SME honors up-and-coming Hexagon engineer

TIM PHELAND'S SUCCESS in halving his department's
TIM PHELAND'S SUCCESS in halving his department's "cost per part" at Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence's Quonset Point headquarters was one of the accomplishments that earned him a place on the Society of Manufacturing Engineers' 2017 "30 Under 30" list. /COURTESY HEXAGON MANUFACTURING INTELLIGENCE

NORTH KINGSTOWN – The Society of Manufacturing Engineers has recognized Tim Pheland, a manufacturing engineer at Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence, as one of the organization’s “30 Under 30” honorees to be featured in the special issue of Manufacturing Engineering.

Pheland’s profile will appear in the July issue of the magazine, which is published by SME in partnership with Advanced Manufacturing Media. This month’s special issue, Manufacturing Engineering’s fifth annual “30 Under 30” edition, celebrates 30 young men and women for their demonstrated achievements, leadership and high-tech work in manufacturing.

The SME “30 Under 30” program aims to emphasize the evolution and growth of rewarding careers in the manufacturing industry.

“We are very pleased that one of Hexagon’s rising stars has been recognized,” said Steve Ilmrud, vice president of operations for Hexagon North America. “Tim Pheland, a manufacturing engineer at our Rhode Island headquarters, is a shining example of the up-and-coming talent needed to push advanced manufacturing forward in the United States. Tim’s dynamic leadership and focus on excellence in the parts-manufacturing area has helped our team to significantly improve production processes and systems. And his optimization work continues today.”

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Pheland joined Hexagon as a manufacturing engineer after several years working for a manufacturer of precision fasteners in the aerospace industry. Three years ago, he joined the parts-manufacturing department at Hexagon’s Quonset Point headquarters in Rhode Island, where he focused on optimizing the company’s CNC systems to cut the department’s “cost per part” in half after less than six months on the job.

Pheland holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial and systems engineering from the University of Rhode Island. He was the only Rhode Island engineer named in the 2017 “30 Under 30” issue of Manufacturing Engineering.

Kaylen Auer is a PBN contributing writer.

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