Consultant, Kevin Kennedy Associates Inc.
Providing mechanical engineering, engineering management consulting, automotive occupant restraint systems and safety consulting,
failure analysis,
forensic engineering, expert witness and related expertise to a wide variety of clients.
President and CEO, Technical Engineering, Administrative and Management contract services firm
Provided international engineer recruitment and placement. Specialized in engineering and design of seat systems, occupant protection, mechanical components and product cost management. Expertise included product liability support in areas of automotive seating and child restraint systems, as well as patent litigation support and new technology development. Established school of mechanical design - registered and licensed in Michigan. Provided automotive design and engineering experts.
Engineering Consultant
Consulting services for DaimlerChrysler Occupant Restraint Systems providing Material Cost Management and Value Analysis, Value Engineering. Provided restraint Systems Specifications for Airbags and Seat Belts, Shoulder Belt Height Adjuster (Patent Application). Consulting services for Johnson Controls, Inc. Automotive systems group providing piezoelectric motor actuator concept design. Proposed and implemented WITS 6–Way power seat track production design. Provided engineering support for Traxxis Design of Ford & Honda Power Seats. Acquired crimped torsion tube technology patent. Acquired self–locking clevis patent. Responsible for engineering support for JCI child playseat development. Coordinated ISO 9000 quality procedures at assembly plant. Consultant to Johnson Controls, Inc. Technology Center, Burscheid, Germany. Jupiter II power seat track with spinning nut transmission. Consulted on passive seat head restraint system concept development.
Consultant, General Motors Legal Staff
Coordinated legal discovery for defense of product litigation cases primarily related to seating systems, recliners, occupant restraint and body crashworthiness. Historical development of seating and occupant restraint systems, including expert witness, court hearings and depositions.
Design Project Consultant, TEAM Resources, Inc.
Worked on new generation 6-way power seat track design for Johnson Controls, Inc., GM E-K seat system, Inland Fisher Guide, GMC, Rockwell Automotive anti-squeeze door window regulator system, HeliScrew Power Seat Transmission Design, Integrated Child Seat Design for Johnson Controls Inc.
Program Manager, GM - IFG, Modern Engineering
Provided Engineering Project Center Management for IFG-GM Seating Systems, Production Design and Development of Modular Power Seat and Frame, Validation Testing and Prototype Fabrication.
Engineering Group Manager, Inland Fisher Guide Division, GMC
Administrator of Engineering Management Systems & Product Specifications. Manager of
New Product Development. Chairman, General Motors Fisher Body Reorganization and Implementation Team.
Engineering Group Manager, Occupant Protection and Safety Systems Department, Fisher Body Division, GMC
Was responsible for active and passive restraint design.
Engineering Group Manager, Product Performance Department, Fisher Body Division, GMC
Was responsible for structural analysis of automotive body systems, crashworthiness and performance validation, underbody structure design and validation testing, energy-absorbing rear bumper design and pendulum impact testing, automotive body mass and cost analysis.
Senior Project Engineer, Fisher Body Division, GMC
Product research and safety department, seat and restraint systems design and headrest development, development of FMVSS performance vriteria, GM child safety seat development, 1st General Motors’ child safety seat, GM rear-facing infant car safety carrier development, vehicle packaging and seating arrangement layout, body structure development, side impact door beam and roof crush testing, FMVSS 201 interior crashworthiness development.
