Andrew Lees: President and Co-Founder in Greenville, NC
Andrew Lees
President and Co-Founder
Greenville | United States
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Entrepreneurship
Product development
Mechanical engineering
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Grassracks by Maholla Products
President and Co-Founder | 01/2012 - Current
Complete product development of multiple product lines from start to finish including mechanical design, electronics packaging, Finite Element Analysis, prototyping, testing, and material and production sourcing. Source packaging, graphic designers, web developers, and marketing support. Products include injection molded parts, CNC cut plastic and wood parts, custom printing, and cut-and-sew components. Develop business, marketing, and advertising plans with business partners and plan for product launches. One product offering is a line of bamboo sports equipment display and storage racks for the home and office. Designed products to be CNC routed from bamboo plywood. Pieces that attach to each other are designed to interlock or press-fit with minimal use of hardware for easy installation and for a more natural look and feel. Designed product line to be simple but highly functional, beautiful, easy to install, and easy to store away while not in use. Another product line under develop
Stoke Ventures LLC
President and Founder | 09/2014 - Current
Product development design and engineering for inventors and startups. Provide clients with product launch services including market research, business modeling, product development, and building a sales strategy. Core competency is concept development, design, engineering (including structural finite element analysis), detailed manufacturing documentation, and manufacturing sourcing for new products. Expert in plastic, sheet metal, machined metal, and wood parts design. Experience designing electronics packaging and enclosures for medical and consumer products. Experience developing the mechanical components for an optical sighting device and sourcing an appropriate subcontractor for the optical design and manufacturing. Serve as development manager for each project to lead successful product development. Reviews can be found on page 2 of this resume.
Triumph Engineering Group
Product Development Consultant | 09/2007 - 09/2015
Manage the development of products from concept to production. Work with clients to formulate successful development strategies to bring products to market most efficiently. Collaborate with a team of colleagues to improve existing products and provide mechanical engineering and design consulting services to clients. Perform Finite Element Analysis on components and assemblies to determine structural integrity, deflection, and interferences to dramatically reduce the number of prototype iterations and time to market. Generate and release drawings for prototype and production. Work on products that utilized many manufacturing methods including injection molding, thermoforming, plastic and metal extrusion, sheet metal forming, machining, laser cutting, and water jet cutting, . Generate 3D printed prototypes using an in-house FDM 3D printer. Utilize third party prototype houses to prototype parts using SLA, SLS, and Urethane Casting where FDM parts are not appropriate. Modify prototype co
Washington Group International (Currently URS)
Stress Analysis/Pipe Support Engineer (Applied Mechanics Dept.) | 07/2006 - 09/2007
Performed pipe system stress analysis using Caesar software. Performed local pipe stress analysis using Ansys. Used MicroStation and principles of structural/mechanical engineering to design and place pipe supports. Revised pipe support detail drawings. Worked on projects where integration of stress analysis and design of pipe support details was required with extremely limited lead-time and succeeded in keeping projects under budget and on time. Kept in constant communication with colleagues and clients for proper collaboration on projects. Recognized for dedication and commitment to the job and for rapid development in the applied mechanics department.
Education history
Lehigh University
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Minor: Aerospace Engineering | 2002 - 2006
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