Paul Drake

About Paul Drake

26 years of experience in the engineering and IT industries with a manufacturing/tire company. Application software developer with over 25 years of experience. 4+ years’ experience as scrum master for 2 internal development teams. Ability to interface with all levels of organizations and have helped to save over over 6 years in software asset management. 2 years team leader experience. Maintains strong external vendor relationships, backed by qualifications in engineering and experience in IT. Always insuring quality customer service while maintaining necessary procedures, costs, and policies. Known for problem solving, organizational skills, and continuous improvement. Now seeking a position as a full stack or client server.net developer / team leader or business analyst with a focus on asset management preferably in north east Ohio or remote.

Experience

1. Engineer Iv IT Consultant

   FirstEnergy

   May 2023 — Present · Akron, OH, US

   Helping FirstEnergy to improve and refine from an IT perspective a new application for scoping and estimating team. Focus will be on DevSecOps type enhancements for the environment.

Education

• University of Cincinnati

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering

• Case Western Reserve University

  Master of Science - MS, Mechanical Engineering

Skills

• 5s
• Design of Experiments
• Manufacturing
• Kanban
• Cad
• Product Development
• Analysis
• Root Cause Analysis
• Vehicle Dynamics
• .net
• Ms Project
• Kaizen
• Troubleshooting
• Programming
• Continuous Improvement
• Finite Element Analysis
• Oledb
• Catia
• Matlab
• Ppap
• R&D
• Visual Basic
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Software Development
• Data Analysis
• Six Sigma
• Cae
• Simulations
• Engineering
• Vb.net
• Microsoft Office
• Testing
• Engineering Management
• Automotive
• Business Intelligence
• Vehicles
• Minitab
• Lean Manufacturing
• Xml
• Oracle