Experience

TriMech

• United States
• Engineering Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Tech support and training instructor

  • May 2017 - Present

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Providing technical support for SOLIDWORKS users, bringing to bear the combined talent of many to answer the call of the stuck, the impeded, and the just plain curious. Instructor of online training courses in many subjects, including beginner and advanced topics.



Wesgar Inc.

• Canada
• Fabricated Metal Products
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Programmer (Modeling & detailing)

  • Jan 2014 - May 2017

  Port Coquitlam, BC Generating CNC programs and shop drawings for sheet metal parts. Checking other programmers' work for accuracy and efficiency. Optimizing customer's designs to ensure manufacturability, and then processing flat patterns for turret punching or laser cutting. Generating forming drawings for press brake operations. Coordinating programming department workload to meet promised delivery dates. Increased department efficiency by creating custom property-driven SolidWorks library features to insert… Show more Generating CNC programs and shop drawings for sheet metal parts. Checking other programmers' work for accuracy and efficiency. Optimizing customer's designs to ensure manufacturability, and then processing flat patterns for turret punching or laser cutting. Generating forming drawings for press brake operations. Coordinating programming department workload to meet promised delivery dates. Increased department efficiency by creating custom property-driven SolidWorks library features to insert hard stamps features and notes. Design of jigs to support robotic welding process. Identified opportunity to lower the cost of training new programmers. Generated list of topics suitable for inclusion in training manuals. Show less



Ubique Mechanical Design, Inc.

• Canada
• Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mechanical Designer

  • Oct 2013 - Dec 2013

  North Vancouver, BC Ubique Mechanical Design Inc. 3D modeling in SolidWorks of structural steel beams and columns for residential housing project. Collaborated with team of designers to fully model and detail the complete structure of beams, columns, connecting plates, and base plates.



Brunette Industries Ltd.

• Mechanical Designer

  • Oct 2011 - Oct 2012

  New Westminster, BC Reverse engineered sample parts for heavy machinery for the forest industry. Created assembly drawings and part fabrication drawings. Sized drive components including motors, sheaves, belts, shafts, and bearings. Used GD&T.



Speed Data Systems

• Mechanical Detailer (Contractor)

  • Jan 2011 - Oct 2011

  Delta, BC Measured and modeled existing design of trailer and then modified the design. Produced weldment drawing and cut list, bill of materials, and assembly drawings. Designed LED information signs with various mounting configurations.



Azure Dynamics

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mechanical Detailer (Contractor)

  • Jun 2010 - Aug 2010

  Burnaby, BC Created and updated assembly drawings, utilizing DBWorks Product Data Management system.



Apex-Micro Manufacturing

• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mechanical Designer

  • Jun 2007 - Jun 2009

  Delta, BC Design of injection-molded plastic enclosures for electronics products including portable charging systems, card readers, towel dispensers, and ignition control wireless tuners for motorcycles. Everything done in 3D using SolidWorks.



AMFD

• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mechanical Designer

  • Jun 2007 - Jun 2009

  Delta, British Columbia, Canada



Integrated Paving Concepts (Contractor)

• Mechanical Designer

  • May 2006 - May 2007

  Langley, BC Modeled asphalt surface reheating equipment in SolidWorks. Produced detailed fabrication and assembly drawings. Collaborated on redesign of steering and drive system. Calculated motor size and speed. Designed parts optimized for stamping, minimizing the number of punch tool sizes.



3M Touch Systems formerly Dynapro Systems Inc

• Instrumentation Technologist

  • 2001 - 2004

  Troubleshooting and preventive maintenance on equipment in manufacturing plant and in environmental test lab.