CAD ENGINEER

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Akron IN •••••
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SUMMARY

A meticulous, bilingual product designer, capable of contributing at a high level to a leading corporate product development program, designing at the whole-product level, & throughout the product life cycle
A lifelong learner with broad experience, ranging from engineering support to design education, & possessing excellent verbal communication skills
Experienced in Unigraphics V•••••NX4, iMan/TeamCenter; proficient in Assemblies, Freeform, Sketcher, WAVE, Part Families, Drafting, & UG/Photo modules
Experienced in AutoCAD & CAID/drawing/editing/animation software, as well as gage/fixture design & technical writing


EMPLOYMENT

ZIMMER INC, Warsaw IN••••••••••
A $4 billion global, publicly traded producer of orthopedic implants, orthobiologics, & surgeon training; one of the worlds three largest orthopedic manufacturers
CAD Engineer
Design of comparator overlays & hard gages for trauma business unit, technical writing, drawing & model database creation & maintenance for Hips business unit, as well as administrative support
German language course; translated surgical protocols, work instructions, product drawings
Member of Periarticular III fracture plate, Zimmer Natural Nail and World Cup acetabular product teams
Ensured correct application of ANSI/ASME/AWS standards to product drawings
Authored executive summaries of emerging technologies, & revisions to SOPs
Contractual instructor & curriculum developer, Zimmer Blueprint Reading course for two years
Founding core-team member of Compass (mentoring) lean team; core-team member of Empowerment lean team

CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION, New Bremen OH••••••••••
A $1 billion global, family-owned maker of electric lift trucks, prolific winner of design awards, & 1st in North American market share for electric lift trucks
Industrial Design Engineer
Concept design, Unigraphics modeling, material/process development, color development, technical writing, graphics design
Developed two patented, Gold award-winning trucks, elevating corporate image
Enhanced productivity by capturing design intent in Unigraphics for all design teams
Facilitated migration of North American operations to powder coating systems
Tactical improvements of designers through coauthoring best practices documents
Improved Quality Assurance efforts by proposing modern color control methods
Organized/maintained material/process library for Design Center
Authored material/process content for Design Center Intranet site



ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, Fort Wayne IN••••••••••
A $••••• million private for-profit system of accredited technical colleges with ••••• campuses nationally, which offered a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Industrial Design
Instructor
Classroom instruction, course development, & student guidance
Facilitated senior thesis designs of bicycle components; designs purchased by Sun/Ringle
Organized student teams that placed 2nd in ••••• & ••••• Industrial Designers Society of America Indiana student merit awards, helping program win acceptance in design education community
Mentored ••••• Indiana chapter IDSA student merit winner, promoting students career
Advised student IDSA chapter, building student-practitioner relationships


EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS

BFA in Industrial Design, UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME, South Bend IN •••••
Organizational Behavior, ITT Graduate Division
Drafting certification, American Design Drafting Association
AutoCAD certification, Autodesk Incorporated
Technologist-level certification, ASME Y•••••M•••••
Zertifikat Deutsch, Goethe Institute


PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Class A Modeling, Unigraphics Solutions
V•••••to-V••••• Transition; V••••• Freeform; ••••• subscriber, CADPO
Intro to Unigraphics, Lee Pikal Engineering
Colorants for Plastics, Terra Community College
Fiber-Reinforced Plastics, IVTC North Central
AutoCAD Designer, CAD/CAM Engineering


AWARDS/PUBLICATIONS

Industrie Forum (Hanover Fair) award, Crown WP•••••S
Ride the Wave, IDSA Innovation magazine (coauthor)
Caddie (computer image) award, CADALYST magazine


PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Professional member, IDSA (multiple leadership roles)
Society of Plastics Engineers, affiliate member (Color/Appearance division)
Member, Society for Technical Communication (active locally/nationally)