3D Product Designer and Manufacturing Engineer.
Resume:
STREET SW, NAPLES, FL 34117.USA
*********@**********.*** . Cellular 954-***-**** . Home 239-***-****
NEW PRODUCTS DESIGN ENGINEER / INVENTOR / MANUFACTURING LIAISON
A dynamic and accomplished self-starting Design and Manufacturing Engineer
with more than 19 years of inventing, creative 3D designing and the
engineering of innovative and #1 Top Selling Sport-Fishing and consumer
products.
A tireless visionary and possesses more than 25 years of significant
experience in design, engineering, manufacturing, analysis, hands-on
testing and quality control. Extremely adept at completing demanding
projects within crucial timelines and to target budgets. Thorough, detail,
quality and process oriented, strong follow-through and support skills.
A very logical problem solver and with a career objective of continuing
to design more innovative products and has a proven track record of the
ability to liaise with the personnel of US & Chinese manufacturing
facilities and patent attorneys. Has a polished professional personal
appearance, highly articulate and with the ability to work within a team.
Significant Skill Sets
. Patent Applications . US & Chinese Factory Liaison
. CNC Milling & Turning
. 3D Product Design . 3D Printing & Finishing
. CAD Drafting
. New Product Testing . Jig, Fixture & Machine Design
. Engineering Support
. Prototyping & Model Making . Research & Development
. Trade Show Presentations
. Production Management . Quality Control Documentation
. Assembly Training
. 3D Graphical Presentations . Injection Molding.
. Telecommute/ Internet
Selected Project Accomplishments
Invented, patented, fully engineered and manufactured the very first quick-
action Telescopic-Outrigger that has since become the most popular types of
Outrigger used in the Sport-Fishing arena today.
Invented the very first Under-tower operated Outrigger Top-Mount. 'SOS'
designs consequently set trends in more than 5 product categories and now
followed by some 5 or more competitors.
A total of 13 Patents have now been awarded 'SOS' for many innovative
Sport-Fishing products that collectively took a company from #5 in sales
ranking to #1 in the industry for the particular category of products on
the market.
More than 40 OEM Boat builders specify more than 12 'SOS' designed products
as standard equipment.
More than 300 Retail and web-stores worldwide stock and market more than 68
different 'SOS' originally designed products!
Professional Work History
SOS INVENTIONS & DESIGN ENGINEERING, LLC. Naples, Florida. [owner]
JAN. 2009 - Present.
CONSULTANT NEW PRODUCTS DESIGN & MANUFACTURING ENGINEER,
Undertaking of the Design and Engineering of Intellectual Property related
project work for corporate and other private individuals needing assistance
with their inventions.
The general research, Inventing, 3D Solid Modeling, 3D FDM ABS Prototype
Printing & ABS tool making, engineering drawings, BOM's, technical
assistance with the Patent application and manufacturing processes.
Just recently completed 2-1/2 years of associated 3D design work for 2 and
highly regarded US Injection-Molding and manufacturing companies assisting
in processing more than 50 separate projects relating to many different
industries.
TACO METALS, INC., Miami, Florida. [Sole Client]
2003 to 2009
CONSULTANT NEW PRODUCTS DESIGN & MANUFACTURING ENGINEER,
Contracted to continue the conception and the full engineering of new
innovative and patentable products for the future market growth
requirements of the company, whilst maintaining continuous engineering
support by liaising with both the US and Chinese vendors to ensure
consistent quality of the existing products.
Accompany the company owner to China for structured engineering related
meetings with vendors to discuss and initiate new projects whilst checking
up on production of existing products.
* Maintaining responsibility to produce detailed engineers drawings and
providing all supporting documentation required for the vendors to
produce the components and the finished assemblies for all of the new
products. Ultimately a very high product standard has been realized due
to the very detailed information initially supplied to them.
* Responsibility to initiate and undertake prototype construction of all
newly designed products and to supply all 3D visual-aid graphics with the
features and benefits information and costing estimates of the new
products that the owners and the Sales and Marketing team can then
collectively evaluate before moving forward.
* Due to limited company engineering personnel budget, had the sole
responsibility to create all of the new products individual detailed part
engineering drawings and maintain well in excess of 500 individual other
solid-model & part CAD drawing files plus 100's of 3D assembly files and
B.O.M documents to bring products to market quicker and saving thousands
of dollars in drafting costs.
* Maintained complete responsibility for preparing all preliminary
documentation for Provisional & Non-Provisional Patent applications of
the conceived and finally produced products. By doing this a minimum 50%
reduction in patent cost was realized for the company by limiting
unnecessary attorney fee's.
