Sales Engineer

GARY C. GUSTAFSON

Carol Stream, IL *****

708-***-**** (M)

*******@*********.***

www.linkedin.com/in/garycgustafson

Autocad Designer

Skilled Autocad Designer with extensive experience 3D modeling mechanical

parts and creating 2D part drawings.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

AUTOCAD MECHANICAL / INVENTOR

PRO E / WILDFIRE[pic]

MS Word, Excel, Project

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

AALLIED DIE CASTING CO. OF IL, Franklin Park, IL

1986 - 2009

Manufacturer of aluminum die castings for automotive, garden equipment,

furniture.

Tooling Engineer / Estimator

Responsible for analyzing customer furnished part prints and models to be

produced as aluminum die castings, then developed cost estimates for the

Sales department.

. Used AUTOCAD MECHANICAL / INVENTOR and /or PRO E / WILDFIRE to design

gating and runner systems, and cooling systems for die cast dies,

design specialty gages, and machining fixtures.

. Worked closely with vendors to achieve 10% accuracy improvement in

tooling and outside services for sales quotations.

. Communicated with customers in developing parts (castability) as die

castings and maintaining tooling, improving the quality of customer

parts and reducing scrap from 20% to 7%.

. Increased internal department understanding of the part size and

details by creating 2D AUTOCAD drawings from customer's 3D CADD

models. These drawings along with proposed customer part prints were

reviewed for castability and production requirements.

. Managed customer owned tooling for repairs and replacement. Prepared

and submitted tooling budgets to customers for new and replacement

tooling. Tracked and submitted shot counts to customers for their

tooling.

. Improved first time tooling success with aid of MAGMA training for

flow and thermal simulation.

. Experience with chrome plating and painting aluminum die castings,

resulted in scrap reductions of 5% to 10%.

. Estimated tooling, machining, piece part and special equipment costs

for submission to Sales department. Created cost comparison

spreadsheets in MS Excel.

. Managed vendor cost control and design. Obtained quotations for

tooling, coatings, fixtures, and special equipment; negotiated pricing

and ordered.

. Experienced with quality systems including QS, TS, ECE, ECN, CAR, 8D,

FMEA, PPAP, Cpk

. Experienced with Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GDT).

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DUECK DIE CASTING CO., Elk Grove Village, IL

Manufacturer of aluminum die castings.

Estimator

Estimated cost to produce parts as aluminum die casting which involved

analyzing customer part prints to determine production requirements.

TELEDYNE ABCO DIE CASTING CO., Melrose Park, IL

Manufacturer of aluminum and zinc die casting for the automotive industry.

Estimator

Estimated cost to produce parts as aluminum or zinc die castings which

involved analyzing customer part prints to determine production

requirements.

KINDER PLASTICS CO., Chicago, IL

Manufacturer of plastics parts.

Estimator

Estimated cost to manufacture plastics parts.

MILITARY EXPERIENCE

U.S. ARMY - Infantry

Received several military commendations including Purple Heart

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

B.S. Business Economics, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota

Associate's degree, Computer Aided Design, Elgin Community College, Elgin,

IL

Completed classes in MS Access, Triton College, River Grove, IL

VOLUNTEER

Kline Creek Farm

DuPage County Forest Preserve trail patrol

Northern Illinois Food Bank

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

LEARNING AUTODESK INVENTOR 2010

SOLIDWORKS 2010 NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Learning SOLIDWORKS 2000

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