CURRICULUM VITAE

Title : Mr

Surname : Stevens

First Names : Thomas Dry

National Identity Number : 680413 5579 083

Home Address : 68 Van Ryneveld RdPierre Van RyneveldCenturionGauteng

Telephone Numbers : (H) +27-12-6621885((C) +27-82-6519475E-mail t.d.steven4@gmail.com

Nationality : South African Citizen

Marital Status : Married

Age : 48 years

Health : Good

EDUCATION

Matric : Scott burgh High, KwaZulu-Natal (1986)EnglishAfrikaansMathematicsGeographyBiologyGeneral Science

Tertiary : Technikon Pretoria

: National Diploma Engineering (1987-1989)

: National Higher Diploma Engineering (1992)

: MDP UNISA (2000)Supply and Value change Management I&II (Operations Management)Management AccountingFinancial AccountingHuman Resources ManagementIntegrated Management SystemsBusiness Research Information Systems Management

WORK HISTORY

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IVECO South Africa

Position : Bus Platform Manager

Duties Control complete bus platform program for all Buses built at IVECO South Africa. Take control or the project management functions to deliver platform in accordance with platform milestone deliverables.

1. Variable Cost2. Timing3. Warranty and warranty reductions4. Capital requirements 5. Market needs analysis6. Resource requirements (Human and tools)7. Leverage Bus history Platform to promote bus sales in export market, and local bus operator

replacement needs.

Study new requirements from the market in South Africa and Sub Sahara region. This requirement is for Commuter bus applications.

Booyco Engineering

Position : Safety, Health, Environment, Risk and Quality Manager.

Duties : Implement and maintain ISO 9001:2008Monitor all Supplier Quality Development ProgramsMonitor, coach, guide and train quality Engineers and inspectors.Implement Environmental Management System – ISO 14001and get accreditation.Improve Quality Standards and Quality operation systems using tools

APQPFMEASFault Finding and Root Causes analysis techniques.G8D – 6 Sigma

WMBevality Consulting / Quality Auditing / Quality Systems Implementation –(12/2014 –

08/2015)

Provide expert Quality Systems needs advise to OEM PVT Management.  Assess G8D reports prior to closure and provide assessment report on findings. Study Key Issues defined in local and export market and provide top 10 issues list. Approve final closure of Key issues report and present to top management.

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: UD Trucks Southern Africa PTY LTD (Nissan Diesel)

Position : Manager Engineering and Product Development, (11/2010 – 11/2014)

Duties : Manager Sales Engineering for all new and special Truck conversions SVO Special

Vehicle Orders / SVR ( Special Vehicle Request ) managing and approving the design and system integration of Electrical Distribution, Chassis Modifications, and sheet metal changes and accessory development for specific customer requirements and applications..

Approve the Creation of BOM’s for the release of all system components. Lead Project integration, between all divisions within the organisation, i.e. Project

Costing, Product Programs and Product planning, Finance Operation, Purchasing (Supply and logistics, Value chain), Parts expediting, and Supplier Quality, Manufacturing and Assembly and sales..

Lead the development of quality operating systems at preferred Vendor and introduce quality systems for automotive design and assembly (ISO 9000 and TS16949).

Interface with customers and fleet owners to establish unique requirements and market trends to be able to support and ensure cost effective new designs and also ensure seamless supply and on-time delivery.

Manage and lead the continuous review of local supplier contracts to ensure on-going price reductions through value engineering and Supply chain improvements.

Maintain positive supplier relationships, through on-going supplier visits, including Quality Audits and facilitating effective problem resolutions

Technical investigations (problem solving) using G8D and 6 sigma methodologies to investigate and resolve technical and or supply concerns.

Budget management for Capex expenditure, Opex for on-going operations

Company : Optimal Energy

Position : Engineering Manager.(July 2008 – October 2010)

Department : Vehicle Engineering and Test Operations Product Development

Duties : Manage Engineering team in the development and system architecture of vehicle

chassis structure and integration of systems. Introduce Automotive design standards for all vehicle systems.. Ensure company Quality function deployment (QFD) and TQM principles are

developed and implemented, corrective actions plans to counter non-conformances are introduced, and FMEA principles are introduced in all design releases (PPAP, APQP etc.) principles are implemented.

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Liaise between Marketing and Engineering to ensure market requirements are fed back into the engineering specification of the product, thus ensuring correct profiling of the product.

Develop supplier selection criteria, logistic operations for the development of new vendors in Electrical Wiring harness manufacture.

Introduce PPAP, FMEA (D&P), APQP, 6 Sigma, G8D Principles

Reasons for leaving: Company closed down due to lack of further funding from Government

Training : Jack Quinlan & Associates Expert Negotiation skills

Company : Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa.

Position : Manager Test Operations Vehicle Engineering

Job Function : Manage all New Product Development Vehicle Engineering Projects. Establish

Project Cost Assumptions. Facilitate and Manage all BIW (prototype) builds for all new models Established and supervised the planning, development compilation of OHSA

requirements, maintain safe working policies and practices, train staff and ensure ISO9000/14001/18001 and TS16949 are understood and followed.

Process optimisation and development of streamlined operations with respect to policies and procedures in the Vehicle engineering Product Development operation, vehicle shipment, logistic operations for product development, parts availability and lead lean inventory process development.

