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Denver, Colorado, United States

Denver, Colorado, United States

Denver, Colorado, United States

Improving processes and creating new products with the next cutting edge machines, fixtures and software. Working with Haas CNC, Trumpf TruMatic, Laser machines, 3d printers and anything else to make the process faster and better quality. Collaborating designs with AutoDesk Fusion 360.

Greater Denver Area

• Build roadmaps and manage projects, overseeing budgets and analyzing risk to adhere to tight deadlines
• Design new products and updated old tooling for existing products while utilizing internal and external tools to advance the organization
• Served as a Project Manager, CAD Designer, and Engineer for creating new tooling to replace 30-year outdated tooling causing excessive crashes, resulting in 45% decrease in crashes, significant time saved in damage.
• Work directly with Doctors to identify their needs and design new products with enhanced ease of use
• Redesigning old tools with added standards and less parts to speed up processes for toolroom production
• Create technical documentation specifying engineering requirements, manufacturing procedures, operator training, and inspection methods

Greater Denver Area

• Provide secondary support to operating tool manufacturing equipment and processes
• Design new tooling and fixtures to support process developments, improvements, and cost reduction
• Edit old g-codes, toolpaths, or other programs for tooling repairs and changes, updating programs in Creo while adding updated e-paks or offsets to accommodate machines
• Develop and utilize parametric models to program 3 axis CNC mill and 3 axis wire EDM
• Operate a variety of machines, including 3 axis CNC, 4 axis EDM wire, and sinker EDM
• Translate, format, and standardize legacy drawings to acceptable format

Englewood, Colorado

• Led design efforts to help this 80-year-old company modernize their social marketing approach and customer relations strategy, growing sales by 3-5 orders monthly
• Oversaw new client projects, ensuring quality control and on time delivery
• Outsourced second operations, collaborating with other machine shops to complete CNC machining and finishing and other product post-operations
• Traveled to manufacturing sales to build business partnerships and gather sales leads
• Educated community on the foundry process through social media website engagement

Engelwood, CO

• Created 3D patterns for sand casting process for non-ferrous metals in small volume and medium volume production
• 3d print patterns for sand casting with FDM printer to save time and outsourcing costs on wood patterns

Maple Plain, MN

• Managed and set priorities for CNC team of 10-15 employees
• Oversaw productivity and effectiveness of the CNC department, collaborating with manufacturing departments and software teams to improve success and troubleshoot issues, such as bad tooling and poor part development
• Fostered integration of 5S and lean manufacturing principles to production floor, and helped implement new projects/ideas for advancing the fixture techniques and machining process
• Created training sets to improve individual performance on progressing processes
• Balanced customer requirements with possible risks and delivered acceptable parts on tight schedules
• Improved employee morale in the CNC tool-path department by implementing and facilitating transparent, inclusive, engaging meeting to gather employee feedback and emphasize the value of individual opinions

Maple Plain, MN

• Utilized proprietary software to quote, analyze, and troubleshoot poor 3D CAD files and toolpath parts for CNC production services (3-axis, 5-axis)
• Worked on a high volume of 30-50 daily 3D part files to output high quality results and improve process

Eden Prairie, MN

Eden Prairie, MN

• Developed wide range of prototypes from quick mock ups to highly detailed showcase (functional/form) models
• Built prototypes for several different industries: medical, fitness, automotive, packaging, toys, retail displays, furniture, and housewares
• Refined hands on skills with metal fabrication, thermoforming, CNC machining, and 3D modeling software
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams including Process Engineering, Product Design, Graphics, and Sales

Eden Prairie, MN

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Prototype Engineering Technology

Activities and Societies: Model making emphasis

Associate Of Applied Science, Industrial Model Making

Associate Of Arts And Sciences - Aas, Architectural Design