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Davidson, Nc, Us

• New Product Development and Design Consultant for Project Team which is developing state of the art camera instruments that gather a long list of wildlife & ecological data under extreme environmental conditions, such as submerged in Arctic seas, exposed to desert heat, jungle humidity, and large carnivores. Funded by grant from NOAA.• Working remotely with team of PhD’s in electronic sensing and Wildlife Biology, who are spread across the country. I’m responsible for design of all mechanical aspects of the submersible instrument.• Coordinated building and equipping of new prototyping machine shop; specifying and locating wide range of equipment and supplies, in order to put together the capability of production.• Consulted on all prototyping. Will next be directing transition to Production, once field tests and debugging are complete.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

• Produced 2D AutoCAD frame/structural assembly, isometric, and individual shop part drawings for Fab Shop, from hand sketches and field measurements. Produced customer Sales Drawings.• Worked with Fabrication Shop and welders during frame assembly. Final weld checker.• Bills of Materials and cut lists for aluminum & steel plate and hollow tubing, Structural and Architectural.• Dealt with off-site PEs to produce sealed, certified Engineering Drawings for permitting purposes.• Used my several decades of experience to make overall process, product, and efficiency improvements when and where opportunities presented themselves.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Worked on company-wide improvements to increase efficiency, product quality, and professionalism in all departments, including Welding Dept., Fabrication Dept., Engineering & Design, Quality Control, Documentation, and Continuous Improvement.• Rewrote User's Manuals for all models of Machines providing industrial finishing solutions for the metal, wood, and plastics industries.• Established all new Drafting Standards and mentored Designers in following modern professional procedures to produce quality Manufacturing, Sales, and Installation drawings.• Established new machine Serial Numbering System, Sales Quotation Numbering System, and Drawing Numbering System. Proof-Reader of all documentation.• Designed, machined and tested product improvements of machines in the wood finishing industry.• Created previously non-existent Welding and Manufacturing Drawings for several models of machines.• Took over supervision of Manufacturing Shop personnel.

Veldhoven, North Brabant, Nl

• Headed Continuous Improvement Project at manufacturing plant. Led weekly CI meetings while working on long list of CI projects dealing with entire production line, reducing bottlenecks & improving efficiency.

• Designed/drew layouts for three mfg. plants in three states, including on-site plant relocation from AL.

• Devised & implemented Profitability Increase Plan for re-structured, re-located and re-staffed manufacturing company (see “Notable Accomplishments” below). Supervised daily operations of shop. Created new company organizational structure. Oversaw new Production, Maintenance and Engineering Departments and sub-departments, consisting of 25+ employees. Concentrated on work-flow, cost-reduction, morale, staffing, quality, waste reduction and adherence to budget. Spent considerable time on shop floor encouraging lean manufacturing habits and continuous improvement.• Researched and chose new ERP software to tie all departments together and facilitate easy linked access to all documentation. Replaced 30-year-old DOS software and handwritten record keeping.• Took on all re-staffing responsibilities. Built a teamwork-based, energized, positive environment for 25+ employees I located, interviewed and hired. Implemented cross-training program, increasing skill and flexibility of entire workforce. Highly elevated morale of workers, through positive changes.• Involved in creation of new company logo, motto, signage, marketing and front office layout.• Quotations and Estimating. Developed & wrote documentation for procedures and standards. Participated in determining routing, inspection, maintenance schedules, safety procedures, audits & training.

• Contracted to design and build mechanical & structural systems for the textile industry.• Charged with company-wide cost reduction, process improvement, value engineering and layout.

• 3 month contract to improve quality of product by discovering & correcting elusive deficiencies in manufacturing process. Problem solver (presses, welders, conveyors, etc.).• Design improvements in high-end steel door construction and innovative finish techniques.

• Contracted to designed mechanical & structural systems for custom machines, i.e.: wet processing, thin-film & web handling, using Solidworks & AutoCAD. Fields include solar energy, semiconductor, mining and DoD. MIL SPECS. Plastics, chemicals, stainless steel, robotics and mechanisms.• Responsible for several patents and White Papers.• Company wide cost reduction, process improvement and value engineering all projects.• Used Solidworks and AutoCAD 2D to model designs.

Phoenix, Arizona, Us

• Designed structures & foundations of electrical signs and professional sports scoreboards throughout the U.S.; dealing with aesthetic, artistic, functional, budgetary and structural/safety considerations.• High profile projects: Las Vegas strip, universities, stadiums, shopping malls, earthquake zones.• Used AutoCAD to produce sales drawings, installation drawings, isometric and shop drawings.• Was liaison between my company and Civil/Structural Engineering firms across the U.S.• Assisted in Project Management, from site surveys and design thru permitting, installation and invoices. Adhered to International Building Codes and local ordinances.• Value Engineered Manufacturing, Design and company operations. Cost-reduction.• Drawing and Design Checker, red-lines (dimensions, tolerances, manufacturability, etc.)• Mentored and managed junior designers and drafters.

• 1 year contract to design a custom automated packaging system for the British food industry.

• 1 year contract to design and prototype custom machinery. Primary products: converting, slitting & packaging machines, FDA related automation. Made nationwide service calls.

• New Product Development of filtration and reciprocating pumps.• Initiated overhaul of Engineering Dept., leading to increased efficiency and improvements in product quality, customer support, Engineering/Manufacturing interface and morale.• Technical illustration and technical writing for marketing & manuals.• Value Engineering of existing products to cut costs through alternative materials and processes.

• 1 year contract to reduce costs of robot arm, end of arm tooling (EOAT), gripper, automation system and extrusion designs.• Developed improved, lower cost tooling to replace problem-ridden design.

• 1 year contract to build and staff temporary Special Machine Design Dept., including hiring personnel, specifying computer system and establishing drafting standards.• Responsible for major cost-reducing re-design of all mechanisms and structures of high speed, automated, FDA certified packaging machinery (form, fill & seal).• Managed team of 8 designers.

• Oversaw all AutoCAD mechanical design and vendor interface, concept through production. • New Product Development team leader of line of high-performance wheel balancers.• Technical illustration and technical writing for marketing & manuals.• QC Inspector.• Value Engineering of products to cut costs through alternative design, materials and processes.• Aluminum die-casting design and plastics vacu-form design.