OBJECTIVE

My goal is to integrate my practical experience and abilities to improve the per

formance of a product or process, in order to enhance the features or competitiv
e position of a product in the market place. Reducing the variation in the manuf
acturing process is a required component to maintain America's competitive posit
ion. Reducing variation in the production process will minimize waste and reduce
costs. By applying the ingenuity and resourcefulness of American workers to the
production process, and utilizing to the full potential modern machines and too
ling I believe that American manufacturers can compete competitively on price an
d quality with low wage suppliers
AREAS OF SPECIALS SKILLS AND PROVEN EXPERIENCE
Other areas of my experience include
* Design for Manufacturability and Assembly,
* Reducing variation in the production process
* Cellular manufacturing
* Set up reduction and simplification
* Reducing work in process inventory.
I have gained experience in these disciplines through, practical experience, per
sonal study, and training. Because of my experience in both product design, and
working in a job shop and high volume production operations. I have proven probl
em-solving skills and a track record of improvements in quality, price, and perf
ormance. In both product design and development or manufacturing process enginee
ring.
FUNCTIONAL SUMMARY
I have had practical experience in all phases of manufacturing. This includes
* Sales
* Project management
* Product design
* Product and process development
* Tool, gage, and fixture design
* Purchasing
* Machine building
* CNC programming
* And many manufacturing processes
Computer skills Word, Excel, 2D and 3D CAD systems Pro-E(6yrs), Solidworks (4 ye
ars), CNC programming (2 years) Gibbs Cam, Pro-E Mfg, Powershape, PowerMill.
SPECIAL AWARDS
I have received 3 patents
* Method for deactivating and maintaining items in a deactivated state
* Method and device for deactivating items and for maintaining such items in a
deactivated state
* Fluid over-flow/make-up air assembly for reprocessor
EMPLOYMENT
JLG Cleveland, Ohio 03/10 to Present
Designers and builders of Lift trucks
Manufacturing Designer
I am responsible for upgrading and improving the performance, reliability and re
peatability of welding and machining fixtures. Utilizing Pro-E models as a basis
for the layout and design of fixtures. This is a contract position.
ZIN TECHNOLOGIES Cleveland, Ohio 08/08 to 03/10
Designers and builders of Space flight hardware
Designer
My responsibilities include the design of components and assemblies that will be
run in a test glove box on the International Space Station (ISS) to perform tes
ts in Micro Gravity. The test that I was working on is intended to simulate and
monitor the characteristics of a liquid coolant in a pressurized container in a
micro gravity environment. All inputs and outputs on this equipment will be tigh
tly controlled and will be monitored to insure safe operation of the test while
on the space station. I worked on the physical configuration of the test tank an
d the PIV system that will record the fluid flow paths. The measurement and the
control of the pressure temperature and volume as well as the velocity of the li
quid are crucial to this experiment. This piece of test equipment has been desig
ned and built to NASA flight standards.
SWAGELOK FALON 1 Highland Hgts, Ohio 03/08- to 08/08
Designers and builders of industrial Valves and Fittings
Manufacturing Technician- Contract
Worked to implement High Pressure coolant on existing twin turret CNC lathes. Th
is project had been in process for over a year, I was able to gather information
that was used to order two different systems in less than 1 month. I have also
reverse engineered a number of tooling components that had not been previously d
ocumented using Solidworks. I have also been given responsibility for 5 machines
. I have been involved in the SOR process. This process is a critical function o
f the manufacturing process to insure that parts are being manufactured to Swage
lok standards and to fulfill customer requirements.
Software; Smarteam, Control Database, OKUMA OSP-5000L-G CNC controls
NORTH AMERICAN MANUFACTURING Cleveland, Ohio 12/07- to 03/08
Designers and builders of industrial guiding systems
Designer - Contract
Designed guides for tire industry. These are automated in process guides to main
tain the alignment of strips of material as used high speed processing lines
DCD TECHNOLOGIES Cleveland, Ohio 05/07- to 12/07
Designers and builders of Die cast dies.
CAM Programmer
Programmed vertical and horizontal milling machines to machine graphite electrod
es and before and after heat-treated die inserts. Generated toolpaths from solid
models
Began implementation of high speed machining
Software - Delcam PowerShape, and Delcam PowerMill
STERIS CORPORATION Mentor, Ohio 00- 05
STERIS Corporation Manufacturers Medical sterilization equipment.
Designer Sr
I was assigned to the Advanced Engineering group. This group produces new produc
t designs. Our group designed, built and tested three iterations of a new produc
t in 5 years. The last revised iteration was designed detailed and built in six
months.
* I have been responsible for the design and analysis of Quick Connects for usa
bility and manufacturability.
* Initiated efforts to have vendors machine parts from solid models
* Selected and justified selection of Gibbs cam
* Learned to program parts from solid models and programmed parts to be machine
d in house.
