Blair Gilgallon
Sr Manager Manufacturing Engineering at Tesla
- Role
- Sr Manager Manufacturing Engineering at Tesla
- Location
- San Diego County, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Blair Gilgallon
A hands on Senior Executive with a successful track record of meeting and exceeding corporate goals. An experienced problem solver with strong leadership and inter-personal skills. Skilled in leading global cross-functional teams and managing Fortune 100 customers in the automotive, transportation, grid and renewable energy industries. Key competencies in: DBE equipment design and commissioning Li battery and electrode production using dry processing. Manufacturing equipment and process scale up Quality systems and quality management Manufacturing Operations Product improvement projects Process engineering and production yield improvement strategies Ultra-capacitor and battery Electrode manufacturing Managing NPI qualification phase and new equipment design Customer management and issue resolution Establishing offshore Quality and Engineering teams to support contract manufacturing bases in China Product transfer from pilot to volume production Transfer of volume production to new contract manufacturing partners Establishing strategic direction for group M&A activities
Experience
Sr Manager Manufacturing Engineering
May 2019 — Present · San Diego, CA, US
Maxwell Technologies was acquired by Tesla Motors in mid 2019. Maxwell\'s expertise in dry electrode manufacturing for ultracapacitors and batteries was a key differentiator for Tesla, lowering capital equipment costs, production costs and equipment footprint to revolutionize battery electrode production.
Education
University of the West of Scotland
BSc, Combined Studies
1991 — 1995
Bell College of Technology
HND, Electrical and Electronic Eng
1980 — 1984
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