Mechanical Engineer Engineering

FRED FINKELSTEIN, P.E., M.S.C.S.

P.O. Box ****, Diamond Bar, CA. 91765, USA

Voice Mail / Cell: 909-***-****

E-mail: ***************@*******.***

Education & Professional Development:

> 2014, Certified in Lean Management, Pro-Source Certifications

> 2009, P.E. - Registered Professional Engr Mechanical, CA State Lic:

34489 > 2009, Certified Solidworks Professional CERT #: C-U3JDE5AMTL

> 2008, Certified Solidworks Associate CERT #: C-ML4E6C6FL4

> 2007, COSMOS Professional Course Certified, Go-Engineer, Irvine,

CA. > 2006, April - Master of Science, Engr & Computer Sci, Cal St

Univ.,Fullerton, ACM Associated

> 2001, March - Bachelor of Sci, Engrg & Comp Sci, Cal St Univ.,

Pomona (CALPOLY),ACM Accredited

> 1991, December - E.I.T Engineer in Training Cert., Cal St License

#XE083718

> 1989, March - Bachelor of Sci Mechanical Engrg, Cal St Univ.,

Pomona (CAL POLY), ABET Accredited

> 1987, June - Associate of Science, Mechanical Accomplished and

Drafting, ABET Accredited

Management / Engineering experience / expertise include:

. Project management experience on numerous mission critical

projects, has salvaged numerous instances of previously

considered lost opportunities and converted those into winning

events.

. Manages groups & teams and can mentor individuals at all levels

of expertise and experience, can work closely to bring out the

best in the team and focuses on the final goal.

. General machine design, Integration of components, Pneumatic

systems

. Hydraulic systems, Mechanical drives, Materials, R&E systems,

Problem identification, problem solving methodology, root cause

analysis, failure analysis, project communications.

. Systems - machine, electrical, process, assimilate and

understand technical information

. Business unit communications / partnering, Process Optimization,

accomplished standards, accomplished capabilities including

safety, design assurance, process streamlining.

. Accomplished communications procedure, Process capability,

Process control systems, Product attributes / quality,

Corporation policies and procedures enforced. Project

management, leadership, controls, Quality, Roles and

functions/interactions, Commercial equipment availability.

Current industry trade knowledge, Laws and governing

regulations, Awareness of international business & equipment

guides. Engineering budgets, Estimating projects and labor,

Maintenance integration, Audit of accomplished, appropriation

and budget system. Construction techniques, Engineering work

systems: computers, CAD.

General strengths:

. 15 years of professional Team Collaboration including over 26

years of Professional Mechanical Engineering experience on

various CAD systems (Siemens NX, Pro/E, Cosmos Works

Professional, AutoCAD & Autodesk Inventor, SolidWorks), and

other engineering software tools including Microsoft Office

(Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, Catia, etc.).

Excellent written and oral skills, and easily interface with

individuals that are non-technical.

. Expertise knowledge of the engineering project development

cycle, EPDC, completed numerous schedules, budgets and work

order break downs in professional career development. Uses

Microsoft Project for planning, Ghant charts, time lines,

milestone earned credit, cost cutting activities & SAP.

. Rock solid grasp of engineering fundamentals and accomplished

principles and practices, engineering calculations, advanced

mathematics, FEA, P/FMEA, DFMEA, linear algebra, matrices,

computations, manual calculations, spread sheets, uses MathCAD,

Basic Coding, C/C++ coding as required. Preparation of analysis

& reports, mechanical systems evaluations. Trained and conducts

training in hazard fault tree analysis and FMEA (failure modes &

effects analysis).

. Familiar with systems analysis and knowledge regarding

engineering management methodology.

. Trained in prevention of workplace harassment and trained in

hazardous analysis & hazards communications, with FMEA.

. Superior skills in Solidworks assembly design and has completed

dozens of assemblies, with parts in higher complexities.

Fred Finkelstein, P.E., M.S.C.S, B.S.M.E, B.S.C.S

SENIOR MECHANICAL ENGINEER

FRED FINKELSTEIN, P.E., M.S.C.S.

SENIOR/STAFF MECHANICAL ENGINEER

CONTRACT POSITIONS:

Company: M&O Perry, Senior Machine Design Engineer

Employed: Dec 2013 - present

Company: Linde Corp, System Engineer

Employed: Feb 2013 - Oct 2013

Title: SENIOR MECHANICAL ENGINEER

Employed: Feb 2007 - June

2012

Company: DLR Automation Systems., Anaheim, CA

RESPONSIBILITIES: Accomplished high speed automation equipment, automation

structures, complex conveyors & pneumatics. Engineering design and FEA to

solve complex problems in stress analysis, manufacturing, fatigue analysis,

machine design, machine components accomplished cost reductions, shafts,

gears, pins, linkages, sheet metal, weldments, structures, complex

geometry, and complex machining operations.