* Undertaken continued responsibility for QC inspecting all newly designed
1st samples and initial testing of products to the appropriate levels
before any production run commences. The result has been that product
reject issues particularly with Chinese made items are immediately dealt
with and corrected before any production runs, saving time and money for
the company.
* Ongoing duty to fully liaise on a regular basis with supplying US &
Chinese vendors which ensures that product quality level does not
deteriorate from the initial high level that I set.
TACO METALS, INC., Miami, Florida.
2000 to 2002
NEW PRODUCTS DESIGN & MANUFACTURING ENGINEER
Initially only retained for a 12month period to serve as acting product
engineer working with the buyers own personnel and vendors during the
initial company acquisition, production and training transitional period.
Effectively and efficiently supplied CNC machined and other processed
components on schedule to suit the continued sales demand of the products.
* Successfully redesigned and transitioned existing product components that
were being mostly produced in the USA by expensive CNC machines over to
the casting, injection molding, stamping and extrusion manufacturing
methods in order to actually reduce finish product costs whilst improving
the product quality.
* Outsourcing engineering representative liaising with the US & Chinese
factories which included necessary factory visits to ensure that the
Chinese were suitability complying to the high standards set. The
personal factory visits minimized the initial quality-control problems
with Chinese vendors.
SOS GLOBAL PRODUCTS, INC., Miami, Florida.
1996 to 1999
PRESIDENT/OWNER
Founded and operated the Sport-Fishing Products company and immediately
identified a Worldwide market demand for innovative new products that have
since set a product trend within the Sport Fishing arena. Grasped the
opportunity to R&D, solely design, engineer and manufactured over 200
separate components to bring the newly conceived products immediately to
the market.
* Designed, patented, manufactured and introduced the very 1st Quick-action
Telescopic-Outrigger and the Bolt-In 'G-Slam' Top Mount on the market
which have both since gone on to be the most widely used Outriggers and
Bases type of products used on Sport Fishing vessels today.
* Trained on and Introduced CNC machinery into the manufacturing operation
for improved efficiency, with an ultimate cost reduction of the products
manufacturing costs.
* Designed and implemented a labor saving punch-press design to increase
productivity in the Outrigger production assembly line. This machines
hole punching concept is now widely used in other facilities.
* Grew profits by over 400% to $1m in gross sales in only a 3year period
with a total of only 3 full time employees.
* Sold the company for a profit and proceeded to devote time to designing
more innovative products.
ACL AUTOMOTIVE AMERICA. Atlanta, Georgia.
1991 to 1995
TECHNICAL SALES REPRESENTATIVE / ENGINE COMPONENTS
Effectively took on the responsibilities of a replacement Technical Sales
support liaison representative in the US for the Australian based owner and
manufacturer of Internal engine components during the Vandervell / ACL
transition.
Consistently maintained a high level of customer technical sales product
support for all existing and new customers and performed
daily interaction with Tasmanian factory engineers whilst simultaneously
assisting in the immediate 4mth compilation deadline of creating a new US
product catalog that resulted in it being a very technical and informative
catalog, featuring new ideas personally added in that customers gladly
accepted as it assisted them in their work.
* Represented the Atlanta based operation at numerous Performance & Race
Car trade show events all over the country developing new customers for
the companies product line. Significantly helped in establishing new
customer accounts within the USA and overseas.
* Responsible for all warranty issues requiring immediate action and
liaised with the factory to correct any problems with any product
produced.
* Extremely proficient at undertaking engine bearing inspections and
compiling detailed analysis reports for Race-Engine builders in the
Nascar, NHRA/IHRA dragster and off-shore racing boat industry among
others which significantly helped the customer with their racing-engine
programs.
* Undertake regular customer support visits to particular clients engine-
building facilities all over the US. Perform technical presentations to
the client's sales teams in order to formally train them in technology
related issues.
* To indentify possible target markets for new product applications within
the automotive industry and then to follow through with all the relevant
US company departments and the off-shore factory to bring the new
application successfully to market.
Computers
. Windows 7 [Dual Monitors] . 3D FDM
Printers . Excel
. Microsoft Outlook . Corel
. E-Drawings
. Solidworks 2013 [Licensed] . Bobcad
CAD/CAM . Internet
Education
Oxfordshire, England.
Licenses & Awards
LONDON CITY & GUILDS, AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIAN. [UK].
Rolls-Royce & Bentley 4 year indentured apprenticeship.
14 US Patents.
Some USA ASE certification training
Training
CNC Machine Operator training: Mazak & Haas machines. [Production operator
1996-2000]
Solidworks. [2013 Licensed user]
How To Be A Better Technical Writer: KEYE Productivity Center [Div. of the
AMA]
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