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Jay Michael
Mechanical Engineer, Design for Manufacturing
Specialist | SME | DFM, DFMA
Several Published Projects Launched
IPO, AFRL, Air Force, Army, DOE, NSF, SBIR, XPRIZE

Overall Summary

Skilled, accomplished, reliable engineer and innovator focused on tangible results, ROI, target development time and cost. Strong, rare talent in design for manufacturing, with published world-leading technologies, including many first-to-market systems. Accomplished unprecedented benchmark success in several industries with enterprises and startups alike.  Delivered on both immediate and iterative R&D projects, resulting in growth metrics including startup funding, IPO, market share expansion, acquisition, funding and awards from AFRL, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, Department of Energy, NSF and XPRIZE. Served at many levels on teams and solo on tenures of up to 12 years at a single company, with tracked, independently rated performance. 

Introduction

Welcome, I'm Jay, a very experienced mechanical engineering specialist, generalist, team member and consultant. I'm highly accomplished in design for manufacturing, innovation and commercialization, being an engineer behind multiple world's first technologies.

About myself and my background: 

Myself: I’m an engineer who has accomplished a founding vision to diversify and grow through the execution of high stakes technology commercialization projects for large and small businesses alike, since 2003. Whether it’s a bootstrapped startup with no engineering team, or a $40B size-class enterprise organization investing in a viable yet risky program, I have consistently delivered and often outperformed on every KPI as compared to hiring or outsourcing to a team. My past collaborations have given vision and promoted colleagues and executives, all while allowing myself to learn and grow likewise. My industry network of manufacturers and suppliers have mutually benefited as well, when and where needed. 

My background: My robots could talk with you since 2011; my machinery delivered your mail since 2009, and your packages since 2013, navigating the e-commerce boom with major distribution centers commissioned, jobs created and businesses acquired. Your cold-stored groceries are now able to be housed locally by my AI-driven digital manufacturing automation model, made available for nearly every major grocer. When you need a refurbished smart device, my lights-out reverse logistics platform has made such products available at volumes in millions of units per year while you sleep, allowing online sellers to offer tiered levels of refurbishment quality. From technology to digitally train aircraft pilots since 2004, training soldiers without using bullets, to making aircraft interior renovation seamless through model-based definition – I introduce to you the candidate behind many of today’s market-moving innovations and technological marvels – covering process efficiencies never before obtained, applied artificial intelligence in infrastructure, energy-specific and fuel-agnostic technologies, among a broad spectrum of successes, with systems proven over duty cycles of millions of miles and hours running.
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