validating designs, as well as writing a 75 page mechanical design handbook. The design

programs led to the development of a Knowledge Base Engineering (KBE) solution that was integrated

within the 3D parametric models reducing the initial development time by 95%.

Expertise that Drives Success

Engineering Management

Engineering Automation

Knowledge base engineering

Coaching / Team Building

Project Management

Tolerance Analysis / GD&T

DFM, FEA, DFMEA

SolidWorks

Unigraphics

ProEngineer

Value Stream Mapping

Troubleshooting

Microsoft; Project, Excel, Power Point, SharePoint.

Design knowledge in injection molded plastics, die-casting, investment casting, machining, extruding,

sheetmetal formation, pneumatic, and hydraulic circuits.

A Progression of Growth

POWELL INDUSTRIES, DELTA/UNIBUS DIVISION, Northlake, Illinois 12/2005 – 7/2013

Designs and manufacturers isolated phase bus, non-segregated / segregated phase bus duct, and cable bus.

ENGINEERING MANAGER

Recruited to lead and improve the engineering processes for the Non-Segregated and Cable Bus product lines,

which was moved from a closed facility.

Increased engineering productivity 22%, decreased engineering costs 36%, and decreased engineering

customer warranties 79% through process improvements.

Increased engineering capacity 25% equaling $9M in additional revenue through the development of a

Knowledge Base Engineering solution. Generated annual manufacturing cost savings of $88,000 by redesigning and eliminating side rail welding.

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ANDREW CORPORATION RF POWER AMPLIFER DIVISION, Addison, Illinois 6/2001 – 12/2005

Designs and manufactures single-carrier and multi-carrier RF power amplifiers for use in Cellular, PCS/DCS, CDMA, W/CDMA, and 3G systems.

SENIOR MECHANICAL ENGINEER

Recruited to lead the mechanical engineering team for a new business group start-up; developing

electromechanical assemblies consisting of aluminum die-cast and machined enclosures. Projects were

developed and managed from concept through production with the utilization of DFM techniques, GD&T,

Microsoft Project, Excel, Power Point, and SolidWorks.

Developed design programs that created design standardization and improved quality, while dramatically

reducing the mechanical design cycle by 95%.

Reduced aluminum die-cast costs by redesigning enclosures that eliminated secondary machining

operations, resulting in a $4.00 per casting cost savings and increased daily production capacity.

Solved early production RF isolation issues by conducting design of experiments to find the root cause.

Managed multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining project schedules, as well as keeping detailed

records of every project, which include design techniques and design data.

Presented international design reviews to customers in France, China and Italy.

WESTELL TECHNOLOGIES, Aurora, Illinois, Westell acquired Teltrend 2/1992 – 6/2001

TELTREND INCORPORATED, St. Charles, Illinois

Designs and manufactures transmission products used by telephone companies to provide voice and data. SENIOR MECHANICAL ENGINEER

Developing and managing electromechanical assemblies, from conception through production, of thermal

dissipating sheetmetal and plastic indoor and outdoor enclosures. Projects were developed and managed

from concept through production with the utilization of DFM techniques, GD&T, Microsoft Project, Excel, Power

Point, Unigraphics, and Pro-Engineer.

Reduced development cycle of front panels 75% by developing design guides that calculated the correct

cutout size and location dimensions for components relating to the front panels.

Programmed solid models of sheetmetal card guides to model themselves, saving 95% in development

time of new mounting configurations.

Implemented an annual cost saving of $198,500 by changing from metal front panels to conductive plastic

panels.

Saved $300,000 annually in manufacturing costs by redesigning similar mountings into one common

mounting.

Solved NEBS level III fire test requirement on enclosures by developing a fire restraint devise that did not

disrupt the thermal properties of the equipment in order to contain the flames. Patent no. US 6,301,108 B1

Proposed a plan to reduce manufacturing costs of popular NCTE devices, by reducing the card width and

conceptualized new mountings. This increased market share by offering the smallest footprint, and a

combined profit of 236%.

EARLIER EXPERIENCE

EG&G INTERTECH SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER, FERMILAB, Batavia, Illinois

NORTHROP GRUMMAN, Rolling Meadows, Illinois

MICROENERGY (Start-Up), Downers Grove, Illinois

COMPUTER DISPLAYS INTERNATIONAL (Start-Up), Addison, Illinois

DUNCAN INDUSTRIES, Elk Grove Village, Illinois

SUNBEAM APPLIANCE COMPANY, Chicago, Illinois

Education

Associate of Science Engineering degree, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois

Certificates:

Exploring Finite Element Technology; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

The Art of Leadership the Science of Management

ANSYS Finite Element Analysis

Advance Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing