Aaron W.

About Aaron W.

When I was kid, a semi-truck crashed into our family home while we were inside, demolishing my room’s wall as it careened into my brother and my bunk beds.As my eyes peeled open and I took inventory of the surrounding debris, I realized the one thing that wasn’t in pieces: the bunk beds.See, my dad, who came from a technical engineering background, designed the bunk beds to be indestructible. He would always say to us, “if you do something, do it well.” It’s amazing to think they were able to withstand that kind of blow, and ultimately save our lives.Whether I took inspiration from that experience, or something as innocent as creating custom LEGOs and KNEX for my siblings, I’ve always been inquisitive about how everything works, especially software and its respective interface for the user. What’s more, my natural strengths are in following the example set by my father to improve, optimize, and even translate complicated processes to their basic components.This has served me well in my career as a UX Designer and engineering professional, including the following accomplishments:• Developed a library classification app within 9 months, allowing for more efficient and productive studies, yielding a savings of $900K.• Improved the follow-up and reporting accuracy of all supplier CAD tooling data packages from 55% to 98%, a $1.9 million savings for all future vehicle programs, within 12 months.• Increased efficiency and organization of program data for clients from 15% to 88%, over 18 months, for 18 vehicle programs, yielding in savings.• Managed SOWs and schedules for 6 different vehicle programs at 4 assembly plants in 2 different countries.I love to be continuously learning about how things work, and then to simplify those things as much as possible. I believe in “less is more”, and intuitively this has always worked out for me and proved to be the best course of action when designing anything. I am passionate about creating user-centric solutions that intuitively allow people to be their most productive and efficient selves, so that they can focus on what they are passionate about. I am a liaison between technical teams and lines of business, and find my sweet spot explaining complicated systems in simple language.If you’re interested in learning more, or you enjoy music, philosophy, and literature, connect with me and send me a message here on LinkedIn!

Experience

1. Sales Specialist

   The Home Depot

   Nov 2022 — Present

   Skills/ Lessons Learned: New business development | Solution Selling | Direct Sales | Sales Processes | Presales | Customer Relationship Management | Troubleshooting | Consultant | Snag It | Adobe Acrobat | Proofreading | Business Process Improvement | Operations Management | Quality Assurance | Troubleshooting | Customer Success | Customer Experience | Product Management | Business Analysis | Process Analysis | New Business Development | Project Management | Managed Services

Education

• Oakland University

  Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Skills

• Process Improvement
• Team Building
• Engineering
• Planning
• Process Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Technical Support
• Mentoring
• Quality Control
• Manufacturing
• Supervisory Skills
• Administration
• Quality Assurance
• Negotiation
• Microsoft Office
• Problem Solving
• Customer Service
• Word
• Program Management
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Inventory Management
• Excel
• Windows
• Data Analysis
• Leadership
• Continuous Improvement
• Teamwork
• Writing
• Logistics
• Testing
• Customer Satisfaction
• Project Coordination
• Documentation
• Strategic Planning
• Research
• Autocad
• Project Planning
• Project Management
• Technical Training