EDUCATION
University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Major: Mechanical Engineering Bachelors of Science December 2011
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
OptiGrate Corporation, Orlando, Florida
Engineer/Resident Machinist
• My responsibilities at OptiGrate Corp. include working with optical engineers to design new optical fixtures for use inside company. After designs are approved I then machine the fixtures in the company machine shop. I am also responsible for any other machine shop work that has to be completed.
July 2011-Present
N.A.S.A. Via Instrumentation Technology Associates Inc. , Cape Canaveral, Florida
Intern/Lab Assistant
• While working here I extracted experiments from space payloads, prepared experiments before launch, debugged experiment hardware, and was responsible for transporting experiments from payload hardware to sponsors.
May 2011-July 2011
Flo Met LLC, Deland, Florida
Automation Engineer
• Responsible for building a complete system to automate the post production processes of FloMet’s Oticon Cup. Successfully increased company production rate from three parts per minute to sixteen parts per minute.
January 2011- December 2011
PreVail LLC, St. Augustine, Florida
Founder/CEO
• Responsible for designing new fishing weights based on sinking properties as well as designing and machining custom molds for the client’s specific needs.
May 2011- Present
May 2011-Present
Orlando VA Medical Center, Orlando, Florida
Systems Redesign; Intern – Employed through Orlando VA Medical Center (12/2010)
• Provided support to Systems Redesign Team, attending daily meetings, observing processes and providing input to current systems and ways to improve them. December 2010
ACTIVITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
Delta Upsilon International Fraternity
Reel Knights Fishing Club
Community Service
• American Cancer Society, Relay for Life, Threshold Center for Autism, Children’s Miracle Network, Habitat for Humanity, Hester J. Hodgdon Libraries For All Program via San Juan del Sur Bibloteca Móvil January 2008–Present
August 2008–April 2009
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
• SolidWorks, Pro/Engineer, Matlab, Product Development, Manufacturing, Microsoft Office, Adobe CS5, Mathcad, NX Nastran, Labview, Automation, Pneumatics, CNC Programming