Engineer Mechanical

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April 18, 2010

K aren Rice Simpkins

Springwood Place

********@*******.*** Florissant,

M O 63031

PROF I L E

Mechanical engineer recognized for planning, implementing and directing results

o riented team projects. Supervisory experience in a test lab environment including

scheduling of hourly employees. Mentored peers during project development.

Perceived as knowledgeable, self-motivated and result oriented.

SELECTED ACCOMPL ISH M E N TS

• EIT - Fundamentals of Engineering Certification (May 1993)

• Development and implementation of manufacturing test plans and

p rocedures for use during extensive product development testing.

• Development of 6 tube coin changer which provided a new source of revenue

for company.

• Average Cost Savings of $50,000.00 from correction of various manufacturing

defects

• Create, edit and maintain FileMaker Database for anomaly reporting, saving

$150,000.00.

• UGI I CAD workstation experience – basic design/verification of plastic parts

• Superior computer skills: documenting research, data t rend analysis, wri ting

technical reports, creating spreadsheets, and creation/programming of

databases. Microsoft Office

• Reliabili ty Engineer Training (2007)

• FileMaker Training (2006)

• Unigraphics Training (1998, 2005)

E XPER I E NCE

T est Engineer - Coin Acceptors I ncorporated (May 1998 - September 2008)

• Research and development of coin operated vending machine

mechanisms

ED UCAT ION

• Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering, West Virginia

U niversity Insti tute of Technology (WVUIT), West Virginia. (December 1992)

• Master of Science - Mechanical Engineering, coursework, West

V irginia University Morgantown, West Virginia (1993 – 1995)