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Mooresville, Nc, Us

Mooresville Nc

Provide engineering services to support the complete development cycle of automation equipment from sales inquiry, proposal, engineering, build and debug to final installation. Serve automation companies that need to temporarily ramp up their resources, and manufacturing companies that have automation or engineering needs but don’t have their own engineering staff and/or required capabilities to run the project(s).

Beavercreek Oh

Provide engineering services to support the complete development cycle of automation equipment from sales inquiry, proposal, engineering, build and debug to final installation. Serve automation companies that need to temporarily ramp up their resources, and manufacturing companies that have automation or engineering needs but don’t have their own engineering staff and/or required capabilities to run the project(s).

Dayton, Ohio Area

Manage engineering programs as needed and directed by top level management. Manage engineering project teams “hands-on” - mechanical engineering; software development; create design specifications, software specifications and acceptance plans.Support sales engineers as a subject matter expert during customer visits and presentations.Create quotations and presentations for fully or semi automated systems.Develop cost and ROI models for development and contract manufacturing projects for GEM Dayton or GEM Thailand.

Dayton, Ohio

Created quotations and presentation for fully or semi automated systems in the following industries: medical, semi-conductor, disk drive, automotive. Built prototypes, analyzed vision setup and lighting, and created cycle time studies to proof a concept prior to submitting a technical proposal.Developed quoting software for built-to-print and contract manufacturing estimates. Established a database system for logging of quote activities, classification of quotes and dashboard generation.

Dayton, Ohio Area

Provided technical sales support for precision gauging and process control equipment to national and international sales force.Developed relational database program for quoting of standard products. The menu driven selection of compatible accessory or system options drastically reduced failure rates in quotes and shortened the quoting time by 80%-90%.Integrated the quoting program with ACT! and Maplinks to support sales activity planning, dashboards and communication.Generated sales training and testing curriculums for inside and outside sales force. Reduce failure rate of quote and order processing by 70-80%.Supported joint venture between LaserMike and Inoex, Germany, as outside and inside sales engineer of gravimetric extrusion controls systems. I was trained in Germany and responsible for technology transfer.

Germany/Dayton Ohio

Projects (highlights)Private Investors, Dayton (8/94 – 3/95)Developed medical apparatus prototypes to aliquot urine from plastic bags and close the bags afterwards. This process is now patented by the investors.Wes-Tech Automation System Inc., Chicago (6/94 – 7/94)Designed and performed a marketing study to evaluate the sales potential in the US for a fully automated power cord assembly system developed and manufactured in Germany.Kaercher GmbH & Co. KG, Winnenden, Germany (10/93 – 4/94)Developed hardware and software for an automated measurement system to be used in the development and research department.

Tipp City, Ohio

Performed engineering analysis and design of welding fixtures. Developed welding applications for Ford, Chrysler, GM, Copeland and others. Provided lab reports of weld developments. Developed white papers for sales and marketing. Assisted in setting up a metallurgical laboratory for metal cutting, micro hardness testing, etching and photography. Assisted in on-site installation of automated welding systems and operator training

Charleston, South Carolina Area

Internship in the Development Department. Requirement for my engineering degree.

Esslingen, Germany

Internship in the following departments: Assembly, Machining, Controls Build, Production Planning, Production Manufacturing. Requirement for my engineering degree.

Germany

Installation, service and troubleshooting of servo electric, hydraulic and mechanical systems

Diplom-Ingenieur (Fh), Graduate Degree, University Of Applied Sciences, Mechanical Engineering

Abitur (University Entrance Qualification), Advanced Technology

Vocational Training - Machinist