West Jordan, Utah, United States
Currently specializing in continuous process improvement and financial business administration. Focus on creating and managing efficiency initiatives and business systems and controls, including AS9100D certification for Rock West Composites' quality management system. Experienced in creating, maintaining and expanding company performance analysis tools to drive to planned values in terms of labor and material content, scrap/spillage and EBIT. Academic and professional background in analysis and design of commercial products using composite materials. Experienced with all aspects of product design, from concept generation through domestic and international mass production. Composites manufacturing experience: bladder molding, compression molding, VARTM, autoclave, roll wrapping, filament winding
Development of composite products from initial design/conceptualization into mass production and continued support (cradle-to-grave) 3D solid modeling Tooling/fixture design and machining Material/laminate selection Prototype creation Mechanical testing development Supervision of engineering technicians and junior engineers to complete critical tasks Developing and maintaining engineering drawings, work instructions, QC boundary samples, BOMs, part numbers, costing, and routing Timeline development including coordination with production planning and materials groups to accommodate vendor lead times and match forecasts Interaction with vendors and engineers in Asia to source components with appropriate quality standards Travel to Asia to oversee design and process validations for products designed PROJECTS Seat stay, seat tube and bottom bracket cluster for Seven Cycles road bicycle frames Reynolds Disc Wheel Powerex paddles (blade/shaft/handle)
Professor for ENGR 2140 – Strength (Mechanics) of Materials Responsible for lesson development/presentation, test preparation and grading
Investigated the use of non-traditional composite materials for multifunctional structural components in space applications Design/fabrication of sandwich and laminate composite materials Responsible for design of experiments, hypothesis testing, data reduction and oral/written presentation of results Modeled foam expansion under heat and vacuum and compared with empirical results Coauthor/speaker at SAMPE ‘06 “Multi-Functional Sandwich Composite Concepts for Spacecraft Applications: An Initial Assessment” Performed mechanical testing for research and contract work ASTM C-365, C-273, C-297, D-2344, D-5045, D-5528, D-5961 AITM (Airbus Industrie Test Method) 1-0002, 1-0007, 1-0008, 1-0010 Responsible for specimen preparation, instrumentation, test development and operation, design and manufacturing of experimental apparatus, data reduction and oral/written communication of results.