Bob Jordan, PE

Greatest Strengths and Accomplishments

Greatest Strength

My ATTITUDE, from which flows my perseverance and high energy, my drive for technical depth and diversity, my work ethic, my personal morals, my love and appreciation for people, my sense of humor, and passion to improve and to add value.

Most Valuable Experiences

Understand all aspects of manufacturing and design having worked for years as an assembler, technician, engineer, project engineer, manager of engineers, and now vice president of engineering. Worked in highly regulated industries (aerospace and medical device) which gives me a strong process and documentation background, and worked in the industrial and security industries, which are non-regulated, thus giving me experience adding systems to organizations that do not have an infrastructure, without taxing them unduly.

I have worked for a large corporation, medium sized corporation, and small corporation. Further, have worked for private as well as public corporations, and serve on the board of directors for a non-profit corporation and a private non-profit four-year college. Additionally, I have worked as a consultant, college teacher, as well as an employee. So I'll have no mid-life crisis where I "need to do something different" to see what I've been missing because I've already done them all. I'm very capable in engineering design, manufacturing, finance, quality systems, testing, materials science, and laboratory (chemistry and laser) work.

What are your greatest professional achievements?

HydraMaster: Co-developing and successfully implementing a web-based new product introduction process that can and has been used by young engineers to go from idea to production release in as short of time as possible.

Honeywell: Inventing the laser and chemical processing methods that allowed for successful strategic accelerometer fabrication that was delivered to the US Army. Second is designing a hybrid-MEMS package of which 1000s produced.

MicroSurgical Technology: Building a dept from scratch that passed FDA, ISO-9001, and CE Mark audits on the 1^st try.

Henry Cogswell College: Writing and teaching an EIT course where my multitude of students over 10 years had a passing rate of 95% (natl. -75%)

What are your greatest personal achievements?

Family: Happily married 26 years; eight well-behaved, motivated, happy children.

Finances: Totally debt free, home paid off, no loans of any kind, never been in financial trouble.

Faith: Member of same church for 11 years, recognized leader, teacher, and mentor of others. Steady progress in this arena, both in understanding and in implementation.

What are your greatest volunteerism achievements?

Henry Cogswell College: Appointed director of strategic planning; successfully presented results to board of directors.

Prisoners For Christ Ministry: Founding the University to train new volunteers. Now at 14 courses and 300 students bi-annually. Been in jail and prison ministry for 25 years.

Drama: Took on major roles to improve my creativity and expand my experiences - with very good results! Surprised myself. Toured to churches, clubs, and prisons. Some of my kids also involved (music, hosting, media).

Which professional achievement means the most to you?

Co-developing and successfully implementing the eNPI Process. This methodology allows engineers to be successful in new product development. It allows the organization to realize profits and products faster. It provides the customer with exactly what they want. There is much positive leverage with the eNPI Process and it is my greatest accomplishment. It also took me many years of trench work, reading, studying, collaborating, and drive to see its need and to successfully develop and implement it.