Kerry W. Nansel
919-***-**** Annandale,
VA 22003 abh4h3@r.postjobfree.com
SUMMARY
A multi-faceted mechanical engineer filled with a special enthusiasm for
consumer electronics packaging, sheet metal and injection molded plastics
with an excellent sense of aesthetics. Has a proven track record to be the
interface with fabricators and mold makers and possesses the ability to
provide creative tooling solutions.
Proven abilities to develop products and their inclusive components from
concept through design to finished manufactured products inclusive of their
necessary processes, pays attention to critical updates for improvements
during manufacture and has provided long production lives for many of these
product lines.
I am a team player quite comfortable in a variety of environments and am
conscientious in providing service and assistance to individuals, internal
organizations and external clients. I am a self starter with excellent
communication skills and have familiarity with MS computer office software.
Skills include:
Consumer Electronics Packaging Die Cast, Machined & Sheet Metal
Product Concept, Design & ANSI/ASME & AWS Weld Standards
Development
Electro-Mechanical Packaging Manufacturing, Customer & Vendor
Liaison
Injection Mold Plastics Design & Rapid Prototyping Technologies
Development
SolidWorks, Cosmos, AutoCAD, PRO-E Drive System & Mechanism Design
Materials & Processes Research Design Review and Approval
Handheld E/M Device Design CE, CSA, UL, VDE, RFI, EMI, NEMA
ISO 9001, ANSI Y14.5 PDM (Works) Document / Change
Control
15+ years SolidWorks experience. Lean Manufacturing Design
Professional experience
Bay Microsystems, Germantown, MD
(Consultant) 2010
(Part-time Remote Consultant) 2005 - 2007
Senior E/M Design Engineer
E/M Packaging design and development of new proprietary matrix
communications systems and subsystems to be used by commercial customers
and some for military use:
. Mechanical development and design of E/M systems used SolidWorks 2008.
. Designs involved RF shielded electro-mechanical assemblies, replaceable
module forced air cooling, sheet metal and printed circuit board systems
in a small footprint.
ACS, Columbia, MD 2009 - 2010
(Consultant)
Senior Project Designer
Senior E/M Project Designer for proprietary communications computer: Design
and documentation was production ready.
. Developed mechanical and PCBA E/M parameters using SolidWorks 2008 and
PDM Works.
. Designs used sheet metal, EMI sealing and forced fan cooling.
HATTERAS NETWORKS, Morrisville, NC 2009
(Consultant)
Mechanical Design Engineer
Designed modification and provided document updates to "last mile" cable
matrix computer system hardware using Pro-E.
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PARATA SYSTEMS, Durham, NC 2004 - 2009
(2006 MCKESSON-APS was purchased & MOVED TO NC FROM LA)
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Sustaining Mechanical Engineer for current automated prescription
dispensing system products in production at PARATA including updated
designs for same:
. Participated in mechanical development and design of many automated
prescription dispensing systems using SolidWorks 2008 and PDM Works.
. Designs involved complicated electro-mechanical assemblies, sheet metal
and plastic molded parts.
. Completed dust box designs and prototyping for in-line validation of
restricted prescription materials.
NAWARE, Annapolis, MD 2004
Project Designer
Design modification and prototyping of customized wireless mobile computer
cart systems for healthcare using SolidWorks 2004. Sheet metal and molded
plastic parts were the major components designed used.
. Designed matrix single level mobile drug drawer system with combination
lock. Multiple source drug drawer types worked within new cabinet system.
RCI, Fairfax, VA 2003 - 2004
Configuration Management Project Lead
Validation and verification of USPS mail process machine systems including
extensive database audits.
. Vendor liaison and site visits for system and part verification were
conducted.
VIDAR SYSTEMS, Herndon, VA 2002
Senior Mechanical Designer
Lead design and development of new mammography cad scanner with media X-ray
feeder and media take-away system using SolidWorks. Quick prototyping was
employed to shorten initial builds.
. Developed innovative multiple worm and disk clutch intermittent drive
system.
ARMILLAIRE TECH., Bethesda, MD 2000 - 2002
Senior Member Technical Staff
Contribute engineering design and management expertise critical to
manufacturing efficiency as lead designer.
. Design and prototyping of electro-mechanical package including individual
plug in modules.
. Orchestrated major projects ensuring that key schedule milestones were
always met or surpassed.
. SolidWorks was the main design tool used.
