Co-founded a startup to help speed up US Navy supply chain with LLM's and knowledge capture.Built a Next.js typescript app with OpenAI API and Supabase to allow for vectorizing various shipbuilding and military standards with extra context added from experts to make adhering to lengthy purchase order requirements much simpler.Startup was unable to get funded in the current fiscal climate despite interest from a number of potential customers operating in the industry. Despite… Show more Co-founded a startup to help speed up US Navy supply chain with LLM's and knowledge capture.Built a Next.js typescript app with OpenAI API and Supabase to allow for vectorizing various shipbuilding and military standards with extra context added from experts to make adhering to lengthy purchase order requirements much simpler.Startup was unable to get funded in the current fiscal climate despite interest from a number of potential customers operating in the industry. Despite obtaining a CAGE code and building the platform out, a decision was made to return to industry as an engineer/manager. Show less

Lead engineer and R&D coordinator. Responsible for new product development, product support/improvement, and cost reduction within the Fueling and Marine markets. Aviation fueling and Navy maritime equipment are the primary focus of my development and enhancement programs. Interfaces with sales teams and customers to provide value through solutions for new applications and support for the installed base of products in the Fueling & Marine markets.

Product Design & Development for Curtiss-Wright Nuclear Division.Division-wide Innovation Team member and contributor.Based out of the Enertech office, primarily focused in valves and actuator development.- Part, component, & product design- Test fixture design- R&D - DFMA- Production troubleshooting- Stress/strain/vibration simulation- CFD- ANSI Y14.5 machining & customer assembly drawings- Materials selection- Spring design- Castings… Show more Product Design & Development for Curtiss-Wright Nuclear Division.Division-wide Innovation Team member and contributor.Based out of the Enertech office, primarily focused in valves and actuator development.- Part, component, & product design- Test fixture design- R&D - DFMA- Production troubleshooting- Stress/strain/vibration simulation- CFD- ANSI Y14.5 machining & customer assembly drawings- Materials selection- Spring design- Castings & Forgings- Hydraulic/pneumatic flow- Elastomeric and resilient sealing, metal-to-metal sealing- Pressure vessels- ASME/ANSI/CSA/EPRI/MSS Codes & StandardsFrequently interfacing with customers on technical discussions, application & sales engineering, as well as numerous R&D projects. Also dedicated engineer for design and troubleshooting/improvement for designs of legacy Marotta and Circle Seal valves manufactured and sold by Enertech. Formerly a core member of a small team with a history of many successful projects year over year, ranging from $20k to $7M each. Presently on a 2 person R&D applications & technology team developing products and services for the nuclear industry in the following areas: flow control equipment, inspection & test equipment (including ultrasound), plant digitization & data analytics, wireless technology implementation, and business process optimization. Show less

Product design and development consultation for various companies around San Diego and Orange County, primarily in the automotive and plastics industries.

Assisted in design and manufacturing of electro-mechanical microarray systems.