Engineer Manager

Trygve Larsen

Senior Mold maker - Basler Plastics

San Marcos, TX

*******@*****.*** - 936-***-****

WORK EXPERIENCE

Senior Mold maker

Basler Plastics - San Marcos, TX - March 2013 to Present

Repair and make revision changes to existing molds

• Design mold components and revisions in Solidworks 2013

• Programming in Mastercam X7

• Tig welds for repair of mold cavities

Tool maker- mold and die designer, shop manager

Innovative Manufacturing Solutions - Foley, MN - February 2000 to December 2012

Company designs and builds plastic injection molds, rubber transfer and compression molds, progressive dies,

draw dies, stage tooling, fixtures, and custom semi-automated machines; develops and builds prototype parts;

and provides product research and development consulting services from conception to production.

• Equipment includes Sodick linear wire EDM, Enshu high-speed vertical machining center, Milltronics vertical

CNC mills, and all types of manual tool room machinery.

• Work with various steel types including but not limited to P20, S7, H13, A2, D2, M2, CPMIV, titanium, all

types of brass, various aluminum types including but not limited to foretell and 6061, and various plastic types

including but not limited to HDPE, LDPE, PP, PS, nylon, Norell, PVC, and rubber.

• Chief designer, engineer, and developer of tools to bring customer products to production, and of the products

themselves.

• Responsible for the supervision of all company employees.

• Train all employees in the proper operation of all equipment.

• Perform tooling tryouts with customers.

• Troubleshoot customers' manufacturing problems.

• Responsible for CNC programming using Surfcam and Mastercam.

• Design with SolidWorks.

• Develop and maintain sales relationships with company customers.

CEO

Central Tool Engineering (company has since dissolved) - Foley, MN - February 1998 to February 2000

Performed same duties and had same responsibilities as listed above for IMS.

Tool and Die Maker

Electrolux Manufacturing Company - Saint Cloud, MN - 1988 to February 1998

Worldwide appliance manufacturing company. St. Cloud location manufactures approximately 5,000 freezers

per day for the consumer industry.

• Repaired dies and plastic injection molds.

• Repaired automated manufacturing equipment working with pneumatics, hydraulics, and PLC-controlled

equipment.

• Troubleshot malfunctioning production equipment.

EDUCATION

Associate in Machine Technology

St. Cloud Technical College

January 1987 to September 1988

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