Experience

Roper Pump Company

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Operations

  • Dec 2022 - Present



ANDRITZ

• Austria
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product Manager, Log Handling Cranes

  • May 2021 - Dec 2022



Diversified Metal Fabricators, INC

• Truck Transportation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Design Engineer / Engineering Manager

  • Jan 2016 - May 2021

  • Lead a team of design engineers and manufacturing engineers to develop new products, support on-site manufacturing, & support legacy designs in the field• Manufacturing support includes: CNC milling, CNC lathes, robotic lathe cell, manual welding, robotic welding, fabrication, mechanical assembly, hydraulic assembly & test, electrical assembly & test.• Oversaw the design of several new products from inception ,thru prototype, and volume manufacturing • Overhauled bill-of-material process for new orders to improve accuracy and reduce time required for order entry• Oversaw and contributed significantly to the design of a new product with several patent pending features• Hydraulic system design, electrical system design, project management• 2nd shift production manager from March - May of 2020 when company split into 2 shifts for Covid, while also maintaining other engineering responsibilities. Backup production manager as needed since then.• Work closely and travelled with sales team to pitch new projects and designs to prospective customers & service key accounts• Initiated and championed a project with IT and purchasing to dramatically improve forecasting tools for purchased materials• Initiated and championed a project with IT and shipping to better track open orders that need to be pulled and shipped

• Design Engineer

  • Sep 2008 - Dec 2015

  • Leading the engineering department since 2011• Designed railgear: a hydraulically powered mechanism and suspension to stow and deploy rail wheels on a truck so it can drive down the railroad tracks• Designed Roto-180: a hydraulically powered dump body that can swing 90 degrees left or right so the load isn’t dumped on top of the railroad tracks• Designed Wireless Remote Drive which uses electronics and pneumatics to allow the truck to be driven from outside the cab• Customer support for new design & legacy products, support on-site manufacturing & production• Oversaw and contributed to RW-1019B railgear design, a clean sheet design to fit on F-550 and similar size trucks with much better ground clearance than previous design and better curvature performance• Designed RW-1016 suspension system, part of a clean sheet railgear design with better track performance and easier adjustability than previous design• Designed stub axle insulation system which completely eliminated field failures of wheel insulators• Re-designed hydraulic & electrical system for Roto-180 to increase reliability and provide improved in-cab proportional controls package



Elan Motorsports Technologies

• Design Engineer

  • Dec 2005 - Aug 2008

  -Lead engineer designing a prototype race car for Skip Barber Racing School -Three month project to combine existing parts with new design parts - Managed project schedule & costs - Oversee weekly design review meetings with customer- Member of design team for 2007 Champ Car & 2008 Superleague Formula Car. Work included: chassis, suspension, fuel system, oil system, exhaust, bodywork, & wings. Coordinated design efforts with outside suppliers of engine, electronics, transmission, etc.- Design carbon fiber parts: 3-D surfacing, mould and pattern design, component drawings, & lay-up books

• Design Engineering Intern

  • Sep 2005 - Dec 2005



Caterpillar Inc.

• United States
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manufacturing Engineering / Mechanical Engineering Co-op

  • Jun 2001 - Aug 2005

  - Earned a Green Belt in 6 Sigma DMAIC process improvement methodology - Member of a 6 Sigma team that eliminated a grinding deburr process, saving $100,000 annually - Member of a 6 Sigma team that improved productivity for an assembly operation, savings over $150,000 per year - Coordinated safety and ergonomic upgrades for manufacturing and assembly processes - Worked with high volume machining process for hard and soft steel as well as semi-automated assembly and test - Daily involvement in process improvement, control, trouble-shooting, and cost reduction



Serdi Corp

• Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States

• Lathe Operator

  • Jun 1999 - Aug 1999

  Lathe Operator, diametral tolerance of ±0.003mm Lathe Operator, diametral tolerance of ±0.003mm