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Milwaukee, WI, US

Milwaukee, WI, US

• A white-label vacation sales platform, for Travel Agents, Direct to Client, andCall-Center users, with clients like Hyatt Hotels, Southwest Vacations, and UniversalStudios theme parks.
• Released a credit card processing service, with zero defects reported, andproceeded to process [redacted] per year (2023 numbers).
• Worked independently, and as a team, as an individual contributor.
• Designed and implemented new back-office services for booking and accountingprocedures, in.NET and SQL.
• Assisted in converting a 30 year old legacy COBOL mainframe to a modernMicrosoft stack (10+ year endeavor for Trisept).
• Managed code and deployment using Microsoft Team Foundation Server(TFS),Azure DevOps, and Octopus Deployment to Microsoft Internet InformationServices (IIS) and Azure cloud services.

Santa Fe Springs, CA, US

• Industrial automation and robotics integrator.
• Simultaneously designed and managed three $1,000,000 assembly lines, for localmanufacturers, and delivered all three on-time and on-budget.
• Managed projects from customer concept through on-site installation.
• Duties included engineering design, drafting, presentation of design to clients,sourcing components, assembly of mechanical and electrical components, andfinal installation and programming on-site.
• Designed and drafted custom end-of-arm-tooling, fixtures, and assemblymachines for manufacturing lines, using SolidWorks.

Mechanical Design of Robotic Manufacturing Cells (see Acieta above)

Velbert, North Rhine-Westphalia, DE

• Automotive parts manufacturer, specializing in plastic molding and zinc die-cast parts.
• Programmed Fanuc and REIS robots, and Allen Bradley and Siemens PLC's and HMI's
• Maintained and upgraded industrial automation and robotic work-cells, including mechanical and electrical systems, and controls programming.
• Provided continuous improvement of manufacturing and assembly processes using standard automotive industry initiatives, like Six Sigma, 8D, PPAP, PFMEA, Gauge R&R, etc.
• Recognized as a key employee, and given the opportunity to cross-train at our main headquarters in Velbert, Germany for 3 months.
• Selected as primary installer for a new assembly line in our Puebla, Mexico start-up plant.

Property management of residential apartments, and new property investment.

• Main responsibilities:
• Full design-cycle implementation. From customer concept, to design and modeling, prototyping, and sourcing from overseas manufacturers.Additional responsibilities:
• Start-up new European warehousing and distribution center in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Including equipment purchasing, stock purchasing, training of new employees, and installing the company's computer network.
• Seasonal second shift production manager, overseeing crews of 3 employees.

Bachelor’S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Continuing Education, Software Developement