Gavin Fink Email & Phone Number

Centennial, Co

Westminster, Co

Greater Denver Area

PROTEM USA is a worldwide leading manufacturer of portable machining solutions, pipe cutting and end preparation machines. Accomplishments• Run all business functions for the USA branch of PROTEM• Sales strategies, direct sales, developing new distributors, servicing customers in North and South America, increased sales year over year• Staffing for all positions• Upgraded facility electrical systems, leased company work vehicles, purchased workshop machinery and tools• Marketing, improved English language documents, trade show participation, professional articles.• Maintain inventory levels

Englewood, Colorado

• Researcher responsible for development of new fluid power products• 3D Printing prototype models using CREO CAD software and Stratasys Dimension 1200es printer• Investigate alternative materials, processes, and emerging technologies• Develop new test methods and engineering calculations for improving product performance• Successfully evaluated Acoustic Emission Testing as a tool for analyzing product

• Lead engineer for B350 Laboratory Complex project• Responsible for liquid process utilities including high purity water, and process cooling water• Performed hydraulic calculations and cooling water demand calculations using MathCAD and AFT Fathom• Documented and established utility demand• Provided oversight to designers creating process and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), piping arrangement drawings, and common details• Joined the project when it was overrunning its budget and helped deliver the 90% design package on time• Task Manager for the Uranium Processing Facility (UPF) project• Relocated to Oak Ridge, TN for 2 year assignment• Ergonomic studies task, $2M budget, fabrication of 13 mock-up test fixtures, 26 test reports• Responsible for three process areas, analytical laboratory, physical testing, and rolling and forming• Held and maintained DOE Q Clearance• Followed and enforced adherence to client’s procedures• Project Engineer for the U233 Disposition project• Responsible for all design aspects of a radiological hot cell and shielded gloveboxes• Presented solutions at design reviews• Developed innovative solutions for hot cell penetrations and remotely replaceable in-cell equipment • Conceptual designs• Mechanical engineering lead on Pyrochemical Glovebox Replacement project• Responsible for designing a glovebox trolley system• Performed analyses of motorized subsystems• Authored trolley system test plan• Mechanical engineer for the Integrated Glovebox System (IGBS) project• Responsible for detailed piping design• Verified the accuracy of the design against process P&ID’s and specifications• Discipline Representative, supervised a staff of five• CAD Administrator

Greater Denver Area

• Designed custom food service equipment and other custom sheet metal products• Implemented the company’s three dimensional design solution using Pro/Engineer (Wildfire 2.0)• Pioneered a solution to post process data from Pro/Engineer to generate g-code for an Amada laser to cut sheet metal flat patterns• Utilized top down design methods and programming to create a library of data that was leveraged on future designs• Detailed submittal drawings for customers, detailed fabrication drawings for sheet metal layouts and assembly construction; managed projects from start to finish• Provided mentoring in Pro/Engineer, Sheet Metal, NC Sheet Metal, and advanced modules; taught best practices and developed standards to create products that were designed for quality and manufacturability• Administrated various software updates and installations• Evaluated and developed improvements for in-house fabrication capabilities; determined if products could be produced in-house or had to be outsourced; accelerated design details for long lead time items • Analyzed sheet metal layouts for optimal material usage; reduced waste by creating single part programs to create sheet metal parts from remnant sheets; analyzed designs to improve process times by reducing amount of welding, grinding, and polishing required• Ensured that construction plans considered tolerance stack up, access to maintainable components, and ergonomics• Assisted with scheduling workflow to meet deadlines and balance high volume production with higher complexity – higher work content production• Developed catalog of common components for a large client that earned the company $2M/year in repeat business

Westminster, Co

• Conducted software training classes in Computer Aided Design (CAD) software (Pro/Engineer)• Performed sales demonstrations and presentations• Evaluated the suitability of software applications to engineering design problems • Followed up with clients to ensure that purchased CAD solutions were meeting their business needs