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Hickory Nc

Freelance technical and product development services for all types of knitting platforms. Lean manufacturing solutions for all manufacturing environments. Design and source custom hybrid prototype attachments. (Yarn Feeders, Yarn Creel Systems, Optical Stop motions ect.) Analyze and source expensive or factory unsupported spare parts. Technical training for production staff. Design custom production monitoring systems. Development of alternate electronic machine maintenance and board repair.

Rutherford College

Responsible for maintenance and repairs of graduated compression medical garments and devices. Analized machine problems and determined repair order according to priorities and maximum output. Adjusted existing programs and created new programs to optimize production Performed troubleshooting, replacement and repairs to electronic packages. Programmed and adjusted equipment to FDA size tolerances. Implemented style, size, and compression changes as dictated from planning. Generated detailed comprehensive maintenance log entries. Assisted Research and Development with new products. Installed and analyzed new attachments (Yarn Feeders, optical yarn stop motion systems ect.)

Hickory Nc

Responsible for day to day machine performance and Product development. Interview potential production employees and make employment decisions. Oversee maintenance of finishing and building equipment. Order spare parts inventory and create parts inventory system. Production liaison for designers and sales.

Granite Falls

Set up and operated production equipment in accordance with current manufacturing practices and standard operational procedures. Interview and advise hiring of production employees. Implemented style changes and product development.

Hickory Nc

Freelance technician / Product development

Hickory Nc

Co founded start up venture with Jackie Laws installing, dial welt retrofit attachments, on site for 300+ customers worldwide (14 US states, 2 Canadian provinces, Ireland, Brazil and Venezuela). Transitioned business to rebuilding Mark III pantyhose equipment, into Amy type, sock production machines. Oversaw the business expansion from a 2 person partnership to a 16 employee machine building operation with $2.2 million in annual sales. Responsible for machine style setup on customer supplied specs and in factory startup and technical training worldwide. Established a parts supply and customer service departments. Designed a variable speed drive system utilizing Mitsubishi inverter for our product and retrofitting existing Amy machines. Designed custom yarn creels for our machines and many types of textile machines (Sock,sheer, glove, and winding) for customers that did not have floor space or ceiling height for standard Merlin type yarn creels. Established an in house machine shop to make custom parts for many applications.

Tarboro Nc

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