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Design, develop and bring to market new products. Areas of expertise include, plastic injection molding, part design, production assembly. Using SolidWorks 2010, I maximize design for efficient production including assembly. I have resources in machining, mold design, molding, electronics design and production, final assembly, and packaging. I was instrumental in bringing the Burger Pocket Press ® to market.

Central Kentucky

Design, develop and bring to market New Medical device. Dose Control is a small, self funded startup that has a patent for a time controlled, access limiting medicine dispenser. Design, build prototypes, locate vendors, and acquire tooling. Reduce cost of dispenser by simplifying design and reducing part count. Increase robustness to make dispenser more durable. Test dispenser for correct function and make changes to improve.

Paris, Ky

Design custom components and assemblies for one of the world’s largest fireplace and gas grill manufacture companies. Update existing parts and drawings. Create detail drawings of designs for release to the shop floor for manufacture. Eliminated back log of over 150 ECN in 2 months. Maintain ECR and ECN processes.

Maysville, Ky

Design custom machines and assemblies for one of the world’s largest Industrial Heating Equipment design and manufacture companies. Design from customer 2D CAD and hand sketches. Create detail drawings of designs for release to the shop floor for manufacture.

Stamping Ground, Ky

Design custom machines and fixtures. Design fixtures for Laser and MIG Weld cells. Design operator configurable welding fixtures for large 60’ urban transit vehicles. Design gauges to verify Work in Process (WIP) components and final assemblies for the automotive industry are dimensionally correct. Create detail drawings of designs for release to the shop floor for manufacture. Most designs are based on customer supplied 3D models and drawings.

Design, develop and track new to the market dispensing systems for the Away-From-Home Towel and Tissue market. These are injection molded plastic dispensers for paper towel and toilet paper products. These dispensers contribute to the Corporate goal of 25% of income from new products. Used SolidWorks 3D modeling software to assist in designing the dispensers. Worked with outside vendors to provide current dispensers and electronic components. Managed the EC process with all outside vendors. Also designed and equipped a lab for testing existing, developing, and competitor dispensers. Established procedures and built test equipment and fixtures for use in the testing process. In the process of developing these new products, 3 patent applications were submitted.

Responsible for the management of a 160 node Novell 4.11 network. Oversaw and supported the Corporate IT initiative of migration to a Microsoft Windows 2000 network. Supported the Corporate IT initiative of local migration to a JD Edwards ERP. Implemented and supported Citrix Thin clients and associated Citrix server farm. Supported 75 remote Sales Staff. Worked with local and remote users to resolve issues and concerns. Worked with management to determine, and then managed, the IT budget (approximately $1,000,000). Analyzed, selected and managed cell phone service for 135 users, local and remote. Managed and maintained site PBX (Avaya Definity). Worked with local senior management to establish and support a Disaster Recovery Plan, including off-site data storage. Supported and maintained data backup using Backup Exec. Selected and managed outside vendors for IT related services such as office machine purchase and repairs. Supported the Maintenance Department with problems on PC based production converting lines. Researched, selected and developed a Lotus Notes based Customer Complaint System. This platform also became the basis of the Corporate Help Desk System. Designed, purchased, and supported the hardware for a facility wide (850,000 sq ft) RF scanning system for inventory management. Worked with Corporate IT to implement policies and standards at the Harrodsburg facility. Assisted IT Manager in day-to-day responsibilities, filled in for IT Manager is his absence.