Jeff Freeman Email & Phone Number

Brownsville, Or, Us

Portland, Oregon Area

Freeman Outdoor Gear LLC designs, makes and delivers premium knives and other cutting solutions for urban, outdoor and military activities with the following benefits:• Well thought-out, consumer-driven designs. • Use of high-end materials.• Exceptional product quality.• Superior customer service.• 100% made in USA.

Manage the design and development of all new edged consumer products at Gerber. Develop new technologies, mechanisms, processes and suppliers. Lead a team of technicians, industrial designers, engineers and machinists to create innovative solutions to our customers and consumers needs.

New product design & development engineer. Use knowledge of machining, CADD modeling, materials, high-volume manufacturing, consumer needs and problem solving to propose, design, develop and implement new products into production with domestic, European and Asian suppliers. Consumer products designs have won national and international awards.

Manufacturing engineer in a high-volume light manufacturing environment. Responsible for fixture design, workspace and cell layout, time standards, assembly procedures, process improvements, design for assembly and manufacture, new product introductions, cost reductions and assembly troubleshooting.

Engineer for third-party computer products in an ISO 9000 facility. Responsible for new product introduction activities, fixture design and fabrication, workspace layout, time standards, assembly procedures, engineering change control, BOM accuracy, troubleshooting, continuous improvement, training and associated documentation.

Designed and fabricated tools, parts and fixtures from metallic and non-metallic materials using manual machine tools such as lathes, mills, grinders, etc. Responsible for shop management, job completion, product quality, raw materials inventory, tooling and personnel supervision.

Forest officer and firefighter for Linn District, Sweet Home, Oregon.Conducted slash burns, wildland fire suppression, permitting and project work throughout Western United States.

B.S., Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering

Activities and Societies: MECOPGraduate of MECOP (Multiple Engineering Co-Op) Program

A.S., General Engineering

Machining And Toolmaking