Engineer Engineering

CAREER SUMMARY:

Work as an engineering team leader, a broad range of experiences with

the successful completion of projects in the power and automotive

industries. Great enjoyment working with equipment and vehicles both

large and small. Exceptional technical problem-solving skills in fluid

power, stamping, robotics, plastic injection molding, electrostatic

painting, body welding, drive train, and drive train assembly.

Engineering strengths are materials and manufacturing processes,

structures, mechanical mechanisms, fluid dynamics, and thermal dynamics.

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE:

AMERICAN MACHINING, INC. Fenton, MI (Feb. 2009 - Present)

Position: Contractor doing engineering and design work

. Designed new and unique gearboxes and impellers for paint mixing

equipment.

. Assisted on shop floor with building paint supply equipment.

HOWDEN BUFFALO, INC. Fluid drive division, Dearborn, MI (Mar 1999-Dec

2008).Position: Project Engineer & Project Management

. (1999 - 2007) Project Engineer - Fluid power and drivetrain

The manufacturing of rotating equipment up to 40,000 hp and speeds

up to 3600 RPM with engineering and design criteria: system

stiffness, critical speeds, life cycle and failure modes. A fluid

drive is a large transmission where the output power is received

from our fluid power created from the driven input.

Worked with shop supervisor to guide machine builds.

. (2007 - 2008) Repairs coordinator for re-manufacturing:

Customer relations and training, work with vendors, obtain quotes.

. Supervised crews in power plants when removing and reinstalling

equipment during outages and breakdowns

. Used Inventor and AuctoCad

THINK PATH ENGINEERING SERVICES/CAD CAM, INC. (Aug 1993 - Feb 1999)

Position: Design Engineer

Reinhart Ind., Inc. & KUKA Systems Corp (Jan. 1998 - Feb. 1999)

Special Machine Design, Lead Designer of body in white assembly

and weld systems, cooled engine test stands, power steering pump

test stands, fuel injection assembly

Binks/Sames Electrostatic, Inc. Automotive Paint System Division

(November 1995 - Dec.1997)

Designed unique paint applicators used with powder and liquid

paint spray systems. Redesign existing tooling to be wear

resistant, impact resistant, and produce higher quality parts in a

more economical process.

Ingersoll-Rand Power Head Fastener Division

(Aug 1994 - November 1995)

Lead designer of power head automation for engine assembly.

Wilson Automation, Warren, MI (Aug 1993 - Aug 1994)

Lead designer of complete drive-train assembly lines.

RAPID DESIGN SERVICE, INC. (Dec 1990 - July 1993).

Position: Designer

. Design progressive, high accuracy and hardened production dies for

manufacturing automobile support brackets and fasteners.

. Design and revisions of pneumatic and hydraulic presses, for

production and custom models used in automated production lines.

. Designed machines which used computer processors to determine

unbalance, both dynamically and statically examples of work John

Deere crank shafts& Chrysler assembled engine four wheel alignment

for the Dodge viper

NEW WELDUCTION, INC. Farmington Hills, MI (July 1989 - Nov 1990).

Position: Senior Designer

. Designed large heat-treating machines. Types of things worked on

axles for Caterpillar, large camshafts from diesel engines,

velocity joints for front wheel drive cars

RAPID DESIGN SERVICES, INC. E & E Fasteners, Plymouth, MI (Nov 1988 - July

1989)

Position: Die Engineer and Designer

. Responsible for design of progressive dies for manufacturing of

weld nuts.

SKILLS:

Excellent people skills ability to lead without conflicts Use Word,

Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Enterprise Resource Planning

software on a regular basis.

EDUCATION:

Lawrence Technological University,

Southfield, MI 48075

B.S. of Engineering Technology, May 1998.

Penn State University,

Shenango Valley Campus, Sharon, PA 16146

Associate Degree of Mechanical Engineering

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