Consultant, Kevin Kennedy Associates Inc.
Providing electrical and electronics engineering, manufacturing engineering, GD&T consulting,
failure analysis,
forensic engineering and related expertise to a wide variety of clients.
Consultant, Engineering Consulting Services firm, Warren, MI
Provided personalized consulting and instructional services including instructing GD&T courses and tolerance stack analysis courses for the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) and the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), and serving as technical instructor and principal training consultant for General Motors Manufacturing Tool & Die Supervisor College, instructing metal formability, die tryout, FMEA, GD&T, The Thinker’s Workshop, die engineering and related courses. Instructed decision-making and problem solving skills for federal clients, including the FBI and the Air Force.
Vice President, Phoenix AG, Inc., Warren, MI
Provided strategic direction, product development, and served as lead instructor. Served as the project director for Ford Motor Company Stamping Business Unit project to install formability systems throughout the stamping division.
President, Performance Innovations, Inc., Warren, MI
Served as principal training consultant for General Motors Metal Fabricating Division, co-designing the Tool & Die Supervisor College curriculum of classroom instruction and structured OJT, earning the GM Chairman’s Honor Award. Served as interactive distance learning (IDL) consultant and instructed IDL Instructor and Presenter workshops. Instructed train-the-trainer courses and facilitated training needs analysis and training design workshops. Awarded the GD&T Professional certification (Senior Level) from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
Principal Engineer and Team Leader, General Physics Corporation, Troy, MI
Developed and delivered engineering related technical training. Facilitated curriculum analysis (GM’s Modular Curriculum Process) and training design (GM’s Modular Instruction Process) meetings, coached and certified instructors, verified training design and integrity, developed Design for Variability for Electrical Engineers program for Sandia National Labs, managed various projects. Responsible for business development, Total Quality Management, all phases of curriculum management, course design and development, engineering process consulting, and instructing sheet metal, FMEA, and GD&T courses.
Electronics Design Engineer, Lectron Products, Inc., Rochester Hills, MI
Designed and developed electronic circuits, software, and mechanical packaging for automotive products. Responsible for tests including electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and environmental durability, practiced Quality Function Deployment (QFD), and performed design and process FMEAs.
College Co-op Student, GM Advanced Manufacturing Engineering, Warren, MI
Aided in the development of the lost-foam casting process for Saturn.
