CAD ENGINEER
Resume:
Damon Wherry
Centerville, TN.
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Objective: Obtain challenging position with a company where I can advance.
Sole Supports Lyles, TN.
Experience:
PRESS TECHNICIAN / CNC TECHNICIAN / CAD TECHNICIAN
September 2011 to Present
• Responsible for following design forms from Doctors and
Chiropractors to make a custom orthotic.
• Evaluate patients’ weight and shape of their feet to select correct
metric size medical plastic.
• Inspect foam casts of patients’ feet that are milled out with a CNC
milling machine.
• Practice Lean Manufacturing techniques and make
recommendations for improvements.
• Modified Standard Operating Procedures to make work flow more
evenly.
• Modify impressions of patient’s feet using a Rhino 3D program that
was especially written for Sole Support software.
• Manage incoming orders to insure on time delivery.
• Reverse Engineer patients’ feet ensuring a custom fit orthotic.
• Receive Internet Scans from Clinics to ensure quality and privacy for
patients’.
Chappells Hometown Foods Centerville, TN.
Assistant Manager
May 2010 to September 2011
• Responsible for 22 employees’ daily work and schedules.
• Managed daily operations for inventory control and weekly budgets.
• Created new techniques for better customer service and new ways
of stocking the store for better productivity.
• Developed computer files to better business efficiently.
Tennessee Technology Center Hohenwald, Tn.
Technical Training Instructor
August 2009 to May, 2010
• Executed daily operations of student participation.
• Developed and conducted programs to train in the installation,
programming, safety, maintenance and repair of machinery and
equipment.
• Conferred with managers, instructors and customer representatives
in order to determine training needs.
• Was instrumental in starting CAD program at Spring Hill High
School.
• Trained and managed 25 students.
• Scheduled classes, based on availability of classrooms, equipment
and instructors.
• Evaluated training packages, including outline, text and handouts
written by instructors.
• Assigned instructors to in-service and out-service training classes
to learn new skills as needed.
• Monitored budget to ensure that training costs did not exceed
allocated funds.
• Wrote budget report listing training costs, such as instructors'
wages and equipment costs, to justify expenditures.
• Attended meetings and seminars to obtain information useful to
training staff and to inform management of training programs.
• Monitored instructors during lectures and laboratory demonstrations
to evaluate performance.
• Developed and conducted training programs.
YKK SNAP FASTENERS Centerville, Tn.
Engineering Tech
April 1989 to November 2007
• Designed and directed installation of plant systems and product
lines.
• Executed daily operations of a progressive die and cold header
metal stamping department.
• Applied engineering principles to design, modify and develop
facilities, testing apparatus, machines, equipment and processes
used in processing and manufacturing products.
• Wrote, designed and produced notions for the Garment Industry.
• Analyzed product and equipment specifications and performance
requirements to determine designs that could be produced by
existing manufacturing and processing facilities and methods.
• Trained and managed seven employees and achieved
significant improvements in their productivity and overall attitude
towards company policies.
• Made many improvements to YKK Corp. Product line including
cost reductions in processes and producing low tolerance
products from existing equipment. Including new tooling for
progressive dies and cold header production.
• Analyzed engineering proposals, process requirements and
related technical data pertaining to industrial machinery and
equipment design.
• ISO 9000 and 9001 certified auditor for five years, Safety
committee chairman.
• Determined feasibility of designing new plant equipment and
modifying existing facilities considering costs, available space,
time limitations, company planning and other technical and
economic factors.
• Trained every new hire in ISO procedures and equipment.
• Provided technical information concerning manufacturing and
processing techniques, materials, properties, process
advantages and limitations that affected long range plant and
product engineering planning.
• Compiled and analyzed operational, test and research data to
establish performance standards for newly designed and
modified equipment.
• Studied engineering and technical publications for new ideas.
Education
• Certified CAD/Drafter from Tennessee College Of Applied
Technology. December 2009.
• Certified CAD Instructor from Tennessee College Of Applied
Technology. December 2009.
• High School Diploma from Hickman County High School.
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