Jonathan B.

Experience

• Owner Renlock Engineering · Part-time May 2026 – Present 2 mos Poland, OH, United States Building out new business in pursuit of filling gaps on small projects that are to small for Factory Automation companies to compete at.
• Head of Program Management Thryve Automation · Full-time Feb 2026 – Present 5 mos Richmond, VA, United States Driving Consistent Execution of entire portfolio of projects across both VA and IN divisions.
• Principal Consultant Cylform Automation Design · Contract Jan 2010 – Present 16 yrs 6 mos Poland, OH, United States Weekend warrior of Process/Product development.
  • Factory Automation Product Line turnkey design to build
  • New Product Offering with 15 patent pending claims on a single machine.
• Lead production engineer Whirlpool Corp. · Full-time Oct 2010 – Jun 2026 15 yrs 8 mos Marion, OH, United States Led industrialization of production line, implementing maintainability improvements and training program for operators resulting in 99.9% output yield and exceeded required production rate by 10%, including automated fusion plasma welding operations.
• Project Engineer>Program Manager Goodyear Tire & Rubber · Full-time Jul 2010 – Jun 2026 15 yrs 11 mos Akron, OH, United States Sr. Project Engineer (2011 to 2014)
  Supported Sr. Project Manager with portfolio of $350M across 10 projects, managing all construction procurements and tactical portions of projects.
  Project Manager (2014 to 2015)
  Acted as lead representative for global engineering on Global EPM (Project Server) steering committee. Assumed Project Coordinator role leading industrialization plan for the first airship.
  Senior Project / Program Manager (2015 to 2019)
  Led $120M blimp operations capability improvement program across all seven workstreams directing four project managers / field engineers. Reported bi-monthly up to steering committee at C-Suite level. Traveled domestically and internationally 50+%.
• Program Manager Calvary Robotics · Full-time Aug 2021 – Aug 2025 4 yrs Rochester, NY, United States 2021-2022 Led $28M LIDAR Automation System capability program in tight coordination with both Contract Manufacturer and Product Owner, leveraging two project managers to drive the Process Development and Equipment Build workstreams. Traveled domestically and internationally 80%, 100% travel during Install-SAT phase, Leading team of 8-10 Field engineers at greenfield site in Mexico.
  2022+ Moved into broader more diverse work
  • Providing Leadership on Multiple simultaneous Programs for Aerospace Solar, Healthcare, and ESS related automation
  • Improved As-Sold Margins on direct projects by up to 300%
  • Provided Coaching and Mentorship for 4 Project managers
• Sr. Manager-PMO Nidec Industrial · Full-time Jul 2019 – Jun 2021 1 yrs 11 mos Cleveland, OH, United States Directly managed $40M in projects annually while driving Project management maturity throughout my team and the entire division
• President Cylform Automation Design · Full-time Jun 2003 – Sep 2010 7 yrs 3 mos Syracuse, NY, United States Established Industrial Automation company and developed partnership with local machine shop to manage the cyclical nature of niche business.
• Director of Engineering Stolp Technology · Full-time Jan 1999 – May 2003 4 yrs 4 mos Syracuse, NY, United States Led system testing and R&D product improvements including automated plasma / tig welding, reducing changeover time and first piece yield, and labor reduction innovations.
• Lead Design Engineer Stolp Technology · Full-time Jun 1996 – Dec 1998 2 yrs 6 mos Syracuse, NY, United States