-Responsible for managing customer requirements/expectations regarding quality, cost, and delivery of designed and fabricated tooling and fixturing.

- Provided engineering and design work on a variety of projects supporting various industries including agriculture, construction, glass, and power transmission using Creo 4.0.

- Created and updated models, assemblies, and bills of materials for secondary packaging automation machinery.

- Provide Manufacturing Engineering support to medical device product lines.- EH&S representative for the facility, and a participant on the facility Safety Team.- Lead and provide Manufacturing Engineering support for vertical integration projects and Supplier Change Notices.

- Product design and consulting utilizing SolidWorks. Also experience with AutoCAD 2D, AutoCAD Inventor, and SolidEdge software. - Implemented organizational file system to ensure design database is current and accurate.- Designed and developed new print templates for clients.- Client industries have included: medical devices, aviation systems, firearms, and residential building materials.- Spent 4 1/2 years as contract employee in R&D with Advanced Armament Corporation working on firearm and firearm suppressor design.

- Provided SolidWorks design assistance for several aviation modification products.

- Responsible for the design and development of implantable vascular access medical devices including implantable ports and Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters.- Extensively used SolidWorks 3D modeling software to move product designs from concept to reality.- Attended Cadence Program Management training with the goal to help implement this process within the company.- Patent Issued: USD595892S1 Scalloped Implantable Injectable Port.

- Helped to develop and establish the Configuration Control Board process to handle Engineering Change Proposals, Requests for Waiver/Deviation, Quality Deficiency Reports, and Marketing Development Proposals.- Served as Chairman and Configuration Manager for the Configuration Control Board.- Involved in the preparation and disposition of Engineering Change Proposals, Requests for Waiver/Deviation, Quality Deficiency Reports, and Marketing Development Proposals.- Created and updated design drawings for commercial and military small arms as part of engineering support to production as well as research and development programs using AutoCAD Inventor 3D modeling software.- Helped establish a Program Management Office as well as define its missions and functions within ArmaLite, Inc.- Served on a committee that prepared proposals that were submitted to the National Small Arms Consortium in response to an open call for research and development programs out of Picatinny Arsenal, NJ.

- Responsible for converting older AutoCAD 2D drawings into SolidEdge part and drawing files, and updating drawings to reflect their current revisions in support of manufacturing and product development.- Served as the design lead and program manager for the Vortex MP implantable vascular access port project from concept to successful launch in Feb. 2004.- Served as engineering support to production for various vascular access projects, extensively utilizing SolidEdge 3D modeling software.