Rex Keller Email & Phone Number

Scottsdale, Az

Participated in companywide engineering council which standardize and reduce design time by 20%Worked with engineering council to integrate other engineering tools with mechanical engineering toolsSupported and developed proposals for Aerospace and Defense hardware contractsDeveloped schedules, resource plans and reported status on programs with 1,00’s of drawingsEstimated time, resources, drawing count and costs per drawingSupported several programs that delivered projects on time and inside budgetPlanned Mechanical Engineering resources for projects by hiring and maintaining staffDirected 4 Engineers and 18 designers on multiple projectsSupport and maintain 20 AutoCAD licensesMentored and guided career development for junior engineersActive TS/SCI with CI POLY

Scottsdale, Az

Provided guidance and consultation to project Site Managers and Customer Representatives to ensure project installations conform to engineering plans, specifications, construction and safety standardsInterfaced with teams from multiple sister divisions to coordinate design and logistic support for sites around the worldWorked with local bases and cities to locate antenna, equipment shelters and infrastructure equipment for antenna siteTraveled to project sites around the world to coordinate work with US and foreign militaries on requirements and installation of 60 foot diameter satellite antennasMeet all project milestones to receive 98% award fee for 6 major project milestonesWrote and updated 10’s of requirement documentsReviewed civil engineering drawings from Navy Facilities Command and local contractors for site installation acceptanceContributed to site engineering team that received 100% award fee for work on Sicily and Australia sites

Scottsdale, Az

Mechanical Task Leader for the hand held and mobile version of the Iridium satellite phoneInterfaced with contract manufacturing house to put 50,000 Iridium satellite phone into productionWorked with contract manufacturing house to put 50,000 Iridium satellite phone into productionPerformed accelerated life testing for mobile phonesDesigned printed wiring boards for processing in high speed component placement machinesDesigned and built electronic hardware packaging for space born applicationsWorked in concurrent engineering environment to meet cost and production goalsWorked with concurrent engineering team to implement new processes and tools5,000 hrs total experience in using Pro Engineer solid modeling software1,000 hrs total experience in using Pro PDM drawing release software

Phoenix, Az

Worked with management team to carry out strategic and functional plans to support the business needs on a weekly, monthly, and annual basisResponsible for performance reviews and career development of engineering staffCreated presentations and proposals for new products and roadmapsWorked with senior management to track customer trends and roadmapsResponsible for $500K budget and capital expenditures with focus towards meeting company goalsDesigned microprocessor, chip scale, and high density sockets for the interconnect industryWorked with customer to qualify manufacturing processesUsed Statistical software to analyze manufacturing process dataDesigned sockets to meet manufacturing copy exact standardsAwarded patents 6,315,592, 6,413,110, 6,431,899, 6,664,985 and 6,830,463

Carslbad, Ca

Designed cellular phonesDesigned battery pack and injection molded plastic parts for high volume production

Scottsdale, Az

Designed electronic hardware packaging for space born applicationsPerformed qualification testing of electronic hardware to MIL-STD-810Experience in packaging and manufacturing electronic hardware in the Mhz to 2 Ghz rangeManaged 4 designers and their resources to accomplish tasks on timeReceived peer recognition award for outstanding performance on the P94 program3,000 hours total experience in using Pro Engineer solid modeling softwareWorked with team to implement Pro PDM file management softwareTrained in ANSYS version 5.1 FEA software

Scottsdale, Az

Trained in ANSI Y14.5M-1982Experience in designing precision injection molded thermoplastic, and small stamped metal partsManaged project activities from initial concept to manufacturingAwarded patent 5,568,868 “Gull-wing IC carrier system”Designed Integrated circuit Test and Burn-In Sockets with production rates of 100K/monthDesigned production test fixtures for assembly aids.Calculated and analyzed process capability indexes

Grand Praire, Tx

Responsible for design and redesign effort on business class jet, CL-601, engine nacelles Responsible for structural design and redesign effort on B2 bomberCreated layouts and drawings by hand and with McDonnell Douglas's CADAM softwareCoordinated with shop to correct engineering and manufacturing discrepancies

Software Programing

CIS163 – Introduction to Java CSC200 – Introduction to computer science using Java CSC210 – Data Algorithms and Structures using Java

Bsme, Material Science