Edward A. Gibson
P.O. Box ****
Dundalk, Md *****
*******@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE
Seeking a challenging position with a progressive firm which will utilize my creativity, skills, education and experience.
EDUCATION
A.A. Degree - Architectural and Industrial Design, 1976
Catonsville C.C., Catonsville, MD.
B.S. Degree - Graphic Design, 1981
Towson State University, Towson, MD.
EXPERIENCE
Principal Technical Illustrator/Liaison Coordinator (Contract) 3/10 to 8/10
Sikorsky Global Helicopter Inc. (c/o RCMT). Coatesville, Pa.
Produce technical illustrations requested from the FAA and coordinate program support to achieve airworthiness certification of the S76 and S92 helicopter from the FAA.
Technical Illustrator (Contract) 12/09 to 3/10
ILS Inc. Glen Rock, Pa.
Revise and create illustrations of military bomb sensing vehicles for Nittek utilizing Corel Designer.
Designer/Technical Illustrator (Contract) 8/07 to 9/08
Dept. of Homeland Security- USCG (c/o CACI Intl Inc.) Baltimore, Md
Create illustrations and graphics of Coast Guard ship procedures and components for inclusion into Maintenance Procedure Cards utilizing Autotrol TI v5000, AutoCad, Paint and Word.
Technical Illustrator (Contract) 10/06 to 12/06
AAI Inc. Hunt Valley, Md.
Produce and format illustrations of unmanned aerospace vehicles for inclusion into IETM for the Army utilizing Auto-trol TI and Corel Draw.
Senior Technical Writer/Illustrator (Direct) 8/04 to 7/06
Railplan Intl. Inc. Baltimore, Md
Create technical writing and compose illustrations of modular rail interiors for operational, RPM, training and maintenance manuals utilizing Adobe Illustrator v.9, AutoCad 2004, Autodesk Inventor 7, MS Word, Visio and Quark.
Technical Illustrator (Contract) 5/04 to 7/04
Decrane Aerospace, Inc. Columbia, Md
Produce technical illustrations of Boeing 737 custom interiors for operation and service manuals utilizing Adobe Illustrator v.10, Framemaker and AutoCAD 2002.
Technical Illustrator (Contract) 2/03 to 11/03
TCOM, Inc. Columbia, Md
Create technical illustrations, and graphics for operational manuals and training materials of aerostat airships
utilizing Adobe Illustrator v.9, Photo shop v.6, Powerpoint and MS Word for domestic and foreign intelligence defense.
Technical Illustrator (Contract) 7/02 to 11/02
Bayer Corp. Tarrytown, NY
Produce a Parts and Repair Manual for new medical diagnostic equipment using Interleaf and SDRC v.9.
Technical Data Designer (Contract) 6/01 to 3/02
The Boeing Co. Philadelphia, Pa.
Produce isometric graphics, IPBs and harnesses utilizing Intercap (Mondello), Catia and Flythru for the V-22 Osbrey tilt-tandem rotor aircraft.
Technical Writer (Contract) 9/00 to 2/01
Electric Mobility Corp. Sewell, NJ.
Compose technical writing and illustration of operational and parts manuals, as well as service bulletins for electronic products using Adobe Illustrator 8.0, Quark 4.01 and Adobe Photoshop 6.5.
Technical Writer/Illustrator (Direct) 11/99 to 8/00
Matsushita Corporation of America Danville, KY.
Compose technical writing and illustration of operational manuals for product models in English, Spanish and French, using Quark 4.01 and CorelDraw 9.0.
Technical Illustrator (Direct) 1/98 to 9/99
Dassault Falcon Jet Corporation Little Rock, AR - Division of Dassault
Aviation; Paris, France
Create technical illustrations from aircraft engineering utilizing Corel Draw v.8. Compose detail parts lists from BOM's. Edit text with illustrations and proofread for publication.
Technical Illustrator (Direct) 12/94 to 4/97
Grove Worldwide. Shady Grove, PA
Composing camera-ready illustrations, isometrics and exploded view drawings of cranes and aerial lift platforms utilizing CADAM, I-DEAS on SDRC and the board for operational, service and parts manuals.
Technical Illustrator (Contract) 9/93 to 11/94
Tri-Serve, Inc. Cockeysville, MD
Create patent illustrations using traditional and P.C. systems from rendering to camera-ready for litigation.
Technical Illustrator (Contract) 2/93 to 7/93
Grumman Aerospace Inc. Norfolk, VA
Prepare isometric, detail and schematic drawings for F-18 and A-6a naval logistics program using Interleaf(Unix) and conventional methods.
Technical Illustrator (Contract) 9/91 to 1/93
Instrument Corporation of America. Timonium, MD
Produce electronic isometric and schematic drawings of printed circuit boards, and components for operational, service and parts manuals.
Graphic Artist 6/89 to 9/91
Canterbury Graphics, Ltd. White Marsh, MD
Design and produce renderings and finished art of environmental architectural collateral for clients.
Creative Technical Illustrator (Direct) 6/81 to 4/89
Martin Marietta Corp. - Aerospace Division. Baltimore, MD
Create and develop technical illustrations consisting of isometric, 3-D and exploded views of aerospace components for DoD and commercial programs. Extensive experience in R&D and proposals with secret clearance. Publication art design utilizing Mac IIc, Adobe Illustrator and Auto-trol.