Senior CAD Designer, Research & Development Department, 1999 – 2009 Hands-on Leader and Subject Matter Expert who effectively led and directed day to day operations for a staff of 10 employees in a high-functioning production office. Drove the efficient and timely development of all tooling designs for inserts, caps, grips and molds. Ultimately generated more than 5000 golf grips designs that are sold globally. Recognized and rewarded for developing graphical solids and standardized inserts, caps and cavity designs while achieving 98.9% on-time shipment. Successfully reduced error rates by more than 25% through the focused training and development of the staff and implementation of best practices and standard processes.• Initiated and spearheaded a Six-Sigma Project that converted all steam transfer molds to electric and hydraulics ones with a subsequent increase in productivity of 60% while staying under budget by more than $100,000• Significantly reduced lead time by 50% through the use of standardized programs which reduced tooling costs• Creatively enhanced the development process by using a Universal Laser VL200 to produce rapid prototypes grips

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