THOMAS A. CURTIS

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KINGSPORT TN. 37660

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EXPERIENCE:

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3001 E.Gov. John Sevier Hwy.

Knoxville, TN 37914

Title: Mechanical Designer

Duties: Design water purification/treatment equipment

for commercial and military applications. Design work

was completed using SolidWorks 2013 CAD software in

conjunction with Adept 2013 PDM software.

01/12 - 01/13 Picor

1730 Old Gray Station Rd.

Gray, TN 37615

Title: Mechanical Designer

Duties: Design Precision Loading Equipment for the

bulk material handling industry. Design work was

completed using SolidWorks CAD software in

conjunction with PDM software.

02/08 - 01/12 Columbus McKinnon Corp.

22364 Jeb Stuart Highway

Damascus, VA 24236

Title: Senior CAD Operator / Designer

Duties: Design and develop products for the Hoist

Product Development Engineering group. I also

provided CAD support for other team members at other

divisions.

Design work was completed using SolidWorks CAD

software in conjunction with PDMWorks Enterprise

software.

10/07 - 02/08 TriMech Services

4461 Cox Road, Suite 302

Glen Allen, VA 23060

Title: Mechanical Designer

Duties: Assigned to Columbus McKinnon in order to

assist the product development

group with the engineering and design of

prototype equipment, as well as CAD support for other

team members at other divisions.

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11/06 - 8/07 Zenith Power Products

14570 Industrial Park Rd.

Bristol, VA 24202

Title: Mechanical Designer

Duties: Design and develop commercial engine packages

for various applications. Engines were Automotive

type from suppliers such as Nissan, Hyundai,

Profound/Chrysler etc.

04/06 - 11/06 Aerotek

3119 Bristol Highway Northridge Center Suite 217

Johnson City, TN 37601

Title: Mechanical Designer

Duties: Assigned to Zenith Power Products in order to

make 3D Parametric Solid CAD models from 2D manual

drawings. These models are to be utilized by Sales

and Marketing as well as the Engineering group.

11/05 - 04/06 Aerotek

3119 Bristol Highway Northridge Center Suite 217

Johnson City, TN 37601

Title: Mechanical Design Technician

Duties: Assigned to Tarkett Wood Inc. to design

manufacturing machinery for the hardwood flooring

industry. I was also involved in equipment

improvement design projects as well as the retrofit

of these designs.

A very large percentage of Tarkett's

manufacturing equipment is undocumented. I was

involved in the creation of the documentation for

these machines.

04/04 - 11/04 Snelling Personnel Services

112 E. Myrtle St. Suite 505

Johnson City, TN 37601

Title: Mechanical Design Engineer

Duties: Assigned to Cooper Standard Automotive to

design tooling, machinery and gages for the

automotive industry as an O.E.M. supplier of tubing

products. I also assumed the daily duties of putting

customer print data into formats required for Gage

builders and Toolmakers using TUBECAD software. I

then used TUBECAD data to create solid models of

parts and assemblies using SolidWorks 2004.04. These

models were used to support the Tooling and Gage

departments as well as Quality control and

Manufacturing Engineering.

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09/03 - 10/03 PRESTIGE Technical Services Inc.

7908 Cincinnati-Dayton Rd.

West Chester, OH 45069

Title: Mechanical Designer

Duties: Assigned to Proctor & Gamble to assist in the

design of new consumer products. The products largely

consisted of plastic injection molded parts. The

parts were "grown" from STL files utilizing SLR

equipment, for next day assembly and testing. The

compressed cycle times made for a very fast paced

environment.

01/03 - 08/03 Production Design Services Inc.

401 Fame Rd.

West Carrollton, OH 45449

Title: Mechanical Designer

Duties: Assigned to Energy Storage Technologies Inc.

to design refrigerated shipping units. Prototype as

well as production models. The most notable project

was a unit for pallet shipping. This is a rather

large unit with 3 days energy storage capability. I

used SolidWorks 2003 for all CAD work. As well as

Algor for FEA.

2000 - 2002 Webcore Technologies Inc.

591 Congress Park Dr.

Centerville, OH 45459

Title: Mechanical Designer

Duties: Design and develop manufacturing equipment for

the production of composite products. Including some

project management duties as well as hands-on

building of equipment.

I was employed by Belcan TechServices Division

assigned to Webcore until August of 2001. At that

time I was hired by Webcore.

1991 - 1999 HEIDELBERG WEB SYSTEMS

4900 Webster Street

Dayton, OH 45414

Title: Associate Engineer

Duties: Design and develop specialized equipment for

the printing industry. Responsible for

product improvement retrofits, prototypes and new

products. Complete project management duties from

conception to installation.

Accomplishments: 1.) Received a Patent Award as co-inventor of the

Electronic Laser

Caliper for the SP1000 Saddle Binder.

2.) Designed and built the End

Sheet Separator; researched and developed this

prototype into a new standard product offering. Heidelberg

is the only supplier of post-press

equipment that separates end sheets online.

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1985 - 1991 PRICE BROTHERS COMPANY

Dayton, Ohio 45402

Title: Sr. Mechanical Engineering Designer

Duties: Design of manufacturing, testing and handling

equipment for production and transportation

of concrete pressure pipe and various other concrete

products. Manage Reproduction Department, which

serviced various divisions within the company.

1983 - 1985 PROTECTIVE TREATMENTS, INC.

Dayton, Ohio

Title: Tooling Design Engineer / Project Engineer

Duties: Design Extrusion tooling and finish equipment

for PVC, Vinyl and Butyl rubber

extrusions. These products were utilized in the

Automotive, Architectural and Commercial Industries.

Managed the prototype program of moldings for

automotive applications and supplied parts to GM,

Ford and Chrysler.

1978 - 1982 CONTINENTAL CONSULTANTS, INC.

Dayton, Ohio

Title: Tooling / Special Machinery Designer

Duties: Contracted out according to job

specifications. A listing of companies

follows:

*Kohol Company, Inc.

*Price Brothers Company

*Aeronca, Inc. (Aerospace)

*Ridge Tool Company

*In-house Consulting: Miller Company

*James Leffel and Company

*Steel Products Engineering

*Schriber Company

Accomplishments: Various assignments provided exposure to a broad

spectrum of tooling and special

machinery.

1977 - 1978 Two entry-level positions at Amatool

Corporation and Gem City Engineering.

TRAINING / EDUCATION:

*Alibre Design Professional 9.0 SP1 CAD Software

*AutoCAD 2006, AutoCAD MECHANICAL 2006

*SolidWorks CAD Software (98 - 2013)

*Unigraphics II, CAD Software

*Anvil 5K, CAD Software

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