Professional experience and career objectives: Well rounded Mechanical Engineer with a variety of engineering experience in the design and development of customer driven products in both an R&D and manufacturing environment. I excel at anything that requires strong organizational skills and have thus been instrumental in reducing both cost of manufacturing and time to market by leading as well as participating in cross-functional teams that investigated and acted on customer requirements, best practices, and competitive advantages.
Skills and areas of expertise: Professional mechanical design experience since 1988 (CA EIT, two U.S. patents, two publications) Engineering methodology development expert (time to market reduction) CAD (PRO/Engineer & Solidworks) proficient Manufacturing and factory floor experience Management experience and traini
Assist in the development and manufacturing of prototype rocket motors. Design and drawing creation (Solidworks), analysis (COSMOS), project scheduling (MS Project), inventory control, technical report writing, process creation, manufacturing assistance, and vendor selection and management.
Former Employment
Staff (Sr.) Design Engineer
Intel
(Computer Science, Internet) - United States
Sr. engineer in a group of nine engineers. Primarily responsible for the design of Intel’s newest and most challenging thermal and mechanical components for branded products which make up nearly 40% of total processor volume. Worked with other engineers, overseas vendors, and product development t
Marketing Engineer
Caterpillar
(Construction Equipment) - United States
Marketing rotation to gather customer input and analysis for the strategic development of a new line of internationally marketed track-type tractors and loaders. Developed, directed, and authored several full color promotion and information publications, including worldwide sales brochures. Provid
Design Engineer
Caterpillar
(Mechanical Engineering) - United States
Contributed to the development of the next generation backhoe loaders and track-type tractors. Responsibilities included the design and development of the main frame, fluid tanks, and operator controls using PRO/Engineer modeling software. Also responsible for maintaining the design integrity, rel
Contributed to the design of truck bodies and components using UniGraphics II modeling software. Worked with management, vendors, engineering, and shop personnel. Gained experience in mechanical drawing and design, computer systems, NC programming, and project handling in a manufacturing environme
Education
California State University-Sacramento United States (California)
, september 1987 - may 1991
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering
California State University-Sacramento United States (California)
, september 1987 - may 1991
Minor, Business Administration
About me
Interests:
Motorcycles! Track days on my street bike, races on my dirt bike. Movies, books, snow skiing/boarding, water skiing/bording.
Other:
Falling asleep on the beach, the blues, ice cream, watching reserved people let their hair down, small brows, track days, beer, surprising friends, D36 races, looking into someone's eyes, epiphanies, skiing when its snowing, sautéed onions, avocado & shrimp, trail riding with my kids
Languages:
English, Spanish
Groups and associations:
AMA (competition #587x), Lake Forest Elementary PTC Board Member (2005-2006), ASME
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