Experience includes:*Handling all aspects of product design and development and related tooling to build products.*Correspondence to acquire third party outside laboratory approval on electrical products through Factory Mutual Research, The Canadian Standards Association, and Underwriters Laboratories.*Hiring, supervision of, and scheduling of the drafting department and machine shop. *Design, fabrication, and evaluation of prototype models made from a variety of… Show more Experience includes:*Handling all aspects of product design and development and related tooling to build products.*Correspondence to acquire third party outside laboratory approval on electrical products through Factory Mutual Research, The Canadian Standards Association, and Underwriters Laboratories.*Hiring, supervision of, and scheduling of the drafting department and machine shop. *Design, fabrication, and evaluation of prototype models made from a variety of materials.*Coordination of engineering, purchasing, production, and machine shop departments in product development and testing.*The institution of methods and procedures for efficient production of goods.*Development of bills of materials for all assemblies and compilation of labor times for product costing, generation of drawings of piece parts and assemblies, both manually, and with AutoCAD. *Technical writing of product specifications, instruction booklets, and sales literature.*Photography of products for record keeping purposes, sales brochures and website, and paste-up and mechanicals for brochures, instruction booklets and product catalog. Show less

World War I Aeroplanes Inc. is a non-profit 501 (c) 3 organization and I work as a volunteer.Responsibilities include:* Seeking out and obtaining articles, photos, drawings and historic information dealing with 1920-1940 aviation to develop the quarterly, 80-page e-publication titled, "Skyways"* Editing and laying out above content to create a final pdf format for release.* Providing a quarterly column, support documents, images, drawings, photos and information for the… Show more World War I Aeroplanes Inc. is a non-profit 501 (c) 3 organization and I work as a volunteer.Responsibilities include:* Seeking out and obtaining articles, photos, drawings and historic information dealing with 1920-1940 aviation to develop the quarterly, 80-page e-publication titled, "Skyways"* Editing and laying out above content to create a final pdf format for release.* Providing a quarterly column, support documents, images, drawings, photos and information for the development of the organization's "sister" e-publication (also quarterly) "World War I Aero."* Customer/member support and correspondence.* Catalog and maintain organization's archives. Show less

Responsibilities included:*Fundraising*Developing and heading up education, collections, long-range-plan, and vintage automobile committees.*Recruiting volunteers and organizing volunteer activities.*Improving existing exhibits, acquiring new artifacts for exhibit. *Establishing contacts to benefit the organization.*Seeking and acquiring donations of material items.*Expanding membership base.*Responding to research inquiries.*Reporting to the Board of… Show more Responsibilities included:*Fundraising*Developing and heading up education, collections, long-range-plan, and vintage automobile committees.*Recruiting volunteers and organizing volunteer activities.*Improving existing exhibits, acquiring new artifacts for exhibit. *Establishing contacts to benefit the organization.*Seeking and acquiring donations of material items.*Expanding membership base.*Responding to research inquiries.*Reporting to the Board of Trustees with monthly reports.*Working up annual budget, developing long-range-plan, developing and continuously updating website. *Development of all printed matter (including annual appeals, fund raising campaigns, brochures, quarterly newsletter and internal staff/volunteer newsletter).*Institution of and development special events (including Vintage Motorcycle Day/Vintage Tractor Day and Police Officer Firefighter Appreciation Weekend).*Giving tours of the facility and giving offsite presentations to promote the organization. I volunteered approximately 50% of my time to the organization while employed there and contributed to all fundraising projects.Highlights:• Increased income from donations by 600% during first year of employment.• Raised $75,000 for improvements and heating installation to main museum building by landing Aerodrome’s first major challenge grant.• Raised approximately $100,000 in donations and materials for the Spirit of St. Louis project.• Arranged photo calendar opportunities for 3 consecutive years with a major distribution and high public visibility at a profit to the museum.• Arranged to have a CD recording made of vintage engine sounds, which was distributed internationally and is still available today.• Increased awareness of the organization through personal contacts made over many years in the aviation publications field.I continue to volunteer at the Aerodrome today (2012) and raised $10,000 this year to complete the Spirit of St. Louis reproduction project. Show less