Experience

United Technical Solutions LLC

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Welding Manager

  • Dec 2016 - Present

  Welding Manager supervising a small group of highly skilled welding engineers. I also manage the resistance welding area and provide consulting on resistance welding applications, evaluate weld quality and quality requirements, plan and perform effective and efficient statistical experimental designs, and provide training on resistance welding (resistance spot, seam, projection, flash-butt, high frequency tube, etc) processes. I help clients: 1) understand the cause and effect of the welding parameters on the process; 2) resolve welding machine, material, and process issues that keep from meeting weld quality goals; 3) recommend the test methods to be used; 4) select proper welding processes for a given application; and 5) optimize/improve production rate, material utilization, and profitability based on demonstrated outcomes.



Resistance Weld Consulting

• General Manager

  • Nov 2016 - Dec 2016

  I consult on resistance welding applications, evaluate weld quality and weld quality requirements, and provide training on resistance welding (resistance spot, seam, projection, flash-butt, high frequency tube, etc) processes. I help clients: 1) understand the cause and effect of the welding parameters on the process; 2) resolve welding machine, material, and process issues that keep from meeting weld quality goals; 3) recommend the test methods to be used; 4) select proper welding processes for a given application; and 5) optimize/improve production rate, material utilization, and profitability based on demonstrated outcomes.



EWI

• United States
• Research Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Application Engineer

  • 2001 - 2016

  Resolved customer application problems/issues through contract research, technical consulting, engineering, and applied experimentation to improve resistance welding and process weldability. This activity involved proposal management, performance of experimental programs, and reporting. Maintained customer contacts and participated in internal team activities. Applied laboratory test results in direct customer mill trials.I have been involved in development of several applied research applications including ability to perform direct resistance welding of aluminium to steel, resistance welding of pure copper products, heat treatment of AHSS sheet, and resolution of weld fractures in AHSS sheets.



ArcelorMittal

• Luxembourg
• Mining
• 700 & Above Employee

• Staff Research Engineer

  • 1988 - 2001

  Lead welding research and development efforts in automotive and appliance industries. Emphases on weld mechanical properties, new processes, and customer applications. Lead internal coil joining welding parameter development and optimization. I was able to investigate and resolve welding issues in automotive, appliance, and commercial customers. These activities enabled the use of steel company products to resolve problems in the respective applications. This service maintained customer loyalty.



EWI

• United States
• Research Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • 1985 - 1988

  Evaluated the weldability of four types of zinc coated sheet steels for weld lobe characteristics, dynamic electrical parameters, nugget development, and electrode life. Evaluated the weldability of four types of zinc coated sheet steels for weld lobe characteristics, dynamic electrical parameters, nugget development, and electrode life.



The Ohio State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • 1985 - 1988

  Taught resistance welding laboratory class and graded papers for Welding Production course.

• Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

  • 1984 - 1985

  Taught robotics laboratory.



Ohio Department of Transportation

• United States
• Transportation Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Work Study Student

  • 1984 - 1986

  Digitized maps and drawings using an Intergraph CAD/CAM system. Digitized maps and drawings using an Intergraph CAD/CAM system.



Holmes & Narver Inc

• Technical Aide

  • 1982 - 1984

  Summer Job. Performed non-destructive evaluation of welds in heavy equipment, structures, and parts using wet and dry magnetic particle, dye penetrant, ultrasonic, and alpha & X-ray radiographic NDE methods. Summer Job. Performed non-destructive evaluation of welds in heavy equipment, structures, and parts using wet and dry magnetic particle, dye penetrant, ultrasonic, and alpha & X-ray radiographic NDE methods.