Michael Allison, Pe Email & Phone Number

Brush Prairie, Wa, Us

Vancouver/San Diego

Flex employee for Simplexity Product Development (formerly PDG Oncore), a engineering consulting firm. Speciality in inkjet printing platforms, system architecture work for HP's consumer printer group, product design for HP's office printer group and subsystem design for HP's 3d printer group.Mechanical designer on a number of consumer and commercial products for various clients. Expertise in high volume manufacturing, gear design, plastic part, sheet metal and mechanism… Show more Flex employee for Simplexity Product Development (formerly PDG Oncore), a engineering consulting firm. Speciality in inkjet printing platforms, system architecture work for HP's consumer printer group, product design for HP's office printer group and subsystem design for HP's 3d printer group.Mechanical designer on a number of consumer and commercial products for various clients. Expertise in high volume manufacturing, gear design, plastic part, sheet metal and mechanism design.About Simplexity Product Development Inc.:Simplexity provides engineering design services across a range of industries. Our "simpler is better" engineering approach reduces costs while improving the lifecycle of your product, saving you money in development, manufacturing and product sustainability. Simplexity product development experts engineer the simplest solutions to the even the most complex design challenges.We lead product development in five key areas: renewable energy, consumer products, printer development, industrial products, and biotechnology. Whether you need a new product design, a custom tool to characterize performance, or a full inspection system, Simplexity has the engineering team and deep bench experience to make your needs a reality. We have been helping corporate clients like HP, Agilent, Illumina and Taylor-Made Adidas Golf to bring new products to life through elegant design and cost-efficient manufacturing for over twenty years. www.simplexitypd.com Show less

Vancouver, Wa

A mechanical design consulting company. Started as part time gig until taking early retirement from HP in June 2007, since then has been my full time career. Have worked on a variety of things from guitar bridges to carpenter's levels to inkjet printers to automotive/motorcycle transmissions.Engineering Consultant for Inspired Light LLC, a solar energy startup based in Corvallis, Oregon. Leading the design for the system drives and product structure.Chief Engineer for… Show more A mechanical design consulting company. Started as part time gig until taking early retirement from HP in June 2007, since then has been my full time career. Have worked on a variety of things from guitar bridges to carpenter's levels to inkjet printers to automotive/motorcycle transmissions.Engineering Consultant for Inspired Light LLC, a solar energy startup based in Corvallis, Oregon. Leading the design for the system drives and product structure.Chief Engineer for Mendeola Transaxles, the world leader in off road racing transmissions. Have worked on all designs since 1999. (www.mendeolatransaxles.com)Chief Engineer for Precision Alloy, Ltd, a local automotive accessory company. Completed the design and tooling for an aftermarket VW air cooled engine case which is now in production. (www.precisionalloy.com)Developed a custom gear design tool that is capable of designing machine cut or molded gears from 0.1 M up to 4.5 M. Integral tolerance analysis, tooth strength and efficiency calculations.Specialize in the use of PTC/CoCreate Direct Modeling (formerly SolidDesigner) explicit 3D modeling system. Extensive experience in data exchange with other CAD/CAM systems. Experience includes system administration, training and customization for customers in 3D, 2D and PDM. (www.ptc.com/products/cocreate) Show less

Vancouver, Washington

Retired - Joined the Welding & Fabrication Department at Clark College to teach the "Reading Blueprints" course. Had to design/update the class curriculum. Teach this core course for a variety of welding, machinist and technical students.

Corvallis, Or, Vancouver, Wa & Singapore

Expert R & D Engineer – Vancouver Division 2000 – 2007 R & D Engineer – Vancouver Division 1994 – 1999 Expert Manufacturing Engineer – Vancouver Division 1992 – 1994 Manufacturing Engineer – Vancouver Division 1990 – 1992 Development Engineer– Inkjet Components Division 1988 – 1990 Production Engineer– Inkjet Components Division 1987 – 1988 Hardware Design and Production Engineer – Inkjet Components Division 1985–1987 Development and Production Engineer - Inkjet… Show more Expert R & D Engineer – Vancouver Division 2000 – 2007 R & D Engineer – Vancouver Division 1994 – 1999 Expert Manufacturing Engineer – Vancouver Division 1992 – 1994 Manufacturing Engineer – Vancouver Division 1990 – 1992 Development Engineer– Inkjet Components Division 1988 – 1990 Production Engineer– Inkjet Components Division 1987 – 1988 Hardware Design and Production Engineer – Inkjet Components Division 1985–1987 Development and Production Engineer - Inkjet Components Operation 1982–1985 Components Facilities Engineer - Corvallis Components Operation 1981–1982 Summer Intern Engineer – Corvallis Components Operation Summer 1980Core team member in Hewlett Packard’s industry leading ink jet printers and print. Participated in all facets of mechanical engineering from procurement of materials, processes and equipment, design and development of new inkjet products, prototyping of the new inkjet products thru high volume (>1,000,000 units per month) manufacturing of printers and inkjet print cartridges in the North America & Asia Pacific regions. Led design teams from initial product definition thru product introduction. Extensive cross cultural experience. Ended my HP career when I took early retirement from HP Vancouver in June 2007. Last position was as an Expert level Mechanical Engineer leading a large design team on a new consumer inkjet product from its initial definition, through its development cycle and up to the release to production. Show less

Lead designer for the RJE220 sequential shift racing transmission and RJE300 racing differential for SCCA road racing GT & Production classes. Determined all aspects of the design from initial product layout to product manufacturing.Fabricated most of the components for the prototype transmission and did the initial testing of the prototype in Allison Engineering’s SCCA GT3 racecar. Fabricated all of the sand and investment cast molds and all of the machining fixtures required for the… Show more Lead designer for the RJE220 sequential shift racing transmission and RJE300 racing differential for SCCA road racing GT & Production classes. Determined all aspects of the design from initial product layout to product manufacturing.Fabricated most of the components for the prototype transmission and did the initial testing of the prototype in Allison Engineering’s SCCA GT3 racecar. Fabricated all of the sand and investment cast molds and all of the machining fixtures required for the project.Developed all documentation necessary for the fabrication, marketing (both hard copy and web based) and maintenance of both products. Show less