Ralph Tarulli B.S., MBA, P.E.

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Irvington, N.Y. 10533

914-***-****

Cell: 914-***-****

adyipz@r.postjobfree.com

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Engineering Consulting Experience

- Interfaced with clients.

- Completed engineering and architectural plans for residential and commercial projects.

- Experienced in acquiring building permits from various municipalities.

- Coordinated and participated in site visit, client, and municipal official meetings to resolve

code interpretations and acceptance criteria.

- Performed drainage calculations, structural wood and steel load calculations, site inspections,

sized steel beams, LVL's, flitch plate beams.

- Continuously applied NYS building and local codes to projects. Presented client proposed work

to Planning, ZBA, and Architectural Review Boards (ARB).

- Entirely designed and created plans for fire sprinkler systems per NFPA-13, NFPA-13R, and

NFPA-13D for commercial and residential. Some include: Lauren's Garage Car Collection

52,000 sq. ft. ($ 13,000,000), Elmsford Firehouse (16,000 sq. ft.), Retail Strip Mall

(23,000 sq. ft.), and 17,000 sq. ft. homes (over $ 10,000,000) to name a few.

- Conducted on-site fire flow tests to determine municipal water supply information for hydraulic

calculations of fire sprinkler systems and certified inspections.

- Composed proposals and created conceptual layouts for client discussion purposes and

meetings.

- Performed pre-purchase home, structural, and fire sprinkler inspections with client reports.

- Created and certified engineering design installation plans of backflow preventers of various

sizes required by New York State, local municipalities, and Westchester County Health Dept.

leading to permit acquisitions for installation. Certified inspections. Collaborated with various

water dept.'s.

- Acquired pricing information from contractors for various projects and helped with planning.

7/94-7/23 Zierick Mfg. Corp., Mt. Kisco, N.Y.

R & D Engineer and Project Manager

- Managed and tasked personnel to act on customer projects resulting in sales.

- Did applications engineer duties to technically support and consult sales force via customer

discussions, supply technical information, and advised quality control on checking products.

- Designed, made prototypes, and tested electronic connectors leading to new sales, factory

production, and new patent as inventor.

- Coordinated projects from concept to production.

- Extensively applied engineering principles.

- Tested and documented company products with test reports.

- Interfaced with customers to discuss designs for their applications, performed vendor searches

for obtaining quotes, and interfaced with all levels of management within the firm.

- Performed project management ISO 9000 and QS 9001 audit duties.

- Applied basic machine shop practices.

- Acquired UL recognition of company products.

3/92-3/94 EDO Corp., College Point, N.Y.

Mechanical Design Engineer

- Created mechanical and structural concepts and components of aircraft weapon store release

devices.

- Used geometric tolerance per ANSI Y14.5 and structural analysis.

- Negotiated procurement of prototype hardware for testing.

- Interfaced with engineering disciplines and management to proceed with designs and proposals.

- Met with customers to discuss design concepts for high reliability in aircraft mechanical

operations.

- Designed test apparatus and supervised its fabrication in machine shop.

6/90-7/91 Controlex, Croton Falls, N.Y.

Project Engineer

- Designed, developed, and performed acceptance test procedures of mechanical cable control

assemblies such as gearboxes and rack and pinion aircraft engine throttles.

- Wrote test reports, customer proposals, and documented test data.

- Developed SOW's.

- Performed gear tooth stress and gear analysis and analyzed backlash.

-Supervised test setups for cable control cycling.

1/85-5/90 Grumman Corp., Bethpage, N.Y.

Associate Engineer

- Designed and detailed weapons carriage mechanical concepts for production and feasibility

studies of naval aircraft that were carrier based.

- Led and coordinated group tasks to perform feasibility studies entailing engineering disciplines

such as aerodynamics, stress analysis, structural design, and load studies.

- Resolved aircraft production line issues for F-14 Tomcat, A-6 Prowler, EA6-B Intruder, and

E-2C Hawkeye.

- Performed site visits at naval installations (such as Pt. Mugu) to supervise flight testing of

missile carriage and interface to launchers.

6/82- 12/85 Naval Surface Warfare Center, Silver Spring, Md.

Aerospace Engineer

- Performed weapons carriage design of equipment for field flight test of parachutes.

- Analyzed and performed computer aerodynamic analysis of re-entry vehicles.

- Conducted parachute cord testing for ferrule sizing and design.

- Participated in supersonic wind tunnel testing of missiles at high angles of attack matching

computer analysis.

- Performed field flight test with engineering team.

Education

- B.S. Aerospace Engineering-Polytechnic Institute of New York

- MBA - Long Island University

- Attended various lectures and seminars pertaining to technical work experience described.

- Attended continuing education courses to maintain New York License Registration as required

by New York education law such as HVAC system design (understanding and utilizing

ASHRAE codes), fire sprinkler design, structural analysis, building codes, ethics. etc..

Licenses and Certifications

- Professional Engineer License- New York Registration

- Notary Public- New York

- OSHA 30 Construction Safety and Health Certification

- Awarded various government patents (about 6) for electronic connectors applications adding

value to company's product line.

Skills

- Worked with CADKEY, some ALGOR, some UNIGRAPHICS, CADAM, Autocad, Windows,

Word, Excell, and other PC software.

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