Engineer Design
Resume:
Christopher L. Holderness
Georgetown, Texas 78626
512-***-**** mbl / 512-***-**** wk
abph1p@r.postjobfree.com
Professional Website:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisholderness75
OBJECTIVES:
To obtain an Engineering position with a company that allows it s
innovative employees to excel to their fullest potential.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
PG Mechanical Engineer Advisor, Dell Products
L.P., Round
Rock, Texas
July 2000 to Present
Design of Enterprise Rack
Mount and Tower Servers
(R610, R710, PE2950, PE6800, PE6850,
PE7150, PE6600, PE6600 Tower, PE6650, and PE1655MC)
Design of injection molded
plastic parts for high-end Enterprise Servers.
Design of complex sheetmetal
parts and assemblies for high-end Enterprise Servers.
Performed regulatory testing
which included Shock & Vibe testing, Safety Regulations testing, EMI testing,
Acoustic testing,
Thermal testing, and general product workmanship testing
requirements as define by internal and external standards.
Worked with outside vendors
to define manufacturing process instructions during and after designs were
complete.
Created & Instituted "Pro/E
Best Practices" design guide.
Trained Global design centers
on CAD best practices.
Design Engineer, Isochron Data
Corporation, Austin, Texas
November 1999 to December 2000
Re-Design of wireless data
gathering product line.
Design of industrial
enclosure housing for wireless data gathering components.
Worked with outside vendors
to define material specifications after the design was complete.
Design of compact sheet metal
enclosure housing containing wireless data gathering components.
Design Engineer, Design EDGE,
Austin, Texas
November 1998 to July 2000
Design of hand held scanner
product line; which incorporated a 486 processor.
Design of industrial laptop
computer for major package delivery company.
Design of consumer price
checker product line; similar to ones seen in current grocery and retail stores.
Design of cashier less
consumer check out product line for grocery and retail stores.
Design of high-end personal
desktop computer product line.
Design of high-end consumer
electronics set top box product line.
Design of cordless 900Mhz
phone product line.
Worked with outside vendors
to define material specifications and UL compliance for several plastic parts
after the design was complete.
CAD Designer, Corning Cable Systems (SIECOR),
Hardware and Equipment Division, Keller, Texas
March 1996 to October 1998
Worked on design of
Thermoplastic Injection molded part for outside plant fiber optic splice closure
applications.
Worked with outside vendors
to define processes of several plastic parts after the design was complete.
Design, Develop, and
Prototype sheet metal and plastic parts for fiber optic communications
equipment.
Designed and Developed
complex assemblies that incorporated simplified reps and family tables.
Design, support, and enhance
existing manufactured products in an ISO 9001 environment.
Release drawings of detailed
parts, assemblies, and bills of materials using Pro/ENGINEER.
SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:
Over 25,000 hours on
Pro/ENGINEER with emphasis on Pro/Part Design, Pro/Surface Design,
Pro/Advanced Surface Design, Pro/Sheetmetal Design, Pro/Assembly Design, and
Pro/Drawing
Attended Pro/E Wildfire
training (2007)
Attended Pro/E Windchill
training (2007)
Attended Pro/E Advanced
Surface Design training (1997)
Attended Pro/E Advanced
Assembly Design training (1997)
Classes in:
Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
Design of Experiments (DOE)
Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T)
Plastic Part Design
Sheetmetal Part Design
EDUCATION:
Texas State Technical College, Waco, Texas
Associates Degree of Applied Science, Drafting and Design Technology
Graduated Fall, 1997
Granbury High School, Granbury, Texas
General Studies Degree, May, 1994
Major studies in mechanical and architectural drafting
PATENTS AND PUBLICATIONS:
Patent: Optical Fiber Interconnection Closure having a Fiber Management
Frame
United States Patent # 6,014,490
Patent: Splice Closure
United States Patent # 6,359,228
Patent: Optical Fiber Interconnection Closures
United States Patent # 6,411,767
Patent: Apparatus and Method for Splitting Optical Fibers
United States Patent # 6,466,725
Patent: Removable Fan Bay
United States Patent # 6,839,233
Patent: Mounting and Grounding Assembly of a Horizontally Mounted
Circuit Board
United States Patent # 6,937,475
Patents Pending: Aerial Blow Molded Splice Enclosure
REFERENCES:
References available upon request.
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