David Rawlings Email & Phone Number

Innovative Engineering/Technology Manager with strong technical problem solving ability whose forte is creating products and automated processes for mass production. Developed diverse technologies from Moon Lander tracking lights to soft contact lenses to fiber optic coupler machines. A third generation engineer with technology in his blood; holds 19 patents on broad range of inventions. An accomplished team builder and seasoned leader with proven management skills. Excellent communications ability; remains calm under pressure and projects an air of confidence. • New Plant Startups • Product Design • Process Development • Strategic Planning • Automation • Injection Molding • Customer Liaison • New Technologies • Metalworking• Novel Manufacturing Methods • Technology Transfer to Offshore Manufacturing• Electromechanical & Electronic AssemblyPROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS• Salvaged a $4 million Porta Systems contract with British Telecom by meeting face-to-face with customer in the United Kingdom and resolving all technical compliance issues within a few months.• Developed Spincast process to produce 15,000 contact lenses per day; this technology was key to Allergan’s purchase of American Hydron for $150 million. Totally based in plastic injection molding• Conceived numerous inventions, patented worldwide, that boosted Porta Systems and Allergan Optical to technical superiority in their respective fields of telecommunications and eye care products.

Listed skills include Industrial Engineering, Design, and Metering.

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  Trinity College-Hartford

  Mechanical Engineering