SUMMARY:

Extensive experience in design / manufacturing operations, director of engineering, project manager, supervising up to 100, P&L, logistics, training, scheduling, forecasting, estimating, inventory control, budgets, developing training programs, monitoring instruction, creating new and improved procedures and methods of safety and productivity, records management, creating policy and procedures manuals, evaluating safety basis flow-down from Safety Analysis Reports (SARS), Technical Safety Requirements (TSR), Design Features (DF), design / control documents, NDT, NDE, QA/QC inspection, optical comparators, machine design, robotics, EDM, CNC machine tooling, CNC machining, wire harness design / routing, lasers, HUDS, optics, airfoils, aircraft design/ assembly tooling, flight structures / dynamics, aircraft/aerospace assembly, landing gear design, rotary design aircraft, UAV's, space station systems, piston aircraft engines, turbine/rocket engine development, CFM-56, JT8D, J-85, blade design, thrust reversers, nacelles, fan cals/inlets, APU's, munitions, nuclear and conventional weapons, FEA, NASTRAN, ANSYS, SPC, MRP/ERP systems, continual/ process improvement, problem solving, lean mfg. / line balancing, excellent supervision and people skills, aerospace/ military manufacturing/ assembly projects, motors/ gearboxes, composites, hydraulic control systems/ routing, fuel systems and cells, alloys/iron/ductile castings, reverse engineering, wind tunnel and forensic engine analysis.
ISO 9001:2008 TS16949 CQA/CQE auditor
Certified Six Sigma / Lean Mfg. / KIAZEN / KANBAN / SPC
Certified to teach ANSI Y14.5 DOD stds. In G.D.&T.
Certified by the DOD in heat treating / metallurgy
Certified HAZMAT / OSHA safety system
MSME - 2006
BSME - 1974 minor in computer science.
ASME - 1970 minor in computer science.
18+ years on CAD systems - Catia V4/5, Camax 5 axis, ProE /Wildfire, Solidworks,
Inventor, Autocad, and Microstation V8.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
DESIGN SERVICES, Amarillo, Tx. - Mech. Eng. / AutoCAD / Solidworks / Pro E.
4-03 to present Senior Mechanical Engineer - Aerospace/Military/Missiles
- Lead design, CAD and structural design, FEA, FMEA, NDT, NDE, lasers, CNC tooling, jigs and fixtures, estimating projects, vibration analysis, mechanisms, munitions / missiles, hydraulic control systems, composites, robotics, electro-mechanical systems.

PARALLAX, Inc., Amarillo, Tx. - Mech. Eng. / Pro E, Microstation V8.
6-01 to 4-03 Senior Design Engineer - DOE Pantex plant, DOE L clearance
- Design of fire protection systems, records management, training, nuclear and conventional weapons, compressed air systems, hydraulics control systems, robotics, vibration/stress analysis, electronic packaging/ switching, manufacturing projects, estimating projects, scheduling, logistics.

DESIGN SERVICES, Amarillo, Tx. - Mech. Eng. / AutoCAD / SolidWorks
8-99 to 6-01 Senior Mechanical Engineer
- Design and consulting services using Pro E to Wildfire, Catia V4/5, design/manufacturing operations, project management up to 50 team members, design and production of landing gears at Menasco, primary structures, fuel cells and systems, missile launch systems for Lockheed Martin, scheduling, forecasting, schedules, inventory control, P&L, logistics, CNC machining, robotics, composites, filament winding, modular tooling, hydraulic control systems and routing, procurement, records management, scheduling.
- Training - certifications, teaching ANSI 14.5 G.D.&T., blueprint reading/ math.
- Dies, CNC machine tooling, aircraft/missile design/assembly tooling at Lockheed Martin, laser development/ packaging, optics, HUDS at Ni-tek, UAV's, aircraft engines thrust reversers, nacelles, fan cals/inlets, CFM-56/JT8D/J85 at Aviall, piston aircraft engines, robotics pick and place, machine design, turbine engine development, munitions, wire harness design, castings.
- Problem solving, logistics, lasers, SPC / QA/QC inspection, factory layout, product design, factory flow, lean manufacturing, FEA, FMEA, NASTRAN, NDE, NDT, stress analysis, optics, mounting systems, continual/process improvement, reverse engineering and forensic engine analysis.

TMAC (Texas Mfg. Asst. Center), Amarillo, Tx. - Mechanical Eng. / AutoCAD
9-95 to 8-99 Senior Design Engineer / Project Manager
- Design and consulting services using Pro E, Catia V4/5, training courses, project manager of up to 40 team members, forecasting, budgets, logistics, scheduling, monitoring operations, records management methods and procedures, sourcing, procurement, safety, scheduling, procedures for quality assurance, lean mfg., continual/process improvement, CAD/CAM design, composites , filament winding, estimating, packaging, cabling, mounting systems.
- Training - helping companies get to ISO 9000 certification, teaching ANSI 14.5 G.D.&T., blueprint reading/trigonometry, machine operations, technical support, factory flow.
- CNC machining, missile design / production, machine design, wire harness design / routing, munitions, castings/alloys, rotary design aircraft (Bell / Sikorsky), composites, hydraulic control systems and routing, fuel systems and fuel cells, robotics, HUD's, lasers, optics, night sights, machine design, composite assembly tooling, B-1, F-16, Bell rotary design/assembly tooling, Boeing 777 assembly, space station structures, landing gear mfg. (Menasco), CFM56/JT8D/J85 engines (Chromalloy), piston aircraft engines, thrust reversers, nacelles, fan cals/inlets, primary structure, structural stress analysis, missile launch systems for Lockheed Martin.
- Problem solving, continuous improvement, product design, SPC, vibration testing, FEA, FMEA, NASTRAN, NDE, NDT, lasers, providing technical direction to ensure on-cost/on-time delivery, budgets, logistics, forecasting, factory flow, reverse engineering and forensic engine/structural analysis.

CROUSE-HINDS, Amarillo, Tx. - Mfr. Gray / ductile castings 1# - 40#
8-90 to 9-95 Engineering Manager / AutoCAD
- Supervised tooling dept. consisting of 10 pattern makers / machinists, responsible for maintaining patterns using CAMAX, P&L, HR, budgets, forecasting, scheduling, procurement.
- Responsible for layout of new Disamatic tooling and transferred patterns to assure dimensional accuracy using 5 axis CNC machining with developed tooling resulting in savings of $6.5 MM.
- Developed new modular patterns for Disamatic and modular coreboxes for Peterle machines, estimating projects, designing gating, patterns, risers, vertical pour systems.

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, Dallas, Tx. - Mfr. Military missile production
3-86 to 8-90 Senior Tool Design Engineer / Project lead
- Design of assembly tooling for Harm / Harpoon missile production using AutoCAD, laser development, plastic mold design, NDE, NDT, CMM, SPC, investment castings for housings, dies, CNC machining, robotics pick and place, machine design, composite tooling, electro-mechanical systems, wire harness design / routing, HUDS, lasers, optics, electronic packaging, forgings, fiberglass, composites, saving the company $800,000 by re-engineering.
- Training - teaching ANSI 14.5 G.D.&T, blueprint reading/trigonometry.

MARTIN MARIETTA, New Orleans, La. - Mfr. Space Shuttle fuel Tank
10-75 to 3-86 Project Manager/Lead Tool Design Engineer
- Designed and machined assembly tooling for NASA's Space Shuttle Fuel Tank, flight structures, FEA, piping and cryogenics, machine design, spray foam application and curing, assembly and testing of Liquid Ox and Hydrogen tanks, pumps, and validation procedures.