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Pioneer, Ohio

●Project management, Continuous Improvement and Cost Reductions for the manufacturing of Laser Welded Blanks for the Automotive Industry.●Prepared product quotes for multiple plants and presented these quotes to the Senior Executive Team.●Supervised line setup and design changes, working with outside contractors and internal resources to redesign equipment to weld new products. ●Supported product launch for customer tech reviews, PPAP, Run @ Rates, die buyoffs and blanker PPAPs.●Supported buyoffs at suppliers of custom equipment such as dimplier’s, brushing stations, and weld tables.●Identified and championed many continuous improvement projects for improved cycle times, reduced scrap, reduced downtime, improved worker safety and ergonomics and improved product quality.●Researched, sourced and collected bids for new equipment to meet new process needs. ●Championed the blending of lower cost argon with higher cost helium on CO2 laser welding to reduce cost. ●Sourced non-OEM oscillation gear/bearing for the cut to length providing a $190,000 cost avoidance.●Championed cut to length line to significantly reduce weld scrap by improving the cut weld edge straightness eliminating retrim operations and improving OEE.

Fort Wayne, Indiana Area

●Project management and design of mechanical components for vehicle Fuel Dispensers.●Provided project management for the release of 5 different versions of a unique fuel dispenser to production.●Provided mechanical support to implement NFI Touch Screen Technology, resulting in a 17% cost savings. ●Diagnosed and made changes to the design of components returned from the field to prevent future failures.●Reduced pressure drop 51% for the passive vapor recovery manifold tubing to exceed CARB requirements.●Provided mechanical support to production to troubleshoot and solve assembly problems.●Provided mechanical support to bring 2 dispenser designs from design to beta site in less than 6 weeks each.

Avila, Indiana

●Project management and design of mechanical components for Vertical Injection Molding Machines. ●Developed concept sketches, material selection, and supervised the mechanical design of new machines.●Designed a new concept for applying mold clamp tonnage that would reduce clamp cost 40-50%.●Submitted invention disclosure with corporate on above device for patent purposes. ●Calculated inertia, speeds and torque requirements for sizing of hydraulic and servo motors.●Calculated gear sizes and ratios, gear tooth loads, bearing selection and bending stresses.●Redesigned the rotary index table to index faster and more accurately on 4 different size machines.●Diagnosed problems and redesigned mechanical components on older machine designs.●Contributed significantly on a team that designed and implemented 20% cost reduction per machine.

Fort Wayne, Indiana Area

●Project management and design of mechanical components and systems for multiple facilities.●Estimated project costs, wrote requests for expenditures and justifications, tracked cost and schedules.●Designed Industrial Mechanical Systems such as; Dust collection, Exhaust and Ventilation, Compressed Air, Piping, Heating and Air conditioning, and Heat exchangers.●Responsible for roof management, one of these projects totaled $1.85 million. ●Developed layouts for manufacturing and offices areas for space utilization efficiency.●Worked with outside contractors, from scope of work for bids to project completion.●Provided troubleshooting and redesigned mechanical systems.●Provided CAD drawings and layouts for customers, tradesmen and maintained “as built” drawings.

Fort Wayne, Indiana Area

●Mechanical design, testing and analysis of Sonobuoy parts for projects and bids.●Designed low-cost intricate mechanical components designed for ease of assembly-reduced cost.●Designed simulated components with calculated equivalent wet/dry weights and center of gravity for testing.●Designed and conducted experiments and wrote results on new mechanical design concepts.●Contributed to the design of a unique Sonobuoy recovery device.●Performed Hydrodynamic and Structural analysis.●Used COSMOS Finite Element Analysis and Strain Gauges to verify structural analysis on hull components.●Provided mechanical layouts and tech writing for mechanical section of bids and proposals.

Fort Wayne, Indiana Area

●Responsible for Mechanical design and packaging of high density, high voltage electronics in a high shock and helicopter random vibration environment.●Conducted trade studies on materials and designed sheet metal stampings.●Provided mechanical support for testing of prototypes.

Fort Wayne, Indiana Area

●Overall project responsibilities for 70% of all keyboards from quoting and design through product production.●Responsible for approximately 70% of all active ground, airborne, and shipboard military keyboards.●Developed concept sketches, material selection, and design supervision. ●Provided close interface with vendors and customers, giving technical presentations at design reviews.●Designed parts for injection molded plastic, investment and die cast aluminum, rubber molded.●Familiar with all forms of back lighting of panel and displays.●Re-engineered older products for reduced production costs.