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United States

Restoring, repairing and maintaining the museum's magnificent collection of antique automobiles to provide a unique motoring experience for our 1.6 million guests.

Warren, Mi

Managed a team of 15 sculptors. Leveraging exceptional time & task management skills to effectively balance and prioritize up to 26+ properties across multiple projects while meeting crucial vehicle development deadlines in order to deliver clay design models for GMC/Chevy truck interiors. Utilizing leadership and process expertise to effectively navigate shifting goals and project requirements.

Detrroit

Created and instructed curriculum for the certificate Automotive Clay Modeling course. Focusing on traditional surface development methods in order to establish fundamental skills and measure student progress.

Redford, Mi

Automotive design studio providing world class design, sculpting, and fabrication services -in house or on site- to the automotive industry. Service covered a wide range of solutions to the automotive prototype industry including clay, molds and parts, metal fabrication/engineering and interior trim. Specializing in project recovery.

Provided design engineering, and manufacturing concepts to diverse firms with a focus on the automotive industry. Developed clay concepts from renderings, engineering data and verbal direction into working prototypes to meet a broad range of customer requirements. Companies positioned at include: Hyundai, Saleen, Genaddi Design, Wheel to Wheel, Peterbilt, SVE Decoma, LDM, Saab, Algonquin Automotive, Nissan, Ford, GM, MSX Int, Creative Industries, Johnson Controls, Prince Corporation, 3D Ind., Troy Design & Manufacturing, Case Tractor, Modern Engineering, and Autodynamics. Projects include: Show cars, clinic vehicles, specialty vehicles, wind tunnel work, scale and full-size design concepts, interior & exterior, production, and verification models. In addition, I’ve also made complete working prototypes from my clay models. Process included: making molds of clay models, making parts from molds, fitting, finishing and painting parts, fabricating, engineering and installation.

Dearborn, Mi

Hands on clay sculptor in advanced studio using traditional methods along with Taurus milling machines in order to create automotive clay models for design and production approval.

Utilized teaching background and presentation skills as national corporate spokesperson and representative for national auto shows, corporate sales events, ride and drives, dealership and promotional events.

Trollhattan, Sweden

Provided clay designs to manufacturing specifications and oversaw day-to-day project goals. Member of leadership team to make pivotal suggestions and decisions throughout the design process.

Madison Heights, Mi

Responsible for execution of design concepts of automotive components and accessories for future manufacture. Developed company's U.S. design studio for concept execution. Led clay design projects from concept stage to finished painted parts for production approval. Utilized imagination and resourcefulness to creatively build models for customer approval and sign off. Consistently worked within project timelines and budgets. Worked closely with customers, engineering, and sales staff to determine needs, identify concerns, and resolve design issues. Interacted and negotiated with suppliers and service providers, and made decisions on outsourcing projects and choosing vendors.

Royal Oak, Mi

Designed, created and manufactured industrial sculpting tools for the automotive clay modeling industry. Marketed and sold products globally, developed client relationships, and built a substantial client base of design studios, schools, and clay manufacturers.

Chrysler, Highland Park, Mi

Instructed two 800 hour clay modeling programs to Chrysler personnel. Team member of retired Chrysler and GM sculptors that educated Chrysler employees on clay modeling techniques and design elements using full size models. Select graduates of the program were chosen for sculpting positions in Chrysler’s design studios. Oversaw the set-up of the studio, along with material and equipment procurement. Also taught credited clay modeling class at Oakland Community College.

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