AutoCAD Technical Illustrator

PERRY RAMON

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SUMMARY

Technical illustrator with extensive experience in AutoCAD technical illustrating. Background includes illustrating two dimensional high quality line art of automotive parts, creating and modifying isometric line drawings and arrangement of graphics in company's CD products. Industry expertise: automotive collision repair industry. As a technical illustrator responsible for researching, maintaining and updating data and picture files of vehicles. Excel in a fast paced, energetic, deadline-driven organization.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

• Technical Expertise • Problem Solving • Research and Analysis

• Communication • Self Starter • Deadline Driven

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Allied Fire Protection, Oakland, CA 2008

Fire Sprinkler Design

Provider of fire sprinkler systems for many commercial and business buildings in the Bay Area.

• Provided fire sprinkler design and layout using company documents and software (HydraCad) for commercial, business and residential buildings throughout the Bay Area.

• Generated blueprints, maintained the plotter and communicated with out of state field offices concerning fire sprinkler layout assignments.

• Provided communications between design department and on-site warehouse personnel concerning equipment and specifications used in the industry.

Audatex, a Solera Company (ADP), San Ramon, CA 1993-2007

AutoCAD Technical Illustrator

Provider of informational databases to auto insurance and collision repair industries supplying the finest graphics in the industry.

• Achieved strict monthly deadlines that required coordinating work goals with 14 other associates and related departments within database; in 'FY 2007 total output was increased by 62%.

• Implemented the Additional Graphics Project which added, on average, 150 new parts to 622 identified vehicle files within 90 days to address customer requests for additional coverage in collision repair estimating database.

• Provided, along with the Illustration group, the drawing and arranging of all the graphics seen in each of Collision Services Group's products using AutoCAD.

• Implemented the parts package, research photos, brochures, "Win/VD" (visual dictionary/data-

base) to produce accurate parts; analyzed these tools, researched the best solutions utilizing

AutoCAD to meet strict monthly deadlines.

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP), Hayward and San Ramon, CA 1984-1993

Phototypesetter

• Generated numbers and text on Mergenthaler Linotype for illustrators for paste-up on artboards that was camera ready.

• Generated text and assisted in manual paste-up of technical brochures.

• Provided schedules to illustrators on typesetting projects to assist illustrators meet strict deadlines.

EDUCATION

B.A., Art, California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA

AA., General Education, Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA

Laney College, Oakland, CA

Alameda Adult School, Alameda, CA

Coursework completed includes:

• Drafting • Blueprint Reading and Interpretation

• Industrial Design Graphics • Windows Operating System

• Typography • Microsoft Word 2007

• Introductory AutoCAD • PowerPoint 2/Excel 2

• Intermediate AutoCAD

• 3D Solidworks • Adobe Photoshop

ADDITIONAL TRAINING/AWARDS

Autotrol (CAD) World Class Service Award

AutoCAD 2003 Database Associate of the Month

Excel 2000 ADP Perfect Attendance

PORTFOLIO

Upon request

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