Principal Engineer
Daa (Design Automation Associates, Inc.)
Windsor Locks, Connecticut, United States
Developed automation applications for engineering and CAD processes that saved millions of dollars and enhanced engineering and reduced design time for Defense, Transportation, Aerospace, Power Generation and Automotive Sectors. Delivered successful design automation systems and engineering services to the following clients: > Alcoa, Lafayette, IN> General Motors, Detroit, MI> Hamilton Sundstrand, Windsor Locks, CT> Cascon, Yarmouth, ME> Nexteer, Saginaw, MI > Electro Energy, Danbury, CT> NASA Lewis Research Center> GE Transportation, Kansas City, MO > Yardney, Pawcatuck, CT> Gerber Technology, Tolland, CT> Senior Aerospace, Sharon, MA> High Steel Structures, Lancaster, PA> Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA > Siemens (formerly Dresser Rand) Centrifugal Compressors, Olean, NY > Siemens (formerly Dresser Rand) Steam Turbines, Wellsville, NY> Siemens (formerly Dresser Rand) Reciprocating Compressors, Painted Post, NY> Accuride Wheels, Henderson, KYServices included writing code, software process maps, standards, requirements and design functional specifications while interviewing company subject matter experts. Automation consisted of developing Stand-alone Engineering, CAD and/or FEA automation programs for solving client's difficult engineering problems. All programs had a dramatic impact on time savings and efficiency that yielded successful returns. Many of these automation programs are still in use today, performing an important function in daily engineering, design and analyses processes.