Mechanical Design

Curt Fredrikson

***** ******* **** • Mokena, IL *0448

**********@*****.*** • 425-***-****

BACKGROUND

DESIGNER-DRAFTER-CAD TECHNICIAN; Diverse experience in mechanical drafting and design

(mostly products and equipment), including over 20,000 hours of CAD (mostly AutoCAD). Certified SolidWorks Associate #C-8FNBNHN38-P. Currently pursuing Autodesk Inventor specialist certificate. Substantial work background in AutoCAD solid modeling, plant layout drafting, and technical writing. Familiar with ANSI Y-14.5 (GD&T). Substantial machine design experience. If you don’t see it here, it doesn’t mean that I can’t do it or learn it. U.S. citizen. Non-smoker. WORK HISTORY

Schold Machine – Bedford Park, IL 11/15 – 10/16

One-man drafting/design/documentation department for small manufacturer. Some 3D parametric modeling.

Wrigley Manufacturing (contract) – Yorkville, IL 11/09 – 08/15 Drafter/Designer/Documentation Manager

One-man drafting/design/documentation department for large manufacturing facility; maintained factory drawings, reverse-engineered production machine parts, supported production line layout with drafting, creation of 3-D models, collection of measurements, design, vendor contact, platform design, etc.; contact point for employee document requirements; largely self-managing, working directly with customers for documents Superior Engineering (contract) – Hammond, IN 05/06 – 03/09 Drafter/designer, mechanical

Drafting and design related to production line upgrades in local steel mills; collection of field measurements; 3-D modeling

R.W. Cooper (contract) – Chicago (now Lombard), IL 05/05 – 04/06 Drafter/designer, mechanical

General arrangement drafting, light design for roofing materials manufacturing facilities USG (contract) – Chicago, IL 04/04 – 05/05

Drafter, mechanical

Design drafting, mechanical and process drawings for plasterboard manufacturing facilities FloScan/RacerMate (contract) – Seattle, WA 01/03–03/03, 09/02–11/02, 06/01–08/01 Design drafter, mechanical

Mechanical and illustrative drafting for VeloTronTM bicycle trainer, VariCrankTM adjustable pedal crank, flow sensors

Hovair Automotive (contract) – Seattle, WA 03/02 – 07/02 Drafter, mechanical

Assembly and detail drafting from layouts for material handling systems for auto parts Stress-Tek – Kent, WA 07/93 – 05/01

Drafter II

Mechanical & electromechanical drafting, emphasis on illustrations & isometrics, AutoCAD solid modeling; detail design of products; established CAD standards for company EDUCATION

Attended University of Illinois (Chicago), City College of Chicago, Elgin (IL) Community College, & Green River Community College, acquiring 195 quarter hours (about 3 years) in engineering degree curriculum. Significant curriculum highlights: Physics (4 quarters), Mathematics (through Differential Equations, Linear Algebra & Matrix Theory), Statics, Dynamics, Thermodynamics, Materials (2 quarters), Mechanical Vibrations, Manufacturing Processes (mostly metalworking), Kinematics (mechanism geometry; cams, gears, linkages), Machine Design, Fluid Mechanics, “C”, FORTRAN & BASIC programming, Material Testing Methods (lab), Chemistry, Motors & Controls, SolidWorks (self-taught), Autodesk Inventor TECHNICAL SKILLS

Computer: AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Inventor, Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook

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