John A. Blankinship

**** ****** * #*** - *********, WA 98290

425-***-****

abkgie@r.postjobfree.com

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Electro-Mechanical Designer / Project Manager who has designed innovative

solutions for the marine, process, and renewable energy industries. 12

years of professional engineering experience in electro-mechanical,

mechanical and piping design. A mechanical designer recognized for

creating original industry standard products in outstanding product to

market delivery times. Diverse design skill set encompassing extensive

sheet metal experience, injection molded plastics [mold design], membrane

switch keypads and electrical drafting. Proficient in SolidWorks, Autodesk

Inventor, AutoCAD and PDMWorks file administration. Over 10,000 hours

experience each with SolidWorks and AutoCAD. Adept at learning new

software packages quickly. Additional software experience in Microsoft

Dynamics AX, Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and OneNote. Fundamental

electronics background. Basic knowledge of Java and C++ programming

languages.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

OutBack Power Systems Inc. - Arlington, WA. 98223

2005 - 2010

Project Manager / Lead Mechanical Designer

. Project management, concept, design, prototyping, release and support

of electro-mechanical renewable energy products.

. Mechanical design of renewable energy power electronics equipment

conforming to NEC, NEMA, CSA, ETL, UL67 [Panelboards], UL508A

[Industrial Control Panels] & UL1741 [Safety Inverters, Converters,

and Controllers for Use in Independent Power Systems].

. Concept and design of 3D models and assemblies for electro-mechanical

precision sheet metal parts, injection molded plastics, and electronic

membrane switch keypads.

. Electronics enclosure design with injection molded plastics.

. Designed parts and assemblies with a range of materials including:

Aluminum, Copper, Steel, Stainless Steel, Plastics and Resins

[including polycarbonate].

. Sheet metal, Stereolithography [SLA] and Fused Deposition Modeling

[FDM] prototyping.

. Prototype & First Article part inspections.

. Fabrication drawing packages.

. Designed FLEXware integrated power system platform regularly featured

in Home Power Magazine.

. Conceptualized and designed FLEXware Photovoltaic Combiners featured

in Home Power Magazine.

. Conceived, designed 3D models and assemblies, produced fabrication

drawings and wired working prototypes in 3 weeks for the FLEXware PV

projects to introduce at the 2007 Solar Power RE Trade Show. 90% of

the prototype design was used in the final release of the product.

. Reverse engineering of electro-mechanical precision sheet metal parts.

. Extensive use of SolidWorks & PDMWorks Administration.

. Reading electrical schematics and soldering.

. Building, wiring and wire routing layout design of renewable energy

power systems.

. Final product packaging design & approval.

. Manufacturing Engineering.

. Technical writing and illustrations for product and manufacturing

manuals.

. Graphic design & final artwork approval for product label sets.

. Engineering Change Orders [ECO's], weekly project reports, project

scheduling, project costing.

. Product BOM's & sourcing parts.

. Mentoring less experienced designers.

. Solved previous mechanical design flaws of existing products.

To view my designs of renewable energy products: Go to google images and

type in FLEXware power system or visit www.outbackpower.com. Products:

Photovoltaic [PV] Combiners: FLEXware PV-8 and PV-12. Power Systems:

FLEXware 1000, FLEXware 500, FLEXware 250, FLEXpower ONE and SMART RE.

University Of Arkansas at Little Rock - Little Rock, AR. 72204

2000 - 2004

Computer Science Student / Virtual Reality Research and Lab Assistant / Web

Designer

. Completed 85 hours of Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science -

GPA 3.27.

. Mathematics: Calculus I, Calculus II, Discrete Math, Linear Algebra

and Probability & Statistics.

. Computer Science: Programming I & II, Data Structures, Java, Assembly

Language & AI.

. Awarded SURF / SILO Research Project for Virtual Reality.

Wood Group Light Industrial Turbines Inc. - Belle Chase, LA. 70037

2000

Project Coordinator / 3D Modeler

. Coordinating work responsibilities for a team of senior drafters.

. Created complex 3D mechanical assembly models of industrial turbine

components.

. 3D mechanical repair & modification drawings.

. Extensive use of AutoCAD.

Process Systems Inc. [PSI] - Memphis, TN. 38138

1995 - 1998

Lead Pipe Designer / Mechanical Designer / Senior CAD Team Leader / Senior

Drafter

. On site design and creation of detailed field piping isometric

drawings.

. On site as-built P&ID field walk downs.

. Checking and revising vendor equipment drawings.

. In house and field equipment layout.

. Detailed piping plans and elevations using AutoCAD.

. 3D mechanical design of process manufacturing equipment.

. Senior CAD Team Leader in charge of P&ID layout and quality control.

. Awarded bonus & letter of commendation from CEO of PSI for a releasing

a Waste Neutralization piping construction package one week ahead of

scheduled deadline. This project was one month behind schedule before

being assigned to me.

. On site field experience obtained at Great Lakes Chemical [Newport,

TN], Protein Technologies Inc. [Memphis TN], Cerestar USA [Whiting,

IN] & Velsicol Chemical Corp [Memphis, TN].

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EDUCATION

2008 Solar Energy International [SEI] - Carbondale, CO. 81623

Photovoltaic Design [Approved for 60 NABCEP training hours], GPA 4.0

2007 Hawk Ridge Systems - Bothell, WA. 98011

Advanced SolidWorks, PDMWorks Administrator & PDMWorks User Training

Courses

1993 Southern Arkansas University Technical - Camden, AR. 70701

Computer Aided Design & Drafting, Associate of Applied Science

Degree, GPA 3.46

1991 Southern Arkansas University Technical - Camden, AR. 70701

1 year of Electronics Technology, Associate of Applied Science Degree

1989 Oil Belt Vo-Tech - El Dorado, AR. 71730

1 year certificate in Electronics

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