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Broomfield, Colorado, United States

Colorado, United States

Electronics packaging design for small (Micro- and Cubesats). Sustaining role for several in production subsystems as well as initial design and qualification support of new ones. Owned detailed design and documentation using SolidWorks (2022) and in-house configuration management systems.

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Panels product lead for Internal Research and Development. Own panels design analysis process development and refinement. Fixer / Project Manager for various internal and customer engineering projects. Charged with growing and maintaining the organizations ability to understand, analyze , propose, and design all customer spacecraft solar power needs.

Cedar Rapids, Ia

A “Fixer” in a mechanical design support group servicing the entire Commercial products division. Also support Government Systems team as required. Analytical resource for complex problem solving in an extremely broad portfolio of avionics and aerospace products across the life cycle, and across commercial, business regional, and military markets. Charged with sustaining on several hundred products, mentoring junior team members in product development / project management and analytical… Show more A “Fixer” in a mechanical design support group servicing the entire Commercial products division. Also support Government Systems team as required. Analytical resource for complex problem solving in an extremely broad portfolio of avionics and aerospace products across the life cycle, and across commercial, business regional, and military markets. Charged with sustaining on several hundred products, mentoring junior team members in product development / project management and analytical methods. Proposal support including conceptual design, thermal and structural design feasibility analyses, engineering effort estimation, technical writing, and project cost, schedule and risk planning. Responsible for ongoing efforts to reduce engineering overhead, enhance analytical and design efficiency, and reduce time to market through lean methods. Show less

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Drove an extremely diverse portfolio of programs and projects to on time delivery within technology, budget, and schedule constraints. Customers included the national labs, entrepreneurs, startups, and large defense contractors. Technologies included commercial and aerospace electronics, renewable energy, directed energy (medical and military), control systems, and large scale mechanical systems. Served as Program Manager on the larger efforts. Owned the performance of the… Show more Drove an extremely diverse portfolio of programs and projects to on time delivery within technology, budget, and schedule constraints. Customers included the national labs, entrepreneurs, startups, and large defense contractors. Technologies included commercial and aerospace electronics, renewable energy, directed energy (medical and military), control systems, and large scale mechanical systems. Served as Program Manager on the larger efforts. Owned the performance of the engineering team, a young, raw, highly talented, well trained group of firmware, software, electrical and mechanical engineers; more than half with masters degrees. Leveraged the strengths and worked to mitigate the weaknesses of the team members and the team as a whole. Facilitated the training and diversification of the team members in support of department goals.Developed and executed the department strategic plan, planned and managed to our annual budget integrated with aggregate company plan and budget, oversaw equipment and capital improvements, developed and/or maintained all engineering associated processes. Show less

Engineering and Project Management bringing a new commercial, concentrated photo voltaic solar array to market. Drove test planning, execution, and documentation of IEC 62108 self-certification test effort on utility scale, concentrated photovoltaic power (CPV) generation product. Designed, analyzed, procured and implemented product tooling and processes for volume production. All work completed using Solidworks and COSMOSWorks. Owned project management and engineering content of rapid and… Show more Engineering and Project Management bringing a new commercial, concentrated photo voltaic solar array to market. Drove test planning, execution, and documentation of IEC 62108 self-certification test effort on utility scale, concentrated photovoltaic power (CPV) generation product. Designed, analyzed, procured and implemented product tooling and processes for volume production. All work completed using Solidworks and COSMOSWorks. Owned project management and engineering content of rapid and successful transition of volume manufacture of solar receivers to off shore production in Asia. Show less

After my layoff from LSI I took some time off and then took several months to find the new position at Emcore, Inc.

