David Emerling

Current

• Industry Collaborations Director at The Ohio State University

Past

• Program Director at Microheat
• Director of Corporate Development at International Automotive Components
• Director of Advanced Sales at Lear Corporation

• Program Manager at Fibercraft Descon
• System Engineer at General Motors

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Education

• The Ohio State University

Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Automotive

Websites

• My Company

David Emerling’s Summary

Highly motivated and innovative Engineering Executive with a strong technical background. Excellent communicator with the ability to sell technical products to a customer. Six Sigma Green Belt certification. Demonstrated achievements in:

David Emerling’s Specialties:

Expanding Sales to the Asian Market
Promoting innovative Product Solutions
Creating and leading Advanced Engineering Teams
Developing and implementing Program Management Systems
Implementing Technical Shows and Exhibits
Delivering technical presentations
Working within Asian cultural differences
Patenting new products

David Emerling’s Experience

• Industry Collaborations Director

  The Ohio State University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

  Development of a marketing plan and to solicit new industry relationships for the Center of Automotive Research and the ElectroScience Lab at The Ohio State University
  
  The Center for Automotive Research (CAR) is an interdisciplinary research center in the College of Engineering. CAR research focuses on:
  
  Advanced powertrain systems for reduced fuel consumption and emissions
  Intelligent transportation systems and autonomous vehicles
  Noise, vibrations and dynamics
  Vehicle chassis systems
  Vehicle and occupant safety
  
  CAR is located in a 35,000 sq. ft. facility and offers advanced experimental facilities that include engine and vehicle dynamometers, vibration, noise and acoustics laboratories, intelligent and autonomous vehicle laboratories, engine fluid mechanics and combustion research facilities, and electric, hybrid-electric propulsion, fuel cell and electrochemical energy storage research facilities.
  
  The ElectroScience Laboratory (ESL) is a major "Center-of-Excellence" within the Ohio State University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and is one of the largest Radio Frequency (RF) research laboratories in the world.
  
  Our faculty, research scientists, and students are involved in all aspects of electromagnetic and RF technologies.

• Program Director

  Microheat

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Automotive industry)

  February 2008 — September 2008 (8 months)

  Responsible for all Microheat programs launching for Ford Motor Company. This includes responsibility for the programs over all timing, cost, open issues, tooling, testing, customer interface, ordering of parts, PPAP, and over all program success.
  Ford was a critical customer of Microheat’s expansion which would have led to $20 million dollars in sales

• Director of Corporate Development

  International Automotive Components

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; LEA; Automotive industry)

  March 2007 — September 2007 (7 months)

  Responsible for internal/external communications, including media relations and development of IACNA’s website; corporate identity
  Assigned as Member, Employee Involvement Team and Corporate Community Service Committee

• Director of Advanced Sales

  Lear Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; LEA; Automotive industry)

  August 1988 — March 2007 (18 years 8 months)

  Responsible for implementing private technology shows at the OEM plus creating a Lear technology booth at the Tokyo Motor Show, Japan SAE and the MEMA/JAMA Conference. Asian OEM representative to Corporate Patent Council
  Increased sales with Asian OEMs from $10M in 2002 to $175M in 2007.
  Invented and patented a MediaConsole, sold it to Nissan, designed and produced it adding $500K in sales.
  Provided technical support to the advanced sales team which was awarded over 50 patents and increased sales over $36M annually.
  Hosted Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Indian delegations to Lear US. Created an advanced engineering team which developed new products for sale to Asian OEMs
  Created a global company presentation database which saved over $1M per year and provided standardized presentations quickly to the sales team.
  Speaker at Detroit Chinese Business Association convention
  Corporate champion for implementation of Chinese Certification

• Program Manager

  Fibercraft Descon

  (Automotive industry)

  1988 — 1993 (5 years )

• System Engineer

  General Motors

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GM; Automotive industry)

  August 1981 — August 1988 (7 years 1 month)

David Emerling’s Education

• The Ohio State University

  1977 — 1981

Additional Information

David Emerling’s Websites:

• My Company

David Emerling’s Groups:

Society of Automotive Engineering – Detroit Chapter (26 years)
Ohio State Alumni Club of Detroit – current/past president, treasurer and board member
Ohio State Engineering CAR Consortium – advisory board member

•    Executive Suite
•    TopLinked.com (Open Networkers)
•    Buckeye Alumni Network
•    SAE Members
•    Automotive Management Professionals
•    Auto OEM Network
•    Buckeyes
•    Ohio State Mechanical Engineering Alumni Society
•    OPEN NETWORKERS!
•    LinkedWorking Cleveland
•    The Ohio State University Buckeye Network
•    Lear Alumni
•    China Automotive 中国汽车
•    The Ohio State University Alumni Club of Detroit
•    Harvey Hohauser & Associates
•    Detroit Executive Careers Network
•    Twitter Power for Business
•    Renewable Energy Education
•    "Count Me In" The Official Group

David Emerling’s Honors:

PATENTS
7,050,593 Vehicular Audio System and Electromagnetic Transducer Assembly
6,719,343 Vehicle Console Assembly (production 2002 – 2007)
6,546,674 Vehicle Door Assembly with a Trim Panel forming a Structural Door Module Component Carrier (production 2006 to current)
6,409,210 Integrated Side Air Curtain and Inflator Overhead System
6,019,418 Modular Vehicle Liftgate Module
6,125,030 Vehicle Overhead Console with Flip Down Navigation Unit
5,904,002 Motor Vehicle Door Module