Engineer Manager

Gregory A Ruoff

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Broken Arrow, Oklahoma 74014

918-***-**** Home, 918-***-**** (Cell)

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Overview

My recent experience involved managing Test Engineering, Drafting, Machine Shop, Optics Group (LCD

Displays) and Manufacturing Engineering groups for both the Tulsa, Oklahoma and Ensenada, Mexico

operations. I have extensive experience in product design, automation (Both hard and soft automation),

electrical and mechanical controls, pneumatics, hydraulics and manufacturing processes as well as LCD

design and enhancements.

Objective

To work in a challenging role that encompasses my skills and experience in Mechanical Engineering and

Engineering Management. I particularly enjoy designing and implementing technical projects that challenge

and stretch my abilities and to lead a team of technical people.

Education/Credentials

• Oklahoma State University, BS Mechanical Engineering, Graduation year: 1983

• Certified Manufacturing Engineer (SME)

• Chairman of Robotics International (SME)

• Certificates in Allen Bradley PLC and Vision systems, Adept Technology Robotic and Vision systems,

Cincinnati Milacron Robotics, and many more.

• Certified Draftsman (Mechanical, Architectural and Mechanical

• Member of the Society for Information Display organization.

Experience

Engineering Manager II May 1994 to Present

Lowrance Electronics/Navico, Tulsa, OK

(Builder of Sonar, GPS, Radar, XM weather, Ship to Shore radio, SOS beacon, Auto Pilot, Aviation GPS and hand held devices to

support the sport fishing industry in both salt and fresh water industries.)

• Manage Drafting, Test, Machine Shop and Manufacturing Engineering groups in both Mexico and

Tulsa facilities.

• Organize, educate and align departments with new product introduction goals as well as meet

corporate goals for lean manufacturing.

• Consolidate departments in Tulsa and Mexico into teams to accomplish corporate goals.

• Provide training and coaching for key personal creating core group competencies.

• Provide design and sourcing assistance traveling to China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan high

technology, low cost products to compete in today’s environment.

• Assist in merger committees to identify opportunities in the business for growth as well as

manufacturing and component sourcing opportunities due to duplicity.

• Oversee new product designs to keep product build friendly designs…Design for Manufacturability

(DFM).

• Manage many projects and manpower allocations in order to meet corporate goals especially in

cases of consolidation of all factories under the corporate umbrella.

• Standardize components in order to achieve standardization and commonality.

• Design and build heat seal to tab and to LCD bonding systems for FSTN glass lines.

• Design, build and maintain automated system to build low cost product at 100 units/hour, (2) lines.

• Created low cost, re-workable, LCD Optical Bonding (Direct Bond) enhancement process to create

outdoor readable TFT displays. Managed all new product implementation into Direct Bond process

as well as improvements to the process for next generation Direct Bond. This includes the

designing of fixtures for assembly and test, calibration and work instruction procedures and hands

on operator training.

• Create and designed lamination equipment for Anti-Reflective, Polarizer, and film enhancements to

LCD’s.

• Work with LCD manufacturers in Japan, Taiwan and China for optimization of design for specific

company product needs both in design and in cost goals.

• Organize and lead the original stages of LED backlight designs for the next generation company

LCD’s from both mechanical, heat transfer and vendor support.

• As a working manager I also provided mechanical designs for;

o LCD designs for FSTN and TFT modules.

o Provide fixture and specialty equipment design for manufacturing assembly and testing of

products for sealing, electrical function, sonic weld, UV seal, adhesive dispensing, product

press for PSA applications, wire and cable testing as well as assembly nests.

o Transducer crystal assembly fixtures and work cells from cable to face and final pour Epoxy.

o GPS final test stations using live signal feed as well as fixed level signals.

o Prototype display bonding and enhancing.

o Building future models for shows and presentations.

o Design for stainless steal, steal and aluminum structures and weldments.

o Managing the boat fleet rigging them with prototype gear as well as coordinator of boat

training and employee certifications.

President/Owner 1992 to 2006

Manufacturing Services, Inc., Broken Arrow, OK

(Support businesses mainly in the central United States with automation and specialty machine design and build)

• Responsible for all sales and customer contact as well as concept, design, build and

implementation of hard and soft automation equipment.

• Responsible for all billing, general ledger and purchasing functions as well as cash flow and

business finance.

