2-Mile High Tool and Die - Bailey CO

Owner January 2014 - Present

• All responsibilities of a business owner in the Tool and Die Industry

Band-It Idex - Denver CO

Sr. Manufacturing Engineer January 2008 - May 2015

• Identify opportunities and implement changes to improve products or reduce costs using knowledge of fabrication processes, tooling and production equipment, assembly methods, quality control standards, or product design, materials and parts.

Band-It Idex - Denver CO

Manager of Components and Support services January 1999 - January 2008

• Managed the Tool and Die Department

• Managed the Punch Press Stamping Department

• Oversee activities directly related to making products or providing services.

• Direct and coordinate activities of businesses or departments concerned with the production, pricing, sales, or distribution of products.

• Manage staff, preparing work schedules and assigning specific duties.

• Establish and implement departmental policies, goals, objectives, and procedures, conferring with board members, organization officials, and staff members as necessary.

• Determine staffing requirements, and interview, hire and train new employees, or oversee those personnel processes.

Band-It Idex - Denver CO

Tool and Die Supervisor May 1996 - January 1999

• Managed all Tool and Die Makers along with Punch Press Operations

Band-It Idex - Denver CO

Tool and Die Maker June 1992 - May 1998

• Study blueprints, sketches, models, or specifications to plan sequences of operations for fabricating tools, dies, or assemblies.

• Verify dimensions, alignments, and clearances of finished parts for conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments such as calipers, gauge blocks, micrometers, and dial indicators.

• Visualize and compute dimensions, sizes, shapes, and tolerances of assemblies, based on specifications.

• Set up and operate conventional or computer numerically controlled machine tools such as lathes, milling machines, and grinders to cut, bore, grind, or otherwise shape parts to prescribed dimensions and finishes.

• File, grind, shim, and adjust different parts to properly fit them together.

• Fit and assemble parts to make, repair, or modify dies, jigs, gauges, and tools, using machine tools and hand tools.

• Conduct test runs with completed tools or dies to ensure that parts meet specifications, making adjustments as necessary.

• Inspect finished dies for smoothness, contour conformity, and defects.

• Smooth and polish flat and contoured surfaces of parts or tools, using scrapers, abrasive stones, files, emery cloths, or power grinders.

• Lift, position, and secure machined parts on surface plates or worktables, using hoists, vises, v-blocks, or angle plates.

• Measure, mark, and scribe metal or plastic stock to lay out machining, using instruments such as protractors, micrometers, scribes, and rulers.

• Cut, shape, and trim blanks or blocks to specified lengths or shapes, using power saws, power shears, rules, and hand tools.

• Design jigs, fixtures, and templates for use as work aids in the fabrication of parts or products.

• Select metals to be used from a range of metals and alloys, based on properties such as hardness and heat tolerance.

• Set up and operate drill presses to drill and tap holes in parts for assembly.

• Develop and design new tools and dies, using computer-aided design software.

• Set pyrometer controls of heat-treating furnaces and feed or place parts, tools, or assemblies into furnaces to harden.

Band-It Idex - Denver CO

Mills and Drills Operator

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Alaska Quality Lodge - Junea AK

Captain of Charter Boat May 1991 - September 1991

• Steer and operate vessels, using radios, depth finders, radars, lights, buoys, or lighthouses.

• Compute positions, set courses, and determine speeds, using charts, area plotting sheets, compasses, sextants, and knowledge of local conditions.

• Inspect vessels to ensure efficient and safe operation of vessels and equipment and conformance to regulations.

• Measure depths of water, using depth-measuring equipment.

• Direct or coordinate crew members or workers performing activities such as loading or unloading cargo, steering vessels, operating engines, or operating, maintaining, or repairing ship equipment.

• Monitor the loading or discharging of cargo or passengers.

• Maintained all fishing gear and trained clients on how to catch Salmon, Halibut, Rockfish, cleaned and prepped all fish for transport with clients, customer service with clients’ needs

National Wire and Stamping - Englewood CO

Tool and Die Maker December 1987 - April 1991

Redfeild Rifle Scope Manufacture - Denver CO

Tool and Die Maker October 1986 - November 1987

Rodgers Associates Tool and Die - Rochester NY

Tool and Die Maker Apprentice March 1983 - August 1986

Geneva Tool and Manufacturing - Geneva NY

Machinist/Precision Wood worker October 1981 - February 1983

United States Air force

Aircraft Armament Systems Specialist May 1977 - October 1980

• Maintained, troubleshoot, repair of aircraft armament systems. Loaded and Unloaded Nuclear Missiles, Bombs on B-52 aircraft

Education

Mynderse Academy - Seneca Falls NY

High School Diploma, Jun 1976

• 2 years of Vocational school completed while in high school also.

Community College of the Finger Lakes - Canandaigua NY

Completed coursework towards Wildlife Management, Dec 1976

Finger Lakes Occupational School - Flint NY

Jan. 1981-Jun 1981

• Learned to operate lathes and milling machines

National Tooling and Machining Institute - Rochester, NY

Oct. 1982–March 1983

• 6 Month precision Machining class, see class evaluation form

Additional Skills

• 6 month Certificate of Professional Management course completed through Mountain States Employer Council on 5/1/1986

• Machine safeguarding class completed through Rockford Systems on 11/30/1999

• Six Sigma Green Belt Certification completed through Six Sigma Qualtek on 1/1/2002

• Achieve Global Leadership for Results training completed through Band-It on 8/15/2007

• Osha 10 hour Occupational safety and Health Training completed through Band-It on 6/9/2008

• Solidworks Essentials: parts and Assemblies completed through MCAD on 9/12/2008

• Solidworks Drawings completed through MCAD on 1/21/2009

• Solidworks Advanced part Modeling completed through MCAD on 2/25/2009

• Solidworks Advanced Assembly Modeling completed through MCAD on 3/27/2009

• Project Management course completed through CCD on 3/15/2011