Experience

Dexter Laundry, Inc.
• United States
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Quality Assurance Engineer

  • Mar 2020 - Present


Pella Corporation

• United States
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product Engineer

  • May 2011 - Nov 2019

  Experienced with every engineering system in the company as a highly adaptable engineer doing everything from designing new products; assisting with the install of new production lines; maintaining current product certifications and info; to researching old obsolete drawings for customer issues. The only dedicated customer service engineer for the company completing up to 40 customer issue investigations per week across all available Pella products. Moving from one project (investigation) to the next quickly and efficiently while providing the exact amount of information necessary to form an appropriate response or provide the needed solution.



Clow Valve Company

• United States
• Construction
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Project Engineer

  • Aug 2000 - May 2011

  Design and product maintenance of the full product line of fire hydrants and water valves. Made the first model of a full valve and hydrant assembly in SolidWorks. Introduced the company to Finite Element Analysis then used it to model and redesign the 60 resilient wedge gate valve prototype after initial failure. First full 3-D design of a new wet barrel hydrant including FEA and Fluid Flow analysis. Then building, testing and passing all testing standards on the first prototype with no redesign necessary. Performed outside the box thinking on the design of fire hydrant display racks for the new sales vehicles using as many production parts as possible. Assisted the Clow Foundry and Clow Machine Shop with production issues daily. Everything from pattern tooling collaboration to CNC machine programs assistance. A general technical resource for the full company.



Junction City Foundry

• Assistant Plant Manager

  • Jan 1999 - Jul 2000

  Managed a large portion of the full foundry including pattern shop, green sand production lines and the core room (largest foundry department). Worked with the production manager to ensure everyday readiness of patterns and cores. Handled any personnel issues as necessary. Managed a large portion of the full foundry including pattern shop, green sand production lines and the core room (largest foundry department). Worked with the production manager to ensure everyday readiness of patterns and cores. Handled any personnel issues as necessary.