Michael T.

Michael Tuttle – Resume

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Phone: 815-319-1218
Address: 3510 Mill Rd, Cherry Valley, IL 61016

Career Objective: Product Designer and Drafter specializing in CAD 3D and 2D modeling and drafting as well as manual drafting, seeking to continue to provide well thought out drawings and designs to help improve the lifestyles of our people and the environment. Able to work locally in office and capable of working remotely.

Skills: Moment of Inspiration (MoI) 2D/3D design software, ViaCAD, LibreCAD, manual drafting, as well as experience with specific software listed below.

Education:
1983-1985 Mechanical Drafting Certificate - Carl Sandburg College – SCC Campus – W Burlington, IA
1981-1983 Mechanical Drafting - Nauvoo-Colusa Vo-Tech Class - Nauvoo, IL
1979-1983 Industrial Arts/Drafting - Hancock Central High School - Carthage, IL
CADfix V6 Training on site at MPC,Inc. 1997
CATIA V4 Basic 3D Design Training - FAB Consulting - Detroit, MI 1996
SDRC Administrator Course - SDRC - Los Angeles, CA 1995
SDRC Design Course - SDRC - Chicago, IL

2025-2026: C.E.S. Inc., Belvidere, IL. - CAD Technician
2D/3D drafting using Autodesk Civil 3D CAD software. Generating Topo drawings from point files received from field crew survey team. Assist new team members with learning the CAD system. Assist office team members when needed.

2008-2024: SSI Technologies, LLC –an Amphenol Company- Controls Division, Janesville, WI Design Leader - CAD
3D Design and 2D detailing of injection plastic molding, tube bending, sintered metal & metal stamped parts for DEF Tank Systems Level and Concentration Sensors for Navistar, PACCAR, Komatsu and Heater Modules, Speed, Level and Pressure sensor designs for Industrial and Automotive controls to Eaton, Harley Davidson, Caterpillar, Bosch, BMW, Daimler, and other companies. Fixture design, Mold Design Review. Design Layout, tolerance stack ups, GD&T review & recommendations. Engineering data interface between customers and suppliers. Solid modeling, surfacing, and detailed drafting mainly utilizing Siemens NX2312, Moment of Inspiration v3 on Windows 10 Pro OS. CAD translations using 3-D Tool software. Update upper management as to the completion and status of CAD/design projects. Move math data (CAD files) to the appropriate folders upon ECR completion. Document control support when needed. Microsoft 365 Office, MS Teams usage. CAD/Design support for Product Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Sales, Marketing departments and outside customers and suppliers. Provide renderings and customer drawings for website, presentations, and Sales usage, utilizing NX and Moment of Inspiration 3D modeling software (MoI), and various rendering software.

2000–2008: MPC, Inc. Walworth, WI Senior Product Designer Non-Automotive
3D Design and 2D detailing of injection, extruded, S.B.M., C.B.M. plastic molding & metal stamped parts for Chrysler, Harley Davidson, Caterpillar, John Deere, Mercury Marine, Rayovac, Nissan Forklift, Inergy (Solvay) & Indian Motorcycle, Respironics, Inc. and other misc. automotive & non-automotive customers. Mold Flow Analysis, Design Layout, tolerance stack ups, GD&T review & recommendations. Engineering data interface between customers and suppliers. Solid modeling, surfacing, and detailed drafting utilizing PRO-E 2001, Wildfire 1.0, 2.0 &3.0 on Windows 2000 and XP OS & CATIA V4 on a Unix platform. Some CATIA V5 Solid & Surfacing modeling on Windows XP OS. CADfix V6 software usage. Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, & Lotus Notes, Adobe Acrobat, & AS400 system usage. SmarTeam PDM usage.

1997–2000: Chemtech Plastics, Inc. Elgin, IL Design Engineer
Design and detailing of injection plastics molds for automotive, food service, and industrial products. Mold Flow Analysis. Engineering data interface between customers and suppliers. Document Control. Setup, use, and maintenance of SDRC’s I-DEAS Master Series software and data exchange as well as AutoCAD R14 & 2000.

1988–1997: Methode Electronics, Inc. A.E.C.D. Carthage, IL Project Engineer/SDRC Administrator, Product Engineer, Senior Product Designer
Product Designer Design of electro-mechanical components and entire assemblies used in the production of OEM automotive switches for Chrysler, Ford/Mazda, & GM. Close working relationship with manufacturing engineering, suppliers, and customers. Continuous improvement of products in switch programs from initial concept through and beyond production. Administration of SDRC’s I-DEAS Master Series on WindowsNT platform. Computervision Personal Designer CAD software use. CATIA Modeling. Manual Drafting including Technical Illustrations for assembly and presentations.

Prior to 1988: I have experience as a civil engineering technician (drafting and survey crew) working for HNTB in the Overland Park, KS. Office, and Mclure Engineering in the Macomb, Il. Office.