Experience

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  Ford Motor Company

  • Design and Release Engineer

    • May 2010 - Present

    Responsible for Moveable Glass Sealing on future car. Lead Catia design and engineering issue resolution.

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  Durox / WABTEC

  • Sr. Project Engineer

    • Mar 2010 - Jan 2011

    Responible for start-up of re-located extrusion lines, dies, autoclave, and splice tooling. Design and develop tooling for new product launches. Identify new tooling vendors and create die tooling shop. Parts for railroad, transportation, appliance, and construction equipment industries.

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  Kolar Corp.

  • Engineer - Design

    • Jul 2009 - Nov 2009

    Contract for weatherstrip design production release - Volkswagen glassrun and outer belt programs. Relieve Lead Program Engineer during prototype support in Germany.Timelines for design work created in MS Project & tracked. DFMEA's & DVP written. Manufacturing reviews led with requ...

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  T&S Machine Perrysburg

  • Sales Engineer - Part time

    • Mar 2009 - Jul 2009

    Sales of machining services including fabrication of fixtures and components made of steel and aluminum. Included lathe, mill, drill & tap, welding and heat treating service quotes.

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  GDX Automotive

  • Sr. Product Design Engineer

    • Mar 2002 - Nov 2008

    Lead Engineer on Cadillac CTS body seals and Chevy Cobalt Glass Sealing system.Integrated with customer on-site at GM Tech Center in Warren, Michigan. Engineering team led included Engineer I, Unigraphics designer, and quality technician and included primary direction to support group FEA (Finit...

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  CooperStandard Automotive

  • Product Design Engineer

    • Mar 1998 - Mar 2002

    Design of weatherstrips for the GM minivan and Pontiac Aztec/ Buick. Creation of section and assembly drawings for GM SOR package. Compiled all SOR info onto CD's for distribution of quote package. Support of Buick Rendevous launch in Ramos Mexico.

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  Cooper Tire & Rubber Company ( Engineered P...

  • Product Engineer

    • 1998 - 2002

    Led design of Buick Rendezvous glassrun and belt seals. Supported program launch in Mexico. Created all drawings for GM's sealing SOR of the mini-van. Compiled drawings and GM documents onto CD for distribution to vendors for program quote. After acquiring business from GM, functioned as ...

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  GenCorp

  • Team Leader - Product Design

    • Oct 1994 - Feb 1998

    Product Engineer GMX-130 Grand Am body seals and later Team Leader for entire vehicle, including glass sealing system & scalp moldings (decorative bright trim). Led team of 3 engineers and 3 designers.Product Engineer for Mercedes M-class windows encapsulated glass and body seals designed in...

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  GenCorp

  • Manufacturing Engineer

    • Sep 1989 - 1994

    Marion Indiana. Design, trial and maintaining of production profile extrusion dies. Coordinate extrusion tolerances with injection molds. Supervise machine shop, bi-monthly. AutoCAD design of dies and profile cutting paths. Programmed wire EDM machine, machined over a hundred die plates and ...

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  Cooper Tire & Rubber Company

  • Process Engineer - Extrusion

    • Feb 1988 - Aug 1989

    Bowling Green, Ohio. Designed and tuned dual durometer rubber extusion dies. Used 3D CAD to design wire guides.

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  Champion Spark Plug

  • Draftsman/Co-op

    • Jun 1985 - Jan 1988

    Manual drawing creation of cold forming punches, dies, and machine parts. Created hundreds of die and punch drawings. Releases of tooling set drawings internationally. Reverse engineering of replacement machine parts. National Extrusion Presses.