Engineer Years Experience

Barry Walthall

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Employment Objective: Certified Tool & Die maker by the Illinois

Department of Labor also I have the skills to be a

Model Maker, I specialize in machining, Excellent at

developing rapid prototyping techniques, I have

advanced skills designing and building prototypes to

engineering specs and tolerances, Very creative

designing flow charts, fmea's, tooling and gauge

plans, and work cell layouts, Inventor with several

patent designs, Excellent as a hands on group

leader, Excellent at managing all assembly

activities. Exceptional managing tool room and model

shop personal.

Education: National Louis University Bachelor of Science in

Management

2006-2008 Graduated February 2008

Dean's List - GPA 4.0

2004-2006 Olivet Nazarene University Associate of Arts in

Business.

Graduated June 2006

Dean's List - GPA 3.8

1997-2000 College of Lake County Certified in Operations 1&2, Programming

1&2 for CNC Milling and Lathe

1984-1986 Harper Jr. College Certified in Heating, Air

conditioning, and Welding

1978 -1982 Washburn Trade School I served a four year apprenticeship for

the occupation of Tool & Die and am certified with

Journeymen status.

Related Work Experience:

Process/Manufacturing Engineer

05/12/2008- current Confidential

. Create assembly cells for new products

. Design assembly fixtures using Pro-E Wildfire 3

. Organize and facilitate kaizen events and apply

lean tools

. Responsible for quality improvements

. Analyze data for constant improvement

. Communicate and approve vendor activities

. Excellent at resolving ergonomic issues

. Superior developing and managing budgets for

manufacturing processes

. In 2009 I designed and built a new assembly

line to produce a product that was difficult to

manufacture increasing production by !00% with

zero defects

Model Maker/Manufacturing Engineer

08/19/96-04/04/08 Paslode a division of Illinois Tool Works

. Supervisor responsible for expediting the Model

Shops work loads

. Exceptional when it comes to working with

Design Engineers, Project Engineers,

Manufacturing personal, and associated

Technicians, inventing new ideas and designs

. Coordinated NX4 Cam software improving the

model shops performance

. In May of 2005 Illinois Tool Works inducted me

into their patent society for innovated

designs, improving their products

. Working in both pneumatics and cordless R&D

groups I have helped Paslode earn several new

patents

. 12 years experience programming and operating

Proto Trak 3 axis and 2 axis milling machines

with 6 years experience programming and

operating Proto Trak lathes. Capability to post

CAM to these machines, efficient posting G & M

codes to Proto Trak controllers

. Other skills include: FDM programmer, EDM

sinkers, Precision grinding, RTV molding for

the reproduction of SLA parts

. Capable of designing, and building fixtures for

life testing of pneumatic and cordless nailing

tool components for durability, and performance

. Responsible for annual Lock/Out Tag/Out safety

training to all

employees

Tool & Die/Model Maker

04/01/93-09/16/96 Honeywell Home and Building Division

Arlington Heights IL

. Group leader of tool room personal

. Designed and built assembly fixtures to support

manufacturing

. Excellent Troubleshooting skills

. Worked with machine development group building

automated assembly equipment

. Supported all assembly departments

Tool & Die/Model Maker

04/01/88-03/28/93 Illinois lock Wheeling Illinois

. Tool room group leader

. Built and maintained metal stamping dies

. Fabricated all die-cast inserts in house using

Hansvedt EDM machines

. Built prototypes to support new product

engineering, and R&D

. Supported all assembly operations including sub-

assemblies

Tool & Die Maker

06/09/76-03/15/88 TRW Cinch Connectors Elk Grove

Village

. Built and maintained progressive dies

. Debugged stamping dies built by outside vendors

. Set up and operated automatic screw machines

. Built prototypes for the Engineering department

. Supported the maintenance department

. TRW sponsored my apprentice training on the job

and through Washburn Trade School located in

Chicago Illinois

Computer Skills: Proficient with: Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point,

Microsoft Project, Outlook, Master Cam, Pro-E

wildfire 3 and Unigraphics NX4 systems. Complete

knowledge of Proto-trak systems by Southwestern

Industries 2D and 3D Systems. Familiar with Insight

software for programming FDM machines.

References will be provided upon request

Project Leader, Team

Leader, Problem Solver

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