Mechanical Engineer / Product Development Manager;
1. Twenty-eight years experience in solving technical problems and
making design and development trade-off decisions.
2. Expertise in selecting materials, in specifying manufacturing
methods and in selecting suppliers appropriate for intended use,
appropriate quality and costs.
3. Expertise in labeling; including warnings and cautions.
4. Expertise in patent claims and alternate design and manufacturing
methods.
Experienced with varied products including:
5. Tools (power tools, powder actuated tools, chain-saws, hand tools).
6. Sporting equipment (camping equipment, baseballs, camping
furniture, bungies).
7. Electro-mechanical systems and Opto-mechanical systems (computers
and peripherals, high tech test equipment, monitors, projector
systems).
8. Manufacturing equipment (molding machines, automated assembly
equipment, aluminum crushers, conveyors, robots, Lockout/Tagout
procedures).
9. Automotive systems and Aircraft systems (braking systems,
suspension systems, operator placement, access and controls,
automatic bus doors, interlock systems).
10. Medical equipment and disposables (artificial kidney machines,
sterilized disposables and tubing, patient monitors).
11. Consumer products (furniture, plastics chairs, appliances,
novelty items).
Specific areas of expertise include:
12. Total product development process (Design, Marketing,
Manufacturing, Supplier management, Design validation, Quality &
Product Regulations).
13. Application of industry standards to the design and development
process including UL, CSA, IEC, OSHA, DOT, ISO, ANSI, ASTM
14. Failure analysis of physical evidence to establish probable
cause: defect-of-design, defect-of-manufacture or defect-of-
maintenance.
15. Defect prevention methodologies in design, hazard analysis and
control methodologies in implementation.
16. Material selection and fabrication processes especially involving
plastic parts and adhesive bonding.
17. Accident reconstruction animations (technical accurate
animations!).
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