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Zach Butler: Engineering Manager in Madison, WI

Zach Butler

Engineering Manager
Madison | United States
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TREK BICYCLE

Engineering Manager | 07/2020 - Current

§ Expanded responsibilities to include management of the Road bike engineering team (R&D and production) § Recruited internally to help improve morale, R&D, and overall productivity § Work closely with business counterparts to plan and execute $300M road product portfolio § Responsible for managing resources to meet project parameters on-time and on-budget § Manage engineering resources in US and Asia offices and coordinate with shared engineering groups § Responsible for overseeing engineering efforts at our suppliers
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Trek Performance Research

Engineering Manager | 08/2018 - 07/2020

Lead a centralized group of specialists seen as technical thought leaders within Trek - driving R&D, advancing Trek's engineering capabilities, and generating unique insights that fuel industry leading products § Responsibilities include structural analysis, aerodynamics, biomechanics, data analysis, advanced experimentation, human factors, and ride testing § Created business justification and executed plan to grow structural analysis team and simulations capabilities to support all business units to improve on-time delivery of products by reducing rounds of testing § Grew Ride Testing to support all business units by creating a more efficient process and spearheading an in- house ride testing software that improved tracking and reporting § Actively connect with different product category teams and international design teams to provide simulation and analysis capabilities, facilitate knowledge sharing and increase efficiency § Internal Great Places to Work team score of 92, highest among engineering teams and 10 points higher than company average
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V280 Valor Program

Airframe Stress Analyst | 03/2013 - 11/2014

§ Conducted structural analysis to support design development, both conceptual and detailed design § Project lead for test plan; managed testing budget and schedule, wrote test plans, coordinated with inter- departmental test engineers and lab technicians
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BROADSTAR WIND CORP

Stress Analysis Engineer | 04/2012 - 02/2013

§ Hands-on engineering in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment § Built a cost vs. performance model to determine feasibility and ROI for various turbine configurations § Conducted structural analysis and created design loads document to support drawing release during development § Led effort for structural testing of full-scale, 16' tall prototype, fully strain gaged and instrumented prototype turbine
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STRYKER

Mechanical Design Engineer | 07/2011 - 04/2012

§ Designed and tested operating room booms, Class I medical devices § Technical project lead for international product development, facilitated collaboration and resolved conflicts between international sales divisions and internal development teams § Managed international product releases, compliance, and product field actions § Awarded quarterly quality award by senior staff; shortest tenured awardee; first awardee in R&D in 4 years
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ADIDAS

Postgraduate Placement Engineer | 09/2010 - 03/2011

§ Simulation engineer on the FORMOTION footwear engineering team § Generated solutions to open-ended problems using testing and computer simulations § Developed novel FEA foot-shoe interaction simulation using Abaqus to inform future product development § Recognized as outstanding postgrad engineer; recommended for future employment through "Bounce Back" program
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University of Oklahoma

MS in Mech

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University of Oklahoma

BS in Mech

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1501 Lincoln Blvd.#1014 Venice, CA. 90291