Dave Leedy
Mechanical Engineer
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** ***** ********** *********** ****** 25 years Manufacturing support
** ***** ******* Solidworks
Machined Part Design Product Development
Sheet Metal Design Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Controls
2008-Present Terra Nova Technology, Inc. Santee, CA/ Calama, Chile
• Designed, purchased and supervised manufacturing and quality control of hydraulic power systems
• Converted the company’s mobile mining conveyors to all hydraulically operated
• Led the installation of 28 hydraulic systems ($50,000 per system) for conveyors in Calama, Chile
2007-2008 Carmeuse North America, Inc. San Juan Capistrano, CA
Design Engineer:
• Designed and build custom plant equipment
• Hired fabricators and supervised the production
• Applied manufacturing techniques and examined critical path machinery to determine production bottlenecks.
2000-2008 Cybernet Corporation Dallas, TX
1988-1998 Mechanical Project Engineer
Designed and built custom plant machinery and electronic housings for companies in Washington D.C. and Dallas, TX. The projects were primarily design, documentation, and manufacturing of production, or electronics packaging. The purpose of all the projects was to increase plant productivity. Project size for services rendered was typically $25,000 per contract.
• Designed unique production machinery, including hydraulic, pneumatic, electronic, and mechanical systems.
• Used engineering software such as Autocad and Ansys (Structural Software) in analyzing and designing the systems.
• Selected and contracted with machine and welding shops to manufacture the designs generated.
1998-2000 Hydradyne Hydraulics Arlington, TX
• Designed hydraulic power systems. Managed a mechanical engineering department and manufacturing operation of 30 employees, designing and manufacturing hydraulic power units and custom hydraulic systems.
1983-1988 Magnavox Defense/ Harris Defense Corp. Ashburn, VA
Mechanical Project Engineer
• Designed electronic packaging for defense electronics
• Analyzed products for shock and vibration analysis
• Analyzed products for thermal/cooling requirements
Education
• Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering Drexel University, 1983
• Masters, Business Administration Southern Methodust University, 2004
• Bilingual in Spanish