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San Diego, California, United States

Carlsbad, California, United States

Designed complex medical implants to be 3D printed from medical grade titanium.Used sound principles while designing for additive manufacturing.Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams and engineers to create and iterate products.Worked within an ISO 9001 environment, while maintaining all required documentation and practices.Invented new methods and variations of methods for self-harvesting bone-graft screws.Designed and built custom 12 ton hydraulic shearing machine to shear 3D prints from build plate.

San Diego

Designed, programmed and CNC machined components from various metals including aluminum, steel, tool steel and various types of stainless steel (304, 316 and 17-4 PH).Designed and machined plastic injection molds and produced custom plastic parts.Designed and built plastic injection molding machine.Developed solid understanding of plastic injection molding fundamentals including wall thicknesses and polymer selection based on application.Designed and manufactured multi-part molds for semi-complex components (threads & over-moldings).Developed solid understanding of thermal conductivity, thermal transfer, thermal-bottlenecking and heat-sinking. I put these principles into practice during design and build of prototypes for various inventions.Developed understanding of FDA certified elastomers, polymers, metals and their interactions.Designed and manufactured innovative, custom silicone seals for one of my inventions.Built a successful YouTube channel and associated eCommerce website.Earned official Silver plaque for 100,000 subscribers and have grown the channel to more than 200,000.Generated income through direct sales of online instructional e-books.

Oceanside Ca

Developed expertise in designing sheet metal components, milled/turned parts, extrusions (both plastic and aluminum), aluminum castings and plastic injections.Lead small team of mechanical engineers to design, develop and iterate complex, architecturally-integrated lighting fixtures, associated drawings and BOMs.Used standard dimensioning, detailing and tolerance practices to create shop production drawings for components and assemblies.Used FabriWin to program sheet metal components to be punched on turret style machines.Worked closely with architects, lighting designers, suppliers, manufacturers, building contractors, and in-house manufacturing floor to bring products to life.Regularly worked with creating and modifying engineering documents and change orders (ECO/ERO).Notable projects include San Francisco Airport terminals, and offices for Facebook and Google.Built Excel calculator that reduced design time of our main product from 2 weeks to 2 hours.Developed cursory understanding of Lean manufacturing, and attended several Kaizen events.Helped to control quality, including the creation and use of “go” and “no-go” gauges.Considered costing when purchasing large quantities of hardware, ordering custom parts and ordering the processing of components including anodizing, powder-coating and other finishing techniques.

Oceanside, California, United States

Designed and engineered components and assemblies for lighting products including architecturally-integrated runs and systems.Created detailed shop drawings for components and assemblies.Maintained engineering files using PDM software.

Oceanside, California, United States

Worked with clients, distributors, architects, manufacturers and contractors to ensure progress and completion of projects.Maintained spreadsheets, word docs and customer management software (CRM).

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Cognitive Science With A Specialization In Human Computer Interaction

Activities and Societies: Founded a startup company, Ardnt, which manufactures minimalist RFID blocking wallets. Spent a brief time.

Mathematics And Computer Science

2+ years of study in mathematics, through 3rd semester (2D & 3D space, multivariable) calculus and linear algebra. Introductory courses.

Certificate Of Competency, Drafting/3D Modeling & Design, Drafting / 3D Modeling / Solidworks, 4.0