Kevin R. Adams

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Saline, MI ***76

734-***-****

abhwpn@r.postjobfree.com

CAD Manager / Product Designer

Profile: Skilled CAD Designer with over twenty years of experience in design

engineering, CAD programming and IT skills. Intuitive ability to design

solutions for automating simple and complex designs using the latest

CAD technology. Expertise in Autodesk Inventor, Vault and customizing

CAD programs to speed the design process. Design experience in grinding

and cutting tool design for aerospace, automotive and bearing

industries.

Key Skills: Technical Managerial

CAD Manager Budgeting

QS9000 Documentation User Training & Instruction

Technical/User Support Project Management

Intranet Web Designer Team Building

Hardware/Software Troubleshooting Lean Manufacturing

Network Design Liaison with Multinational Parent

Lean Manufacturing Core Team Company

Systems Design & Development IT Security Officer

Experience: Saint-Gobain Abrasives

Precision grinding company providing super abrasive rotary truers,

cutting tools, and dressing systems to the automotive, aerospace and

many other industries.

System Technician II, March, 1998 - Present

Responsibilities:

Inventor, AutoCAD and Vault training for new employees.

Administrative duties for Windows network.

Installation of new hardware and software.

Design and manage engineering database.

Continuous development engineering and business software.

Write and maintain network procedures for ISO9001 and QS9000.

Maintaining tape backup schedule.

Enhance manufacturing scheduling within SAP environment.

Maintain physical and electronic archive systems to corporate

standards.

Card access and security camera management for two plants.

Interface manufacturing equipment with industrial network.

Key Contributions:

Planned migration of CAD system from Autocad 2D designs to Inventor 3D

modeling

Customize AutoCAD menus and automation programs for two product groups.

Developed and maintain Intranet website for easy access to ISO work

instructions and corporate information.

Designed programs to automate engineering process and reduce errors in

the Roll Product Group.

Implemented SQL based document management solution for engineering

department.

Experience: Product Designer, September, 1990 - April, 1992 & November, 1992 -

April, 1997

Responsibilities:

Design rotary truers and tools need for the manufacturing of the

product.

Ordering and tracking tooling manufactured by outside vendors.

Develop detailed tooling designs from customer parts, accounting for

manufacturing limitations, tolerances, and surface finishes.

Mentor new product designers.

Key Contributions:

Founding member of Engineering Reliability Team responsible for

developing and implementing organizational design standards.

Designed engineering scheduling and tracking systems.

Cross-references database of customer drawing and tool numbers.

Reduced lead-time for process tooling from one week to 24 hours.

Experience: Forward Planning Corporation

High-tech engineering company that specializes in factory assembly line

design, simulations and programming for the automotive industry.

Systems Administrator, April, 1997 - March, 1998

Responsibilities:

Administrative duties for Windows NT and CATIA workstations.

Installation of new hardware and software.

AutoCAD standards training.

Development of CAD enhancements

Key Contributions:

Wrote ISO9001 work instructions for IT department

Designed and implemented Windows NT network for Office

Implementation of Microsoft Email system for use within the company and

remote locations

Education & Eastern Michigan University

Training Bachelor of Science Computer Aided Design, June, 1990

Major: Computer Aided Design

Washtenaw community college

September, 2010 to Present

Major: C++ Programming Advanced Certificate

Java Developer Advanced Certificate

Computer CAD Software Software Packages

Expertise: AutoCAD / Mechanical Desktop Microsoft Office Suite

Autodesk Inventor / Vault Microsoft Exchange Server

Unigraphics Arcserve and Backup Exec

MasterCAM Symantec and McAfee Antivirus

Solidworks SQL

Adobe Photoshop

Programming Languages SAP

Visual Basic 6.0 & .Net

C++ Operating Systems

Auto Lisp Windows Workstation

Windows Servers

Organizations

Motor City User Group

Autodesk User Group International

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