Sean Horning

- Led research, development, and design for all helmet products

- Directed projects from initial concept to finished consumer good. Working closely with, Business Director, Sales, Marketing, Industrial Design, and engineers to ensure best in class product.

- Develop and implement processes to increase efficiencies, speed-to-market, and improve quality

- Daily communication with foreign vendors to speed development

- Frequent international travel to factories and trade shows.

- Manage Testing / Certification Plan working closely with in-house, vendor and third-part certification testing labs. Extensive knowledge of ASTM, CE, and CPSC standards

- Represent companies interests at numerous ASTM conferences and task groups

- Managed China CAD Engineering Team and Rapid Prototyping Lab for all product categories

- Facilitated development of projects between various product groups and China.

- Coordinated all prototype requests, material purchasing, and lab budget, as well as machine scheduling, operation, and maintenance.

- Extensive knowledge of Selective Laser Sintering (SLS), Objet, and Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM), Magics software, and 3D Scanning

- Researched new materials and technologies at various conferences

- Demonstrated excellent communication and project management skills

- Coordinated 3-day Development Retreat for 70+ Employees in China to enhance cross-department function and knowledge. Executed under budget and within project timeline.

- Create test methods, fixtures, and procedures for all product categories including: helmets, goggles, surfboards, jackets, outerwear, boots, snowboards, and snowboard bindings.

- Developed Quality Assurance Procedures for all product groups and vendors

- Designed and improved testing fixtures to analysis product. Created all fixtures in SolidWorks and performed FEM analysis using COSMOS

- Created and implemented process to grow material database for injected plastics and SLS materials by various testing methods.

- Refined and created TestWorks programs to expand the use of MTS Tensile testing machine.

- Produced valuable data for project engineers and product managers using strain gauges on-snow and in the lab to help enhance product.

- Extensive experience measuring and inspecting parts in Metrology Lab, demonstrating very close attention to detail