Ed Flory Email & Phone Number

Glenview, IL, US

Brooksville, FL, US

• Managed & designed projects for Permanent Magnet DC motors withstanding autoclave cleaning, IPX7 & IPX9 for medical and surgical tool companies.
• Successfully designed high speed planetary gearboxes for surgical Drill/Ream Tool for differential torque and speed changes, oversaw manufacturing, assembly instructions & developed test plans for customer specs.
• Responsible for progressive die and injection mold designs.
• Managing Jr. engineering productivity.
• Assisted in the design and manufacturing of hermetically sealed motor controllers.

Northbrook, IL, US

• Managed & designed projects for fiber optic and power cable underground support systems; FEA and Mold Flow analysis, DFM, sales and marketing literature, patent applications approved.
• Leading prototype evaluation of new product development, and tooling design reviews for improved manufacturing output, lower cost products, and increased quality.
• Managed, designed and implemented machining center fixturing for improved manufacturing, and increased profits on existing products.
• Responsible for CNC programing, CNC machining of plastic pultrusions and supports, quality test fixture designs and quality implementation.

Rosemont, IL, US

• Managed GBC Cabinet Softener; 5M sales; managed projects for water pump and valve fundamental design improvements; 10M annual sales; managed Reverse Osmosis, Water Softeners, Deionizer drinking water systems.
• Certified Water Specialist; analyzing chemical reactions, best fit purification products, & orifice and piping/plumbing calculations for sizing various units.
• Extensive plastics designs w/ SolidWorks CFD FEA, DFMEA, DFx & mold flow analysis for high pressure applications to reduce costs and expedite part manufacturing and quality.
• Responsible for value added engineering on decreasing water valve jams and consumer complaints by up to 25% with improved design fundamentals on fluid valve designs.

Lake Zurich, Illinois, US

• Managed projects for thermal laminators, electric binders, & workspace tools for Swingline & GBC brands, as well as ergonomic products for Kensington; 3 Million annual increased sales.
• Responsible for leading a team in development and value-added engineering for electro-mechanical and thermal designs to be on-time, within budget constraints and specifications.
• Responsible for decreasing Laminator jams and consumer return rates by up to 50% with improved logic algorithms and PCB board firmware designs and updates.
• Leading tooling design reviews for improved supplier manufacturing output, lower cost products, and increased quality on molding, die-casting, stamping dies, machining.

Atlanta, GA, US

• Managed projects successfully from inception to completion with 6 gate system/milestones.
• Responsible for design and project management of spur & worm gearboxes for casement window hardware, and all FEA & FBD for confidence prior to successful testing.
• Designed all plastics parts & silicone part designs with UMASS Plastics Engineering testing & most mold designs in-house for tooling longevity, & the use of Scientific Molding to improve processing parameters.
• Calculated MOQ/make vs. buy on projects, ROI & depreciation of equipment, & worked extensively with customers on design issues and tooling justifications.
• Redesigned window hardware to successfully reduce SKUs and inventory for a $280K per year savings on an existing product line.
• Invented a totally new product to replace and improve two existing products in the vinyl and plastics window & door market to keep and increase on $15M per year sales.

Deerfield, IL, US

• Invented American Lock Co. improved security products to take market share from Master Lock (e.g. concealed home safe, built-in locker locks, numerous padlocks, etc).
• Researched and wrote invention patent applications.
• Traveled abroad evaluating supplier Cp and Cpk for the reduction of costs on new and existing products with all tooling designs, materials and processes - injection molding, stamping die, zinc die-cast, machining.
• Worked concurrently with internal departments for increased product success.

Griffith, Indiana, US

• Engineered products from cradle-to-grave, and reverse engineered products (e.g. steel coil line products for up to 80,000lb coil slitting/cold reducing).
• Utilized pneumatic, hydraulic, electrical, and electro-mechanical systems on products.
• Designed geared Un-coilers and Re-coilers systems for non-hydraulic applications.
• Worked closely with sales, using design control procedures to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Verified and validated projects through calculations and proven designs.
• Operated successful audit teams to preserve ISO9001 registration, & future advances in ISO.

• Reengineered food processing equipment for ease assembly, and greater reliability, and reduced product costs and improved profits.
• Designed tooling and fixturing for the printing press industry.
• Trained staff to program equipment, and CAD/CAM for increased quality.
• Developed techniques for manufacturing large, intricate parts and supervised their production.
• Manufactured innovative quick change forging die changers for A. Finkl Steel main presses.

• Assisted engineering in part development for reduced manufacturing times to not compromise the design intent, (i.e. Engineering to Manufacturing Liaison).
• Supervised the CNC department, and helped in the changeover from manual input programming to CAD/CAM for increased production and quality.
• Organized traveler sheets from blue prints to standardize part processes for greater organization.
• Helped in the development of curve programs for different types of cams and cam designs for improved generation of PC computer program output for CNC machines.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician

Plastics Engineering, Polymer/Plastics Engineering

Computer Aided Design & Computer Aided Manufacturing Advanced Certificate, Manufacturing Engineering

High School Diploma, Tool Making & Machine Shop

Tefl & Tesol Teaching Certificate, Teaching English As A Second Or Foreign Language/Esl Language Instructor