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Plastics Engineer, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Patent Infringement, Product Failure, Forensic Engineering, Plastics Industry, Photoluminescent Materials, Hot Runner Technology, Pulse Cooling, Sequential Cooling, Stack Molds, Conformal Coling, Thermal Pin Technology, Moldflow Analysis, 3D Mold Design, Tooling Optimization, Plastics Failure, Plastics Analysis, Plastics Manufacturing, Plastics Design, Plastics Setup, Polybutylene Pipe Failures, Premature Failure of Plastics Pipe, Concurrent Engineering, HDT Test, Mold Construction, Mold Injection,

Professional Experience

A Corporation| Brea, CA| 1998 to present
Technical and Management Consultant and Expert Witness

A Corporation | Pomona, CA| 1981 to 1998
President/Cofounder
Started Custom Injection Molding Business in 1981 and expanded to 27 machines, $8 million in revenue, Responsible or running the entire manufacturing operation with 105 employees including client contact, job Quotations, proposals, coordinating projects and presentation of reports. Developed computer program for Plastics molding operation- Researched and Developed major cost saving programs for customers. Responsibilities Included developing and training personnel, writing standard operating procedures, obtaining certifications, negotiating major contacts, and developing business plans for growth and expansion.

Rain Blrd Corporation| Glendora, CA| 1978 to 1981
Senior Plastics Engineer
Responsible for directing major cost reduction and product improvement projects. Carried out a number of significant assignments requiring detailed planning, organization, and coordination and selling. Provided technical services to entire engineering and quality assurance staff in the area of material selection, product development, processing, tooling design, and inspection techniques. Worked on many Research and Development projects. Conducted failure analysis n field returns, established Plastics test facility.

Nibco Inc.| Elkhart, IN | 1973 to 1978
Plastics Engineer
Responsibilities for providing technical services and training to all the departments in the company. Set up PVC compounding operation, central packaging system, water-quenching process to lower cycle time, expanded Injection Molding and Extrusion operations, develop formulations. Developed a computer program to analyze molds for cooling efficiency. Conducted Plastics training seminars for engineers, inspectors and sales personnel.

Technical and Management Expertise

Failure Analysis/ Expert witness

Reliability Assessment

Overall Plastics Manufacturing Operations Management

Business evaluation, study, analyze, recommend and implement

Design and Setup manufacturing facilities

Product and Tooling Design and Development

Project Management, Material contract negotiations

Material Selection and Specifications

Quality Assurance, Testing, SPC/SQC, ISO 9000

Research and literature surveys

Education

University of Massachusetts, Lowell, B.S. in Plastics Engineering

University of Massachusetts, Lowell, M.S. in Plastic Engineering

Professional Affiliations

SPE, Senior Member. SPI, Professional Member, SPI Board Member

Past President of Northern Indiana SPE Chapter.

Served as publications chairman, and Board member of So. Cal. SPE chapter.

Publications

Available upon request.

Teaching

Available upon request.

Relevant Work Experience

Available upon request.

 


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