Hexagon engineer recognized in magazine’s "30 under 30" issue

Tim Pheland

Hexagon Mfg. Intelligence, North Kingstown, R.I., has announced that Tim Pheland, a manufacturing engineer at the company, has earned recognition in the fifth annual “30 under 30” issue of Manufacturing Engineering, a publication of SME and Advanced Manufacturing Media.

Pheland received his Bachelor of Science degree in industrial and systems engineering from the University of Rhode Island. He began his engineering career working for a manufacturer of precision fasteners for the aerospace industry.

Pheland accepted a position as a manufacturing engineer with Hexagon and continued to enhance his career with a Master’s degree in the same concentration. Three years ago, he joined the Parts Manufacturing Department located at Hexagon's Quonset Point headquarters in Rhode Island. In his new engineering capacity, he focused on optimizing the company's CNC systems in the areas of programming and tooling. In just six months his efforts resulted in a significant reduction in cycle time, as well as doubling throughput, enabling the department to improve quality, and cut its cost per part in half.