{"id":915,"date":"2021-01-29T18:28:06","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T22:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/?p=915"},"modified":"2025-09-05T01:43:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T05:43:11","slug":"vp-director-vave-dtv-182643-mba-masters-mechanical-engineering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/engineering\/vp-director-vave-dtv-182643-mba-masters-mechanical-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"VP, Director – VAVE \/ DtV (182643) MBA, Masters Mechanical Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have the equivalent of a SuperBowl MVP on your team and what a competitive advantage that would be? <\/strong> Well, you need not wonder any longer because we are working I with a recognized Industry Leader in Design to Value and VA\/VE.

He is a former McKinsey engagement manager and Design to Value expert specializing in Product Cost Management (PCM), should-cost disciplines, and software product management. <\/strong> This Game Changer has been researching and driving product profitability since 1996, when he published the seminal thesis on the topic and invented the world\u2019s first practical CAD driven Feature Based Costing software. <\/strong> He is also a patent holder and holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a Master\u2019s and Bachelor\u2019s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
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He has used DtV \/ VAVE \/ should-cost programs to drive over $1B+ in savings. He is one of the most published experts in the world in should-cost, DtV, VAVE, and cost management.<\/strong> He has implemented dozens of programs from scratch and he is a Should Cost Expert<\/strong>. His business acumen, experience as a VAVE\/DtV\/Should Cost expert, education and track record of success make him a PROFIT MACHINE <\/strong>for any company lucky enough to bring him on board. His impressive background includes: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Product cost management: Spend analytics, design-to-cost (DfC, DtC), should-cost, value analysis \/ engineering (VAVE), direct material reduction, 3D feature-based costing, design for manufacturing \/ assembly (DFM \/ DFA),
\u2022 Design-to-Value \/ VAVE: product and service teardowns, and ideation workshops, project charters
\u2022 He has used DtV \/ VAVE \/ should-cost to drive over a billion dollars in savings<\/strong>
\u2022 He was a DtV and Cleansheet (should-cost) expert and engagement manager in McKinsey & Company’s PDP (Product Development and Procurement) practice<\/strong>
\u2022 He was the founding CEO and Chief Product Officer at a leading software solution in 3D CAD-to-Cost product cost management)
\u2022 Identified >$600 million of client savings with process improvement, cost modeling (Cleansheet), Design-to-Value, product cost management, RFQ \/ supplier negotiation, and modular design techniques<\/strong> in the last 4 years.
\u2022 Specialist in capability building at clients, helping them start-up grow DtV, product cost management, should-cost and spend analytics organizations, product strategy & go-to-market positioning (Implemented DtV & should-cost from scratch with 70% of clients he worked with).<\/strong>
\u2022 Cost Modeling: Delivered over 60 physics-based mechanistic models of product manufacturing should-cost
\u2022 He is a published expert in should-cost, DtV, VAVE, cost management<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patent Holder <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

EDUCATION, PATENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Master of Business Administration \/ Harvard Business School<\/strong>
\u2022 Notre Dame, Advanced Negotiation certificate <\/strong>
\u2022 Master of Mechanical Engineering<\/strong>
\u2022 Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering<\/strong>
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