Lead capital investment programs in development of facilities and parts warehousing programs for Product Development.

Managed all CAPEX and tooling expenses. Co-ordinated Jaguar / LR and Volvo cars summer testing programs, co-

ordinating product information, product investigation SA teams to resolve logistical issues and in-service testing concerns. Provide Testing data to product test activities and lead diagnostic and problem solving teams.

Chairman of Safety committee for Product Development Vehicle Engineering Test Operations, leading the safe working environment, establishing safety policies and procedures, and reporting non-conformances and necessary corrective actions to comply with 18001 standards.

Test Operations Manager of the Product Engineering and Development workshop, service and customer support.

Managed internal and external customer requirements as well as delivery on expectations.

Managed QOS in line with company standards, using methodologies such as APQP, (Advanced Product Quality Planning), G8D, FMEA, and ISIR PSW etc.

Managed the allocation of resources, set priorities and identified issues to be escalated.

Developed budget planning and management thereof for operational and capital expenditure. Implemented and managed the vehicle engineering TS16949 /ISO9000 and ISO 14001 systems, ensuring regular audits were conducted to enable the department to maintain its ISO/TS rating.

Managed Fleet of 50-100 test vehicles,

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Total staff of 50 development engineers, test engineers, test technicians, workshop foreman and workshop artisans. Approximately 30 to 40 contracted staff on site as well during facility development.

Achievements : Correlated and developed the FMCSA vehicle test facility, with particular

emphasis on the accelerated durability testing proving ground. Facility and procedures correlated to the North American and European durability procedures as well as FOA durability procedures.

Promoted South Africa as vehicle test site to Ford of Europe, Volvo Sweden and Land Rover UK.

Lead the Vehicle Engineering Test and Development operation for all new model introductions from 2002 – 2008. Ford Ranger 4.0L V6 Ford Bantam All CBU imports from 2002 – 2008 Chairman of the Health and Safety committee of Ford Motor Company

Vehicle Engineering.

Training : 6 Sigma Green belt trained and certifiedProblem Solving (G8D Disciplines in problem solving)Trained and Certified SAE J1441, (Subjective Rating scale) expert evaluation driver.

Reason for Leaving: During automotive recession took up the offer to be part of the development of the Joule EV.

Position : Senior Electrical and Chassis (suspension, brakes, steering, axles) Component Design Engineer (1998-2002)

Job Function : Managed and Controlled the activities of Component Design Engineering, pertaining to the relevant systems which embraced the functions of supplier selection, (Electrical Distribution systems, i.e. Wiring Harnesses, BOM creation, production support, design, development, test and release as well as concern resolution of passenger and commercial vehicle components in compliance with approved programme objectives of timing, cost, reliability and local content requirements..

Technical and Operational Duties: Reviewed the release of source country systems and component designs for

local production. Designed and released Electrical Distribution systems for all new models and

modification of existing EDS for use in the African / South African market and designed and design approved components necessary to meet unique local programme requirements.

Monitored systems and component performance against established test objectives for Engineering sign off.

Evaluated component systems design performance to identify items requiring design attention and presented recommendations to Management.

Devised appropriate corrective engineering action on service concerns in conjunction with affected company activities.

In accordance with Q1 methodology participated in cross-functional problem

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solving teams.

Reason for leaving: Promotion to Manager Vehicle Engineering Test Operations

Position : Electrical Component Design Engineer (1996-1998)

Department : Product Development

Job Function : Adapted, developed, designed and released EDS (Electrical Distribution system )

components and systems for locally approved programs. Prepared Design Verification Plans and Reports (DVP&R) for all relevant local

components and systems. Co-ordinated the development of locally released systems, conducted as part of

APQP system, logistics, supply chain, inventory management and support functions. Assisted and lead the resolution of component design concerns at both supplier and plant assembly processes.

Lead Advanced Product Quality Plans (APQP) process with Purchasing and Supplier Quality Assurance (SQA) on locally manufactured components.

Prepared Program Cost Assumptions (PCA) for new programs. Co-ordinated prototype vehicle builds with respect to obtaining components and materials and providing guidance to achieve actual prototype build.

Participated in vehicle evaluations and testing of complete vehicles.

Position : District Service Manager (1995-1996)

Department : Customer Services.

Duties : Management of dealer service and parts centres from a manufacturing perspective. Duties included Direct Customer contact, Dealer warranty claims auditing Quality systems management development according to ISO quality systems

to improve dealer Customer Satisfaction ratings. Customer care consultation with the aim of improving customer-dealer

relationships. Dealer development in terms of world class standards resolving

dealer/customer related concerns. Driving sales targets for vehicle sales, service and parts.

Position : Service Engineer

Department : Service Engineering (1993-1995)

Duties : National dealer network service development and problem solving of field

related concerns. Daily interaction with dealers and customers.

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Reliability and quality investigations to resolve all product defects and manufacturing related concerns.

Preparation of technical bulletins and correspondence with Source Company’s via technical reports on design and durability failures.

Company : ESD (1988-1992)Position : Technician

Department : Technical and Field Support

Duties : Test and maintenance of microprocessor and electronic sub systems of

Rooikat armoured car Integrated Fire control system. Field support and system evaluation during pre-production and production

stages. Post production reliability growth analysis and system evaluation of

integrated fire control system.

Available : Calender month

Information given is accurate and true. TD STEVENS