Kurt Shea

About Kurt Shea

Talented strategic leader with proven track record of leading global development activities across multiple locations and multiple disciplines in the areas of Engineering, Strategic Operations, New Product Development, Design, Project Management and Manufacturing. Key strengths are motivating and inspiring teams to drive better outcomes with an emphasis on time-to-market. Areas of expertise include product development and design and a demonstrated ability to leverage the latest innovative technologies to reduce cycle time and cost. 20+ years of experience with a passion for building diverse, high-performing, highly motivated teams with a focus on new product development and strict time-to-market constraints.Areas of Leadership:• Product Management • New Product Development• Cycle Time Reduction• Manufacturing• Engineering Automation• Cost Reduction• Manufacturing Automation• R&D• Strategic Operations

Experience

1. Vice President, Engineering

   Mestek, Inc.

   Jan 2015 — Present · Westfield, MA, US

   Lead a dynamic, fast-paced, iterative, deadline-driven New Product Introduction process to deliver products that exceed market demands. Drive innovation, product quality and cost, ensuring on-time delivery of products. Ensure frequent, transparent updates of the product development status to enhance, test and improve product outcome. Co-create with Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Design and R&D teams to exceed consumer expectations. Cultivate inclusive, creative processes that inspires constructive conflict to drive project teams toward better outcomes. Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to seamlessly bring new products from R&D to production and release to market. Collaborate with Product Management, Sales and Marketing to establish multi-year product plans across multiple divisions. Champion the collaborative review and refinement of engineering processes and procedures to shorten time-to-market and improve product quality. Streamline the organization processes to eliminate choke points and accelerate product development activities. Identify key project risks and develop mitigation strategies to maintain aggressive development deadlines. Align development with internal/external manufacturing partners’ capabilities to ensure a smooth transition to full production. Direct R&D, new product development, sustaining engineering, design and compliance activities for all product lines. Own organizational resource requirements, schedules, and budgets necessary to support product objectives. Oversee smooth integration of new products obtained through company acquisitions into existing product portfolios

Education

• Western New England University

  Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Skills

• Operations Management
• Lean Manufacturing
• Engineering
• Project Engineering
• Engineering Management
• Six Sigma
• Project Management
• Solidworks
• Continuous Improvement
• Root Cause Analysis
• Automation
• Product Lifecycle Management
• Engineering Automa
• Boilers
• Design for Manufacturing
• Cost Reduction
• Manufacturing
• Testing
• Manufacturing Automation
• Product Management
• Energy
• Cycle Time Reduction
• Strategic Operations
• New Product Development
• Process Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Pro Engineer
• R&D
• Product Development
• Hvac
• Ptc Creo
• Start-Ups