TIM G. ROLAND

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Asheville, NC 28803 Email: bohbvq@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Accomplished Thermo-Plastics Design Engineer and CNC Programmer with 25 years of experience designing and building plastic injection molds, together with 10 years as a CNC department manager. Design experience ranges from development of small and medium sized consumer products, medical devices, and electrical components, to large high-voltage connectors used in military and film industry applications. Strong CAD/CAM skills including Pro-Engineer 3D solid modeling, 2D technical drawing, and advanced computer aided machining. Capable of managing people and projects from beginning design definition and prototyping, through product validation and consumer utilization. Responsible and reliable person with excellent people skills and a strong work ethic.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

- 3D Solid Modeling: ProEngineer, CoCreate OneSpace Designer, Cimatron CAD

- 2D Design Software: ProEngineer, CoCreate ME10

- Computer Aided Machining: Cimatron CAM, SmartCAM, MasterCAM

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

May 2010- Present Vice President and Co-Founder: The DaVinci Associates, LLC. Ashe Co. NC

- The DaVinci Associates specializes in providing product development services for inventors and entrepreneurs.

- Designed and developed an Immersive Video Goggle system for clinical testing by an anesthesiologist at Carolina Medical Center, Charlotte NC.

- Designed and developed a Therapeutic Pulmonary Device for clinical testing by a pulmonologist at Carolina Medical Center, Charlotte NC.

- Did market research and product feasibility studies, designed product components, created and tested prototypes, provided patent drawings, established manufacturing methods, procedures and established key business partnerships to facilitate product manufacture.

- Shared responsibilities with a partner for fulfilling all client projects on time and within budget.

2007-2009 Senior Product Engineer: Next Safety Inc., West Jefferson, NC

- Championed product design and prototype development for Next Safety’s inhalation products.

- Designed and developed proprietary respirator product line.

- Designed and developed COPD drug delivery product.

- Created testing protocol for verifying Next Safety’s inhalation science.

- Developed 3D solid models of all plastic and metal components using Pro-Engineer CAD; wrote specifications for all tooling and components; selected vendors, ascertained quotes and purchased tooling; worked one-on-one with outside vendors to build and test tooling.

1995-2006 CNC Department Manager: Leviton Manufacturing Inc., Jefferson, NC

- Responsible for all new mold tooling production for Southern Devices Division of Leviton Mfg. including CNC operations; scheduling of shared equipment and personnel; meeting delivery schedules: and maintaining ISO quality standards.

- Staffed, trained and supervised 6 nc programmers/engineers and 10 machine operators in a busy and growing CNC department with challenging deadlines.

- Served as Project Manager, scheduling projects and assigning work to team members; coordinated upstream with corporate engineering and downstream with production facilities; ordered tooling and raw materials; tracked all projects through completion.

- Slashed 25% from the cost of molds by pioneering the use of High Speed Milling techniques for manufacturing mold components.

- Applied Six Sigma/Lean Manufacturing principles to realize a 30% reduction in operating expenses for fiscal year 2006.

- Championed a department cost avoidance of $2-$4 million per year for ten consecutive years.

1984-1995 Tooling Designer/CNC Programmer: Leviton Manufacturing Inc., Jefferson, NC

- Designed tooling and electrodes; provided programs, drawings and set-up procedures for running multi-axis wire edm, 3 and 4 axis mills and conventional edm; including Okuma, Fadel, Cincinnati, Bostomatic, Mitsubishi, Mikron, Makino, and Bridgeport machine tools.

- Executed assigned tooling design changes using both traditional 2D and advanced 3D solid-modeling formats.

- Provided shop floor support, troubleshooting and repairing CNC equipment controls.

EDUCATION

Berea College, Berea, KY 40403 859-***-****

- Bachelor of Science, Industrial Technology

- Major Field of study: Manufacturing

- Minor Field of study: Management

- Honors: Made Dean’s List 6 times in 8 semesters

RERERENCES

Denny Norris

Toolroom Manager, retired

Leviton Manufacturing Inc.

190 Norris Trail

Boone, NC 28607

828-***-****

Anthony Pierce

Lead Process Engineer

GE Aviation

400 Professional Drive

West Jefferson, NC 28694

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336-***-**** home

828-***-**** cell

Lyndell Duvall

Lead Instructor

Electrical/Electronic Technology

Wilkes Community College

1328 S. Collegiate Drive

Wilkesboro, NC 28697

bohbvq@r.postjobfree.com

336-***-****

Scott Mast

Project Engineer

Phoenix Medical Products

1535 Cold Springs Road

Mountain City, TN 37683

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423-***-**** cell

Bob Neaves

Load Management Coordinator, retired

BREMCO

200 Tom McNeil Road

West Jefferson, NC 28694

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336-***-****

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