Tammy Deford Email & Phone Number

United States

United States

Supervisory Experience• Supervise peers and subordinates to ensure compliance to established guidelines• Participant on various teams to ensure product development to specifications and release in a timely manner• Material management to ensure logistical support of equipment and to ensure mission accomplishment • Supervise a CAD Team of up to 15 individuals and have supervised numerous departments of up to 35 individuals• Outstanding communication skills• Established quality program to include guidelines and procedures, as well as tracking proceduresProject Management Experience• Attend project meetings to ensure CAD Designers and Operators adhere to project timelines and understand the project scope• Work with suppliers to ensure adherence to product specifications• Time management skills, to ensure project completion, on time and within budget• Maintain records needed in the product design process from concept to productionCustomer Service Experience• Served as liaison to customer; traveled to customer location and worked on-site• Ensure customer satisfaction in the design of the product• Ensure quality standards are adhered to using both company and customer quality standardsTraining Experience• Developed and implemented drafting standards for the design department• Trained and mentored, junior designers in the intricacies of various CAD software packages, both one-on-one, individual basis and in a formal classroom settingSystem Implementation• Integral participant in the implementation of SAP/PLM with CAD Integrationo CAD Desktopo ECTR (Engineering Control Center)• Conduct SAP/PLM with CAD Integration training for new employees• Continue to recommend enhancements to improve system and user performance• Participate in blueprinting sessions for proposed system setups and layouts• Participate in corporate meetings/symposiums for system enhancements

Formerly the Executive Officer of the Southern Kentucky unit of the Young Marine program

Design Engineer of Automotive Valves

Manufacturing/Continuous Improvement Engineer with a sheetmetal fabrication shop. Provide components to Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks.

• Project Manager of the Hooker Exhaust Product line • Created and revised Bills of Materials • Utilized PD Trak software for project management • Product Designer utilizing ProEngineer design software • Developed and implemented drafting standards for the design department • Supervised designers to ensure compliance to established guidelines • Trained and mentored junior designers in the intricacies of ProEngineer (either on a one on one, individual basis or in a formal classroom setting) • Worked on teams to ensure product development to specifications and release in a timely manner • Worked with suppliers to ensure adherence to product specifications • Experience using BPCS, AS400, AutoCAD

• Product Designer utilizing ProEngineer design software (contract position)

• Product Designer utilizing ProEngineer design software • Developed and implemented drafting standards for the design department • Supervised designers to ensure compliance to established guidelines • Trained and mentored junior designers in the intricacies of ProEngineer (either on a one on one, individual basis or in a formal classroom setting) • Worked on teams to ensure product development to specifications and release in a timely manner • Worked with suppliers to ensure adherence to product specifications • Experience using BPCS, AS400, AutoCAD

• Product Designer utilizing ProEngineer design software • Developed and implemented drafting standards for the design department • Supervised designers to ensure compliance to established guidelines • Trained and mentored junior designers in the intricacies of ProEngineer (either on a one on one, individual basis or in a formal classroom setting) • Worked on teams to ensure product development to specifications and release in a timely manner • Worked with suppliers to ensure adherence to product specifications • Experience using BPCS, AS400, AutoCAD

• Product Designer utilizing ProEngineer design software • Experience using AutoCAD

• Quality Assurance Manager • Established quality program • Developed and implemented quality standards

• Honorable Discharge • Staff Sergeant E-6 • Collateral Duty Inspector of aircraft and aircraft components • Supervised numerous departments of up to 35 Marines • Material management to ensure logistical support of equipment and to ensure mission accomplishment • Attended Non-Commissioned Officers School (Leadership Training) • Established and implemented training programs to ensure the highest standards of performance and motivation within the department • Paint and Corrosion Control certified

M.S. (Master Of Science)

Bachelors

Diploma