Michael A Pedersen
About
Michael A Pedersen is from Los Angeles County, California, United States. Michael works in the following industries: "Manufacturing". Michael is currently VP. of Engineering & Quality Assurance at Ideal Living, located in Greater Los Angeles Area. In Michael's previous role as a Director of Engineering at Ideal Living, Michael worked in until Sep 2012. Prior to joining Ideal Living, Michael was a Sr. Product Engineer at Ideal Living and held the position of Sr. Product Engineer at Los Angeles County, California, United States. Prior to that, Michael was a Sr Project Engineer at UVDI from May 2001 to May 2005. Michael started working as Mechanical Engineer at Silgan Plastics in Valencia, California in Jan 1999. From Aug 1998 to Feb 1999, Michael was Rockwork Designer at Walt Disney Imagineering.
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Michael A Pedersen's current jobs
Responsible for Product Development of consumer product, air cleaners, kitchen appliances and vacuums. Product development of FDA 510K medical devices. Sourcing, qualifying and manufacturing of Dietary supplement. Responsible for adherence to State and Federal regulations, FDA, EPA, NSF and UL. In charge of all sustaining Engineering and QA activities as it relate to all Ideal Living business groups
Michael A Pedersen's past jobs
Responsibilities include managing development of high volume consumer products from concept thru detail design, tool build, safety and regulatory approval / Validation (ETL, UL, CE, GS) to production. Managing between 10-13 projects at different phases at any given time. Managing offshore Asian sourcing, development and manufacturing teams. Mentoring of junior engineers in US and in the offshore office in Shenzhen China. Project Manager for the launch of Envion air purifer product line in the US. A total of 2 new air cleaner brands launched with a total of 6 unique product and over 10 different configurations resulting in increment sales of excess 20 millions per year. Product launched simultaneous in DR (direct responds) and retail channels (Wal-mart, JC penny, Target, Costco). In charge of development and manufacturing team in China Personal responsible for leading the product development in pursuing Electrostatic precipitating technology ESP and safe utilization of germicidal Ultraviolet light for air purification and sanitizing. Product Manager for houseware appliance www.wondercooker.com and state of the art Vacuum coffee maker. Product Manager and engineering team member on various home exercise equipment for the direct respond market.
Responsibilities included development of new products according to the “voice of the customer” specifications with emphasis on DFM and AFM. Research and develop of new material and technologies for use in air and water treatment products. Project manager for cross-functional teams on new product development. Supervised and managed the Engineering change order (ECO) and part / BOM database. Created test protocols and setup. Provided manufacturing support for existing products; continued improvements in the manufacturing process through active participation in Kaizen teams, six sigma and materials review board (MRP). Provided engineering support in vendor selections. Setup new manufacturing lines ACCOMPLISHMENTS Project Manager / lead Mechanical engineer for a new consumer HVAC product sold at Lowes stores. Developed the initial concept with other team members. Manage cost and a budget of $250,000.00. Created multiple 3D cad concepts using Pro/Surface for management review. Successfully moved the design to offshore manufacturing (China), including bidding, bid review and supplier visits. Project Manager / lead Mechanical engineer for a new product in the commercial HVAC division, with a budget of $85,000.00. Created the mechanical design using Pro/sheet metal and Pro/surface. Created the mechanical design for a new-patented airflow sensor manufactured for Honeywell. Supervise all facets of development from prototyping (SLA), to rapid tooling, through the final injection molds. Project manager for continues product improvement and cost saving on multiple product lines yielding more than 1,000,000.00 in cost savings.
Responsibilities included the creation of new products according to customer specifications, and modification of existing designs for product improvement using Pro/E Surfacing. Actively participated in sales presentations. Developed and managed a mold-quoting system. In charge of creating mold specifications and approving tool drawings. In charge of machine upgrades and repairs of molds. Worked closely with manufacturing and maintenances to improve the manufacturing process. ACCOMPLISHMENTS Created bottle industrial design for the following products; NEXXUS hair-care product, WD-40 Hand soap, Alterna Hair-care. Successfully implemented multi-layer extrusion technology resulting in 100% utilization of two machine lines to produce soft touch product. Updated and created new designs that expanded the product lines for Joico Laboratories, Alberto Culver (St Ives, VO5), Lipton, Lawry’s, and Freeman Hair care