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Norcross, Ga, Us

Tucker, Georgia, Us

Advanced revenue goals by managing automotive technical projects from concept to production: • Brought $4.6MM annual revenue of products from prototype to production, $0.87MM to pre-production• Contributed to 10.5% annual revenue growth for record year, then an additional 35.7% the following year • Directed projects for our fastest-growing customer ($8.2MM): Prototypes (11 Asm), Production (29 Asm)• Headed weekly meetings including Q.A., Process Engineering, Procurement, and Production departments• Primary intermediary for 8 customers in 4 countries; led sourcing from 11 suppliers in 4 countries• Slashed dimensional and cleanliness compliance fallout by 50-95% on certain projects with team• Utilized Creo 3.0 to create GD&T drawings following or referencing ASME, ISO, or customer standards• Supported PPAP; met dimensional, material, and environmental compliance to ISO, ASME, and RoHS

Alpharetta, Ga, Us

Provided custom design solutions for customers and partners:• Utilized CREO 5.0/2.0, Windchill, and Agile for part design and assembly modeling• Designed sheet metal, functional and aesthetic: bending, laser cutting, welding, and pressed hardware• Refined or created extrusions, glass cutting, custom rubber gaskets, and plastic injection molding• Created over 252 parts for 240 products• Completed over 320 production drawings• Standardized shipping methods, oftentimes reducing cost by 33-50%• Developed customized products with cost, end-user, manufacturability, and future development in mind

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Provided data to ensure quality and reliable dispensers:• Validated electromechanical systems and components• Designed test benches and built them• Troubleshoot distinct prototypes and test benches• Optimized test processes for time and data acquisition• Reached mutual goals collaborating with four other departmentsResults:• Joint inventor on confidential patent pending• Honed new production versions of two crucial pumps with testing• Improved test bench design at 69% less than proposed cost• Increased syrup pumps tested a day by 20% immediately over predecessor• Increased micro pump testing a day by 60% over one week• Validated characteristic performance of eleven pumps, in three categories • Validated characteristic performance of six flow meters, in four categories • Validated new valves for 300% increase in the factor of safety in syrup system• Increased flow meter test bench data acquisition by 300% by making modifications

Statesboro, Georgia, Us

Managed and conducted academic research projects:• Justified project development with outside academic basis• Budgeted items for the lab and specific projects• Managed projects based on budget, time, and our resultsResults:• Earned full academic credit for research in half the time• Produced nanofibers that released a single dose of chemotherapy drugs over several days• Developed consistent processes to bring chemotherapy drug particles below 300 nm

Paid for all books and over half semester of housing in Fall• Repaired or replaced mechanical, electrical, plumbing and decorative apartment fixtures• Changed door locks, including cutting new keys• Worked 11-19 hour days, 7 days a week

Paid for food, books, and housing for longer than a semester• Loaded and delivered major and minor fixtures for residential construction sites• 12-14 hour days, 5 days a week

Statesboro, Georgia, Us

Managed and conducted academic research projects:• Justified project development with outside academic basis• Budgeted items for the lab and specific projects• Managed projects based on budget, time, and our resultsResults:• Awarded full grant of $2,499 after a proposal• Increased thermoelectric coefficient of designed ceramics by 380%• Raised flexural strength of ceramics by 122% and higher• Secured industrial grade material not normally available while decreasing the budget

• Reviewed, edited fire safety blueprints of buildings in surrounding area• Worked with local printing firm to print fire-safety blueprints; Used AutoCAD in revisal, editing