SolidWorks CAD Designer / Technician / OrCAD PCB Designer

Paul G. Chagnon

Confidential Resume

**** ***** ******* ********* #**

Clearwater, FL 33763

Phone:727-***-****

E-Mail ac8d65@r.postjobfree.com

Objective: To develop and maintain a career in CAD design. Experience: Oscor, Inc Palm Harbor, FL 33714

Mechanical Designer 07/06 – 01/19

Design injected molded products (thermoform and thermoset) devices utilized in cardiac/venous access in a SolidWorks environment.

Custom Manufacturing and Engineering St. Petersburg, FL 33714 PCB Designer 05/04 07/06

Mechanical Design Technician/PCB Layout 02/02 05/04 Layout printed circuit boards using Cadence OrCAD Layout Plus and creating/updating OrCAD Capture files Deliver assembly drawings using AutoCADLT and SolidWorks. AlarmSaf, Inc Wilminton, MA 01887

Engineering Technician/Agency Coordinator 02/00 11/01 Coordinate projects for agency listing through UL and CSA for products utilized in alarm and access control industries. Update schematics using OrCad Capture and layout PCB's utilizing CircuitMaker 2000. Create and update mechanical drawings utilizing iGrafx2000 and AutocadR14 and QuickCad. Resolve all incoming technical support calls by interfacing directly with dealers, installers and users of company products. Adden Furniture Lowell, MA 01850

SUPERVISOR OF INVENTORY 09/98 - 02/00

Coordinate storage and delivery of inventory to the MFG centers. Columbia Northside Medical Center St. Petersburg, FL 33702 PHYSICIAN SUPPORT COORDINATOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS 04/96 - 04/98 Develop training structure for Columbia Northside and St.Petersburg General Medical Centers. Educate and support physicians, interns and residents on use of Columbia patient information system (Meditech). Install and support remote access equipment in physician offices and train staff on use of system. Assist LAN engineer on administration of network equipment.

BWI Inex Vision Systems Clearwater, FL

TECHNICIAN SUPERVISOR 08/93 - 04/96

Maintain flow of quality production/RMA product through test department. Assist bench technicians on troubleshooting problems. Maintain/develop test programs for department use utilizing QB 4.5. BENCH TECHNICIAN 04/90 - 07/93

Test and repair production & field return electronic PCBs and mechanical assemblies. Build & develop test equipment using PC hardware and programs utilizing QB 4.5. Iverson Computer Services Clearwater, FL

R & D TEMPEST LAB TECHNICIAN 08/87 - 03/90

Octocom Systems, Inc Wilmington, MA

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN 05/86 - 10/86

Gould, Inc, Programmable Control Division Andover, MA 01810 ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN LEVELS II & III ADVANCED PRODUCTS DEPT 07/83 - 05/86 DRAFTER LEVELS B & C 04/80 - 07/83

MAIL ROOM CLERK 09/79 – 04/80

Contract PCB/Solidworks Designer

07/06 to Present

Design PCB and Mechanical products on a contractual basis to various firms. Professional Organizations:

Group Leader: TampaBay SolidWorks User Group – 2011 to 2014 Certificates: SolidWorks CSWA (Cert # C-6DHV9GXFK5) IPC C.I.D. (Certification #12946)

Saint Petersburg College - Computer Design Certificate Saint Petersburg College – Rapid Prototyping and Design Certificate SolidWorks Plastics Training Certificate

Education: Saint Petersburg College Saint Petersburg, FL 05/11 – 08/11 Intermediate Algebra

01/11 – 05/11 College Algebra

08/08 2/08 Advanced SolidWorks Concepts

01/07 05/07 Autodesk Architectural Desktop

08/06 12/06 Advanced SolidWorks

05/06 - 08/06 Intro to Solidworks

05/05 - 08/05 AutoCAD II

01/05 - 05/05 AutoCAD III

08/04 - 12/04 AutoCAD 1

01/97 - 05/97 Visual Basic 4.0

05/97 - 08/97 Introduction to Networks

PCB EXPO EAST 2004

•Professional Development Certificate

High Speed Design-Signal Integrity, EMI & Crosstalk Rick Hartly L-3 Comm Technical Seminars

Impedance Analysis & Specifications Happy Holden Westwood Associates Intro to FPGA for PCB Guys and Gals Clive Maxfield Techbites Interactive Differential Traces and Impedance Doug Brooks UltraCAD Thermal Management of High Current in PCB Mike Jouppi Thermal Man SolidWorks World 2013_Orlando

Full Conference Schedule of Seminars

SolidWorks World 2014_San Diego

Full Conference Schedule of Seminars

SolidWorks World 2015_Pheonix

Full Conference Schedule of Seminars

SolidWorks World 2018_Los Angeles

Full Conference Schedule of Seminars

Southcon Orlando, FL

01/13/04 EMC PCB Design Practices

01/14/04 Grounding, Bonding and Shielding

John C. Fluke Mfg. Corp Everett, WA

Oct 1995 Fluke 9100 Microprocessor Emulator Programming University of Lowell Lowell, MA

09/85 - 12/85 Basic Programming

01/83 - 05/83 Circuit Analysis

09/81 - 12/81 Engineering Drafting

Northern Essex Community College Haverhill, MA

1981 - 1983 2 year program in Electronic Technology Tulane University New Orleans, LA

8/78 - 04/79 Pre-Med

Loyola University New Orleans,LA

01/79 - 04/79 AirForce ROTC

St. Joseph Regional High Lowell,MA

04/74 - 07/78 Academic Curriculum/Honors

Contact this candidate