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San Luis Obispo, California, United States

• Mentored interns, employing operational fixtures and tooling needs as a basis to let them take an active role in the design, development, and deployment of a product.• Took charge of the ECN system and introduced a new smarter logging system that tracked metrics on turnaround time and promoted visibility; reducing the number of open entries by 75%.

San Luis Obispo, California, United States

• Worked on a cross-functional team to restructure the supply base for over 5000 parts, reducing an annual spend of $150M by 12% year over year. • Visited companies across the United States and Mexico and conducted negotiations to set-up preliminary Master Supply Agreements for more than 20 suppliers.

San Luis Obispo, California Area

• Developed CAD models and drawings for multiple product launches, modernizing the company’s existing portfolio to use extrusions, injection molding, and sheet metal solutions. • Embraced 3D print technology and workflows, implementing it to reduce costs of fixtures and small quantity finished goods ran by 80%.

Paso Robles, Ca

• Interfaced with customers and evaluated designs for manufacturability. • Oversaw rapid prototype production for clients, achieving 100% on time delivery of projects.

Paso Robles, Ca

• Calculated sheet metal flat patterns from client provided drawings or models, built production routers and created quotes for customers using ERP. • Generated programs for CNC punches and lasers, worked extensively with operators troubleshooting machine or program issues, and produced work schedules for lasers increasing productivity of the department by 10%. • Dynamically nested parts to create material savings and developed a spreadsheet-based process for tracking a reduction in material usage of 5%.

Fairfield, Ca

• Used SolidWorks to create assembly models and drawing packages from conceptual sketches for 20+ projects. • Performed first article inspections of new parts to verify conformance.