Eric Torola
Dassel, MN *****
****.******@************.***
Experience:
• July 2008 to Present – Standard Iron Works
• Using Tekla Structures to detail structural framing, stairs and railings.
• Setup and configured Tekla for company defaults, reports, custom components, materials and profiles and more.
• Training co-workers to use Tekla.
• Aug. 2001 to July 2008 – EWT Consulting, Inc.
• Used VectorWorks CAD software for steel stair and railing fabrication drawings.
• Used SDS2 and Tekla Structures for structural steel design, modeling and drafting of structural steel framing.
• Wrote many custom add-ons for various CAD programs to automate detailing tasks.
• Oct. 1999 to Aug. 2001 – Hutchinson Technology Inc.
For the following projects I was responsible for all analysis, design requirements, and programming.
• 3rd party programs for Pro/ENGINEER using the Pro/E toolkit.
• Customizing the Pro/INTRALINK data management application.
• MFC application for giving Document Control the ability to set the release levels of engineering documents.
• A COM server (using ATL 3.0) to provide data access to Pro/INTRALINK for a Java GUI launched by an applet from a web server, which provided the overseas sales force access to engineering drawings.
• A corporate wide viewing application for viewing engineering drawings using Java.
• Dec. 1998 to Oct. 1999 – EWT Consulting, Inc.
• Structural steel and misc. metal shop drawings for fabrication.
• CAD customizations to use Cadmax’s ObjectMax C++ API.
• Various VB and Access applications for integrating for customers to automate office tasks
• April 1998 through Dec. 1998 – Ram Info Systems
• Designer and project manager for enterprise package for Humane Societies using VB5 and Access97.
• Designer and team leader for VB5 and Access97 upgrade for application that allows hospitals to manage and track their surgical instrument inventories.
• Wrote VB5 and Access97 application for scheduling of manufacturers die cast production.
• Sep. 1996 through April 1998 – Listul Industries, Inc.
• Chief Draftsman. Setup CAD systems, coordinated all drafting with inside and outside detailers.
• Created an estimating program for structural steel fabricator using VBA to integrate Access 97 and Excel 97.
• Network administrator. Worked with contractor to upgrade network from Novell 3.11 to NT4.0, maintained network and trained users in new software (Word 97, Access97, Project97, Excel97 and Outlook).
• August 1993 though Sep 1996 – Jansteel
• Created shop drawings using Cadmax, SteelCad and.
• Wrote programming interface and operators interface for 5 CNC machines using MS C in MS-DOS. Wrote CNC motion control programs for 3 machines.
• Aug. 1988 through Aug. 1994 – CadMan
• Created shop drawings for structural steel industry, for fabricators across the United States that included projects from the east coast to the Gulf of Mexico.
• Wrote 3rd party add-on programs for CAD package in MS C for both the 2D and 3D environments.
• June 1976 through Aug. 1988 – North Chicago Iron Works
• Draftsman, creating structural steel and Misc. Iron shop drawings.
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EDUCATION
Some College Coursework Completed
College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL:
Trigonometry; Algebra; 3 Semesters of Calculus; 2 Semesters of Physics;
2 Semesters of Chemistry; Metallurgy; Statics and Dynamics; Fortran;
C Programming
Some College Coursework Completed
Continuing with my work towards an IT degree, I took the following courses at Anoka-Hennepin Community College:
2 Semesters of Communications (Speech); English Composition
Certifications
Class for MS NT 4 administration at Anoka-Hennepin Technical College
Professional
Three Java courses: Basic, Intermediate, Advanced
Course on using UML for Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with a focus on Java.
Seminar of how to use different problem solving skills in a team environment to maximize the objectivity of our design and problem decisions.
Two SDS2 one week training classes
Tekla Structures Advanced Training