Machine Design Designer

Mark T. Stapleton

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Cornelius, NC 28031

Cell 704-***-****

email: *******@*********.***

SUMMARY OF SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

•Expert mechanical design and documentation (close-tolerance machining, sheet metal, castings, injection molding, thermal pressure molding, rotomolding, etc.), and also PWB design.

•Thoroughly knowledgeable of manufacturability and inspectability criteria for various metal and plastics forming processes

•Machine design, product design and technical writing experience spanning many years

•Expert in interpretation and practical use of Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (ASME/ANSI Y-14.5).

•Expert level proficiency with SolidWorks. Also have some experience with AutoDesk Inventor and capable with AutoCAD. Very experienced with translation from 2D CAD to 3D model and vice versa.

•PWB design using OrCAD and other tools.

•Expert electrical/mechanical drawing checking (approximately 8 years experience, dedicated as well as part of other duties at several companies and in consulting work)

•Expert on compliance with military standards/specifications for engineering documentation in general

•Creation/administration of document control and configuration management systems for engineering drawings, specifications and software

•See also graphical examples of my work at the following links:

http://www.h2omarkdesign.com/stapleton_portfolio.pdf

http://www.h2omarkdesign.com/automation_examples_portfolio_for_stapleton.pdf

http://www.h2omarkdesign.com/stapleton_representative_drawings.pdf

PERMANENT POSITIONS:

See Contracting/Consulting on following pages for recent and earlier short term employment work. Much of my employment in the past few years has been in this vein.

AP&T North America – Monroe, NC (http://www.aptgroup.com) Dec ’12 to Jan ‘17: Design Engineer: Principle mechanical designer at the US arm of a large OEM of robotics automation for forming presses. I did customization, sizing and configuration for all kinds of equipment on all kinds of presses and press lines with factory layout of this equipment.

Profero Systems, Inc – Dallas, NC (http://www.proferosystems.com/) March ’06 – September ‘09: Mechanical Engineer: Only mechanical design person in this small OEM of machinery for the corrugated paperboard industry.

Georgia Tech Research Institute, Electronics Systems Lab - Atlanta, GA (http://www.gtri.gatech.edu/) May ’96 – July ‘00: Mechanical Engineer II: Head of a technical support group which included bench technicians, mechanical designers and a PWB layout person. Documentation control and software configuration management, mechanical design and drawing checking. Specialist in defense electronics technical data packages (TDPs).

Vista 2000, Inc. - Marietta, GA (company now out of business) Feb ‘95 - May ‘96: Printed Circuit Designer / Mechanical Designer: Design to manufacture for high-volume commercial electronics company. Included plastic injection molding using AutoCAD and PCB design on OrCAD and EE Designer.

Healthdyne Technologies - Marietta, GA (now Matria, Inc., http://www.matria.com/) Feb ‘91 - June ‘94: Printed Circuit Designer / Product Designer: Projects included complex injection molding and E/M packaging design, thermal-pressure molding, sheet metal hospital equipment, PCB design. Duties included selecting mechanical and electrical components/materials for new products, technical writing, generating Gerber files from PCB databases, manufacturing liaison, maintenance of inventory database which included materials planning logistics and BOM's for all project assemblies.

Electromagnetic Sciences, Inc. - Norcross, GA (now EMS Technologies, http://www.ems-t.com/) Nov ‘88 - June ‘90: Manager, Configuration Management: Promoted from prior position (following). Established and administered company policy relative to document control/ configuration management system. Interpreted contract requirements and made policy relative to same. Supervised CM technicians and clerical personnel. Interfaced with customers in audits, design reviews and on proposals. Wrote and maintained specifications, plans, proposals and procedures. Chaired all company and program Change Control Boards

Dec ‘87 - Oct ‘88: Senior Design Checker (also at Electromagnetic Sciences): Checked documentation for adherence to contract requirements, company standards, "fit", parts and material selection, etc., with an emphasis on manufacturability and inspectability criteria. Largely responsible for present company-wide use and understanding of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing. Chief responsibility for liaison between Engineering, Manufacturing and Quality Assurance.

Rockwell International, Missile Systems Division - Duluth, GA (no longer a business unit), March ‘84 - Nov ‘87: Engineering Drawing Checker: Duties very similar to those listed above: checked drawings, specifications and change paper. Chiefly responsible for documentation adherence to contract requirements (typically DoD-D-1000, Level 3), "fit", parts and material selection, etc., with emphasis on producibility and inspectability.

