Keith Speer Email & Phone Number

Indianapolis, In, Us

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Responsible for leading and supervising Detailing Design work for transmissions.

United States

Served as CAD Manager; Developed Drafting Standards; Developed Standards for ISO-9000 Certification; Performed yearly reviews for employees; Developed process for Engineering Change Notices (ECN's).Traveled frequently to other parts of the US and Europe to interface with customers and suppliers. Developed business relationships through communication and team work.Trained personnel in CAD and Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T).Oversaw performance matrix of engineering department that included cost analysis, time of delivery, and overall effectiveness of employees work.Oversaw and implemented a new CAD system.Signed off on final product definition.Recruited and trained new personnel.Collaborated with Sales Team to utilize personable skills developed with experience.Developed presentations to design teams, prospective clients, and distributors.Helped develop synergy between departments by reviewing, improving, and changing processes.Grew customer base by 50% in two years.Well versed in various CAD programs (Solid Edge, Solid Works, NX, AutoCAD, Pro-E, and more).Experienced in several different fields of engineering (Aerospace, Automotive, Orthopedics, Tanning Industry, Safety Restraints, Telecommunications, and more).Extensive knowledge in various manufacturing of products (Injection Molded Plastics, Vacuum Formed Plastics, Sheet Metal, Castings, Stampings, CNC, Extruded Metals and Plastics, and more).Extensive knowledge in GD&T, ISO Certification, Technical Writing, and processes.Developed training material for CAD and GD&T training.Led Design Reviews and Design FMEA's for product development, reliability, and safety.Led DOE (Design of Experiments) to troubleshoot design flaws.Well versed in Tolerance Stacks, drawing definition, and CAD integrity checks.

Senior Design Engineer/Layout for transmissions. Provided design, detailing, and verification support for many orthopedic companies. Project Manager and Lead Designer for child restraint buckles and commercial restraint buckles. Increased number of designers for an aerospace client by 1000% within a year through sales collaboration, drawing definition, recruiting, and training. This work consisted of rocket design for Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK). Performed analysis on drawings and CAD models for various clients that include GD&T review, ISO 9000 standards review and technical writing, tolerance stacks, and drawing definition. Collaborated with Rolls-Royce to bring old drawings up to the standard of ASME Y14.5M-1994 and to reflect current manufacturing processes and gauging processes. Worked with customers on sheet metal designs utilizing Solid Works that consisted of processing routers to the manufacturing floor and oversaw the final product to completion via sheet metal fabrication. Worked with customer on plastic injection molding designs for restraint systems using Solid Works.

Project Leader on various new designs that included replacing the entire residential and commercial lines of tanning beds. Managed the CAD Department that utilized SolidEdge, I-DEAS and AutoCAD. Created the drafting standards manual which included training of the CAD personnel on the standards and GD&T.

Worked on projects that included keeping track of the project budget and was an integral part of a concurrent engineering team for many projects. Operated as Assistant CAD Manager that was responsible for the training of the personnel on CAD as well as developing the drafting standards.

Worked in a variety of industries (Aerospace, Automotive, Agricultural, telecommunications, and more) and developed expertise in many forms of manufacturing (Plastics, Sheet Metal, Castings, and more). Enhanced my personable skills through recruiting and sales.