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Coopersville, Michigan, United States

Holland, MI

• In this role I was responsible for the advancement of design tools and out of the boxdesign challenges.
• I led the development of an automation program to drive design assemblies andcomponent model features and dimensions in Creo using Smart Assembly and Excelstandards tables with VBA programs. This was applied to our.
• Working alongside R&D, I used 3D elements in PamStamp simulation to design a toolingprocess that produces a stamped part to replace a previously 100% machined nozzle.This provided a tremendous cost savings to our.

Holland, MI

• Along with designing deep draw tooling, I assisted in the administration of Engineeringsoftware including Creo, Windchill, PamStamp, and SolidWorks.
• I also inherited the role of simulation engineer, overseeing a re-launch of this capability.This resulted in simulation being used on every new tooling job to verify the conceptprocess layout and assist in the fit-up.

Byron Center, MI

While under my leadership the music ministry at Byron Center Bible grew from piano and organ with a song leader and occasional Adult Choir, to four worship teams with rotations of vocals, keyboard, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, violin, cajon and percussion, piano, and organ. It also included a seasonal church choir, and children and youth choirs when.

CrossThread Media is a small business offering affordable, quality website and graphic design services to small businesses and individuals.As owner I was responsible for sales, marketing, customer relations, layout, design and programming. This venture ended in 2012 so I could continue my Engineering career and begin serving in my church as music director.

-Management of the Engineering Department including workloads of up to (4) Process Engineers, (2) Mold Designers and (1) Specialty Designer (Stamping Dies, Fixtures, Machines,. ). -Development and oversight of Procedures and Work Instructions required for each discipline in the engineering department. -Management of the IT Department including oversight of.

Development and oversight of complete tool and component manufacturing processes, modification of existing tooling designs and 3D models for implementation of engineering changes, coordination of the manufacturing process through several departments, some tool and fixture design, and departmental supervision of these responsibilities for plastic injection.

Surfacing of 3D Part Models based on customer prints, customer consultation for improved manufacturability of products, design and development of parting line and internal mold geometry, process planning for manufacturing of die-cast and plastic injection tooling, cutterpath programming for machining die-sets, inserts, electrodes, and other components, and.

3D surfacing, 3-axis and 5-axis cutterpath programming, FDM rapid prototype production, and tool design including molds and fixtures.

Spring Lake, Michigan, United States

Consultation of new tooling concepts, design of roll form and stamping tooling, tryout and implementation of new tooling, and troubleshooting of existing tooling.

Design of roll form and stamping tooling, tool room supervision, tool purchasing, and project management.

Manufacturing responsibilities included management of the company wide roll forming process including design, tryout and troubleshooting. Administrator responsibilities included technical assistance to all engineers on SDRC I-DEAS software and performing all Finite Element Analysis work as needed by the engineering department.

Bsme, Engineering

Master'S