Gerald Cormier Email & Phone Number

Hobe Sound, Florida

• https://www.talflo.com/
• Directly manufacture and supply OEM equivalent replacement parts CEMS sampling pump brands, including ADI® and KNF®.

Hobe Sound, Florida

• Provide engineering, R&D, prototyping, and production implementation for manufacturers.
• Operate a full-service machine shop. Services include laser cutting, form grinding, 3D Printing, and manual turning and milling.

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

• Managed nearly 40 technicians in the daily production engineering support of assembly and repair departments, supporting approximately 200 medical devices.
• As Kaizen team leader for several lean events, created efficient work cells, eliminated waste, improved flow, and improved process efficiencies leading to documented 43%, 50%, and 56% reductions in processing times for.
• Conducted about 35 medical device process and equipment validations.
• Managed corrective and preventive action (CAPA) resolution, non-conformance (NCR) root-cause analysis and resolution, failure mode effects analysis (FMEA), and engineering change order (ECO) management including seats.
• Directed factory tooling and fixture design from concept to pilot to production.
• Provided design for manufacturability (DFM) support for new product development teams, including plastics and metal stampings design, machine-ability, and assembly and repair-ability analysis.

Plantation, Florida

• Managed the qualification process for and verified specification compliance of all unique mechanical components for 8 Motorola phone models.
• Qualified 20-30 suppliers per phone model, reviewing all first-article samples, process control and test data, and material certifications.
• Coordinated and conducted designed experiments (DOE) on supplier processes and failure mode effects analysis (FMEA) on supplier products and processes. Processes reviewed included plastic injection molding, rubber.
• Determined root cause of factory defective material issues, supported suppliers in the development of corrective action procedures to isolate defective material, corrected the source of the defect, and prevented.
• Conducted supplier quality audits and coordinated and verified supplier corrective action (SCAR) resolution.

Winter Park, Florida, United States

• Managed team leading all development and Pro Engineer design of the electronics, hardware, packaging, and patented computer interface for Orbitouch, a disability assistive keyboard.
• Conducted all planning and cost analysis for new product research and development, prototype production and testing, and finalized production manufacturing processes.

Orlando, Florida, United States

• Designed and manufactured dozens of precision mechanical devices used in laser research experiments at UCF CREOL, including chilled crystal mounts, Lens holders, gimble optics mounts, camera and detector mounts.
• Developed a 50-hour training program in machine shop practice open to all students and faculty, as well as a credit course for the mechanical engineering department.
• Managed 12-machine tool room to support laser research, supervising 30 trainees, certified users, and all tool-room activities.

Bradenton, Florida, United States

• Developed CAD drawings used in the production of close tolerance cutting, welding, and brazing equipment and accessories.
• Created AutoCAD drawings used in all phases of the CNC manufacturing process for 22,000 aftermarket components across 6 different welding platforms.
• Developed a new family of tooling for 10 torch heads and hundreds of components, using the reaction injection molding (RIM) process and encapsulation techniques.

Bradenton, Florida, United States

• Trained and coordinated 4 junior moldmakers and apprentices in the production of close tolerance, multi-cavity, plastic injection molds, impacting industries such as medical, electronics, and communications.
• Executed assembly and inspection of 6-10 high-precision molds annually, including fitting of mold components and timing of molding area shut-offs.
• Performed cylindrical, surface and centerless grinding of components to tolerances of ±.0002”, jig-bore, milling, E.D.M., turning operations, bench and polishing, mold repair, and in-press injection mold.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Industrial Engineering And Management Systems, Gpa 3.42/4.0

Activities and Societies: National Engineering Honor Society of Tau Beta Pi – 1997 CREOL Center for Research & Education in Optics and.

Associate Of Arts - Aa, Honors

Activities and Societies: International Honor Society of Phi Theta Kappa