Led cross-functional development teams in rigorously run portfolio management environment. Successfully managed five increasingly complex, high performance disk drive subsystem (RAID) development programs ranging from $200k to $40 million budgets over six-month to three-year timelines. Majority of team members were remotely located in Bangalore, Milpitas, Austin, Wichita etc. Leveraged increased use of web-conferencing and other distance collaboration tools to achieve nearly real-time… Show more Led cross-functional development teams in rigorously run portfolio management environment. Successfully managed five increasingly complex, high performance disk drive subsystem (RAID) development programs ranging from $200k to $40 million budgets over six-month to three-year timelines. Majority of team members were remotely located in Bangalore, Milpitas, Austin, Wichita etc. Leveraged increased use of web-conferencing and other distance collaboration tools to achieve nearly real-time “around the world, overnight” software engineering changes. Show less

Boulder, Colorado

Recruited as Lead Mechanical Engineer to drive worldwide, cross-functional development team developing leading edge, high performance fiber channel, Ultra320 SCSI, and iSCSI disk-array products. Successfully navigated creation of high performance, lower cost mechanical subsystems through technological and communication challenges. Effectively collaborated across American/Japanese boundaries, yielding superior, cost-effective results that undercut and outperformed competition. Identified… Show more Recruited as Lead Mechanical Engineer to drive worldwide, cross-functional development team developing leading edge, high performance fiber channel, Ultra320 SCSI, and iSCSI disk-array products. Successfully navigated creation of high performance, lower cost mechanical subsystems through technological and communication challenges. Effectively collaborated across American/Japanese boundaries, yielding superior, cost-effective results that undercut and outperformed competition. Identified shortfalls in engineering analysis capabilities; planned and executed infrastructure improvements allowing accurate analysis that prevented numerous redesign and retest cycles. Picked up FloTherm Ver. 3.2 usage with refresher training. Trained on and used Catia V4 and V5. Attended 10th Flomerics User Group Conference in Amsterdam. Show less

(Also, April 1996 - December 1997) Lead Electronics Packaging Engineer working space based telescope and remote sensing instruments including 4 Hubble Space Telescope upgrade instruments. Member of cross-functional instrument design team producing high-reliability, state-of-the-art, electronics system designs. Design and lead the design of circuit board assemblies (including layout and route), interconnect, and chassis. Production liaison through launch. Material Review Board member. ISO 9000… Show more (Also, April 1996 - December 1997) Lead Electronics Packaging Engineer working space based telescope and remote sensing instruments including 4 Hubble Space Telescope upgrade instruments. Member of cross-functional instrument design team producing high-reliability, state-of-the-art, electronics system designs. Design and lead the design of circuit board assemblies (including layout and route), interconnect, and chassis. Production liaison through launch. Material Review Board member. ISO 9000 implementation team member. All design work done with Pro/Engineer (Thru 2000i). Have used Pro/Engineer since Rev. 2.0 (1986); AutoCad and Mechanical Desktop. Show less

Project team leader on the cost reduction / Value Engineering of robotic DLT (Digital Linear Tape) Libraries. Five-year-old startup Company with 110 employees. Product was designed with minimal tooling expenditure and shipping approximately 200 units per month. Worked to tool up parts for Injection molding, stamping, die casting etc. as tooling money became available. Resource and cost responsibility on a very aggressive schedule. Worked to put in place enhanced analysis capability (Finite… Show more Project team leader on the cost reduction / Value Engineering of robotic DLT (Digital Linear Tape) Libraries. Five-year-old startup Company with 110 employees. Product was designed with minimal tooling expenditure and shipping approximately 200 units per month. Worked to tool up parts for Injection molding, stamping, die casting etc. as tooling money became available. Resource and cost responsibility on a very aggressive schedule. Worked to put in place enhanced analysis capability (Finite Element Analysis etc.) where none existed. Duties also included Product Design Verification / Regulatory Test planning for new products and support and failure analysis support on returned units. Show less

Served as Project Engineering Team Leader, Program Manager and Lead Mechanical Engineer reporting to the Vice President of Engineerg. Developed optical library, mass storage products in a small (less than 20 engineers), remote R&D facility. Responsible for product technical content, material, tooling, and labor budgets, schedule and resource allocation, design verification test planning and execution, documentation, regulatory approval, user manuals, and procurement management through initial… Show more Served as Project Engineering Team Leader, Program Manager and Lead Mechanical Engineer reporting to the Vice President of Engineerg. Developed optical library, mass storage products in a small (less than 20 engineers), remote R&D facility. Responsible for product technical content, material, tooling, and labor budgets, schedule and resource allocation, design verification test planning and execution, documentation, regulatory approval, user manuals, and procurement management through initial production. Production ramp-up and procurement liaison with remote manufacturing facility (San Diego). Significant interaction with Japanese production, marketing, management, and engineering functions. Forced to leave by division relocation. Declined offer for promotion to management and paid relocation to San Diego. Show less

