CAREER SUMMARY:
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Registered
professional welding engineer with more than 40 years of
experience in the aerospace, defense, marine, nuclear, automotive,
materials handling and job shop fabricating industries. Made
decisions and recommendations that resulted in paradigm-shift
changes in shipbuilding and large rocket motor manufacturing
methods, and played key role in the attainment of QS-9000
certification by 400-employee plant of tier-one auto supplier.
Extensive experience includes analyzing, planning for the
management of, and improving welding operations; also robotic
welding, procedure development, process control, trouble-shooting,
tool design, weldment design and the training of welding
personnel.
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EDUCATION:
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B.S.
Welding Engineering - Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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EXPERIENCE:
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PRESENTLY
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Engineering Services Division of Schmidt Equipment, Inc. Geneva,Ohio
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Chief Engineer
and Co-owner
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Responsible
for managing all engineering activities of this business,
including providing customers with manufacturing project
engineering services and consulting services relating to
welding management and the design, production and testing of metal products, structures,
pressure vessels, machinery and equipment.
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PREVIOUSLY
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3 YEARS
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LARGE SOLID ROCKET MOTOR DIV. OF MAJOR PRESSURE
VESSEL MANUFACTURER
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Lead
Tooling Engineer
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Led
team of up to 8 other engineers in designing and developing
more than $6 million of machinery, tooling, jigs, fixtures, and
lifting and handling equipment required to manufacture large
rocket motor cases for NASA’s Space Shuttle. Participated
on multi-disciplinary project teams and used CAE/CAD, Primivera
planning program, concurrent engineering and other methods to
expedite design, estimating, planning and scheduling. Reported
to Manager of Manufacturing Engineering.
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5 YEARS
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NUCLEAR
SUBMARINE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SHIPYARD
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Senior
Welding Engineer
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Conducted
R&D studies and provided welding and materials engineering
support for design and construction of nuclear power
submarines. Included development of numerous welding procedures
per Navy, ASME and other codes. Completed major study of
submarine hull fabrication methods which was basis for $20
million shipyard modernization. Reported to Supervisor of
Welding Engineering.
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15 YEARS
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METAL
FABRICATING JOB SHOP
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Co-Owner
and President
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Responsible
for hands-on management of all operations of up to 8 shop and office
workers in metal fabricating job shop. Designed products and
tooling, planned production, ordered material, set up
production machines, developed weld procedures, trained welders
and other workers, monitored quality of work. Self-supervised,
but had to meet performance expectations of other co-owner.
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1 YEAR
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TIER-ONE
AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLIER
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Plant Welding/Manufacturing Engineer
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Responsible for all engineering related to welding
operations in 400-employee plant producing welded stampings for
automotive industry. Developed and implemented welding
management plan, achieved QS-9000 certification for all welding
operations, trained welders, designed weld tooling and weld
booths, upgraded plant weld smoke removal system. Reported to
Manufacturing Engineering Manager.
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1 YEAR
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ELECTRO-CHEMICAL
PLANT EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER
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Welding Consultant/Sr. Manufacturing
Engineer
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Led welding team supporting fabrication of new
line of nickel and titanium products used in electro-chemical
plants. Designed weld tooling, improved processes and
procedures, and trained shop welding personnel. Reported to
Director of Engineering and Materials Management.
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