Engineer Manager

J. Mike Marsh

714-***-**** ab2vhb@r.postjobfree.com Firestone, CO.

OBJECTIVE:

Affiliation with a firm or group that can utilize the experience & skills

of a seasoned engineer to better their market position, improve quality of

their products & services, & recognize significant increase &

profitability.

BACKGROUND:

Hands-on electro-mechanical design/manufacturing engineer & manager of

proprietary products, equipment and machinery. Designed & built

automation/integrated products, developed from concept to market &

implemented industry performance & verification standards & systems (ISO,

Continuous Improvement, GD&T, ANSI 14.5M).

NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

1. Patents for materials, processes, servo-mechanisms, packaging, data

storage and retrieval systems.

2. Member of development team originating micro-stepping of stepper

motors in use today.

3. Trained groups in fundamental optics and descriptive geometry.

4. Advised community colleges on Mechanical Engineering and Machine

Design curriculums

5. Implemented automated parts handling & assembly in production,

doubling output to over 100k shippable products per day

6. Introduced abrasive water-jet machining on titanium & brass, reducing

set-up & machine time, scrap by 80%

7. Instituted precision machining for alternate fuel metering valves,

reducing finished assembly rework 85%

8. Designed, developed & integrated air bearings into CD/DVD mastering

equipment, salvaging equipment worldwide & allowing recording to 6

micron track spacing (multi-layer)

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:

Microsoft Office Microsoft Project Solidworks

PDM Works Cosmos AutoCAD

Anvil Cadkey GD&T, ANSI

14.5M

Controls Automation Human to Machine Interface PLC

Knowledgeable

Servo-Systems Trained Systems Integration Hydraulics,

Pneumatics, Vacuum

Continuous Improvement Precision Machining Specifications

Manufacturing Methods

Design for Manufacturability ISO Application & Verification

Deming Trained

Forklift Certification Trainer Maintenance Predictability

Maintenance Inventory Control

Engineering Management Manufacturing Management Maintenance

Management

Vision System QC Tools, Dies, Jigs & Fixtures Design

Woodworking

Upholstery Cabinetmaking Kaisen

Trained

HISTORY:

2009-Present

Times between direct captive employment have been developing my son's

& my business working with high performance engine cylinder heads,

designing, overseeing manufacturing, building & testing the tooling,

assembling & testing fixtures & completed components, sub-assemblies &

completed engines.

Designed, fabricated & utilized work-centers & personal fitness

equipment.

2008- 2009 Beckman Coulter- Sr. Mechanical Engineer (contract)

Redesign specimen mechanism x/y/z transports, electrical & pneumatic

circuits; improve designs for reliability, manufacturability & cost

effectiveness.

2007- 2008 EADS- NA Defense- Sr. Mechanical Engineer (contract)

Design & redesign of ground & shipboard test & analysis systems;

create specifications & doc changes; design ground & shipboard

controls sheet metal enclosures.

2005-2006 Rockwell Collins- Sr. Electro Mechanical Design Engineer-

(contract)

X/y/z transport systems; machine electrical wiring schematics;

mechanical integrated systems design

2001- 2005 Competition Heads & Automation Products- Position: Engineering

Manager/Project Engineer

Designed, built assembly & take-apart fixtures for IC engine cylinder

heads (proprietary products); built high performance IC engines; hands-

on manager/designer of custom assembly & process machinery

2001 SST International/EDM Supplies, Inc.- Position: Sr. Project Engineer

Design, specify & coordinate fabrication of custom processing

equipment for silicone wafers/chips;

2001 MK Products, Inc.- Position: Engineering Manager

Hands-on designer/manager/mentor to mechanical, electrical & software

engineers for new welding equipment, product development;

1999-2000 Impco Technologies, Inc./TechAid- Position: Sr. Product/Project

Engineer (contract)

Hands-on design, manufacturing, QC/QA for sustaining and development

engineering of carburetors & pressure regulators; reduced rework of

finished units 85% with introduction of precision machining & in-line

assembly & verification fixtures;

1997-1999 Aerofit Products, Inc.- Position: Project & Mfg. Engineer

Designed, built and/or acquired new equipment, controls (Lab Works) &

hydraulics test equipment for product development; reduced exotic

metals scrap 80%;

1996-1997 Del Mar Avionics- Position: Sr. Mech. Design Engineer (contract)

Hands-on design of recorder system for CD/DVD mastering product line;

salvaged their international recording equipment by eliminating

inherent vibration/track wandering;

1995-1996 Cannon Equipment West- Position: Manager, Design Engineering and

Maintenance

Hands-on designer & mentor to engineering & maintenance groups;

improved production line finishing output 25%;

1992-1995 Fluidmaster, Inc.- Position: Supervisor, Machine Design,

Tooling, Machine Shop, Facilities, and Maintenance.

Hands-on supervisor, designer, mechanic; doubled production output to

110k shippable units/day; reduced maintenance inventory >60%;

standardized machine & production line controls; eliminated some

shifts:

1990-1991 Quadrastat Corp.- Position: Manager, Product Design Engrg. & Mfg.

Hands-on manager & designer; mentor to product development engineers &

QC; implemented ISO;

1989-1990 Le Fiell Mfg. Co.- Position: Manager, Manufacturing Engineering.

Hands-on manager, designer, mechanic.

1985-1989 De La Rue Printrak- Position: Supvsr, Opto-Mech. Design & Dev.,

Machine Shop, Documentation, Mfg. Engrg.

Created electro-mechanical design group, documentation control, & doc.

conversion to electronic media.

Implemented CAD/CAE networked system for design, drafting, engineering

analysis & simulation, utilizing Cadnetics for system & PCB modeling,

AutoCad for 2D drawings, mechanicals, & archives.

Designed integrated operator to machine interfaces for work centers,

incorporating scanning static optics, printers, computer bays, &

document/copy transports.

1970-1985 Consolidated Micrographics, Inc.- Position: Manager, Mechanical

Systems

Designed, developed products incorporating photography, electro-

photography, optical systems, electro-statics, strobe and burst

focused light systems, pneumatics, hydraulics, vacuum, electro-

mechanical systems, controls. contact reproduction of microfilm

documents. Incorporated CAD (AutoCAD), converting documents to

electronic media.

Received patents for products & processes designed & developed.

Education:

High School Grad, Los Angeles, Ca. Fullerton College,

Fullerton, Ca.-

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