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Living Large.

Engineered and produced pneumaticly driven 2 stage cryogenic coldhead capable of temps down to 7 Kelvin. Designed and built manufacturing tooling. Performed as Plant manager, performed plant maintenance, plant layout, Engineering,Autocad design, Time Study, Cost analysis, Cost reduction, electronics repair and design, skilled machinist, Field service. Also performed cryogenic cold head installation, repair of helium refrigeration compressors and systems.

I do cryogenic engineering, Mechanical engineering, field service, manufacturing, R&D, Autocad, Manufacturing engineering, etc. Anything that needs to be done. I specialize in MRI refrigeration service and repair for the medical and scientific community.

891 N. Main Street, Leh, Nj 08087

Provide a wide range of services from Engineering, Field Service, Machinist, Auto Cad, Cryogenic Product design and development, Procedural development and on. I design and prototype cryogenic cold heads, Seals, Re-generators, Displacers and the like for use in the Medical industry. The are used in MRI's, NMR, Plasma coaters, Ultra High Vacuum equipment.

This company is a light manufacturer specializing in laboratory apparatus. Production, Service and Traffic Manager Startup company producing Constant Temperature Water Baths required the development and implementation of production facilities, service department and shipping/receiving departments. Implemented methods and procedures for aforementioned departments Performed time standards work Developed Bills of Materials for products Improved the quality of the product as delivered to the customer beyond measure. Increased production 600% without an increase in staffing. Maintained 99% same day shipments with no increase in personnel even though shipments were up 600%. Quality is up, warranty service is down. Laid out, supervised construction, moved entire facility without interrupting service to the customers. Established a Research and Development Department complete with Staffing, High Tech Test Rooms and equipment to perform R&D functions. Recruited new personnel, trained and maintained the departments with no turnover of personnel. Provided customer support with innovative ways to approach application solutions. Provided training for the Sales Department and Customers to improve the value added by utilizing Julabo as a vender. Reduced the cost of shipping product to the customer by 30% while improving the service and the quality received by the customer. Provided a list of over $75,000 worth of material cost reductions that can be realized every year for the life of the products. Sourced, negotiated and provided parent company in Germany with components at lower prices than could be obtained locally. Sourced components that were in global shortage to prevent production shutdowns at parent company. Designed new products and negotiated contracts with OEM's for new products

Allentown, Pa

Established new production and repair facility for German parent company. Increased production 600% with no increase in personnel and no turn over. Established and ran North American Repair facility. As Chief Engineer, provided new product development and fabrication for ever expanding product line.

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Hired as general machine shop help, worked way through company and ultimately ran production facilities producing 30 different Bio-Medical devices ranging from precision suction regulators, spirometers and whole blood salvage apparatus. Designed and built proprietary automated manufacturing equipment. Designed and supervised construction for new facility including manufacturing areas, clean rooms and offices. Expanded from 7,500 to 35,000 square feet. Working knowledge of PLC's, servo/stepper systems, pneumatics, hydraulics, electro-mechanical interfaces, fiber optics, programming, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Quatro, etc. Worked in product design and prototyping. Designed new products and designed/built proprietary automated machinery to make them. Lead in suggesting and implementing cost reductions in excess of 10% every year.  Experienced machinist, Tool and Die Maker Ran Machine shop leading proprietary tool, jig and machine development.Patents and PublicationsHold patent for a unique ink stamp apparatus that was marketed by Sanford Corporation under License. Product was showcased as best new product of the year surpassing all sales projections. Hold 3 Provisional Patents for Automotive Safety Devices.