CONTRACTING/CONSULTING:

•August 2000 – present. Owner Watermark Design, LLC (http://www.h2omarkdesign.com/) consulting/contracting utilizing SolidWorks and AutoDesk Inventor 3D MCAD. Partial list of clients follows (all refer to contract design project activities). These have all been short term contract or consulting work and should be considered to explain any apparent gaps in employment from above.

Advanced Thermal Batteries – Westminster, MD (https://www.asb-group.com/atb/) February, 2024, April, 2024. Design Engineer (contract). Design of thermal battery casings and wiring harnesses. Client lost a major DoD contract in the past few days and consequently all work is terminated.

Stanza Machinery, Inc – Charlotte, NC (http://www.stanzamachinery.com) January, 2023 – February, 2024. Design Engineer (contract). Design and documentation of conveyor equipment, automated spraying and coating equipment using SolidWorks.

Ist Precision, LLC – Mooresville, NC (http://www.istprecision.com) July, 2022 – October, 2022. Design Engineer (consulting). Design and documentation of conveyor equipment using SolidWorks. Company ran out of work for me (short term agreement).

Dynamic Design Solutions, Inc – Charlotte, NC (http://www.ddsautomate.com) July, 2022 – September, 2022. Design Engineer (consulting). Design of automation machinery for parts assembly using SolidWorks. Company ran out of work for me (short term agreement).

Bravo Team, LLC – Mooresville, NC (http://www.bravoteam.com). June, 2022 – July, 2022. Design Engineer (consulting). Mechanical design of plastic injection molded packaging for PWBs. Company ran out of work for me (short term agreement).

Sealed Air Corporation – Charlotte, NC (http://www.sealedair.com). January, 2021 – May, 2022. Design Engineer (contract). Automation machine design and documentation using SolidWorks. Company ran out of work for me.

ROI Industries – Durham, NC (http://www.roiindustries.com). May, 2019 – Nov., 2019. Design Engineer (consulting). Automation machine design and documentation using SolidWorks. Company ran into financial difficulties due to a vendor of services (PLC programming) failing to do its job.

Belcan Engineering – Raleigh, NC (not Belcan Technical Services). Sept., 2018 – Dec., 2018 Design Engineer (contract). Varied job types based on clients of employer. Mostly SolidWorks surfacing for complex geometry. Company ran out of work for me.

Zoetis, Inc – Durham, NC (http://www.zoetis.com). May, 2017 – August, 2018 Design Engineer (contract). Egg vaccine injection machinery and egg tray and hatched chick handling machinery (conveyors, stackers, destackers, etc.). (SolidWorks CONTRACT POSITION). Company ran out of work for me.

Anthony Barber Associates, Ltd. (ABA) – Charlotte, NC (http://www.abaltd.com/). Semi-automated liquid filling machinery (AutoDesk Inventor)

Atlas Copco, Inc – Rock Hill, SC (http://www.atlascopco.com). Design of industrial roadworthy air compressors and air tools (AutoDesk Inventor)

Food Machinery Systems Packaging (FMS Packaging) – Charlotte, NC (http://www.fmsathens.com/). Packaging machinery for chocolates (SolidWorks)

Elmers, Inc – Statesville, NC (http://www.elmers.com/). Injection molded electric pencil sharpeners (SolidWorks).

SuperFlow Technologies Group – Des Moines, IA (http://www.superflow.com/). Large transmission dynamometer for Bradley (military) fighting vehicles (SolidWorks).

Playtex Products Engineering Group – Richmond, VA (http://www.playtex.com/). Tampon packaging machinery (SolidWorks).

Daetwyler Group – Huntersville, NC (http://www.daetwyler-usa.com/). Water bottling & textile unrolling machinery (SolidWorks & AutoDesk Inventor).

Maxwell Chase Technologies – Atlanta, GA (http://www.maxwellchase.com/). Food slicing & packaging machinery (SolidWorks).

EDUCATION:

B.A. Psychology, West Georgia College (Carrollton, GA) 1976, GPA 3.45. College credit included first 5 quarters at Georgia Tech (member JEPHS, Joint Enrollment Program for High School seniors with high grades, SAT and other achievement test scores). 30 hours graduate school credit at Southern Polytechnic University (GPA 3.8) in Technical Management.

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