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North Aurora, IL

Reviewed and guided acoustical building and barrier designs for engineering peers. Moved into industrial project / engineering management for freestanding rooms, dyno-rooms, and outdoor acoustical barriers. Managed an array of projects through the shop and including installation with combined values of around $8M.

Elgin And Schaumburg, IL

Mechanical Engineer for automated powder-coating systems complete with spray booth, oven, and cyclone collector. Process Engineer for issuing parts and assemblies through shop with lean and best material practices.

South Elgin, IL

Manage a department of mechanical engineers in the design of semi-custom articulating robot cells for material movement, machine tending, and specific auxiliary operations. The auxiliary operations have included part deburring, part assembly, part gaging, spin drying, and vision gaging. Custom cells provide customers with turnkey systems integrated with.

Elgin, IL

Manufacturer of medical devices and supporting disposables. Private label products for world-wide distribution.Supported manufacturing of medical devices through automation, preventive maintenance, calibration, and validation of new equipment and products.

Simultaneously managed 2-3 dozen manufacturing and installation projects from $1K to $2M. Coordinated timely completion of projects between internal customers, production, vendors, and union labor. Designed tooling and structures to make a safer and more productive work place within budget constraints.

Security printing company and former OEM automated machine builder for applying and verifying security print to customer's packaging. Additional machinery to support the material handling process... including case cutters and case packers.

Manufacturer of support equipment for the plastics molding industry.Improved electro-pneumatic sprue picker and robot models for automated recycling of sprues and part removal from plastic-injection molds.