Russ Banks

About Russ Banks

I am an Innovative engineering leader with experience in industrial equipment and consumer products. I have an extensive background in new product and technology development, tempered with cost reduction and production support. I\'ve done detail design for complex electromechanical products, led teams, developed many processes, and created a new technology support team. I specialize in taking ambiguous and complex scenarios, and applying relevant structure to drive improvements and innovation. This has been successfully applied in situations such as:* Solving difficult problems* Managing workforce more effectively* Generating formal processes* Linking partially defined customer needs to actionable targets. I am not only proud of the structure I\'ve built and the resulting company successes, but furthermore the positive cultural effect I\'ve had on teams and people I have served!COMPETENCIES• Mentoring, Coaching & Developing Employees• Budget Management including Capex Analysis• New Technology Introduction and Maturation• Customer Centered Design and Development• Technical Project and Program Management• Formal Process Development and Training• Metal & Plastic Design for Manufacturing• Design for Code and Standard Compliance• New Product and Test Development (DVP & R)• Managing Distributed Teams, Domestic & Global• Formal Problem Solving and Design for Quality• Intellectual Property (IP) Management• Growth Strategy, Metrics Development & Execution• Product Cost Analysis, Including Detailed & Concept• Electromechanical and Machine Design• Implementing Safety in Design and Workplace

Experience

1. Director of Engineering

   South-Tek Systems

   Mar 2021 — Present · Wilmington, NC, US

Education

• Purdue University

  Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering

• Purdue University

  Master's degree, Mechanical Engineering

Skills

• Product Design
• Six Sigma
• Product Development
• Technology Transfer
• Functional Analysis
• Intellectual Property Management
• Lean Manufacturing
• Open Innovation
• Mechanical Product Design
• Strategic Partnerships
• Business Process Development
• Project Portfolio Management
• Engineering Management
• Program Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Technology Needs Analysis
• Systems Engineering
• Value Engineering
• Resource Management
• Design for Manufacturing
• Engineering
• Project Engineering
• Internal Process Development
• Design Review
• Testing
• Analytic Problem Solving
• Project Management
• Management
• Customer Driven Innovation
• Process Improvement
• Continuous Improvement
• Leadership
• Risk Management
• Manufacturing
• Fmea
• Technology Management
• Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing
• Mechanical Engineering