Tim Struemke Email & Phone Number

Somerset, Wisconsin, United States

United States

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

I no longer have my business. The following is from when I was actively operating: Leveraging my education and experience from a wide range of academia, industries and disciplines, I can help you bring your ideations, inventions, and innovations to life by employing my skills and vast network in a way that connects all of the dots and fills in the gaps with regard to your project's lifecycle. I've been using SolidWorks mechanical design software since 1995 in a multitude of roles and in various ways. This empowers me with a broad spectrum of experiences and observations to draw from when deciding how to effectively and efficiently process your requests from a Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) perspective. My business acumen allows you to benefit as a result of setting realistic expectations up front and planning ahead as needed/desired with the goal of stakeholder alignment throughout your project's lifecycle. I'm a service provider performing: * mechanical design * mold design * product design * DFM (Design For Manufacturing) * manufacturing fixture design * reverse engineering * sheet metal design * conceptual design * product animations * machine design * SolidWorks consultant * Prototyping (FDM technology) Tools I've used to process requests include but are not limited to: SolidWorks Mechanical Design Software; SolidWorks Composer; SolidWorks Simulation; Pro-e; AutoCAD; Draftsight; Hand Brake; MS Excel; MS Word; MS PPT; MS Movie Maker; and many others.

United States

Acting as the main liaison between the customer, sales managers, and manufacturing, I was involved with projects from the front office to the back office of the company acting as the voice of the customer throughout the project lifecycle. I not only coordinated the planning and launch of new projects but also was responsible for customer satisfaction which required close interaction with account managers, tooling engineers, QA, manufacturing engineers, process technicians, along with shipping and receiving personnel.Projects involved offerings including:* Proposals and budgetary pricing* Plastic injection molds; non-complex (open and closed)* Plastic injection molds; complex (hand-loaded pick-outs or automated actions)* Plastic injection molding (PIM)* Pad printing* Heat staking* Ultrasonic welding* LIM* MIM* PLA injection molding* FAIR/inspection* Light assembly* Color matching resin* Color matching Ink

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Using SolidWorks, DBWorks Enterprise, and ERP tools (Syspro), I supported the bundling of all Preco offerings and focused on three major elements of the pre-sales process: technical illustration and graphical representation of the customer’s request, financial and business model development to quickly articulate in a simple graphical format capital costs as they impact per unit costs over time and finally articulate product output expectations based on quality, accuracy and features. Organize, lead, and participate in meetings to provide direction to cross-functional teams.Notable projects include:• Design and build a new platform of laser machining center, the Medpro, targeting the medical device manufacturing industry. This machine was debuted at the MD&M show in Minneapolis, MN.• Helped with a patented debris collection mechanism for use with laser converting of films.• Planned, and executed the plan to implement new sales techniques leveraging SolidWorks CAD models using Rendering Workstations, SolidWorks Professional and SolidWorks Composer to author animation type movies used to clearly articulate the concept of a proposed laser system work cell. This method greatly compressed the sales phase and critically increased alignment with customers’ expectations.• Planned and implemented the distribution of iPads to all sales managers at Preco for use in effectively communicating with customers and internal stakeholders using Facetime, Airplay, Edrawings Professional, Dropbox and other applications.* In support of the iPad campaign, I then proctored trainings in front of groups and also via gotomeeting online using webcams, screen sharing and teleconferencing.

Instruct students on the use of SolidWorks mechanical design software. This 13 week course prepared students to take the SolidWorks CSWA (Certified SolidWorks Associate) exam.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

* Interim Mechanical Design Supervisor: Manage the mechanical design workload in the model shop. Survey work requests and allocate resources appropriately, outsourcing when necessary.* Mechanical Design Outsource Coordinator: Manage the outsourcing of overflow mechanical design jobs in the model shop.

Design fixtures, models and prototypes utilizing SLA, FDM, RTV, SolidWorks, Cosmos, AutoCAD, Pro-E, Adobe, Windchill and other software to support the development , testing and manufacture of the medical devices produced at Guidant.

Coordinated the workload within the mold department from initial customer contact to delivery. This included quoting to purchasing the necessary components for manufacturing, delivery and invoicing. Design and build precision plastic injection molds for the medical, automotive and electronic consumer product industries.

Design and build precision plastic injection molds for the medical, automotive and electronic consumer product industries using SolidWorks, CAM applications, CNC machining centers, manual machining centers, manual grinders, and various inspection tools.

Operate CNC and manual machining centers to fabricate parts to specified dimensions. Set-up machines for production operators to run, training them how to process parts and perform inline inspections to insure quality.

Somerset, Wi

Operate manual mills and lathes to fabricate parts to specified dimensions and perform inline inspections to insure quality.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Perform lab related duties working in the Advanced Ceramics Department.

New Richmond, Wi

Detail used and new automobiles including power buffing and upholstery treatments.

New Richmond, Wi

Perform tasks related to general construction including but not limited to: new construction, remodeling existing structures, roofing, excavation, framing, pouring concrete, installing windows and doors.

New Richmond, Wi

Perform any tasks required including: plowing, disking, planting, seeding, mowing hay, raking hay, bailing hay, throwing hay, cleaning barn stalls, vaccinating animals, feeding animals, machine maintenance, milking dairy cows, fencing, picking rock, etc. (you get the idea here).

Bs, Business Management

Associates, Machine Tooling Technics

Certification, Solidworks Mbd

Certification, Solidworks Plastics

Certification, Solidworks Composer

Certification, Professional Project Management Training

Certification, Solidworks 2009 Mold Design

Certification, Gd&T Fundamentals

Certification, Gd&T Advanced Concepts

Certification, Cosmosworks Designer

Certification, Certified Solidworks Professional