Mechanical Engineer Project Manager
Resume:
William A DeBerard
Brighton, CO 80602
*********@*******.***
EDUCATION
BS Applied Management National American University Denver, CO
AAS Mechanical Design/Drafting Denver Institute of Technology Denver.
CO
SKILLS SUMMARY
team management. Bottom line cost analysis, value engineering, face to
face contact and contract negotiation with suppliers and customers,
understanding of product customization requirements and definition of them,
face to face relationship building with both customers and suppliers.
Extremely familiar with manufacturing processes and how things are built,
familiar with regulatory compliance issues and how they effect the sales
process along with an awareness of the penalties for non-compliance,
extremely skilled at planning for success with regard to schedule and
materials. Well versed and used to working within a system to get things
done. Adept at handling customer audits and responses to questions
raised, health and safety issues in production environment, staffing
requirement changes and supervisory issues at HALT and HASS systems and
Clearone Communications, long term strategic planning and execution, pulled
together proposal to bring HALT and HASS into ISO 14000 compliance.
Proficient with many types of software both office/statistics related as
well as engineering software, LEAN processes, DFMEA and how to apply the
theories, Agile, Arena, management of staff, Solidworks, Pro-E, Intralink,
Windchill, Oracle, Microsoft office suite, scheduling and definition of
critical path.
EXPERIENCE
November 2008 - present
Clear One, Salt Lake City, UT
Mechanical Engineering Technical manager
Responsibilities (in order of priority)
Lead mechanical engineer on all products
Interaction between mechanical engineering and all other departments of the
company
Documented all processes and procedures for the mechanical engineering
group pertaining to product development and support
Managed in house team of 4 mechanical engineers and industrial designers
Managed outsourced Indian mechanical engineering development
Managed mechanical portion of product manufacturing by CM in China and
North Carolina.
Developed departmental and corporate procedures.
July 2007-November 2008
HALT and HASS Systems, Westminster, CO
Mechanical engineer/director of operations
Responsibilities (in order of priority)
All mechanical design of HALT and HASS Chambers. and product documentation
(this included air circulation system, cryogenic cooling system, packaging
of electronics and cooling system for them, acoustic containment, motor
selection, thermal containment, ergonomics, cosmetics). BOM creation and
maintenance, programming of CNC mill to assure quality and correctness of
parts, machine parts as required, help with product assembly (when
required), support field as required (including travel to customer site to
fix/modify equipment in the field as required. Verification that all new
designs/design changes operate as intended before shipment.
Responsible for all management tasks in absence of CEO. Manage team of six
direct reports.
Conducted HALT and HASS tests for customers and wrote reports to facilitate
design updates intended to improve product quality.
March 2007-JULY 2007
THE BOEING COMPANY, Everett WA
MRD engineer (contract)
Designed new equipment to facilitate assembly and fabrication of products
using new technology.
Designed manufacturing fixtures to facilitate manufacture of 787
dreamliner.
August 2000- January 2007
MCDATA CORPORATION, Broomfield, CO
Staff Mechanical engineer
Performed award winning mechanical design(s).
Hardware engineering Lead (this means lead of all hardware activity
including board layout and electrical design as well as mechanical) from
product acquisition to production.
Mechanical lead on 7 products from concept through to production (these
products won multiple industry awards). And forced change into the industry
on mechanical cost points).
All product listed above were delivered before scheduled deadlines and
under budget.
BREECE HILL TECHNOLOGIES, Denver, CO
February 1996-August 2000
Lead new product design engineer
Design and drove through to production 3 award winning products in 1-1/2
years. Project manager for for five successful products.
Increased field life of products by a factor of 20.
November 1995-February 1996
BONE FRONTIER CORP
Mechanical engineer
Designed load stations and power supplies for use in induction heating
systems
May 1991 - November 1994
SYQUEST TECHNOLOGIES
Design 3-1/2 inch removable media disk drives and media packs
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