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Mechanical Designer, Industrial Designer

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Twenty plus years of professional design and engineering experience in design of consumer electronic products as well as industrial, biotech and medical products.
			Skills and expertise include: 

•	Industrial Design Degree with Distinction 

•	Mechanical Engineering Degree 

•	Production documentation supervisor

•	Product development capabilities from concept sketches to production tooling 

•	Design for functionality, Human Factors, manufacturability, serviceability

•	Domestic, international and off-shore vendor management

•	Expert SolidWorks user 

•	Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Project


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

2011-Current                   Keysight Technologies, Santa Rosa, CA
			New Product Introduction Engineer.

A senior member of supervision team for new product design, mechanical engineering and packaging.
Work with Corporate Industrial Design on layout, documentation and details of bench top and hand held signal analyzers. DFM consultation with offshore injection molding, die casting, machining, extrusion and sheet metal part suppliers. First Articles inspection supervision and logistical order placement through project planning and procurement.


2004-2011                     C4N, a division of Sierra-Nevada Corporation, Oakland, CA
			Industrial Designer, Mechanical Engineer.

Design and engineering of modular electronic equipment from Industrial Design concepts to ME production documentation release.  Creation of rugged computer products considering human factors and aesthetic appeal for hand-held and vehicle mounted units. Attention to DFT, DFM, service and human use. Layout of assemblies with high complexity injection-molded, machined, die-cast and thixomolded housings. FEA modeling. Supervision of prototype builds, pilot and full scale production. Origination and maintenance of BOMs and ECOs. Engineering validation and field testing. Supervision of domestic and off-shore vendors.  
CAD: SolidWorks 2011, Photo Works, PDM Works.


2002 - 2004                    Fitting Image Corp., San Leandro, CA.
Senior Product Designer.
			
Industrial Design, planning, scheduling, cost estimation and execution of all project phases. Supervision of mechanical design and engineering of new products, concept to production. 
Rapid prototypes, validation trials. DFM and form-function integration. Research, tests and validation of production prototypes, manufacturing samples, QC methods and protocols. Off-shore production supervision. Management of BOMs and ECOs. 
CAD: SolidWorks 2004 and PhotoWorks, integration of all major CAD programs.

1998 - 2002                        Caliper Technologies Corp., Mountain View, CA.
R & D Design Engineer.

Industrial Design and Mechanical Design of enclosures and laboratory equipment for biotechnological instrumentation. Creation of requirements and design objectives documents.
Engineering of intricate plastic injection-molded, machined and sheet metal assemblies and transfer to Manufacturing. Ergonomic design of electronic enclosures and control panels. Supervision of prototyping, production and ASME Y14.5M 1994 drafting.  
SolidWorks and PDM Works Manager. Shared responsibility for QC and cost estimation. 
CAD: SolidWorks 2001+, Adobe Illustrator.
PDM: Agile Anywhere CM, PDM/Works.

1995 - 1998                         MACHINA Inc., San Francisco, CA.
                                                Lead Product Designer.

Complete Product Design and Engineering service, in collaboration with EE, Marketing and Sales Departments. Industrial Design of electronic plastic toys and high volume consumer products. Design of free-form plastic injection-molded parts. Mechanical layouts of PCBs. Supervision and execution of product design and assemblies. Rapid Prototyping, BOMs, ECOs.
CAD: SolidWorks 96, Autocad 14.

1989 - 1995                        ARNESON PRODUCTS Inc., Fairfield, CA.
Corporate Product Designer.

Industrial and Mechanical Design of new electronic and mechanical swimming pool cleaners and related equipment. Product development from concepts to production. Problem definitions, ideation, model making and renderings.
Layouts and detailing of plastic injection-molded, metal and sheet metal parts. Supervision of prototyping, manufacturing and production. Liaison with Asian manufacturing sites.
CAD: CV Personal Designer 6, Autocad 12.

1987 - 1989                        THETA RESOURCES, Inc., San Francisco, CA.
Product Designer.

Concept- to-production design and development of Consumer, Electronic, bio-medical and high volume disposable products. Ideation and problem solving, creation of mechanical layouts, mock-ups and models. Analysis of human factors, manufacturing methods, perceived value and aesthetic appeal.

1980 - 1987                        SELF-EMPLOYED, San Jose, CA.
Industrial Designer and Mechanical Designer.

Design of new and redesign of existing products: Laser Soldering Robot Workstation, Hard Disk Certifier, PC Table top system and others. Assembly drawings, mechanical layouts, mock-ups and drafting.

1979 - 1980                        PERKIN-ELMER ETEC, Inc., Hayward, CA.
Mechanical Designer/Drafter.

Assembly and part drawings, BOMs and ECOs for mechanisms of wafer-etchers.
 


1975 - 1978                        INJECTION-MOLDING MACHINES PRODUCTION PLANT, Odessa, Ukraine.

Mechanical Design and drafting.

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