Experience

APEX Race Parts

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

• Product Development Engineer

  • Apr 2020 - Present



Screen Innovations

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

• Engineering Manager

  • Jun 2019 - Feb 2020

  • Led weekly engineering meetings to identify and solve the issues the team faced. Set weekly and quarterly goals to keep the team on track as well as the executives up to speed on our progress.• Worked with the engineering team and executives on product aesthetics, prototyping, and design reviews to make sure the new products met the company’s vision.• Collaborated with executives on new product planning, generation of product requirement documents, and needed improvements with the current product line. • Managed engineering projects and scheduling as well as laid out criteria for new product testing. Show less

• Design Engineer

  • Jan 2018 - Jun 2019

  • Designed sheet metal, extruded aluminum, machined, and injection molded parts with the new product introduction team to introduce an entirely new line of motorized and manual window shades.• Developed the BOM for the entire shade line that allowed for entry of all variables for the shade and output all parts and cut lengths needed to produce the specific SKU from over 300,000 potentially buildable SKU’s. • Designed parts for integration of new motor or power types, to increase the product range, or to introduce a new product to the line. • Redesigned old models for uniformity across similar parts, ease of manufacture, and simplify the part updating process saving significant engineering time.• Assisted production in the standardization of the build process as well as help them solve production issues through design of production fixturing and tools, or part design modification. Show less



Scientific Machine & Welding, Inc.

• United States
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager

  • Jul 2017 - Dec 2017

  • Lead multimillion-dollar project with oversight on material, hardware, and supply purchasing all the way to shipment of finished product. • Coordinated workflow out of sheet metal shop, machine shop, and welding shop to achieve consistent production and on time deliveries. • Worked with suppliers to synchronize material deliveries with production schedule to maintain a minimal inventory with just in time deliveries. • Worked with customer and third-party engineering firm to set up tests and attain approval and certification for test unit. • Managed engineering and programming departments to ensure part and assembly drawings, work orders, and CNC programs were delivered to the shop to guarantee smooth and efficient production. Show less



Finspeed Precision Wheels

• Moberly, MO and Pflugerville, TX

• Senior Engineer

  • Oct 2012 - May 2017

  • Head of the engineering department and production overseeing everything from order receipt to shipment of the finished product. • Worked with customers to achieve desired fitment, guarantee proper clearance, and discern proper options for their application. • Designed and FEA stress tested every wheel design for racetrack durability before releasing to CNC programing. • Worked with companies on private label wheel designs to meet their aesthetic requirements, fit their application, and meet the desired wheel loading and weight requirements through iterative FEA testing and design. • Assisted in production control, programing the CNC machines with CAM software and running the CNC lathes and mills. • Used Stratasys 3D printed simulated wheel and tire profiles to verify fitment and check clearances on unique car fitments. Show less



University of Missouri-Columbia

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Researcher

  • Aug 2010 - Oct 2012

  • Researched the use of FDM for end use parts, soluble core carbon fiber wrapped parts, and tool and mold making. • Helped develop hybrid manufacturing process between FDM and composites to construct a low production unmanned aerial system. • Created and manipulated toolpaths in Insight software to make FDM parts on Stratasys supplied Fortus 400mc machine. • Produced parts from several different materials including ABS-M30i, PC, PC-ABS, PPSF, and Ultem 9085. • Performed our own material and extrusion tip changeover as well as maintenance and fixing several machine failures. Show less