Dustin Fox Email & Phone Number

Portland, Or, Us

Alameda, California, United States

Alameda, California, United States

Responsible for all harnessing designs on 2 product lines including all documentation and drafting for in house and contract manufacturing. Harnessing included from R&D proof of concept to production ready. Transform off-the-shelf engine into a custom generator, with unique cooling system design, to meet specialized needs. Manage a team of 3 electrical technicians to document crucial drone components, leading to proper implementation, accurate design and manufacturing. Reverse-engineered of off-the-shelf electric propulsion system into a custom hybrid diesel-electric system for long range (1,500+ miles) and long duration (4+ months) ocean-voyaging drones. Collaborate with manufacturers, machinists, research scientists and vendors to ensure end-product meets stringent specifications.Manage research to ensure proper implementation of corrosion control solutions for underwater metals to ensure reliability. Created documentation process to track ongoing status and project service intervals along with bill of materials needed including tooling and installation instructions. Reduce risk by creating accurate test procedures to assess possible electrical drone failures that could be identified and fixed, ensuring fully capable drones prior to voyage; ultimately saving the company up to $100k in possible redeployment costs. Design focus on green tech - including solar power, electric propulsion, hydro generation, and power storage - resulting in environmentally conscious designs.

San Francisco Bay Area

Provided superior work product, giving confidence to customers in quality and longevity of the product clients had onboard their vessels.Owned and managed all aspects of business, including import logistics, sales, and installation of systems (satellite communications, TV, solar, wind generators, and battery systems).Specialized in solar power, electric propulsion, and complete navigation electronics packages, resulting in fully integrated packages, including networking, computers, telecommunications, a/v systems, and navigation systems.Utilized Autodesk Fusion 360 to build in-house custom made 3D parts for racing vessels, pleasure boats, yachts, and commercial ships.Communicated clearly and effectively to customer identified issues and solutions to resolve said issues, differentiating Fox Marine from other competitors. Troubleshooted and repaired San Francisco Police Department, Marine Division’s marine vessel fleet. Procured necessary parts to service demanding client needs and demands, overcoming supply shortages.Converted and installed a range of 3rd party components, including solar & power management systems. Engineered fully electrical refit, providing creative solutions to customer requests. Official representative for brands Furuno, KVH, and Raymarine in the Puerto Vallarta, Mexico region.Engineered and retrofitted a wide array of custom designed pre existing and new marine systems for various clients. Many existing systems came with little to no documentation yet these systems were returned to functioning and reliable states.

Built, modified, and tested A/V and navigation equipment for installation on new custom mega-yachts.Tested radio, coms, computers, and more electronics for mega-yachts before delivery to customers (some $40 million in value) with entertainment upgrade packages.

Connecticut

Installed and troubleshoot consumer electronics on a wide range of customer boat types (mega yachts, lunch boats), working efficiently against quick turnaround deadlines. Represented company at trade shows, making several significant leads to the company and increasing company sales.

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Owned and operated a successful marine service company offering design, sales and installation of electronics systems. Marine electronics encompasses satellite communications and TV, solar arrays and wind generators, battery systems, wireless and wired networking, computers, telecommunications, audio/video, lighting, surveillance, navigation, radar, and everything in between. Responsible for all onsite assessments and job proposals/estimates, performing all customer service and sales-related functions (including managing media and advertising) for the business, generating all billing, and performed all collections required. Approximately 70% of the business involved troubleshooting and repair of systems installed by other parties, including manufacturers. Managed multiple employees and subcontractors at a given time in order to successfully complete jobs with interdependencies under aggressive deadlines. Responsible for all aspects of the import and export of parts on behalf of customers between the U.S. and Mexico for service or installations. Examples include extracting the faulty part, documenting the issue and a unique identifier, obtaining owner and boat documentation, arranging for Mexican customs documents and completion of appropriate customs paperwork. arranging for payment of taxes/duty due, and arranging for transportation between the US and Mexico. Acted as an official service representative for Furuno, KVH, and Raymarine lines. Installed a micro-Wireless Internet Services Provider (WISP).

San Diego, California

Designed and installed electrical, mechanical, a/v and telecommunications systems for offshore yachts, specializing in high-frequency and satellite communications.

Sacramento, California Area

Designed and maintained Macintosh computer systems for a weekly student newspaper. Responsible for setup, maintenance, repair of 40 computers, 4 printers and all networking, including management of the LAN and gateway. Configured file servers and software license server. Provided both onsite and remote technical support to staff of students and instructors.

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Electrical, Electronic And Communications Engineering Technology/Technician

Liberal Arts And Maritime Skills, High School

The Ocean Classroom was conducted aboard the schooner Harvey Gamage, built in Bristol, Maine. The classroom offered a full high school.