Responsible for a team of engineers, interns and accomplished goals

throughout the project development cycle. Provided design input to

engineering and non-engineering groups, including Planning, Procurement,

Facilities Management, Engineering services, Project engineering, Design

Assurance, mechanics, machinists, welders, CNC machinists and tool makers.

Managed scope, creating reports, accomplished tests & experiments,

analyzing data, performed calculations & FMEA meetings, found solutions to

complex problems. Accomplished and analyzed machinery elements (shafts,

gears, gearing, bushings, bearings, clutches & brakes) using mechanical

engineering practices and created solid model assemblies and CAD based

engineering drawings. Accomplished strategies to manufacture products, used

AWS D1.1 welds for installations, sized anchor bolts, concrete embedded

structure, upgraded welded structures for seismic, supervised installation,

directed contractors and technicians and led teams with a diverse level of

technical skills. Accomplished fixtures cost reduction, tooling and

prototypes on new designs and managed testing development, analyzed new

data and built test benches. Created Specifications (DS) and ATP

(Acceptance Test Procedures) for projects, Issued purchase orders, worked

with vendors.

Title: SENIOR ENGINEER

Employed: Sept

2006 Feb 2007

Company: TAMARACK CORPORATION, Corona, CA

RESPONSIBILITIES: Manufacturer of Medical Laser Ablation equipment.

Provided engineers and management the tools to fully configure equipment

design. Accomplished mechanical components used in laser ablation equipment

and the development of high technology products to the medical industry and

the electronics industry. Primarily accomplished designs that incorporated

rotating equipment, and conveyor driven equipment with high reliability and

high dependency on the use of step motors and the precise use of software

driven manufacture and software driven control systems. Accomplished

specialization included the use optical systems and the use of optimizing

laser systems to create the energy levels required for medical applications

and the optical energy use of ablation systems to reveal metal substrates

below plastic film carrier.

Title: SENIOR PROJECT ENGINEER

Employed: July 2003 Sept

2006

Company: SURVIVAIR Inc, Santa Ana, CA

RESPONSIBILITIES: SurvivAIR is a Molded Plastics Injection Respirator

company serving the Military, Biomedical and Industrial Respiratory needs

through high volume engineered molded plastic injection and manufacturing.

As project engineer established and coordinate a multitude of departments

and to traffic products through the manufacturing facility with a high

degree of precision to minimize scrap product and meet the schedules of

shipping. Instituted mechanical engineering specifications, identifying

critical accomplishing factors and risks applied to the development of

complex hardware. Accomplished plastic injected components on cad, as

adapters for Advanced Military hoods. Accomplishment of tools and tooling

using Solid Modeling software; holding fixtures and test harnesses, jigs,

fixtures, cabling, and process aids. Accomplished Pneumatic systems for

locking and unlocking of tooling, and holding jigs. Directed and supervised

plant/production employees, performed training and managing employees in

Foreign plants. Provided production engineering, converting logistical

systems, revising drawings, creating redlines, and interfacing with

drafting and design on Engineering Orders, working closely with production

planning, and operations.

Title: PLANT ENGINEER/TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

Employed: April 2002

July 2003

Company: RAINBIRD AGRI-Products

RESPONSIBILITIES: Accomplished products for PLASTIC MOLDED INJECTION, and

EXTRUSION facilities. Accomplished and engineered numerous high speed

manufacturing and extrusion machines for the high speed production runs to

develop automated water irrigation systems using motorized tube stamping &

impregnation machines and automated tube piercing and tube rolling

machines. Worked with high temperature plastic extrusion equipment and

cooling aquariums for the uniquely shaped tubing structures and the

embedded plastic valves in the systems. Accomplished switching systems for

pellet bins and handling of the extruder systems. Experienced in

engineering clamping mechanisms and streamlining the processing of material

handling. Supervised contract crews, and managed their labor. Provided

training to mechanics. Accomplished various production related components

with specialization in tubular plastic extrusion equipment with online

insertion of internal parts and mechanisms. Created instruction manuals,

reduced costs by 20%.

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 4782 Diamond Bar, CA 91765

Voice Mail / Cell: 909-***-****, e-mail: ***************@*******.***

FRED FINKELSTEIN, P.E., M.S.C.S.