• Design and build special coating systems for automotive catalytic converter substrates being coated

with noble metals (Allied Signal). Process derived to take human variance out of the process and

to remove human contact to reduce health risks. Responsible for coating 100,000+ substrates per

week on automation lines in US, France, Mexico, China and US locations.

• Design and build and install robotic applications for moving raw flat glass from buck to grinding lines

using ultrasonic, proximity, vacuum and robotic systems. (18+) robotic systems installed in Tulsa,

Oklahoma.

• Develop and implement non-contact inspection system for Tulsa and Nashville plants for testing line

continuity of heated backlight grid lines. (Ford Glass Nashville, Tennessee and Tulsa Ford

Glass Corporation).

• Design build web automation system for medical gauze cast coating operation (Carapace

International).

• Design, build and implement test stand for testing high pressure steam poppet valves (Thorco).

• Design, build and install custom robotic hand tooling (end effectors) for area companies.

• Design, build, program and install automation system for assembling the electric mirror motor pack

for the Ford Taurus side mirrors (Siegel Roberts Corporation). Assembled and tested motor

packs at a rate of 5 seconds/motor pack.

• Designed and build upper and lower body exercise product from design to build including providing

procurement setup including sourcing and qualification of vendors for both parts and fabrication

(Sinties Corporation).

Sr. Design Engineer/Manufacturing Engineer 1990 - 1992

Thomas and Betts Corporation

(T&B builds crimp on electrical connectors for wiring. Tulsa built all connector sizes)

• Procure and Implement pad printing operation for all large crimp on lugs to show crimp die number

and location crimp on connector barrel. (2 machines)

• Procure and implement Wagner automated chop saw operation for all copper and aluminum tube

stock to feed Pines and Press operations.

• Responsible for process documentation and work instructions for all areas of the plant.

• Leader of consolidation team to purchase specialty vendors supplying critical parts to T&B and

consolidate their operations and equipment into our facility…smoothly.

• Conversion of all paper product drawings into electronic form.

• Press tooling design for large lug connectors.

• Stamping tooling designs for UL, CSA identifications.

• Design of new “Heat Shrink” lugs as a new StayCon product.

• Various assembly fixture designs.

• Product and material flow arrangements.

Applications Engineer/Design Engineer/Sales 1985 - 1990

Monroe Automated Systems

(Originally starting as Southwest Automated Systems, Monroe Automated System was formed by me and the Vice President to provide

automation solutions)

• Responsible for Sales and Application Engineering for company.

• Design, build, program and install automation systems using vision, all types of sensing, conveyors,

palletizers, AGV and ASRS systems and more.

• Design, build and install robotic system to build:

o Winchester hard drives in a class 100 clean room (Magnetic Peripherals Corporation).

o Automated pipe weld alignment equipment for pipeline industry (Mathey International)

o Glass handling systems from glass buck to cutting lines. Design and build of large turn table

to present (2) 8500 lb glass bucks to the robotic system. (Tulsa Form Glass)

o Cracker slug packaging system. (Nabisco)

o Candy packaging systems. (Russell Stover’s)

o Palletizing systems for many area companies.

o Automatic Guided Vehicle AGV system for transporting (Carbacaine) restricted drug product

from fill room to packaging area. (Sterling Drug)

• Hard automation for catalytic substrate coating systems (Allied signal Corp)

Dimensional Control Engineer/Robotics Engineer 1983 -1985

General Motors Corporation

(Assembly plant for GM COC division, X, A and GM10 bodies…closed as Trailblazer)

• Implementation of body shop automation for new car lines, (X-car, A-car and GM-10 body lines)

• Tool up Chassis with new car tooling…every 3 to 5 years

• Design and build of fixturing and jigs for assembly and welding operations.

• Chairman of the AC (Air Conditioning Systems complete) task force.

• Implementer of SPC feedback system for quality measurement and tooling move support data.

• Responsible for ACUBIS (Automated Carriage to Underbody Installation and Secure) A system

designed to fixture, and install the engine and transmission cradle into the car using tooling holes

and special torque drivers.

• Responsible for Rockwell Fastening System….a computerized system monitoring all automated air

tools for toque and maintenance for critical fasteners. MVSS critical item.

References

Curtis Tabb, Display Engineering Manger, Garmin Electronics 913-***-**** (Cell)

Mike Faith, Engineering Group Manager, Lowrance Electronics 918-***-**** (Cell)

Dave Craig, Director of Engineering, G2D Technologies 918-***-**** (Office)

Rex Turner, GPS Engineering Manager, Lowrance Electronics 918-***-**** (Cell)

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