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
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
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
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
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

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
Education history
University of Oklahoma
MS in Mech
University of Oklahoma
BS in Mech
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