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Mechanical Engineer with over 40 years experience.
I have 20+ years of experience designing custom lifting appliances.
Design Experience Includes:
• Lifting appliances (crane blocks, sheaves, swivels…)
• Exercise equipment
• Offroad vehicles
• Pumps
• Gearing
Experienced with:
AutoCad
Cero
Fusion 360
Excel (with VBA)
FEA
Successfully lead a custom product design team for 20 years.
BSME 1976

3D Models

Experience

  • Design Team Leader Gunnebo-Johnson (acquired by Crosby inc) · Full-time May 1997 – Feb 2022 24 yrs 9 mos Tulsa, OK, United States Custom Product Design Team Leader
    Led a design team responsible for custom Johnson lifting products. Responsible for design from receipt of the purchase order to first article shipment.
    Deliverables were:
    • Assembly drawings
    • Detail drawings
    • Structural analysis (including FEA)
    • Bill-of-materials.
    Both 2d and 3d designs were created.
  • Contract Engineering Royal Tractor, Inc · Contact Jun 1992 – May 1994 1 yrs 11 mos Olathe, KS, United States Designed high capacity, off-road vehicles (Coiled steel carrier and custom designed pneumatic tire forklift) from product conception to finished production model
  • Design Engineer StairMaster · Full-time Nov 1988 – Feb 1991 2 yrs 3 mos Tulsa, OK, United States Mechanical engineer for the StairMaster Stair Stepper product line and new product line development. Responsible for warranty and manufacturing cost reduction program which resulted in a 22% reduction in warranty costs. Participated in decisions regarding component analysis, procurement, and supplier selection for all fitness products.

Education

  • California State University at Long Beach BSME, Mechanical Engineering 1974 – 1976 Activities and Societies: PI TAU SIGNA TAU BETA PI

Other experience

  • Continuing Education Random Vibration
    DFMA
    Advanced Engineering Math