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Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Scotts Valley, California, United States

Santa Cruz, Ca

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

• Implemented part numbering, product workflow, and BOM management systems• Maintained a prototype lab with FDM and SLA 3D printers• Managed project timeline, production schedule, and correspondence with overseas CM’s and suppliers• Designed a consumer product for big box retail shipping over 1.5million units annually

East Troy, Wi

"EBR is the very definition of the American spirit. Motorcycles designed and manufactured in East Troy, Wisconsin embodying superb technology from around the world. Whether it’s Austrian four-stroke, liquid-cooled power plants or Swedish suspension components, EBR engineers global performance integration into every model." -EBR.com• Concept development, meeting with a passionate team of designers and engineers to create components that look great and function at the very highest level• CAD design, working in Solidworks to create fully engineered production models and drawings to be used by manufacturers all over the world. All the while learning a whole new language of GD&T, datum structures, and tolerancing. • R&D, Validating our designs through rapid prototyping, test fitment on mock-up bikes, tweaking the design until the parts are perfect.• Designed part of various materials and manufacturing processes including: Forging, Die-Casting, CNC Machining, Vacuum Forming, Injection Molding, Welded Assemblies, Sheet-metal Fabrication• Utilized a Solidworks PDM (Vault) file management system

Odenton, Md

Hired as part of a two-man hard goods team to aid in the rapid development of a line of protective accessories for personal consumer electronics. In the first 8 months I oversaw more than a dozen products from concept to production, all with a typical timeline of less than 3 weeks.• Traveled to multiple factories in Southern China and helped reduce cycle times by over 40%• Products currently being sold in retailers nationwide• Liaison for brand partnership with Trina Turk, a high-end clothing and lifestyle brand in Los Angeles.• Learned several new manufacturing methods including: Co-molding and overmolding of TPU's and various PC/ABS blends and silicone compression molding

Actively managed over $4 million in contracts, from bid to closeout, during the construction of a Hilton hotel in the DC metropolitan area .• Coordinated procurement, invoicing, quality and safety standards for six contractors and suppliers• Served as the project EEO Officer• Recipient of team Quality Control Award 3rd & 4th Qtr 2008

Marietta, Ga

Internship focused on honing skills in market research, trend analysis, hand sketching and rendering, and concept ideation for the next generation of Yamaha watercraft and ATVs.