Kevin Martin

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Electrical Engineer, Management Level

Test and validation engineering

Management, Automotive, Household Appliances

Business management

Automotive Service, Aftermarket Sales

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Electronics, Accredited USA University

Engineering drafting

Manufacturing, Electronics

Experience

Independent Consultant 

Emcapro, Huadu China

02/2007–current

§     Professional expertise in product testing and validation management.

§     Technical English/Chinese translation and English as Second Language (ESL) training.

Performance Test Manager

Intertek Automotive Services, Shanghai China

07/2006–02/2007

§  Earned superior review for management of the Performance Testing Department.

§  Recognized in the ISO 17025 lead auditor’s accreditation report, “This lab has come up to speed faster than any other lab I have evaluated.”

§  Client list included giants: Ford, Magna Intier, Visteon, Autoliv, Lear, Siemens, Delphi and more.

§  Commodities included: instrument panel, all consoles, instrument cluster, entertainment systems, steering wheel, airbag, door and window trims, window regulator, flag mirrors, seats and other interior and body subsystems and components.

Project Manager     

Intertek ETL Semko, Grand Rapids, Michigan USA

11/2002–07/2006

§     (10/2005-07/2006)—Leader of automotive projects testing using industry standardized methods from ASTM, SAE, JIS, DIN, EN, GMW and many more.

§     Developed and wrote software in Visual Basic (VBA)  and LabVIEW.

§     (11/2002-10/2005)—On site testing for Access Business Group (Amway) in the R&D Household Appliances department.

§     Designed and built test stands, fixtures and jigs used to perform specialized testing.

Automotive Area Manager

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Muskegon, Michigan USA

11/1992–04/2002

§     Business manager over  a fast paced service and retail automotive business with a team of 3 support  managers, 12 technicians and 5 salespeople.

§     Analyzed, targeted and grew a niche market, becoming a sales and profit leader in the district with an annual revenue of  $1.6million USD.

Drafter III                 

Hella Electronics Corporation, Flora, Illinois USA

05/1985–09/1987             

§     Design, drafting and bills of material used for production of relays and electro-mechanical devices for the automotive industry.

§     Author of the drafting department procedures manual, which helped achieve compliance for General Motors supplier quality approval.

Draftsperson

DAQ Electronics, Neptune, New Jersey USA

10/1983-05/1985

§     Handled the workload of 2 drafters, thus reducing the company payroll.

§     Created engineering drawings of control box layouts, wire routing diagrams, circuit board schematics and circuit board trace artwork.

Soldier Musician (retired)

United States Army & Army National Guard, global assignments

12/1976–07/2006

§     Senior noncommissioned officer (grade E-7) with numerous awards and commendations.

§     Served in times of State and Federal emergencies, providing aid, relief and civil protection.

§     Led missions using skills in logistics, training, combat, crowd management and musical performance.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE)

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois USA

08/1987–05/1992

§     Major area studies in electronics.

§     Minor area studies in mathematics and in music.

§     Accredited by ABET, Inc. (formerly the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology)

§     Certified as Professional Engineer in Training (EIT).

Skills

Languages

§     English, native speaker (USA)

§     Mandarin Chinese (Putonghua), basic level

§     German, basic level

Computers

§     Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)

§     Microsoft Office products, including MS Project

§     LabVIEW

§     AutoCAD  (2D)

Tools        

§     Temperature/humidity and thermal shock chambers

§     Vibration shakers and sound analysis studio and software

§      Salt/humidity fog cabinets and tensile load/stress tester

§     Oscilloscope, function generator, frequency generator, stroboscope, LRC meter and more

§     Various shop and hand tools

Personal Information

USA Citizenship