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How would you describe your dream job in 10 words or less?

Senior leadership position allowing tranfer of skills in Product Lifecycle Management while lending my expertise to a firm looking to grow.

Posted @ 11:41AM, July 01, 2009 by Ken Henderson | Permalink
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Work history

Merrill Lynch July 2007 to July 2009
Financial Advisor

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How would you describe your time at Merrill Lynch?

Asset management for a broad range of clients including working professionals, retirees, business owners, and high net worth individuals while focusing on preserving capital in the worst recession since the Great Depression. Use of Variable Annuities, high-quality corporate and municipal fixed income and Alternative Investments as core and tactical asset classes to hedge against the downside and consistently outperform the capital markets by more than 30%.... read more
Xerox March 1998 to December 2006
Technical Specialist/Program Manager II

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Delivered advanced Mechanical Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) modeling & simulation consulting services, training and technical guidance to more than 300 members of product development teams. Championed the sharing of finite element analysis and mechanical system simulation best practices to the Xerox engineering community worldwide through monthly lunch & learn events. Developed course curriculum and delivered hands-on training courses and ongoing coaching in Mathematica, MSC.ADAMS, Recurdyn Professional, visualNastran 4D and Working Model 2D to more than 300 Xerox Designers and Engineers.... read more
Xerox March 1993 to March 1998
Technical Specialist/Program Manager III

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Drove the development of world class CAE methodologies and tools. Orchestrated the efforts of a multi-disciplinary team of engineers charged with developing the CAE work process and best practices fueling improved profitability and cash flow. Guided the development of process definitions ranging from basic component and system-level modeling and simulation to advanced multi-disciplinary, integrated structural, thermal, motion, and fluid flow analyses for Xerox designers and engineers worldwide. Developed technical strategy, business model, infrastructure architecture, and specifications enabling the migration of CAD/CAE workstations from Unix operating system to Intel/Windows architecture. Captured significant long-term savings of more than $1000 per workstation while lowering total cost of ownership and dramatically improving price/performance and productivity at the workstation.... read more
Xerox March 1990 to March 1993
Senior Project Engineer

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How would you describe your time at Xerox?

Developed technical strategy, business model, infrastructure architecture and specifications enabling the migration of CAD/CAE workstations from Unix operating system to Intel/Windows architecture. Captured significant long-term savings of more than $1000 per workstation while lowering total cost of ownership and dramatically improving price/performance and productivity at the workstation.

Designed and developed value-added and integrated CAD design software tools used by CAD designers and product development team engineers worldwide. Both design tools were completed and delivered well ahead of schedule by two weeks and highly valued by the worldwide Xerox design and engineering community

??? The Pulley belt design tool enabled designers and engineers to design complex serpentine belt drives for high-speed printers, calculating total belt length, span lengths, and pulley wrap angles and placing the belt geometry into the 3D CAD model file.

??? The Xerox Multinational Preferred Design Standards enabled designers to select and place full 3D models of standard fastening hardware and mechanical components from standard hardware and components libraries into the 3D CAD model file.
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Education

University of Rochester September 1990 to May 1995
Electrical Engineering

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syracuse university September 1979 to December 1983
Mechanical Engineering

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Ken has been a huge help to our team at Merrill Lynch. He is a true team player and I would be happy to speak to any potential employer. Michael Kaufman, Vice President Merrill Lynch

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