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conceptual design / industrial design and styling of new products including: (sketching

3-d cad models

Photo-realistic renderings

Mockups

And artwork) utilizing adobe photoshop and adobe illustrator.
project / program management – from concept to production
cost estimating

Design for cost reduction

Proposal preparation

Customer relations

Project scheduling

And manufacturing planning – use of ms project.
3d cad modeling using: solidworks (currently 2011)with photoworks

Cosmosworks designer fea

Pdmworks

9-10k hours. training in pro/e wildfire

Used unigraphics nx

Request resume and examples of my work  for more information

Product Design Consultant - ID & Mechanical Design

•Inventor  on Three US & Foreign Patents in 2006 for Patton Medical, Medtronic Mini-Med, and OxySure Systems. Several applications in the works
• Concept Design / Industrial Design (sketching, 3-D CAD models, photo-realistic renderings Currently using KeyShot 3.3 Pro.
• Project / Program Mgmt.
• Cost Estimates,DFM,Proposals,Budgets,Customer Relations, Project Schedules,Mfg. Planning 
• 3D CAD: I have my own seat of SolidWorks 2010 -2013, Keyshot 4.0 Rendering, and I have a seat of Creo 2 as well, but don't use it much.
• FDA Good Design Practices- design history file, etc.
• R&D including: sourcing,supplier evaluation,material selection.
• Rapid Prototypes: SLA,SLS,CNC,FDM, Objet
•  Ergonomics / Human Factors
• Tool Design / Procurement: injection / blow molds.
• Enclosure / E/M packaging design including: 3-D layouts metal, electronic hardware,fasteners, LCD's, LED's,(surface mount), heatsinks,cooling comps,conductive rubber,tactile clik-dome keypads, flex circuits, ribbon cables, USB, (ISO) DIN components, PCB mech. layouts,EM/RFI shielding concepts.
• Part design for: injection molding, fabricated plastic, plastic /aluminum extrusions, RIM, blow molding, thermoforming (pressure forming), Gas-Assist molding, Structural Foam molding, die cast Aluminum/Zinc/ Magnesium, MIM design,CNC parts.
• 1st Article Inspection (FAI), and QC / Metrology.
• Injection molding decorating processes: pad printing, hot stamping, painting (low VOC and powder coating), silk-screening, IMD / IML (in-mold decorating) Labels / overlays, nameplates
• Part / assembly design detailing to ANSI and ISO standards. Created BOM’s, (COGS), and ECO’s.
• Procurement skills which include: Supplier Evaluation and Selection, Contract Negotiation, RFQ’s, Proposal Prep.,RFQ's, Purchase Order execution 
• Written / oral presentations, design reviews, brainstorming, written reports as req'd.

Specialties: medical devices - hand-held, electronic, disposable
consumer products - all kinds

I have recently relocated my product design consulting business from Texas to California.  I am looking to establish relationships with consulting firms, medical device, and consumer products companies in Orange County, San Diego Area, and SF Bay Area. 

I have had customers in the SF Bay Area, So. Cal (OC and San Diego area), AZ, MN, TX, and CO.  

Selected Projects: (many others not listed)
•Cirtec Medical - Los Gatos, CA
•Studio Backs - San Francisco, CA SolidWorks CAD work (Samsung Digital Camera 3-D SolidWorks, Ceiva Share Digital Picture Frame, Thursday Innovations Laptop Carrying Case) 
•Karten Design - Marina Del Rey, CA (Duracell Flashlight mechanical Part Design & Documentation)
•KCI – wound vac components, and vacuum system concepts while at Avail Medical
•Neurometrics / HEI Brain Monitoring Headset
•Weatherford International – Rack Mount System enclosure (oil field down hole data logging)
•Bioptix –Accolade, a small footprint, 4-cell biodetector system,  Boulder, Colorado 


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