I am a mechanical engineer specializing in:

• Management of complex projects with accelerated timelines, from concept development through production and commissioning while matching vendor capabilities with client expectations.

• Management of mixed disciplinary teams with competing interests.

• Hands on design and engineering of structural systems using non-traditional materials.

• 3d “digital twin” modeling, mechanical drawing for production, and complex engineering analysis using ANSYS.

• Design, integration, and building of mixed mechanical and electrical systems.

• Proof of concept and prototype development with validation testing and documentation.

• Use of:

o 3-5 axis machining of a variety of steel, stainless steel, aluminum, brass/bronze and titanium alloys

o Complex fabrication of steel, and stainless steel alloys using GTAW, GMAW and electron beam welding

o Extrusion of aluminum, brass, and bronze

o Investment, slip, and sand casting in a variety of steel, and stainless steel alloys

o Mechanical forming of sheet and plate steel, stainless steel, and aluminum

o Use of a variety of surface finishing techniques including anodizing, galvanizing, nitriding, electroplating, blackening, fluoropolymer paint and coil coatings, and powder coating.

Commonwealth Fusion Systems, Devens MA

• Finalized the structural design of large bitter plate cryogenic magnets for use in one of the first commercially viable fusion systems

• Lead teams of mechanical and magnet engineers to solve structural problems on heart stopping timelines

• Collaborated with the scientists and engineers at the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center on the structural, thermal and electrical design of various cryogenic copper magnets for use in Tokamaks

Tripyramid Structures Inc, Westford MA

• Managed the day-to-day design and engineering priorities of mixed group of engineers, architects, and manufacturing specialists.

• Directly worked with clients, contractors, and vendors to develop projects and ensure quality from concept, through design, to final installation.

• Communicated design and engineering work with 3d models, CAD sketches, dimensional drawings, and shop and assembly drawing packages using Solidworks, Rhino and AutoCAD.

• Provided engineering support for all ongoing project work using hand calculations, custom applications and structural analysis using ANSYS.

• Developed engineering narratives and engineering calculation packages as required to justify and validate design work.

• Developed test/ validation protocols to prove out engineering and design.

• Designed and built custom mechanical, electrical and hydraulic equipment to support internal R&D.

• Provided mentoring and leadership training to help grow the next generation of engineers and architects.

Tripyramid Structures Inc

• Managed the day-to-day requirements of a variety of external and internal projects including:

• Interacting directly with project clients and associated contractors

• Interacting directly with manufacturing vendors including machining, fabrication/forming, casting (stainless steel and alloy steel) and aluminum extruding.

• Developed and communicated project and hardware designs via 3d models, sketch and shop drawing packages, and piece and assembly drawings for manufacturing.

• Developed engineering narratives and engineering calculation packages as required to justify and validate design work.

• Provided day to day engineering support to other staff project managers and architects including spot calculations during design through to full calculation packages.

Deep Ocean Engineering, San Leandro CA

• Led a mixed engineering team in the mechanical and electrical development of:

• A novel class of underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to simplify manufacturing and constructability, increase mission flexibility, and enhance survivability.

• A line of prototype, all electric brushless DC thrusters, fiber optic connectors and composite pressure vessels for use at full ocean depth pressures (~16,000psi)

• Supported the ongoing production and development of four classes of legacy ROV product lines including nuclear rated vehicles.

Deep Ocean Engineering, San Leandro CA

• Collaborated with a small team of mechanical and electrical engineers to develop small semi-autonomous, benthic landers for deployment and retrieval of subsea deep water monitoring instruments.

• Developed concepts and prototype hardware for snake like locomotion to compete for and eventually satisfy both phase 1 and 2 of a US Navy SBIR (Small Business Initiative Research) grant.

• Independently lead the development and engineering of a less than 70-pound observation class, subsea vehicles for use by naval EOD operators for ship hull inspection and intrusion detection.Item description

Tripyramid Structures Inc, Westford MA

• Worked as an engineer in training to support a variety of architectural and structural projects.

• Worked as a manual machinist and leading the transition to CNC machining and use of CAM software

1993-1997

BS Mechanical Engineering, Alfred university

Overall GPA 3.5, Major GPA 3.8

• CAD: NX, Solidworks(3d), AutoCAD (2d), Rhino (3d and surfacing), Fusion360/Inventor (3d and CAM), KiCAD

• Analysis: ANSYS Mechanical, ANSYS HPC, Solidworks Simulation, Comsol, SkyCiv, AutoDesk Simulation Mechanical (Algor and Nastran)

• Office: MS Office Suite/Office 365, Project, MathCAD, Open/Libre Office, Slack, Asana, Vizio, Lucid Charts

• Code: VSCode, Jupyter Notebook/Lab, Git (using Windows, Linux and MacOS)

• Skilled machinist (manual and CNC) and welder (GTAW and GMAW)

• PCB design, manufacturing, and stuffing/rework

• Prototype level coding and data analysis using C, C++, and Python

• Skilled at the use of 3d printing (SLA, MSLA, FDM) and 3d printer design

• Skilled with the design, build and troubleshooting hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical systems.

• Skilled in the use of strain gauges, a variety of process instrumentation and sensors, and data collection devices and software.

• Familiar with ABB industrial robots, Robot Studio and RAPID programing

• Certified fork truck driver, and familiar with a variety of construction lifts and equipment

• Lazy long distance bike touring where the destination is not really the point.

• Downhill and cross-country skiing because let’s not kid ourselves, winter is the best season.

• Fantastic cooking since capers were created by unicorns and white wine is not for drinking only.

• Making kitchen knives, because absolutely no one knows how to cut a tomato like I do….