What Is Success?You can dance!

Kevin Swallow, BSME, CPD, LEED AP, P.E., Ret.

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Portland, OR, 97206

971-***-****

abqpnc@r.postjobfree.com

Over 20 years management, training, and supervisory experience Hard working, productive, focused on results, very high utilization factor

Talents & Skills:

Project planning, problem solving, data analysis, design Time management, team building, organization, motivation Programming, writing, communication, nerd-to-human translations Creative and graphic arts, music, dance

Education

BS, Mechanical Engineering, California State University, Sacramento,

Dec., 1996: Magna Cum Laude (3.9 GPA, First in Class)

Licensing

Oregon Professional Engineer, Mechanical, Certificate 77656PE, 2006.

Certified Plumbing Designer Number 1-64038, 2007

LEED AP April, 2008

Experience

Plumbing Department Manager, Balzhiser and Hubbard Engineers, Inc. Eugene, Oregon. Initially hired as an engineer-in-training, I was eventually responsible for all plumbing work contracted by the company with a few specific exceptions. It was my job to coordinate, train and supervise designers, review and create (CAD draft and / or markup) Drawings and Specifications, be fully responsible for institutional plumbing, piping and (performance) fire design from inception to project close. Coordinate with Owners, user groups, utilities, Contractors, suppliers, code officials and other members of the design team. Select and specify fixtures and materials, create and provide fixture cuts (.PDF). Perform code analysis. Present designs and concepts to Owners and design teams. Follow projects to completion with construction and contract administration. Write specifications, narratives, studies, reports, cost estimates, and analyses as appropriate. Track all relevant information and catalog for future reference. Responsible for Plumbing and Fire Protection Master Specifications and Master Details. Write design proposals for plumbing-only projects, design fee estimates for plumbing portions of projects. Limited medical and HVAC design.

Project History: I have had the privilege to work on an extremely wide variety of projects featuring a great many aspects of plumbing, piping and related design, with a special emphasis on sustainable practices and solar water heating. As a manager I worked on and oversaw a number of large projects, totaling over a billion dollars with over $100 million in plumbing and fire. (April, 2003-October, 2011)

Manufacturing Equipment Engineer and Equipment Support Supervisor for LAP Project: MicroModule Systems, Inc. Helped to bring a new product line into production. Responsible for fabrication equipment function, maintenance and documentation, managing individual and group projects (2 to 8 direct reports), designed, built and modified class 100 cleanroom manufacturing equipment as needed for this ISO 9001 manufacturer of high-density multilayer interconnect (MCM’s). Design projects included experimental variable acid- and air-flow plating tanks in HDPE. (1997 –1999)

Engineering Intern, SHF Inc.;

Technical drafting, MS Visual Basic programming, fixture design, and assembly line efficiency analysis for this manufacture of premium speakers. (Summer 1996)

Owner, Kevin Swallow Construction;

Construction / Consultant / Handyman business. Structural, mechanical, electrical and plumbing work, drafting, layout and design. Supervised and trained teams of up to 10 persons. Purchasing, takeoffs, estimates and bids, solar and structural engineering calculations, safety and code analysis. Permitting and regulatory compliance. (1985 – 1994, 1997, 2001 - 2002)

Brazil English professor, West Idiomas ; (1999-2001)

(Recently fluent in Portuguese, very good Spanish, rusting in Oregon)

Software / Languages

Recent Study: Ruby on Rails, Sinatra, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript

AutoCAD 2006

AutoCAD solid, Inventor

Adobe

WordPerfect Suite

MS Office Suite

(Excel, Word, Power Point, Project, Access) Corel Draw

C, C++

Visual BASIC, BASIC

FORTRAN, Pascal

HTML

Continuing Study

PSMJ Project Management Boot Camp, October, 2006

NFSA Fire Sprinkler Code and Plans Review, August, 2006

Beacon Medaes Medical Gas Design Seminar, March, 2006 and 2008

Self directed study with emphasis on HVAC for PE exam, 2005-6

Plumbing System Design, UW Madison and ASPE, March, 2005

ASHRAE Fundamentals of Water System Design 2003

Civil Engineering, (9th Quarter), OSU, Winter, 2002

A+ Computer Technician Certification 2001

Total Quality Management and ISO 9000 Certification

(Qualidade Total e Certificação ISO 9000) – USP (Brazil)

Statistical Process Control and TQM

PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) Programming

Chemical Safety, Lockout / Tagout, other mfg related training courses

Achievements

LEED Certification, 2008

ASPE Certification in Plumbing Design, 2007

(In Progress) plumbing design training manual.

Consistent completion of projects on time, within design budget, and with minimal changes after contract document publication.

Creation of plumbing design time estimating algorithm based on pre-schematic criteria.

Initiation of negotiations with Semitool resulting in tool process and safety improvements at no cost and generated savings to MMS in excess of $200,000 in one year with a variety of projects and activities

Design and fabrication of static plating tanks for large area panels, bringing LAP plating within process specification for the first timeCreation of design teams for difficult problems, leading to the solution of several especially difficult problems and effectively working to develop, promote and maintain team spirit within work teams

Academic

Honors

Graduated first in class, C. S. U. S. School of Engineering, 1996

President, Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society,1996

Major William C. Carr Memorial Scholarship, 1994, 1995

George Bech Memorial Scholarship, 1994

Dean’s Honor Roll/Highest Honors

Community

Treasurer and Past President, Eugene Swing Dance Club

Treasurer, Northwest Regional Swing Dance Association

Representative, United Way

Team Member, Relay for Life

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