Angelo Liambotis

A versatile business leader with a high technical aptitude developed over twenty years of automotive and food manufacturing, maintenance, construction and engineering experience. Director of technical and non-technical teams focused on building an efficient and safe culture through innovation, communication, and inclusion. Led an international start-up team producing new-to-market electric commercial vehicles. Supported the installation, debug and launch of Canada’s first fully electric vehicle manufacturing plant. Completed an Executive MBA focused on Innovation Leadership while working full time to increase business acumen. Available for international assignments.

Maintenance and Engineering Manager, January 2020 – Current,

General Motors Canada Company - CAMI Assembly

• Leading teams of Engineers, Supervisors and Skilled trades in Body, Paint and GA in a safe work environment focused on MTTR and MCBF improvements.
• Strong advocate of the Throughput Improvement Process through innovation and accountability.  Improved throughput in Body JPH by 20% .
• Implemented numerous robot installations with in-house talent to improve productivity.
• Champion of several Safety Performance Standards and Elements.
• Led Cost Council cross-functional teams achieving cost reductions via CI projects
• Temporarily supported the Oshawa Vehicle Assembly Plant to drive elimination of cab burn-through quality issue. Eliminated $110K+ monthly scrap
• Technical SME in Body, Paint and General Assembly Departments.  Thorough understanding of robotics, PLC, vision, communication, joining, fluid movement and mechanical fundamentals.

BrightDrop Launch Operations Manager / CAMI Install Lead, April 2021 – August 2022

General Motors Canada Company - KUKA Livonia / Sterling Heights, Michigan

• International Assignment leading all aspects of the start-up BrightDrop EV600 electric delivery van manufacturing program across multiple sites in Michigan, USA.
• Working closely with KUKA Systems, transformed an empty warehouse and tuned it into a hand-built assembly plant (GM-first). Responsible for GSC, Production, and Quality.
• Ship to commerce status was received in 20 months which is a GM record time. Typical GVDP is 4 years.  First vehicles were delivered to FedEx on time with great reviews.
• Collaborated with multiple plants for staffing, vehicle systems, and product development.

Body Shop Shift Lead, October 2016 - December 2019               

General Motors Canada Company - CAMI Assembly

• Lead a Production team across the two legacy body shops and the new high-volume D2U body shop focusing on achieving Safety, People, Quality, Responsiveness and Cost KPI’s.
• Established a strong working relationship with Unifor union members.
• Completed performance evaluations to aid in the development of direct reports.
• Implemented a CN buffer to eliminate the shop bottleneck entering CA.
• Supported GMS implementation to improve operations and achieve BIQ4 certification.

Plant Engineering Maintenance Lead, June 2014 - October 2016

• A change leader in the Plant Engineering Department facilitating multiple initiatives across many sectors including Safety, Training, Responsiveness, Recruiting and Labor.
• Implemented Safety Management of Change process.      Worked with Oshawa to improve the corporate standard.
• Manpower forecasting and talent acquisition: screen, test and interview skilled trades, engineers, and supervisors to support launch activities and attrition.
• Implemented GMS into the maintenance organization.  CAMI was the first Built-In-Quality 4 certified plant including maintenance deliverables.

Maintenance Group Leader, Maintenance Business Manger June 2002 - January 2014 

• Responsible for supervising skilled trade workers and production workers in all departments.
• Supported multiple product launches and innovation improvements.
• As a former skilled trade, shared knowledge to electricians via one-on-one training sessions in the robot / PLC training room. 
• Implemented numerous technical Continuous Improvement initiatives (first GM plant to utilize servo welding guns, paint predictive maintenance solutions, etc.).

University:     University of Fredericton, August 2014 – December 2016

Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) with a specialty stream in Innovation Leadership.

College:          OACETT, 2010

Certified Engineering Technologist - Electrical (CET). Professional Practice Exam.

Fanshawe College, 

      Electrician Certificate of Qualification, Inter-Provincial Electrician License.

Fanshawe College, 

Electrical Engineering Technologist Diploma.