KENNETH SWINK

Dallas, TX ***** 469-***-**** ad2vsv@r.postjobfree.com WWW: Bold Profile

Grew up in Grand Prairie Tx. Where my father owned a precision sheet metal manufacturing company, as a kid I leaned how operate all types of machinery and program hand written CNC programs (before Cad)witch all seemed to be 2nd nature to me just part of growing up. Graduated Grand prairie High in 1991. In high school I had the time of my life managing the night shift at my Dad's shop and working with all my high school buddies. When I was a teenager I was part of a major revolutionary advancement in the metal fabrication industry as the computer age rolled in, office space and overhead incredibly reduced, giant drafting tables and various rulers hand tools and pencils were no longer needed which made design work and prototyping so much easier with all my team(colleges-job crew-friends) within arms reach of each other on their P.C.s. I was so fascinated with Autodesk' s new Dos program Autocad that I converted years and rows of filing cabinets of customer blueprints into a small stack of floppy discs and one filing cabinet of hard copies within a few months and then a few years later Autocad version 11 came out with 3D capability and Microsoft came out with Fabriwin CAM software I was so excited! I went back through our customers Autocad drawings and didn't stop refining them until I knew for sure that I incorporated every drafting style and technic know to date into those drawings geometric tolerancing,sliced views, section call outs, isometric illustrations, isometric exploded ext.

! 90 % of our customers products were designed and drafted by us if me my dad or one of my brothers weren't busy in the shop you would find one of us in the field taking dimension and drawing up sketches for a customer

"Just thinking back is causing me to tear up little" .After being cut from the the football team and I wasn't going to be the wolds greatest NFL wide receiver or Q.B. witch is every young boys dream. Determined to be the best at something I decided to capitalize on what I had going for me and decided to learn all I could about the Metal fab. business for the next 6 to 7 years I sought out jobs with companies that I felt had something directly for me to learn,it wasn't long before I felt I acquired the experience and skills of a proficient,safe, and productive operator of all the major brands and types of machines from CNC mills,metal lathes,punch and brake presses saws,plasma cutters,waterjets and final laser machines . I left the industry thinking that every job or trade would be just as easy and I would have natural skill and apt. for as I did for metal fab. Metal fabrication expert Extensive Knowledge and

understanding of all aspects of the metal

fabrication industry. Gifted artist -ability to free PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

SKILLS

hand or draw composite art work in great detail

and accuracy any thing I see or described me.

CNC Machinist, Sheet Metal mechanic,Autocad

draftsman, CAD / CAM programmer proficient

with,SOLIDWORKS, Inventor,and Revet

software.

Programmer Cad / Cam, 01/2011 - 01/2012

Dlt – Duncanville, TX

Engineer, 01/2007 - 01/2008

P & R – Dallas, OR

Delivered high-quality designs through extensive CAD modeling and simulation testing. For Frito Lay conveyer systems

Assistant Manager, 01/2005 - 01/2006

Centurian Steel – Garland, TX

Managed shop production of heavy steel and I- beam construction products for commercial buildings, and isolated and extracted all metal components from costumer supplied architectural cad drawings for B.O.M. to assist the manager in the quoting process.

Machine Operator, 01/2004 - 01/2005

Staly Steel – Pilot Point, TX

Setup and operated a variety of custom made machines used to manufacture heavy iron and steel I beam construction kits for commercial buildings

Programmer, 01/2003 - 01/2004

S&S Machine – Irving, TX

Programmed aircraft parts for Boeing used mylars to create programs and training machine operators AutoCAD Draftsman, 01/1997 - 01/1998

Riddle Metal Works – Garland, TX

Drew manufacturing pints and 3D illustrations for mall keoses Manager, 01/1995 - 01/1998

WORK HISTORY

TPI Telecommunication Properties – Garland, TX

Helped the owner establish his new sheet metal shop by bringing over new customers from my dad's shop and designed new products a line of air and water machine and commercial car Wash vacuums .He later commented to me that if it weren't for having our own products we would have never made it when the economy was bad CNC Programmer, 01/1993 - 01/1994

Cisco Systems, Inc. – Grand Prairie, TX

Programmed amada machinery and helped new engineers in our engineering department draw and work with Cisco prints and design parts that would work more universally with Amanda machinery and tooling. Programmer, 01/1991 - 04/1997

Rheaco Inc – Grand Prairie, TX

Program parts for the government's state of the art new uh-60 Blackhawk helicopter.and return several years later to help with the l t f-22 raptor for Lockheed Martin Deul AAS- Advanced Manufacturing Tech And Robotics, Expected in 11/2024 Dallas College - Dallas, TX

Awarded [Award Name]

AAS Cad Architectural Design : CAD Technology, Expected in 11/2024 Dallas College - Dallas, Tx.

Seeking to return to my field of expertise that I enjoyed so much. I have learned that a person is happier gets better at and is more productive doing what their good at. I have always enjoyed learning from the people around me and sharing what knowledge I have. Everyone has potential to be good at something most just need the opportunity and right encouragement. It's a good feeling to be a valued and important person especially where you work at, I think every one should have that chance. I haven't work in manufacturing for a while, I'm looking for one of the following positions with a good company starting pay $25 hr. for a short probation period of 30 to 90 days to be renegotiated after I have proven myself to be a valuable employee. - CNC machinist, Brake press operator, Punch press operator, CAD/CAM programmer, Autocad draftsman, Asst. manager, Q.C. inspector, Sheet metal shop supervisor, Solidworks programmer, or Sheet metal mechanic

EDUCATION

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

need work ASAP call Ken Swink

at 469-***-****