Experience

Mastercool Incorporated
• Senior Mechanical Engineer

  • Sep 2010 - Present


Dynavac

• United States
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Mechanical Engineer

  • Dec 2007 - Sep 2010

  Managed the design and manufacture of custom high-vacuum equipment projects from $500K to $3M. • Designed equipment and developed processes for diamond-like carbon (DLC) coating used in infrared vision systems. • Lead engineer for team designing and building high-vacuum production glass coating system for photovoltaic industry. System heats glass sheets from ambient to 600ºC in eight minutes in vacuum. Managed the design and manufacture of custom high-vacuum equipment projects from $500K to $3M. • Designed equipment and developed processes for diamond-like carbon (DLC) coating used in infrared vision systems. • Lead engineer for team designing and building high-vacuum production glass coating system for photovoltaic industry. System heats glass sheets from ambient to 600ºC in eight minutes in vacuum.



Bettcher/Amherst Metal Stamping LLC

• Mechanical Engineer

  • Jun 2005 - Sep 2007

  Supported manufacturing functions including designing new production equipment, modifying existing equipment to meet cost objectives, and implementing lean principles to increase plant efficiencies. Supervised 5-member maintenance team responsible for troubleshooting mechanical and electrical problems in the plant. • Reduced testing time by 400-percent by designing, building and certifying automated pressure decay leak tester using a pressure transducer sensor and PLC for welded parts. • Revised plant layout for a 50-percent decrease in parts handling time. • Researched, purchased and oversaw successful installation of $180K steel conditioning system. Show less



Heat Seal LLC

• United States
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mechanical Engineer

  • Nov 2003 - Jun 2005

  Established daily assessment of production processes, handled quality control of in-house designed parts for company’s high-end product line, worked directly with sales and customers to customize and refine product, implemented 10-percent year-over-year cost reduction strategies for overall product line. • Managed clean sheet of paper heat-shrink tunnel design from concept to functioning tunnel in two-and-one-half months. Original features included adjustable chamber height and belt-lifting mechanism. Show less



Akron Rubber Development Lab, Inc.

• Staff Engineer

  • Mar 2003 - Nov 2003

  Designed mechanical test protocols for rubber and plastics in the automotive and medical market. Implemented tests, analyzed results and prepared comprehensive reports for customers. Worked closely with customer during testing process. • Priority testing project for National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) involved collecting internal tire temperature data using tire machine under varying loads, speeds and pressures. Significantly increased volume and quality of data. Designed mechanical test protocols for rubber and plastics in the automotive and medical market. Implemented tests, analyzed results and prepared comprehensive reports for customers. Worked closely with customer during testing process. • Priority testing project for National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) involved collecting internal tire temperature data using tire machine under varying loads, speeds and pressures. Significantly increased volume and quality of data.



Corning Incorporated

• United States
• Glass, Ceramics and Concrete Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manufacturing Engineer

  • Jan 2001 - Aug 2002

  Developed new designs and modifications to existing equipment, concept development, drawings, obtaining quotes, supervising installation, testing and documentation. Served as redraw expert to other areas to diagnose manufacturing upsets and develop new processes. • Designed device that reduced alignment time by 80 percent while simultaneously increasing machine stability. • Designed and executed experiment to disprove fiber defect hypothesis by using strong inference, reducing the number of glass blanks required to achieve statistical results by 30 times. • Assigned to on-call production support engineer within three months of hire. Show less