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Keating of Chicago is a dynamic manufacturer of commercial kitchen cooking equipment, specializing in Fryers, Filtration Systems, Pasta Systems, Food Warmers, and Griddles. Operating with various fuels and voltages, Keating equipment achieves low NOX emissions and Energy Star ratings for efficiency.

Responsible for many of Eclipse's air & fuel supply components, shutoff and control valves, ignition and supervision components, and process measurement and control product groups including agency listing activities.

Design, Prototype and bring to high-volume production various complex electromechanical assemblies. Products include DC solenoids, injection molded assemblies, wiring harnesses, sliding-contact and elastomeric dome type switches. All types of mechanical and environmental tests are employed during design and process validation testing to certify specification compliance and reliability. Product design support includes root cause analysis, 5-Why and 8D writing. Applied component technologies include insert plastic injection molding, straight molding, powdered metal, die casting, deep draw and progressive die formed items. GD&T, Tolerance stacks, DFMEA, Engineering calculations and design for manufacturability are important to the success of each of my programs.

Haldex-Barnes, Rockford, IL Manufacturer of hydraulic pumps and fluid power systems for the automotive, material handing and healthcare industries. Redesigned a mature line of hydraulic power units increasing manufacturability and profitability. Responsibilities included determining status of all current projects, reviewing action items and analyzing schedules. Internal and external customer and supplier contact, resource motivation and problem solving on a daily basis. Attained Fluid Power Specialist Certification.

Barber-Colman Dyna Products Group, Loves Park, IL Manufacturer of linear and rotary fuel control proportional solenoids for the automotive and power generation industries. Designed, patented and brought to production a family of proportional linear solenoids. Working knowledge of D.C. coil design, spring design, material specification and the relationship of each on gain control characteristics. Applied new technologies to reduce costs of existing product lines by implementing diecast and powdered metal components. U.S. Patent 4,855,702 (Proportional Linear Solenoid).