Optical, mass-storage, peripheral product development. Performed design, documentation, test, procurement, assembly, vendor liaison, debug, and qualification in a small (again, less than 20 engineers), remote, product development facility. Designed and validated solutions for show-stopping vibration and thermal problems on an in-process, rugged 5.25 inch Magneto-Optic drive for the Patriot Missile Upgrade. Served as Team Leader on projects to design and build rugged CD-ROM and 3.5-inch… Show more Optical, mass-storage, peripheral product development. Performed design, documentation, test, procurement, assembly, vendor liaison, debug, and qualification in a small (again, less than 20 engineers), remote, product development facility. Designed and validated solutions for show-stopping vibration and thermal problems on an in-process, rugged 5.25 inch Magneto-Optic drive for the Patriot Missile Upgrade. Served as Team Leader on projects to design and build rugged CD-ROM and 3.5-inch magneto-optical products (using OEM drives). First formal training on AutoCAD and COSMOS/M design tools. Forced to leave by facility relocation. Declined offer for paid relocation to Reno, NV. Show less

Project team leader developing high performance, digital telecommunications equipment. New product design, analysis, and documentation in a highly concurrent engineering environment. Acquired the tools and solved several show stopping thermal issues on a number of in process products. Completed the design and introduction of two new outside plant products in two years. Duties included design, documentation, thermal design, project management, new product proposals, planning, and cost estimating… Show more Project team leader developing high performance, digital telecommunications equipment. New product design, analysis, and documentation in a highly concurrent engineering environment. Acquired the tools and solved several show stopping thermal issues on a number of in process products. Completed the design and introduction of two new outside plant products in two years. Duties included design, documentation, thermal design, project management, new product proposals, planning, and cost estimating as well as cost reduction/value engineering effort on existing products. Spearheaded the implementation of Pro-Engineer and FloTherm engineering tools to improve mechanical design accuracy, efficiency, and reliability. First introduced to Flotherm (Rev. 1.4) Forced to leave by plant closure. Declined offer for paid relocation to Lake Mary, Florida. Show less

Various positions in the engineering design, development, validation and manufacturing of militarized and ruggedized storage and remote sensing subsystems for all major branches of the U.S. armed forces and several foreign customers. Served as an analytical resource providing problem solving capabilities and engineering knowledge the company had not possessed previously. Through experience and training gained expertise in shock and vibration and thermal engineering placing me in the top 5 to… Show more Various positions in the engineering design, development, validation and manufacturing of militarized and ruggedized storage and remote sensing subsystems for all major branches of the U.S. armed forces and several foreign customers. Served as an analytical resource providing problem solving capabilities and engineering knowledge the company had not possessed previously. Through experience and training gained expertise in shock and vibration and thermal engineering placing me in the top 5 to 10% of engineers in the country. Show less

Design team member on the first high performance, write-once optical disk drive. Gained initial experience in sheet metal, injection molded plastic, and sand casting design. Designed, analyzed, experimentally verified, and documented a state of the art vibration isolation system for the optical head. FIrst exposure to Computer Automated Design tools. Extensive use of ANSYS for thermal and mechanical analysis.

Lab manager for PHd Solid State Materials Scientist. Performed material properties tests on developmental superconductors. Investigated stress effects on same. Supported preparation of lab apparatus, test hardware, test specimens, figures and text for peer reviewed publications on the subject. See J.W. Ekin, Strain scaling law for flux pinning in practical superconductors.Part 1: Basic relationship and application to Nb3Sn Conductors, Cryogenics 20, 611-624 (1980).

Ms, Mechanical Engineerg / Analytical Mechanics, 3.5 / 4.0 Wgpa

Activities and Societies: Tau Beta Pi inductee. MS Mechanical Engienering specializing in Analytical Mechanics. Tau Beta Pi Inductee.

Mba, Technical Management

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma inductee. MBA specializing in Technical Project Management. Beta Gamma Sigma inductee.

Bs, Engineering Design And Economic Evaluation, 3.63 / 4.0 Wgpa

Activities and Societies: 4.0 GPA last 7 consecutive semesters. BS Engineering Design and Economic Evaluation.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Technical Project Management

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma Inductee