SENIOR/STAFF MECHANICAL ENGINEER

Title: SENIOR MECHANICAL ENGINEER / PROJECT ENGINEER

Employed: June 1998 - Dec 2001

Company: SVG/ASML THERMCO Inc, Orange CA

RESPONSIBILITIES: Producer of Electric Ovens used to create computer chip

wafers. Accomplished development of legacy horizontal furnace systems to be

converted to new technology vertical design. AWS welded and ASME fabricated

parts; installed on Furnaces, Loading Stations, Process Gas Cabinets &

Piping Systems. Computed heat transfer & exchanger sizing, accomplished

thermal calculations. Managed and accomplished Gas Panel schematics, P&ID

and plumbing systems, P&ID for Vacuum Systems, Electronic Control systems

and schematics. Pneumatics and Hydraulics design. Designed with quartz

glass, composite materials, refractory lining, tiles, insulation, thermal

resistant plates & sheet metal panels. Extensive experience in GD&T,

Positional Tolerancing ANSI Y14.5, dimensional production machinery and CAD

production.

CONTRACT POSITIONS:

Company: Ameron, Mechanical Engineer

Employed: May 1997 - June 1998

Company: Impco Technology, Engineer

Employed: Jan 1997 - April

1997

Company: Orange Engineering & Machine, Mechanical Engineer

Employed: Nov 1996 - Jan 1997

Company: GNP Computers, Mechanical Engineer

Employed: June 1996 - Nov 1996

Company: Unit Instruments, Mechanical Engineer

Employed: Oct 1995 - June 1996

Company: Hunter Engineering, Mechanical Engineer

Employed: May 1995 - Oct 1995

Company: Troy Industries, Engineering Manager

Employed: Aug 1994 - March 1995

Company: Sierra Environmental Engineering, Project Engineer

Employed: Feb 1994 - Aug 1994

Title: PRODUCT MANAGER

Employed: Nov 1992 -

Aug 1993

Company: ZURN INDUSTRIES, Birmingham, Alabama

Responsibilities: Significant expertise in Electro-mechanical equipment,

motors, fans, rotating drums, stainless steel distillers, non-corrosive

oxidation tanks, ammonia systems, lime slurry mixers, chain driven mining

equipment, structural support towers & welded frames. Spray drying pressure

equipment, centrifuge separators, vibrating hoppers, dust collecting

cyclone equipment, and air modeling of ducting systems, duct systems

accomplished for efficiency, sheet metal construction, welded metal

structures, roofing steel, HVAC calculations, R-calculations, ventilation

sizing, piping systems, slurry abrasion flow calculations, open weir

sizing, tunnel flow & linings.

Title: SENIOR MECHANICAL ENGINEER

Employed: Jan 1990 to Sept 1992

Company: JOY GLOBAL ENGINEERING COMPANY, Monrovia, CA.

Responsibilities: Manufactured environmental equipment, bag houses,

cyclones, spray driers, lime slurry machinery, conveyor belts and conveyor

systems, mixers, ammonia dilution systems, ammonia sprayers, NOx / SOx

catalyst systems and honeycombs. Responsible for preparing and reviewing

mechanical and electrical drawings, accomplished procurement processes of

released designs, perform Finite Element Analysis (FEA) calculations to

evaluate thermal and structural safety margins on various assemblies,

subsystems, and test fixtures. Lead Root cause analysis of mechanical,

electrical & structural assemblies using analytical and experimental

methods, performing in-depth reviews of project designs for margin of

safety assurance and Accomplished cost reductions for Manufacturing.

Title: SENIOR MECHANICAL ENGINEER

Employed: Mar 1989 to Jan 1990

Company: SARGENT CONTROLS / GENERAL DYNAMICS, Los Angeles, CA

Responsibilities: Accomplished hydraulic systems for submarines.

Accomplished titanium and aluminum manifolds for high pressure applications

in control systems for navigation. Accomplished silent hydraulic systems,

accomplished flow calculations, wrote calculations in programming/Basic

coding to evaluate scenarios in tight tolerance designs. Conducted sonic

testing, flow tests, wrote reports, conducted MRB, design reviews and

evaluated project cost effectiveness, reduced costs and used ASME Y14.5,

ASTM, ANSI, IEEE, DIN, AWS.

Title: SENIOR MECHANICAL ENGINEER

Employed: June 1985 Jan

1989

Company: SILVERLINE INDUSTRIES, Covina, CA

Responsibilities: Accomplished high speed nailing equipment and machinery.

Worked with shop to create as built plans and drawings for electro-

mechanical machinery. Accomplished linkages and motion studies, timing

studies, full range of motion studies. Accomplished design using fatigue

analysis, used ANSI Y14.5 accomplished standardization of tooling, created

blue prints and blue lines, managed multiple projects, investigated machine

failures and accomplished engineering solutions, accomplished welding

procedures in AWS D1.1.

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 4782 Diamond Bar, CA 91765

Voice Mail / Cell: 909-***-****, e-mail: ***************@*******.***

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