Supervise tool designers within the company's product engineering department. Also perform manufacturing & tool engineering functions to support the company's rubber molding departments in Pewaukee, WI., Taiwan, China.

Performed manufacturing & tool engineering functions within the company's rubber molding & extrusion department including:* Designed & procured rubber molds, trim fixtures, etc. for numerous new products.* Designed & implemented a new mold, demolding fixture, & press control revisions required to automate the demolding of a 160 cavity mold.* Designed & implemented a new mold & press control revisions required to move all production of a part from 2 presses to one. Unique mold… Show more Performed manufacturing & tool engineering functions within the company's rubber molding & extrusion department including:* Designed & procured rubber molds, trim fixtures, etc. for numerous new products.* Designed & implemented a new mold, demolding fixture, & press control revisions required to automate the demolding of a 160 cavity mold.* Designed & implemented a new mold & press control revisions required to move all production of a part from 2 presses to one. Unique mold design allowed the cure time to be cut in half. Increased press capacity was used keep other new products in-house.* Oversaw the installation of the company's 1st rubber injecton molding machine, designed the molds, & developed the molding processes. Later implemented mold revisions that yielded a 55% reduction in cure time.* Participated in product design review meetings & provided input to improve part design for manufacturability.* Coordinated & oversaw the rebuilding of the department's rubber mixer. Show less

Assembled machined components to build custom machining centers off of engineering blue prints.

Detailed custom machinery components within the company's Specialty Products engineering department.

Completed the 3 yr drafting apprenticeship training program that included 1 yr in the numerous machining departments, 1 yr in several machine assembly departments, & 1 yr in the 3 engineering departments.

Created detailed drawings of machine components off of large scale assembly drawings.