PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

CAD designer with ** years automotive interior design experience.

30+ years design experience in automotive seating and interiors.

** ***** ** ********** ***** CAD, latest version Siemens NX 11 (Unigraphics)

Good working knowledge of VAS and TcAE.

Trained on CATIA V5 July 2006.

Refresher training on CATIA V5 November 2011

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

JAC Products, Pontiac MI (Advantage Tech. Res.) September 2015 to July 2020. Direct as of January 2016

Senior Designer, Roof Racks, Cargo Management Systems & Assist Steps for the Automotive Industry, Siemens NX 11 (Unigraphics)

Designer in the Advanced Development Group designing and packaging roof rack systems, cargo management systems & Assist Steps (Running Boards) for light duty pick-up trucks and automobiles.

Faurecia, Auburn Hills MI (Advantage Technical Resources) April 2013 to September 2015

A Global Automotive Interior Supplier of Seating, Instrument Panel Cockpit, Door and Garnish Trim as well as Acoustics.

Senior Designer, Design Leader-Product Engineering/Design GM Business Unit, UG NX9

Supporting NX Design- Complete Seat Product Engineering and Manufacturing during concept through volume production phase on the GM Omega (01SL) High End Luxury Cadillac Program.

Projects range from complete Interior Seating Systems, mechanized sub-assemblies, to detailed end item components.

Lead daily customer vehicle level packaging studies and internal Seat Assembly Packaging studies/feasibility model creation.

Develop typical sections, showing the correct part to part, assembly and Craftsmanship dimensional clearances and relationships.

Lead and Develop customer driven studies based on engineering development direction.

Create 3D exploded views of all seat variants.

Maintain Master Layouts of all seat Assemblies based on their part break up.

Lead onsite weekly Product Design Reviews and support customer design reviews.

GM V.E.C., Warren MI (RCO Eng.) January 2012 to April 2013

Senior Designer, Overhead & Garnish, UG NX 7.5

Created package and clearance studies to find design solutions to production problems.

Redesigned ANC MIC (Ambient Noise Cancelation Microphone) Grill attachment method to prevent disconnection during side airbag deployment.

Redesigned rocker wiring containment boxes to improve assembly and serviceability.

Redesign of miscellaneous components.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (continued):

EDAG Inc., Auburn Hills MI September 2010 to January 2012

Senior Designer, UG NX 7.5

Lead Designer on Navistar's Global Eagle 917 CCB (Cross Cab Beam) Instrument Panel structure. Designer of all steel structure parts and brackets supporting I/P & related components.

Designer on Dodge Viper 2013. Worked on various interior components. Magnesium Cross Car Beam, assorted brackets supporting interior components.

McLaren Performance Technologies, Livonia, MI (RLE Int’l) August 2008 September 2009

Senior Designer, UG NX5

Detailing of engine components for S.E.S.’ SunCatcher, a solar powered closed loop hydrogen engine used to produce electricity.

Design and detailing fixtures for assembly and checking.

Created illustrations and Power Point presentations for instructional build book and field maintenance manual.

GM-Vehicle Engineering Center, Warren, MI (EASi/Aerotek) August 2007 to June 2008

Senior Designer, Integrated Interior Systems, UG NX3

·Redesign and packaging of interior trim, garnish and related components. (Cadillac and Pontiac Products). Package design of “B” Pillar speaker, Pontiac Solstice/Saturn Sky.

·Programs: Pontiac Solstice.

Intier Automotive Seating (Magna), Novi, MI (MSX Int’l) January 1999 to January 2006

Senior Designer, New Business Development Group, UG NX3

·Interfaced with customers and engineers to develop, design, and package complete vehicle seating systems and related components for new business quotes.

·Created Power Point presentations for engineering design and customer reviews.

·Developed new concepts, product design improvements, environment design and occupant packaging studies.

RCO Engineering, Roseville, MI May 1998 August 1998

Senior Designer, Seat Product Group, UG V13

·Design and packaging complete vehicle seating systems, including related components and assemblies.

·Running production design improvements.

GM Truck Product Center, Pontiac, MI (Megatech) July 1996 May 1998

Senior Designer, Seats and Restraints Group, UG V13

·Design liaison between GM/NAO Design Group and suppliers. Coordinated the transmission of designs, criteria, and environmental drawings. Conducted environment and occupant design package studies and final production assembly drawings.

·Programs: GMT 360.

·Unigraphics mentor during the CGS to UG system change over.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (continued):

Delphi Interior & Lighting Systems, Warren, MI (Invenio) April 1995-June1996

Senior Designer, Advance Development Seating Group, UG V10.4

Designing and packing of airbags in seats, all belts to seat (ABTS), seat structures, and energy management seat structures.

Johnson Controls Inc. Plymouth MI September 1994 March 1995

Designer, PDGS

Design and packaging complete vehicle seating systems, including related components and assemblies.

Continuous production and prototype design improvements.

Lear Seating, Southfield, MI (Livernois Eng.) June 1992 July 1994

Manual Designer

·Prototype through production design of complete automotive seating.

·All aspects of running production design improvements.

·Programs: Ford Probe.

Bertrand Faure Inc. Troy, MI (Faurecia) October 1985 May 1991

Manual Designer

·Design and packing of seat mechanisms. Types of mechanisms included; 2-way, 4-way, 6-way manual adjusters, recliners and inertia locking mechanisms.

·Design and packing of complete seat structures.

·Programs: GM10, GM25.

EDUCATION:

24 years’ operating Unigraphics. Latest revision NX 11

CATIA V5 Training, 2011, EDAG Inc.

CATIA V5 Training, Practical CATIA Training, 2006, MI (www. praticalcatia.com)

CATIA V5 Training, 2002, Macomb Community College, MI.

GDT Certificate 2001

High School Graduate - 1983

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