Dave Schaller
Director of Special Projects at North American Council for Freight Efficiency
- Role
- Director of Special Projects at North American Council For Freight Efficiency Nacfe
- Location
- Fort Wayne, IN, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Dave Schaller
Ready to tackle your next strategic planning or product development challenge. Experienced and proven transportation industry executive with a flair for creative product development. Reputation for driving difficult programs into production. Strong network and broad technical skills to enable supplier integration into customer satisfying vehicles. Strengths include: Product Lifecycle Planning Product Development Marketing Research Requirements Definition Competitive Intelligence Strategic Planning Customer & Supplier Liaison Technology Mapping Commercial Vehicles Truck Electrification Autonomous Trucks Complexity Management Transportation Engineering Product Launches CV Trade Shows Program Management
Experience
Director of Special Projects
North American Council For Freight Efficiency Nacfe
Apr 2025 — Present · Fort Wayne, IN, US
Support special projects for NACFE such as the Toyota Mobility Foundation\'s Detroit Sustainability Challenge, I-70 Autonomy Testing Grant with the Ohio & Indiana DOTs, Aspire Engineering Center (wireless EV charging systems), and Louisiana Clean Fuels advisory board.Some limited on-going support for NACFE programs such as the 2025 Run on Less - Messy Middle demonstration of alternative fuels in long-haul trucking. Support Mike McHorse as he takes over my previous role at NACFE.
Education
Ball State University
MBA
1987 — 1993
Purdue University
BS, Electrical Engineering
1978 — 1982
Skills
- Program Management
- Automotive
- Strategic Technology Planning
- Team Building
- Product Design
- Product Launch
- Photography
- Customer Requirements
- Operations Management
- Vehicles
- Strategic Planning
- Engineering Management
- Powertrain
- Continuous Improvement
- Process Engineering
- Business Analysis
- Product Development
- Design for Manufacturing
- Product Lifecycle Management
- Proposal Writing
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Automotive Engineering
- Design Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (Dfmea)
- Workshop Facilitation
- Fmea
- Project Management
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Business Process Improvement
- Conference Speaking
- Transportation
- Manufacturing
- Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (Fmea)
- Process Improvement
- Team Leadership
- Systems Engineering
- Engineering
- Product Management
- Project Planning
- Supply Chain
- Product Planning
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