Christopher L Fleece2648 Stonington Ave

Grove City, OH 43123

Phone: 614.735.6882 email: chris.fleece@gmail.com

OBJECTIVE: Mechanical engineering professional looking to lead a team in design, research and development. Value driven, detail oriented team player with a high level of determination to succeed and utilize the strengths of the team to accomplish the goal. Will use experience from building teams, design, stage-gate process, and conducting training to complete projects on time.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Customer Service• Analyzed fatigue failures to determine

root cause for customers• Conducted product training • Established Value Pricing for customers• Handled over 10,000 technical calls• Provided on-site customer support and

training• Updated catalog & databases• Used Disney Standards of excellence in

customer treatment

Design• Created Technical Data Sheets• Designed tests and wrote reports• Developed fluid line able to account for

thermal expansion in a system• FMEA experience (Design and Process)• Improved current product designs by

reducing cost by 84%• Launched 1st Fuel Cell product-line using

Stage-Gate process in 2006• Participated in Fuel Cell Conferences• Reduced prototyping expenses by 1/3 by

relying on 3D prototyping process for fit and function tests (tooling & components)

• Released a patent and another is pending• Used ANSI, ASME, DIN, ISO, and SAE

standards and codes

Lean• Enforced 5S + Safety by conducting

audits. Increased score from 33% to 87%

Lean cont’d• Established Standard Work for CAD

creation and file storage• Implemented $125,000/yr savings

consistently• Participated in Kaizen events• Question Why for Improvement-Why?• Reduced setup time by 30min by

implementing Quick Changeover.• Value Stream mapping involvement

Management• CAD Champion for the division: includes

training and installation of software• Idea manager for new products in

Winovation (Stage Gate Process)• Managed the co-op program (hired and

budgeted $0.25 million dollars)

Software• Accolade Stage Gate Software• Ansys (10-11, FEA)• Autodesk AutoCAD & Inventor (2009)• HTML (maintained internal intranet)• Matrix One and IntraLink (file storage)• Microsoft (Access, Excel, Office,

Outlook, PowerPoint, Project and Visio)• Photo rendering (Adobe Photoshop)• PTC ProEngineer (R15-Wildfire III)• PTC Mechanica (FEA)

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Christopher L Fleece2648 Stonington Ave

Grove City, OH 43123

Phone: 614.735.6882 email: chris.fleece@gmail.com

JOB EXPERIENCE

PARKER HANNIFIN CORP. TUBE FITTINGS DIV. Columbus, OhioProduct Engineer 1999-2009Support Engineer 1999-1999Drafter 1996-1998

SENSOTEC INC. Columbus, Ohio 1995Assembly and Testing TechnicianDuties included electronic gauge assembly and pressure testing at various temperatures.

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE. Columbus, Ohio 1993-1995Loader and SorterBegan as a parcel loader and advanced to an automated sorter.

CONTINUED EDUCATION

FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY Columbus, Ohio 1996-1999Completed a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering

COLUMBUS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Columbus, Ohio 1993-1995AAS in Mechanical Engineering TechnologyParticipated in Sunrayce 95’ Solar race car team by helping design, build and race the vehicle.

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Columbus, Ohio 1991-1993 Completed mathematics and other fundamental courses.

ACTIVITIES and AWARDS

• Coached/coaching k, 4th, 5th and 6th grade basketball teams• Earned Eagle Scout award through Boy Scouts of America• Graduated Dale Carnegie and participated as an Assistant Trainer• Husband and Father for family of 5• Member of Pickerington Band Boosters to help with fundraising and support• Volunteer for multiple church activities including:

o Helping improve communitieso Leading small group Bible Studieso Teaching Sunday School for age groups 11 and below

*REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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