SUMMARY:
Extensive experience as mechanical / manufacturing designer / CAD designer, project manager,
project lead, machine/process designer, product designer, capital equipment project specifying, inspection
and testing, automation, robotics, lasers / optics specialist, work cell development, material handling
design, assembly tooling, overhead cranes, plastics and mold design, closed / open die forgings, die / investment
castings, electro-mechanical systems, CNC machining, machine design, stamping, progressive dies, gears and
drive systems, problem solving, planning, MRP, modular tooling, jig bore/jig grind, using tool steels, alloys,
castings, composites, sourcing, training, forecasting, scheduling, P&L, HR, logistics, team building and focusing
teams, working with international companies. Piping, valves, pressure
vessels, architectural & commercial projects.
CERTIFIED ISO 9001:2008 / 14000 CQA / CQE TS16949 Lead Auditor
CERTIFIED ANSI 14.5 DOD G.D.&T. TRAINER
CERTIFIED SIX SIGMA GREEN BELT / LEAN MFG., KAIZEN, KANBAN
CERTIFIED BY DOD IN HEAT TREATING / METALLURGY
CERTIFIED BY DOD IN HAZMAT / OSHA safety training
CATIA, PRO E / WILDFIRE, SOLIDWORKS, INVENTOR, AUTOCAD, MICROSTATION
EDUCATION:
Texas Tech University - BSME
Eastern New Mexico University - ASME
EXPERIENCE
DESIGN SERVICES, Amarillo, TX., Design service
2003 to present Proj. Mgr. / Manufacturing Designer / CAD designer
Projects include capital cost justification, CNC selection, tooling, machine design,
Production flow, oil and gas, architectural and commercial
projects.
Key Projects
Lockheed Martin, Patriot mobile missile systems, CNC machining,
fabrication,
assembly in modular design.
Bell Helicopter, CNC machining of brackets, housings, creating assembly tooling, working
With inconel, T6 aluminum, titanium, PIM, plastics and composites.
Pantex, CNC machining of transfer assemblies, reducing set ups, material handling design,
fire protection systems, machine design.
Strategic Sourcing, Chemical factory, plant layout, production flow, machine design,
CNC machine layout of plant assemblies, overhead cranes and test fixtures for
QC, piping, pressure vessels, tanks.
Caprock Mfg., layout, design and CNC machining of plastic injection molds for production of
Products for automotive, aircraft and military projects.
PARALLAX, INC. Amarillo, TX. - DOE nuclear site
2001 to 2003 Manufacturing Design / CAD design
Key Projects
Transfer assemblies to move product from one area to another, CNC machining of fixtures,
jigs for assembly, test, inspection, and production, fire protection / security systems,
inspection and testing fixtures, material handling design, specific machine design for
production, overhead cranes, robotics for use in assembly, testing and production.
Pressure vessels, piping and tanks.
DESIGN SERVICES, Amarillo, TX. - Design service
1999 to 2001 Project Mgr. / Mech. / Mfg. Design / CAD design
Providing design/consulting services, training, sourcing, procurement, vendor qualifying,
material handling design, KANBAN systems, problem solving, logistics, scheduling.
Oil and gas projects, pressure vessels, tanks, architectural / commercial
projects.
Saved companies $600,000 by modularizing tooling.
Key Projects
GM, Ford, Peterbilt, assembly fixtures, inspection assemblies, CNC machining of
clamping fixtures, locating features, PIM and rotating devices to support production.
Lockheed Martin, CNC machine tooling and fixtures for production of military missile
projects, inspection fixtures, clamping systems, missile parts using titanium / alloys.
TMAC (Texas Mfg. Asst. Center), Amarillo, TX. - Design service
1995 to 1999 Manufacturing Design / CAD designer
Providing technical support, training, sourcing, vendor qualifying, process improvement.
Oil and gas, architectural / commercial projects.
Key Projects
GM, Peterbilt, assembly fixtures, inspection assemblies, CNC machining of production
Parts, modularizing jigs and fixtures, re-engineering, improving production flow.
Lockheed Martin, CNC machining up to 5 axis of fixtures for assembly, inspection.
Choosing new CNC machinery, plant layout and cell development, machine design, processes
including stamping, die casting, plastic molds, castings, and forgings, gear drive machining.
Saved company $1.4 MIL by modularizing tooling and eliminating scrap.
CROUSE-HINDS, Amarillo, TX. - Mfr. Grey iron foundry
1990 to 1995 Design Manager
- Supervised tooling and maintenance depts. Consisting of 20 pattern makers,
journeyman machinists and technicians, responsible for maintaining all 250 existing patterns
and coreboxes, new capital projects, procurement, P&L, vendor qualification, budgets, forecasting,
scheduling, training, safety systems, sourcing, logistics, layout of new Disamatic tooling and patterns
to assure dimensional accuracy, estimating costs, inventory control.
Key Projects
Developed modular patterns/coreboxes for vertical pouring, achieved less than 2% scrap
saved company $6.5 MIL.in pattern and corebox manufacturing.
Specified and completed capital cost justification for a 5 axis CNC vertical mill, automatic
tool changer, placed on production floor, and set up for production.
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, Dallas, TX. - Mfr. Military missile production
1986 to 1990 Lead Tool Designer
Designed assembly tooling for Harm / Harpoon missile production,
Key Projects,
CNC machine tooling to support 324 CNC horizontal / vertical milling machines and
lathes up to 5 axis, created programming, PIM, check fixtures, inspection systems.
FMS using up to 4 CNC milling machines with up to 45 tombstones for cells.
Saved company $860k on modularizing tooling for machining and production.
MARTIN MARIETTA, New Orleans, La. - Mfr. Space Shuttle fuel Tank
9-79 to 3-86 Project Manager/Tool Design
- Designed and machined assembly tooling for NASA's Space Shuttle Fuel Tank, flight structures,
piping and cryogenics, machine design, overhead cranes, large gantry systems, spray foam application
and curing, assembly and testing of Liquid Ox and Hydrogen tanks.