* Selected and justified the purchase of a CNC Lathe
* Inspected incoming prototype parts
* Helped one of our job shops improve the performance of a machining operation
* Reduced machining time from 45 minutes to 5 minutes
* By switching from a manual lathe to a CNC vertical mill.
* This process improvement also reduced rejected parts from 20% to less than 1%
.
* Developed an automated test procedure that gave very stable results and the r
esults were not operator dependent. This test also utilized an automated data ac
quisition system.
Software - Word, Excel, ProE, Solidworks, Eplan 21, Gibbs Cam, ProE Mfg (Cam)
My ProE experience and training includes; assemblies, surfacing, sheet metal, de
tailing, and cnc programming,
MODEL PATTERN Maple Hgts, Ohio 99-00
Manufacturer of Patterns for sand castings and Plastic injection molds. Tightly
integrated application of solid models (Solidworks), CAM (Anvil), and DNC are us
ed to produce the patterns and molds.
SELF EMPLOYED AND TRAINING Wickliffe, Ohio 97-99
Solicited contract engineering work and training. I have obtained various short-
term and engineering positions. Including ISO implementation, project engineer,
and designer. I received 6 months of training for CNC Programming at Cleveland M
anufacturing Project (CAMP).
* While in training at CAMP I developed a fixturing system for a 4 axis mill
* That was used to machine a gear box body and cover in one operation
* Both the body and the cover were machine on a 4 axis horizontal mill in one o
peration the machine cycle was 45 minutes
* This assembly could be machined in small lots as needed
* This fixturing system reduced work in process inventory
* Allowed for in process inspection
SKRL TOOL AND DIE Eastlake, Ohio 88-97
Designer and builder of machines, turbine blade gages, fixtures and die cast die
s. Supplier of die cast and compression molded thermo-set parts to the Automotiv
e and Gas distribution industries
Sales Engineer
* Restructured customer base.
* Responsible for $1 million per year sales.
* Obtained long term contract as primary tooling supplier for GEABG - $8 millio
n for 5 years
Quality Supervisor
* Achieved ISO certification in one year (ISO 9001 approved first audit).
* Developed and implemented basic shop scheduling system based on input from th
e users.
Project Engineer
* I was responsible for insuring that our automotive parts were meeting quality
goals at three GM engine plants, Tonawanda, Livonia, and Flint.
* I was responsible for five different parts.
* I was able to improve the quality of one part from 4% rejected parts to .25%.
* I learned how GM looked at the process flow to determine where bottle necks o
ccurred because of capacity imbalances and how this affected pricing.
GM Engine cover- 6.5 Turbo Diesel
* Managed release of production product in 8 months instead of the normal 18 mo
nths.
* Developed painting and masking process for customer specified paint.
* No customer rejects after 2 years of production.
GM 3.1 valve cover Plastic- Aluminum
* Developed returnable packaging to minimize shipping damage.
* Reduced product returns from 2% to .025%.
* Identified problems and resolved intermittent cause of rejected parts.
* Improved assembly process.
These efforts resulted in contract for the production of this product in alterna
te material.
Tool Designer
* Established dimensioning standards for tooling based on product datum's and m
achine locations, ANSI Y14.5
Experience with CAD systems: ME10, CADKEY
ALLIED SIGNAL BENDIX HVSG Elyria, Ohio. 85-88
Manufacturer of air brake systems for class eight trucks. I was assigned to the
advance engineering group anti-lock brakes, vehicle information system and throt
tle by wire
Drafting Specialist Sr.
Received disclosure for patent for vehicle information module -Used parabolic re
flector.
CAD experience CADAM
EATON AXLE AND BRAKE DIVISION Galesburg, Mich. 81-85
Manufacturer of truck axles for commercial trucks
Computer Graphics Operator
Rebuilt parametric design database for axle housing - reduced design time by 50%
. Selected for training on CAD System Applicon. Transferred from Cleveland to Ga
lesburg Michigan.
CLARK RELIANCE CORP. Cleveland, Ohio 80-81
Manufacturer of steam traps for the process industry
Draftsman / Designer
Developed new product from prototype to introduction for new product.
COLT INDUSTRIES STERLING DIE OPERATION Cleveland, Ohio 79-80
Manufacturer of flat and cylindrical rolled screw thread dies.
Designer
STREAMWAY PRODUCTS Cleveland, Ohio 78-79
Manufacturer of faucets for home and recreational vehicles
Draftsman
Set up test lab to test for conformance to Canadian Standards Association (CSA)
performance standards
EDUCATION
CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE 1979 - 1982
Courses toward ASMET 100 credits. Including Engineering Calculus and Physics
SMARTFORCE 1999 - 2000
Online MCSE training - received 2 MCP's
CAMP 1998-1999
CNC training
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