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Wayne Steele Location
Columbus, GA, US
Wayne Steele Work
Vice President Americas R and D @ (April 2025 - Present)
VP of Engineering @ (September 2019 - April 2025)
Director Product Management and R and D - Home Appliances @ Hisense USA (November 2017 - September 2019)
Product Manager Refrigeration – New Platforms and Innovation @ (January 2017 - November 2017)
General Manager R and D and Engineering @ Haier America (August 2012 - January 2017)
Global Architecture Leader @ (January 2010 - August 2012)
President and Owner @ Rio Grande Hobbies (May 2006 - December 2009)
Director of Engineering @ (September 2003 - May 2006)
Program and Product Manager, Golf and Commercial Vehicles @ (June 2000 - January 2003)
Senior Engineer @ (June 1998 - June 2000)
Systems Manager @ (June 1994 - June 1998)
Wayne Steele Education
Emory University - Goizueta Business School
EMBA
2002-2003
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Mech Eng (Mechanics)
1982-1988
Wayne Steele Skills
Product Development
Cross-functional Team Leadership
Manufacturing
Six Sigma
Product Management
Product Design
Continuous Improvement
Management
Engineering
Strategy
Strategic Planning
Project Planning
Lean Manufacturing
Engineering Management
Business Development
Business Planning
Program Management
Project Management
Design for Manufacturing
Start-ups
Leadership
Team Leadership
Business Strategy
FMEA
Quality Management
Design of Experiments
R&D
Process Engineering
Value Stream Mapping
Injection Molding
Kaizen
Budgets
Supply Chain Management
SPC
Supplier Quality
Manufacturing Engineering
Supply Chain
Inventory Management
PPAP
Global Sourcing
Market Research
Manufacturing Operations Management
Team Building
Operations Management
Business Process Improvement
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
Research and Development (R&D)
Procurement
Change Management
Operational Excellence
Refrigeration
Microsoft Office
ISO
Black Belt
Java
MS Project
Sales
DMAIC
SQL
Electronics
Pro Engineer
Start Ups
Public Speaking
5s
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis Fmea
Cross Functional Team Leadership
Research And Development R&D
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Research and Development
Wayne Steele Summary
Wayne Steele, based in Columbus, GA, US, is currently a Vice President Americas R and D at Kysor Warren. Wayne Steele brings experience from previous roles at Masterack, Hisense USA, GE Appliances, a Haier Company and Haier America. Wayne Steele holds a 2002 - 2003 EMBA @ Emory University - Goizueta Business School. With a robust skill set that includes Product Development, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Product Management and more. Wayne Steele has 2 emails and 2 mobile phone numbers on RocketReach.
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