Cruise

• Directed a team of 5 FTEs and managed over 1,500 offshore employees across three vendors to support autonomous vehicle machine learning model development.
• Owned the roadmap and development of advanced labeling tools for autonomous vehicle machine learning models, directly improving model performance.
• Led a cross-functional team of engineers, designers, and vendors to deliver scalable solutions that labeled billions of data points.
• Established and optimized a New Product Introduction (NPI) framework, accelerating time-to-market for labeling data products.
• Conducted user research and stakeholder alignment sessions to define product requirements and prioritize features.
• Reduced operational costs by $1M through streamlined workflows and capacity planning.
• Awarded the Operations Visionary Award for groundbreaking contributions to AV data labeling operations.

Staff Product Manager - Machine Learning Data Labeling / Ground Truth

Brunk Industries

• Transformed organizational culture by defining and implementing data analytics dashboards (Power BI, SQL), enabling informed decision-making across the organization.
• Partnered with cross functional product teams to optimize internal tools, reducing inefficiencies by 20%.
• Developed strategies to improve product reliability/uptime saving >1,000 hours annually.

Director of Operational Excellence

Amcor

• Managed operations at a $100M revenue medical packaging facility with ~200 employees.
• Directed end-to-end product lifecycle management by commercializing new products and programs and implementing operational roadmaps to ensure profitability. 
• Spearheaded $4MM in new product launches by collaborating with R&D, sales, and engineering teams to ensure on-time delivery and market success.
• Restructured operations to optimize talents, improve teamwork and communication, and increase throughput
• Identified and implemented cost-saving initiatives with customer feedback that reduced expenses by 10% for core products.

Sr. Operations Manager

• Oversaw engineering and EHS functions, managing a $4M budget and 20 direct reports.
• Introduced automation technologies, saving $500K annually.
• Established the facility’s first preventive maintenance program, defining requirements to enhance product quality and reliability.
• Led a team of customers, sales, product management, R&D for new product development

Technical Engineering Manager

Tier 1 Automotive Supplier
• Established first capacity model to better improve manpower and quote new business
• Led engineering and maintenance teams, managing a $1.5M annual expense budget.
• Managed a portfolio of capital projects totaling $1M, enhancing plant capacity by 12%.
• Designed and implemented a new plant layout, achieving improved efficiency and reduced overhead.

Engineering Manager

The Dow Chemical Company

Lead mechanical engineer for commissioning and startup of a world-scale polyethylene plant ($500MM + project), Lead engineer for Salt Mining and Hydrocarbon Distribution Plant
• Commissioned and started up a $500M+ polyethylene facility, collaborated with product teams to optimize operations and reduce costs.
• Leveraged advanced and predictive analytics to identify improvement opportunities and enhance product output and profitability.

Lead Manufacturing Engineer

Caterpillar Inc.

• Completed Leadership and Technical Development Program (LTDP) which included stints in software development, Cat Proving Grounds, and manufacturing engineer at the Cat I6 Engine plant.
• Home group in Mechatronics where I spent my time developing, modifying, and validating control strategies for CAT engines at the global tech center in Mossville IL.

Systems Engineer - Mechatronics

Engineering Leader Sharing Stories | Loves Complexity and Chaos | Real Estate Investor | Technical Program Manager | Addicted to Diet Coke

In my day job I lead amazing individuals building AI products for Machine Learning Engineers in the Autonomous Vehicle space. 

On the side, here on Linkydoink I love talking about Airbnb investing. I love helping others on their investing journey. 

Send me a DM if you ever have any questions I can help answer.

Nick Korwin🥤

Sanford Health

Provide leadership for medium to large-size projects ($100k-$1M+) and delivers projects by managing internal and external resources, schedules, and financials throughout the full project management life cycle.

Duties include creating, managing, and updating timelines, budgets, resources, vendors, and key project deliverables from project initiation to close out as well as assess project risks, propose resolutions, manage change requests, and track implementation of resolution through to completion to ensure successful and on-time project delivery.

Verification of quality and that the project achieves the proposed benefits defined in the business case.

Senior Project Manager

Sanford Research

Delivered small, medium, and large-scale gene therapy and small molecule screening projects for safety and efficacy, ranging from $25k-$1M.

Managed cross-functional teams of 20+ with multiple collaborators across the country to coordinate project discovery, SOW and budget generation, active project progression tracking, stakeholder management and reporting, effective quality control and change management.

Established a therapeutics screening facility generating $1M in business from 2020-2021 with multiple pharmaceutical stakeholders.  Requiring experimental design, budgetary planning, resource allocation and delegation with multiple groups, teamwork, data collection and analysis, report generation, and strict deadline adherence.

Responsible for all phases of project life cycle including initiation, planning, execution, performance/monitoring, and project closure.

Research Project Manager

Responsible for oversight and management of all laboratory activities, orders, mouse colony maintenance, collaborative communications, and laboratory projects  

Utilize and train employees on relevant technologies and performance of necessary techniques of bench laboratory science

Design project outline, obtain necessary resources, coordinate task scheduling, and oversee project lifecycle development

Communicate with team and collaborators on project progression, needs, and deadlines

Submit and maintain all necessary documentation for laboratory compliance with organizational, state, and federal regulations

Knowledge and experience with software for mouse colony and project management

Senior Research Specialist

Primarily responsible for providing laboratory support to the Senior Research Specialist. 

Included in the mouse colony management process, also support laboratory by performing tissue digestion, genotyping, PCR and qPCR, and assisting laboratory scientists with various project processes

Research Specialist

Southeastern Behavioral Hlthcr

Oversight of a caseload of up to fifty clients with assistance of clients having a variety of mental health and co-occurring disorders to obtain resources for assistance in housing, employment, and nutrition. 

Follow-up with clients regularly and connect them with therapeutic, psychiatric, and primary care services. 

Oversee client access to medication management. 

Submit and maintain all relevant records for client support and progression

Case Manager

I add accelerant to aspiring project managers' career pivots ⛽

Unorthodox Project Manager who likes to help others break into project management in new and unique ways!

I do this by helping aspiring project managers ID pain points for why they aren't getting PM opportunities.
These typically present as one of three deficiencies:
> Lack of identified relevant experience
> Improper resume presentation
> Poor/underutilized tactics for networking

Once identified, we work through ways they can improve those pain points and leverage them appropriately for a new opportunity

Background about me and project management experience: 

I spent 7.5 years in laboratory bench science while gaining project management experience.  Obtained my PMP certification in 2018, was officially promoted to Research Project Manager in 2020, and now am a Senior Project Manager with our Enterprise Project Management Office, overseeing highly-visible strategic projects across our healthcare org's Midwest footprint.

Other PM experience:
- Project oversight of multiple preclinical gene therapies
- Project management of small molecule and repurposed drug screening projects
- Establishment of a standalone screening facility to collaborate with other research institutions, pharmaceutical, and therapeutics companies

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