Experience

Kaspar Outdoors
• United States
• Sporting Goods
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Research And Development Engineer

  • Jan 2022 - Present


Horizon Firearms

• United States
• Sporting Goods Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Machining

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  OEM account management, quoting, CAD/CAM, CNC operator, G-code, preventative maintenance, consulting, fixturing, product testing, and reverse engineering, GD&T, tooling, design print interpretation.

• Special Projects R&D

  • Jul 2018 - Jan 2020

  CAD/CAM, CNC operator, preventative maintenance, consulting, fixturing, product testing, and reverse engineering.

• Director of Production

  • Sep 2016 - Jul 2018

  Organization, scheduling, and planning of production as well as implimentation of lean manufacturing practices following the concept of Kaizen systems. Management of inventory using kanban signaling. R&D of new products and/or techinques for quality production.

• Assistant Rifle Builder

  • Feb 2016 - Sep 2016

  Manufacture and production of precision rifles including fit and finish, paint, machining, testing and quality control, and sales.



iota Outdoors

• United States
• Sporting Goods Manufacturing

• Director of Machining

  • Jan 2020 - Present

• Special Projects R&D

  • Jul 2018 - Jan 2020



Texas A&M University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • May 2015 - Jan 2016

  Identification and validation of genes responsible for the juvenile hormone pathway of Bactericera cockerelli, genetic sequence analysis, rtPCR, qPCR, DNA/RNA extraction, molecular techniques and strategies, insect colony maintenance. Identification and validation of genes responsible for the juvenile hormone pathway of Bactericera cockerelli, genetic sequence analysis, rtPCR, qPCR, DNA/RNA extraction, molecular techniques and strategies, insect colony maintenance.

• Student Reasearch Assistant

  • Feb 2013 - Mar 2015

  Horticulture Dept. Research -ZC Potato Resistance Development -Research on new DNA Extraction protocols for LSO -Laboratory Safety Management -Developing new Potato varieties for public market Horticulture Dept. Research -ZC Potato Resistance Development -Research on new DNA Extraction protocols for LSO -Laboratory Safety Management -Developing new Potato varieties for public market



Ball Horticultural Company

• United States
• Farming
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Intern

  • May 2013 - Aug 2013

  Ball Helix Advanced Genomics Lab -DNA Extraction -Data Analysis -PCR -DNA Barcoading Ball Helix Advanced Genomics Lab -DNA Extraction -Data Analysis -PCR -DNA Barcoading



PetSmart

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Stocker/Cashier

  • Oct 2012 - Apr 2013

  Customer service, stocking product, resetting marketing, handling money, sales. Customer service, stocking product, resetting marketing, handling money, sales.



GameStop

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Game Advisor

  • Jun 2006 - Jan 2009

  Customer service, game reservation, subscription sales, money management. Customer service, game reservation, subscription sales, money management.