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Jim Hess

Instructor, Senior Design
Jim Hess
Office 4407
220 Gilbert Street, Suite 4400
Blacksburg VA 24060
jimhess@vt.edu
  • Stanley Black and Decker
    • 2024: Executive Engineering Consultant
    • 2022-2024: Vice President of Engineering, Power Tools Group
    • 2018-2022: Vice President of Engineering, Hand Tools and Accessories
    • 2018: Director of Engineering, Drilling and Fastening
    • 2015-2018: Director of Engineering, Outdoor Power Equipment
    • 2014-2015: Senior Engineering Manager, Consumer Power Tools
    • 2013-2014: Lead Project Engineer, Consumer Power Tools
  • Saft Batteries
    • 2012-2013: Director of Sales, Vehicle Business Unit
    • 2007-2012: Director of Defense Sales
    • 2005-2008: Mechanical Engineering Manager
    • 2004-2005: Senior Program Manager
    • 2003-2004: Program Manager, LiMnO2 Batteries
    • 1998-2003: Product Engineer / Test Lab Manager
  • 1996-1998: Project Engineer, Tetra Secondnature, Blacksburg, VA
  • 1994-1996: Mechanical Engineer, Acumen Engineering / Analysis Stafford, VA
  • Led global team of more than 1300 people to design all of Stanley Black and Decker’s Power Tools in Pro (DEWALT) and Tradesman (Craftsman, Stanley, Porter Cable) brands.
  • Led engineering of Stanley Black and Decker’s largest tool category.
  • Grew technical team, boosting annual sales with a steady stream of incremental new product development.
  • Managed efficient execution of more than 150 simultaneous design projects while tracking to time / cost / quality metrics.
  • Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, May 1994