Kerry W. Nansel

**** ***** ***** **** #***

919-***-**** Annandale,

VA 22003 abh4h3@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

A multi-faceted mechanical engineer filled with a special enthusiasm for

consumer electronics packaging, sheet metal and injection molded plastics

with an excellent sense of aesthetics. Has a proven track record to be the

interface with fabricators and mold makers and possesses the ability to

provide creative tooling solutions.

Proven abilities to develop products and their inclusive components from

concept through design to finished manufactured products inclusive of their

necessary processes, pays attention to critical updates for improvements

during manufacture and has provided long production lives for many of these

product lines.

I am a team player quite comfortable in a variety of environments and am

conscientious in providing service and assistance to individuals, internal

organizations and external clients. I am a self starter with excellent

communication skills and have familiarity with MS computer office software.

Skills include:

Consumer Electronics Packaging Die Cast, Machined & Sheet Metal

Product Concept, Design & ANSI/ASME & AWS Weld Standards

Development

Electro-Mechanical Packaging Manufacturing, Customer & Vendor

Liaison

Injection Mold Plastics Design & Rapid Prototyping Technologies

Development

SolidWorks, Cosmos, AutoCAD, PRO-E Drive System & Mechanism Design

Materials & Processes Research Design Review and Approval

Handheld E/M Device Design CE, CSA, UL, VDE, RFI, EMI, NEMA

ISO 9001, ANSI Y14.5 PDM (Works) Document / Change

Control

15+ years SolidWorks experience. Lean Manufacturing Design

Professional experience

Bay Microsystems, Germantown, MD

(Consultant) 2010

(Part-time Remote Consultant) 2005 - 2007

Senior E/M Design Engineer

E/M Packaging design and development of new proprietary matrix

communications systems and subsystems to be used by commercial customers

and some for military use:

. Mechanical development and design of E/M systems used SolidWorks 2008.

. Designs involved RF shielded electro-mechanical assemblies, replaceable

module forced air cooling, sheet metal and printed circuit board systems

in a small footprint.

ACS, Columbia, MD 2009 - 2010

(Consultant)

Senior Project Designer

Senior E/M Project Designer for proprietary communications computer: Design

and documentation was production ready.

. Developed mechanical and PCBA E/M parameters using SolidWorks 2008 and

PDM Works.

. Designs used sheet metal, EMI sealing and forced fan cooling.

HATTERAS NETWORKS, Morrisville, NC 2009

(Consultant)

Mechanical Design Engineer

Designed modification and provided document updates to "last mile" cable

matrix computer system hardware using Pro-E.

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PARATA SYSTEMS, Durham, NC 2004 - 2009

(2006 MCKESSON-APS was purchased & MOVED TO NC FROM LA)

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Sustaining Mechanical Engineer for current automated prescription

dispensing system products in production at PARATA including updated

designs for same:

. Participated in mechanical development and design of many automated

prescription dispensing systems using SolidWorks 2008 and PDM Works.

. Designs involved complicated electro-mechanical assemblies, sheet metal

and plastic molded parts.

. Completed dust box designs and prototyping for in-line validation of

restricted prescription materials.

NAWARE, Annapolis, MD 2004

Project Designer

Design modification and prototyping of customized wireless mobile computer

cart systems for healthcare using SolidWorks 2004. Sheet metal and molded

plastic parts were the major components designed used.

. Designed matrix single level mobile drug drawer system with combination

lock. Multiple source drug drawer types worked within new cabinet system.

RCI, Fairfax, VA 2003 - 2004

Configuration Management Project Lead

Validation and verification of USPS mail process machine systems including

extensive database audits.

. Vendor liaison and site visits for system and part verification were

conducted.

VIDAR SYSTEMS, Herndon, VA 2002

Senior Mechanical Designer

Lead design and development of new mammography cad scanner with media X-ray

feeder and media take-away system using SolidWorks. Quick prototyping was

employed to shorten initial builds.

. Developed innovative multiple worm and disk clutch intermittent drive

system.

ARMILLAIRE TECH., Bethesda, MD 2000 - 2002

Senior Member Technical Staff

Contribute engineering design and management expertise critical to

manufacturing efficiency as lead designer.

. Design and prototyping of electro-mechanical package including individual

plug in modules.

. Orchestrated major projects ensuring that key schedule milestones were

always met or surpassed.

. SolidWorks was the main design tool used.

