Professional Designer in the engineering and manufacturing industries with over 20+ years experience. Excellent CAD, 2D and 3D drafting skills, as well as project experience. Experience in Machine Design, Product Design, Project Management, Process improvement projects, Sheet metal Development, Tooling, and Automation.

Microsoft Office Suite - Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Outlook, Publisher, Project, Access, Visio, One Note

Inventor 3D Design Software

Solid Edge 3D Design Software

Solidworks 3D Software

AutoCAD 2D Approx. 20 years exp.

Micrometers and Calipers

Data Acquisition Software (Adams)

Adobe Photoshop & Gimp

Materials research and specifying

Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing

Minitab (Statistics software)

MicroStation CAD software

Design

Analyzing Data

Planning

Revit CAD Software

Problem Solving

Woodworking

CAM Experience

Education:

DeVry University, B.S. Technical Management – Pursuing

Miami University, MET program, various Engineering Technology classes including Statics, Technical Writing, Eastern Art History

University of Cincinnati, MET program, various Engineering Technology classes including Calculus, Fortran programming, Physics, Principles of Manufacturing I and II, Electronics

Grayson College, Denison, TX, A.A.S. Drafting Technology, also took additional engineering classes including Algebra II, Trigonometry, Basic Programming and Engineering I after graduating.

Work History:

3/18 to Present

Woodbridge Manufacturing, Quality Auditor

Demold department, remove molded seat pads from molds, clean molds, wax molds

Trim parts with Pneumatic tools of excess flash

Pack out parts ready for shipping

Trained new operators in Demold, Trim and Pack departments

Promoted twice during tenure

5/14 to 3/18

Express Employment Professionals, Co-Franchisee

During this time I worked several different assignments as my wife and I ran an employment agency and were getting it off the ground. We sold the franchise in 2019.

Tara Gardens apartments, Maintenance tech, Huntsville, AL

Polaris Industries, Huntsville AL, Quality Control Technician

Sealy Realty, Huntsville, AL, Maintenance Technician

Remington Firearms, Quality Inspector

Huntsville Housing Authority, Huntsville, Al, Maintenance Aide

3/13-10/13 Franke Inc., 305 Tech Park Dr., LaVergne, TN., Designer (Contract)

Redesign of McDonald's restaurants for new equipment installations, from field surveys and interpreting owners store needs for their particular store. Using AutoCAD Architectural 2012, 2d software for layouts.

3/12 -2/13 Gresham, Smith & Partners, Nashville, TN, Designer (Contract & Permanent)

Drafting and Design of Process Flow Diagrams for new plant processes to be implemented.

Equipment layouts for new equipment installations.

Client site visits for equipment auditing and meetings.

Use of Autodesk Revit 3D Architectural design software for equipment layouts.

Used Excel software to develop a matrix for client’s future plant improvement and expansion projects.

Specified steels, and aluminum, plastics and gasket materials.

2010-2012 Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN 625 Chestnut St., Cad Draftsman (Contract)

Oversaw $1.5 million Water Chiller HVAC installation project. Helped keep project on track, and promote safety on the job.

Drew up Campus Architectural renovation plans in AutoCAD 10 & 11 &12.

Field work on Campus gathering room dimensions, furniture and equipment data.

Laid out lab rooms for Million dollar Electron Microscopes and routed electrical and Pneumatic lines for supplying the machines.

2007-2009Franke Inc., 305 Tech Park Dr., LaVergne, TN., Cad Operator (Contract)

Redesign of McDonald's restaurants from field surveys and interpreting owners store needs for their particular store for the McCafe’ product introduction.

Used AutoCAD 2D software to produce the architectural store layouts.

2006-2007 Clopay Corporation, Mason, OH, Designer in the Building Products division. (Contract)

Assisted in the design of a new push together window frame that went for patent review.

Reverse engineered Door hardware using Solid Edge software.

Drafting and Design of Garage doors and Tooling using Solid Edge and AutoCAD 2d and Inventor.

Prepared part design files for Stereo lithography type Rapid prototyping.

2005-2006 Littleford Day, Florence KY, Designer/Liaison (Contract)

Liaison between their Italian Design firm and the Florence, Ky. Headquarters to produce a new

Line of Roto-molding Machines in the U.S.

Oversaw build and helped resolve technical issues to produce their first 2 machines in the U.S.

Used SmartCAM Software to set up and program parts for CAM machining.

Prepared drawings for conversion to Italian drawings with GD&T to English for Manufacture in house.

1996-2004 Designer, PAK/TEEM Inc., Cincinnati, OH

Project work for Fortune 500 companies including Procter & Gamble & General Mills.

Lead Designer on cereal product for General Mills to improve bulk material flow to packaging lines. Size of project $250,000.

CAD layout, design and detail of dust control systems for Procter & Gamble.

Used AutoCAD and Solidworks as CAD tools on projects.

Base lining dust control systems for Procter & Gamble.

Lead Designer on several projects for UV Technologies.

Produced UV lamp drawings to supplier specifications for manufacture.

Lead Designer on the development of a new ultraviolet lamp for UV Technologies.

Assisted in the research, specifications and layout of electrical power and pneumatics connectors for UV Technologies new Ultraviolet lamp. Also worked on the mate up and clocking of the internal cassette portion to the exterior housing with alignment pin, and mating of pneumatic supply to the unit.

Conveyor upgrades, and design, using Solidworks and Autocad for Procter & Gamble and others.

Materials specified for parts included plastics, aluminum, stainless steels, carbon steels, glass and coatings.

1988-1996 Design Draftsman, U.S. Precision Lens Inc., (Division of Corning) Cincinnati, OH

Inspected million dollar optical coating machines for deliverables prior to final shipment from Dynavac Ind. (Boston MA) to U.S. Precision Lens Inc.

Machine Design assistance on optical coating machines

Various process improvement projects

Pneumatic circuit design

Worked with and checked machine designs that involved GD&T in their design.

Developed and implemented a lens tooling redesign that saved approximately $300k in variable tooling cost in second half of 1994. Also saved approximately $150k in up front tooling costs.

Assisted in the analysis and redesign of coater machine bearing system to drastically decrease bearing failures and machine downtime.

Designed semi-automatic assembly machines for lens assembling. Designed the mechanical tooling and controls for these machines.

Designed a lens assembly machine along with the PLC controls for a slip fit lens assembly. This machine also had a go-no-go checking device incorporated in it.

Designed manual lens assembly fixtures and tooling.

Designed controls and wiring harnesses for assembly tooling using Amphenol connectors. Made sure clocking was correct on fittings. Also built some of the harnesses along with the technician.

Laid out Pneumatic tubing and electrical wiring harnesses for robotic tooling on Plastic Injection Molding Presses.

Specified materials to be used in tooling, fixtures, machine parts and modifications. Materials specified were Stainless steels, aluminum, Carbon steels, aluminum extrusions, plastics.

1986-1988 Engineering Technician, Dynamco Inc., McKinney, TX (Pneumatic Valves and Controls Co.)

Responsible for tooling design, engineering documentation and product design

Ran valve life cycle testing

Designed semi –automatic valve testing station

Designed compound angled drill fixtures

Designed valve manifolds with compound angled port passages

Specified materials to be used in tooling such as tool steels, aluminum, plastics.

Specialized Training:

Air Logic School – Dynamco Air Controls

Machine Design Seminar – University of Milwaukee

Ideas Master Series 3D modeling Software – 1 week training

Dust Control System Design – PAK/TEEM Inc.

Societies:

SME - Society of Manufacturing Engineers (Previous member)

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