Plastic Products Part Design and Product Development Consultant

Technical Consultant #2328

Mechanical engineer providing 30 years of experience developing products for mass production.
Product design using engineering plastics (nylon, acetal, and polycarbonate).
Technical expert in colors, materials, and finishes, with expertise in color matching, color tolerances, appearance requirements, appearance evaluation methods, acceptance criteria.
Problem solver with a thorough knowledge of engineering processes, troubleshooter, skilled in analytical and intuitive approaches.
Interpretation of complex product requirements and developing design concepts into fully engineered products, from prototype stage through production release.
High volume plastics design and production.
Industrial support for designers, engineers, product development teams including, tool makers-fabrication, molders, material suppliers, contract manufactures and product design firms.
Plastic part design and material selection for injection molding.

Undisclosed Company, Owner and Chief Engineer, 2006 - Present

Founder of consulting company providing services in plastics technology to select clients in the wireless, medical, and consumer products industries.
Primary focus on guiding product concepts into full-scale production.
Primary consultant for all technical projects.
Sourced and hired personnel (technical, marketing, administrative).
Developed training programs in plastic material selection.
Responsible for company branding, marketing, and business development.
Assisting manufacturing companies seeking a competitive edge in the global marketplace through design and develop products for mass production.
Industrial support working with designers, engineers, product development teams including: tool makers-fabrication, molders, material suppliers, contract manufactures and product design firms.
High volume plastics design and production.

Projects

Lytx, Cisco Consumer Products Division, Underwater Kinetics, Tandem Diabetes Care, Encap Technologies, Watershot.
Development of the iDive housing for the iPad, the world's first fully functional touch screen device for underwater use.
Featured in Apple advertisements.

Quartus Engineering - PDG Hightower, San Diego, CA, 2002 - 2006

Consulting Mechanical Engineer

Mechanical engineering of parts and sub-assemblies for the wireless and consumer electronic industries. Responsible for fit, form, and function of user interaction components.

Projects

Motorola Personal Communications Sector, Libertyville, IL, Staff Engineer, 2000 - 2002

Member of Appearance Technology Center: investigated new materials, finishes, and decorative processes and facilitated their use in personal communications products.
Primary responsibility for metal and metallic finishes, including in-mold decorating, plastics plating, aluminum anodizing, and PVD.
Spearheaded development of anodized color and texture palette on replaceable aluminum housings for V60i phone.

Independent Consultant, 2000 - 2002

Mechanical engineering of plastic parts and components, prototyping, testing, vendor liaison, manufacturing support.
Key Assignments: Eli Lilly / IDEO Product Development, Nellcor Puritan Bennett, Skil-Bosch Power Tool Company, Whirlpool Corp.
Member of new product development team for SRAM Corporation, a bicycle component manufacturer. Responsible for design integrity and manufacturability of shifters, derailleurs, and braking systems.

DuPont Engineering, Wilmington, DE, 1986 - 1995

Senior Design Specialist-Polymer Department

Provided design support and technical assistance to major DuPont customers as a value added service of global Sales and Development Groups. Customer base included key OEM sales accounts along with development projects at targeted major manufacturers.
Developed a child safety mechanism for use in disposable lighters
Charter Member, DuPont Center for Creativity and Excellence

License

Academic and Professional Affiliations

Awards

Recipient - IAPD Plastics Design Competition (Award)
Presented by the Association of American Publishers, the Awards for Professional and Scholarly
Excellence (PROSE) recognize works of great merit that add groundbreaking knowledge to the arts

Publications

Author of numerous publications in peer reviewed journals educational text, publications found in 120 libraries (holding permanent status-reported by WorldCat) and in 20 countries.