EREN YAR
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_Linkedin.com/in/ErenYar
_Durango,
CO 81301
EXPERIENCE
Ska Fabricating
Durango, CO
Mechanical Engineer & Product Manager
6/2018 – 6/2019
• Product manager for Half Pint and Can-I-Bus machines which account for 73% of company revenue.
• Doubled Half Pint production via DFM, SOPs, assembly drawings, LOP, Kanban & poka-yoke methods.
• Designed & delivered 5 machine add-on products and 6 new machine versions to customers from concept.
• Implemented and trained on Kanban inventory system, cutting workload 46% and eliminating stockouts.
• Led forward-thinking culture change w/ documentation reducing need for communication about 27%.
Waterfi
San Diego, CA
Engineer ➔ Director of Engineering & Manufacturing
10/2012 – 4/2018
• Led development of multiple consumer electronic devices, reducing time to market by 83% along the way.
• Reduced product market fit testing from months to 2 weeks (~91%) with an online market research process.
• Coordinated live product testing and customer feedback efforts to inform design iterations.
• Managed embedded software development using a Kanban task board, reviewing every pull request myself.
• Recruited, hired and trained 11 engineering, production and QA direct reports, ensuring cohesion.
• Automated corrosion testing w/ 71% faster Ferris wheel invention, ending hourly work interruptions.
• Reduced iPod waterproofing lead time from 4 days to 1 hr via material changes, automation & 1 piece flow.
• Ran production time studies, organized cells, balanced flow to Takt & improved tooling, raising FTY 20%.
Interra Energy
San Diego, CA
VP of Technology Development & Co-founder
2/2011 – 10/2012
• Second in command at a company designing and building a continuous thermal reactor that converts biomass
to agricultural charcoal and electricity, of which I am an inventor on the patent.*
• Designed 50’ x 20’ pressurized thermal reactor & 1 acre facility of supporting equipment in SolidWorks.
• Pitched to investors and competitions raising over $200,000 in seed money and $45k in prize money.
• Wrote numerous grant applications, winning one from California Energy Commission for $815k.
*Patent: US-B2 Reciprocating reactor and methods for thermal decomposition of carbonaceous feedstock
BMW - Product & Process Integration Engineer
Oxford, England
• Part of the team responsible for pre-production of second gen. convertible, ensuring a successful launch.
• Designed assembly tool reducing effort from 2 people to 1 hand. • Managed LOP & ensured solutions.
SKILLS
Software
• Management - Bitbucket, SourceTree, Asana, Basecamp, Trello, Zoho CRM/Project, OpenERP, MS Project.
• Engineering - Professional in Inventor. Proficient in Fusion 360 & SolidWorks. Capable in Eagle, Arduino,
AutoCAD, Onshape, CamBam, LinuxCNC. Understand some code (HTML, C++) but not yet able to write it.
Hardware
• Machinery - Laser cutter, CNC mill, manual lathe, small injection molding machines, shop and hand tools.
• Electronics - Component research/selection and entry level PCBa designer. Manager of complex designs.
Leadership
• Product/project plans, vision alignment, teaching, conflict resolution, removing bottlenecks, public speaking.
EDUCATION
The University of Arizona - B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
G.P.A. – 3.6, Cum Laude | Awards: Academic tuition waiver. Dean’s List w/ Distinction.
2004 – 2008
PASSIONS
Family, Lean, Design, Entrepreneurship, Electronics, Learning, Camping, Cars, Soccer, Biking, Skiing, Coffee