. Complex sheet metal fabrication was employed to ensure a secure RF tight
design.
. Mid-plane module and rack chassis A5000 SoftSwitch (65Gig) Class 5
system.
SALIX INC., Gaithersburg, MD 1999 - 2000
Senior Mechanical Designer
. Marshaled strong analytical skills and engineering talents to evaluate
all major subsystems of rack chassis system and to lead electro-
mechanical design efforts that would achieve compliance with all
earthquake, power filtering, RF shielding and manufacturing requirements.
. Designs were created in SolidWorks.
. Sheet metal fabrication, weld, plating and assembly techniques were used
to ensure requirements were met at an efficient cost of manufacture.
. Success-fully redesigned ETX5000 commercial (0.5-1.0Gig) VoIP Media rack
chassis system.
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IOWAVE INC., Arlington, VA 1998 - 1999
Senior Mechanical Designer
. Recruited to spearhead new designs: Incorporated appropriate electro-
mechanical and RFI/EMI packaging techniques. SolidWorks was used. Noted
for exceptional technical expertise; regularly sought after by co-workers
when exploring new technologies.
. Developed 5.7GHz wireless link transceiver system included the novel
weatherproof NEMA4 PCBA RF enclosure and new modular indoor control unit.
. Implemented 2.4GHz IoLink1 wireless point to point, and multipoint
ioLink4 modular components and subsystems design including waterproof
outdoor packaging and communications phased array antenna.
MICROS SYSTEMS INC., Beltsville, MD 1996 - 1997
Senior Mechanical Designer
. Selected to launch flagship POS product, from product concept through
full manufacture implementation.
. Led design efforts and established a record for identifying complex
design, production, manufacturing and testing problems, and generating
original, successful solutions. Performed mold maker liaison activities.
. Injection molded plastics, sheet metal and die-cast parts were employed
throughout the assemblies.
. Analyzed operations and developed an innovative electro-mechanical
packaging design for multi-industry POS (point-of-sale) PC Work Station.
Previous positions include:
Asst. Quality Control Manager for CTI - Chantilly, VA . Provided
leadership in the review of Mechanical and Electrical submittals.
Conducted inspection of 200,000ft naval research center build and
submitted detailed reports.
Engineering Services Supervisor for FUISZ Technologies- Chantilly, VA .
Designed and developed high-speed rotational materials processing
machines. using SolidWorks. Responsible for coordinating and directing
the
design group and machine, sheet metal and assembly shops in
proprietary bulk material pharmaceutical and food process machines
development
Mechanical Designer for Owl Engineering (Consultant) - Gaithersburg, MD .
Designed miniature anaerobic lab and tech processing chamber for laminate
finish development using SolidWorks.
Senior Mechanical Designer for Hekimian Labs, Inc.-Gaithersburg, MD .
Design and development of high density telecom rack components using
AutoCad.
Senior Mechanical Designer for TRW-Fairfax, VA . Design, build and quality
inventory of 3X hardened and RF shielded semi-truck trailer
communications command control system.
Senior Mechanical Designer for Cerex Corporation (Biotechnology) -
Gaithersburg, MD
Mechanical Designer for Baxter Healthcare - Savage, MD . Design
modification and development of mobile multiple drug delivery system with
printout using AutoCad.
Senior Mechanical Designer for IBM-Manassas VA . I was part of a design
team that hardened and shielded standard consumer computer components
using AutoCad.
Mechanical Engineer and Mechanical Designer for Texas Instruments -
Lubbock, Texas . Electro mechanical redesign of various consumer hand
held learning aids and games which included Speak & Spell, Speak & Read
and Speak & Math. I was the engineer with initial E/M design and
development of Touch & Tell and a handheld control unit that included
keyboard and joystick. Two hand operation of keyboard enabled when two
were together. All used new printed circuit boards and new injection
molded plastics.
Mechanical Designer for Harris Corporation - Quincy, IL
Mechanical Designer for Hygain Electronics - Lincoln, NE . Created new
designs of various CB radio systems which included 2 new handheld control
units, one mechanical, one electronic and both used multiple injection
molded plastic parts. Some used ultrasonic welding. Duties included
liaison to mold tool maker.
Mechanical Detailer and Designer for ISCO - Lincoln, NE . Performed
standard product modifications and molded plastic design of new
components.
Mechanical Draftsman and Change Control for National Crane - Waverly, NE
EDUCATION Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech U, Lubbock, TX, 1978 -
1982