. Complex sheet metal fabrication was employed to ensure a secure RF tight

design.

. Mid-plane module and rack chassis A5000 SoftSwitch (65Gig) Class 5

system.

SALIX INC., Gaithersburg, MD 1999 - 2000

Senior Mechanical Designer

. Marshaled strong analytical skills and engineering talents to evaluate

all major subsystems of rack chassis system and to lead electro-

mechanical design efforts that would achieve compliance with all

earthquake, power filtering, RF shielding and manufacturing requirements.

. Designs were created in SolidWorks.

. Sheet metal fabrication, weld, plating and assembly techniques were used

to ensure requirements were met at an efficient cost of manufacture.

. Success-fully redesigned ETX5000 commercial (0.5-1.0Gig) VoIP Media rack

chassis system.

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IOWAVE INC., Arlington, VA 1998 - 1999

Senior Mechanical Designer

. Recruited to spearhead new designs: Incorporated appropriate electro-

mechanical and RFI/EMI packaging techniques. SolidWorks was used. Noted

for exceptional technical expertise; regularly sought after by co-workers

when exploring new technologies.

. Developed 5.7GHz wireless link transceiver system included the novel

weatherproof NEMA4 PCBA RF enclosure and new modular indoor control unit.

. Implemented 2.4GHz IoLink1 wireless point to point, and multipoint

ioLink4 modular components and subsystems design including waterproof

outdoor packaging and communications phased array antenna.

MICROS SYSTEMS INC., Beltsville, MD 1996 - 1997

Senior Mechanical Designer

. Selected to launch flagship POS product, from product concept through

full manufacture implementation.

. Led design efforts and established a record for identifying complex

design, production, manufacturing and testing problems, and generating

original, successful solutions. Performed mold maker liaison activities.

. Injection molded plastics, sheet metal and die-cast parts were employed

throughout the assemblies.

. Analyzed operations and developed an innovative electro-mechanical

packaging design for multi-industry POS (point-of-sale) PC Work Station.

Previous positions include:

Asst. Quality Control Manager for CTI - Chantilly, VA . Provided

leadership in the review of Mechanical and Electrical submittals.

Conducted inspection of 200,000ft naval research center build and

submitted detailed reports.

Engineering Services Supervisor for FUISZ Technologies- Chantilly, VA .

Designed and developed high-speed rotational materials processing

machines. using SolidWorks. Responsible for coordinating and directing

the

design group and machine, sheet metal and assembly shops in

proprietary bulk material pharmaceutical and food process machines

development

Mechanical Designer for Owl Engineering (Consultant) - Gaithersburg, MD .

Designed miniature anaerobic lab and tech processing chamber for laminate

finish development using SolidWorks.

Senior Mechanical Designer for Hekimian Labs, Inc.-Gaithersburg, MD .

Design and development of high density telecom rack components using

AutoCad.

Senior Mechanical Designer for TRW-Fairfax, VA . Design, build and quality

inventory of 3X hardened and RF shielded semi-truck trailer

communications command control system.

Senior Mechanical Designer for Cerex Corporation (Biotechnology) -

Gaithersburg, MD

Mechanical Designer for Baxter Healthcare - Savage, MD . Design

modification and development of mobile multiple drug delivery system with

printout using AutoCad.

Senior Mechanical Designer for IBM-Manassas VA . I was part of a design

team that hardened and shielded standard consumer computer components

using AutoCad.

Mechanical Engineer and Mechanical Designer for Texas Instruments -

Lubbock, Texas . Electro mechanical redesign of various consumer hand

held learning aids and games which included Speak & Spell, Speak & Read

and Speak & Math. I was the engineer with initial E/M design and

development of Touch & Tell and a handheld control unit that included

keyboard and joystick. Two hand operation of keyboard enabled when two

were together. All used new printed circuit boards and new injection

molded plastics.

Mechanical Designer for Harris Corporation - Quincy, IL

Mechanical Designer for Hygain Electronics - Lincoln, NE . Created new

designs of various CB radio systems which included 2 new handheld control

units, one mechanical, one electronic and both used multiple injection

molded plastic parts. Some used ultrasonic welding. Duties included

liaison to mold tool maker.

Mechanical Detailer and Designer for ISCO - Lincoln, NE . Performed

standard product modifications and molded plastic design of new

components.

Mechanical Draftsman and Change Control for National Crane - Waverly, NE

EDUCATION Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech U, Lubbock, TX, 1978 -

1982

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