Thomas Rathbun (585-342-8867) (585-300-5411) or trathbun@earthlink.net RESUME July 09
May09 to June09
CONTRACT: Volt Technical
CLIENT: Raytheon Missile Systems
REPORTING TO: Greg A. Trainor
JOB DESCRIPTION: Mechanical Drafter
Pro-Engineer Surfacing and solid Modeling, Design of tooling for Missile Guidance Systems transportation.
Detailing and Integration of existing shock mount into new concept enclosure and mobile unit.
Sept 07 To Feb 09
CONTRACT: I R P MultiMedia inc.
CLIENT: The Gunlocke Company, LLC
www.gunlocke.com
REPORTING TO: Chris Phillips
JOB DESCRIPTION: Design Engineer
Pro-Engineer Surfacing and solid Modeling, Design Check, Reverse Engineering, remodeling and redraw their Guest Chair product line in Pro-Engineer Wildfire 3.0.
Woodworking, Plastics and sheet metal, detailing of wood and welded office furniture. Conversion of files from AutoCAD 2d to ProE WF3.
May 07 to Sept 07
CONTRACT: Aerotek
CLIENT: Parker Hannifin Corp.
Parker Aerospace
Gas Turbine Fuel Systems Division
REPORTING TO: Gary King/Mark Iorillo
JOB DESCRIPTION: Mechanical Designer Pro-Engineer Surface and solid Modeling (Wildfire 2.0) and detailing of class 1 fuel injection components and fixturing for military and commercial aircraft using Military and GD&T. ASME Y14.5M standards. Forgings, Investment castings, precision machining, brazing and EDM.
Jan07 to May07 CONTRACT:
CLIENT: Hughes Networks Systems
REPORTING TO: Larry Cronise
JOB DESCRIPTION: Senior Designer
Pro-Engineer Modeling (Wildfire 2.0) and detailing of 19” racks and components for hi-speed satellite broadband servers. Sheet Metal design, and electronics packaging. COURSES and TRAINING TAKEN: Ethics and Compliance, Export Control Awareness and ISO 9001 part1 & 2.
Sept06 to Nov06
CONTRACT: I R P MultiMedia inc. /
CLIENT: Plug Power Inc.
Stack
Latham, NY 12110
REPORTING TO: Kevin Mease
JOB DESCRIPTION: Design EngineerMaintain and qualify first article castings, Back check plate design tutorial standard and benchmarking.
Aug04 to Sept06
REPORTING TO: Dhirendra Damji, JimD’Aleo
JOB DESCRIPTION: Mechanical DesignerCAD (Pro Engineer Wildfire, Intralink V3.3, PDM link, Microsoft office) As a member of the Stack CEO Engineering team some of the task I was responsible for were Architecture and Configuration Management, Product Conceptualization, Skeleton/Relation Driven Stack & Plate Design, 3d Solid Modeling, Design of Castings, Preparation of models, (for Mechanica FEA, Compression analysis and Fatigue analysis). Water jet cutting, compression molding composites and Fiber Glass Molding of stack insulation pieces, Compression Molded Plastic Pieces, Die Cast Stack End Plates, Sheet Metal Design, Fixture Design and Detail Drawings using GD&T. ASME Y14.5M - 1994.
May03 to Aug04
CONTRACT: Summit National
15 Braintree Hill Park
Braintree, Ma 02184
CLIENT: Plug Power Inc.
968 Albany-Shaker Road
Latham, NY 12110
REPORTING TO: Eric White, Rich Chartrand
JOB DESCRIPTION: Engineering Design Consultant
CAD ( Wildfire, Pro Engineer V2001, Intralink V3.2), Conceptual Design,
Packaging Layouts, Design, Solid Modeling, Animation, Tolerance Studies,
rendered illustrations and detailing, and electrical schematics and logic
diagrams of PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) hydrogen pump stacks and hydrogen
home refueling stations. Preparation and delivery of models
for fabrication, Ansys FEA and flow analysis. Vendor
technical support.
COURSES and TRAINING TAKEN: Intralink V3.2, Pro/Engineer Wildfire 3 Training, Safety Training. Wildfire 2.0, ProductView 8.0, GD&T Fundamentals Y14.5M-1994, Geometric Dimension and Tolerancing Applications, and Process Capable Tolerancing, and Tolerance Stack-ups.
May02 to May03
CONTRACT: I R P MultiMedia inc.
CLIENT: Multiple
JOB DESCRIPTION: Producer/Graphics
designer/Designer
3D modeling (Pro Engineer) of audio/visual furniture for web catalogs.
Audio/Video post production & animation using
Pro/Engineer, Interactive Product Animator, LightWave, Inscriber TM, Smartsound
and Adobe Premiere and Photoshop. Graphic and web design using Flash MX,
Interactive Product Animator, LightWave, Netscape Composer and Bryce 3d.
FEB 00 to May 02
CONTRACT: Applied Mechanical
Technologies (in house)
7931 Rae Blvd.
Victor, NY 14564
CLIENT: Kirtas Technologies Inc.
Los Gatos, CA 95032
REPORTING TO: Tuck Taylor
JOB DESCRIPTION: Designer
CAD ( Pro Engineer V2000I Interactive Product
Animator) Design, Solid Modeling, and animation of hi-speed book scanning test
fixtures.
CONTRACT: Applied Mechanical
Technologies (in house)
CLIENT: Kodak
Rochester NY 14650
REPORTING TO: Mike Lesczynski
JOB DESCRIPTION: Designer
CAD ( Pro Engineer V2000i, Interactive Product Animator) Machine Design, Solid
Modeling, trade show animation, and Detailing, of film drying and processing
systems.
March 01 to Oct 01
CONTRACT: Applied Mechanical
Technologies
CLIENT: CVC/Veeco
525 Lee Rd.
Rochester,NY 14606
REPORTING TO: Bill Messner
JOB DESCRIPTION: Designer
CAD ( Pro Engineer V2000i, Pro/Intralink ), Design, Solid Modeling, and
Detailing, of wafer deposition tooling for the data storage industry using High
Vacuum CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition).
CONTRACT: Applied Mechanical
Technologies
CLIENT: Plug Power Inc.
968 Albany-Shaker Road
Latham, NY 12110
REPORTING TO: Jim Kralick (Sr.
Project Engineer)
JOB DESCRIPTION: Designer
CAD ( Pro Engineer V2000i, ), Design, Solid Modeling,
Detailing, of environmental preparation components for PEM fuel cells.
REPORTING TO: Ryan Dunham (Engineer)
JOB DESCRIPTION: Designer
CAD (Pro Engineer V20), Design, Solid Modeling, Detailing, of environmental
preparation components for PEM fuel cells.
REPORTING TO: Cliff Gibbons
(Engineer)
JOB DESCRIPTION: Design Engineer
CAD (Pro Engineer V20, Pro/Intralink), Design, Solid Modeling, Sheet Metal
Modeling, Enclosure Design. Electro-Mechanical systems
packaging design.
JULY99 to DEC99
CONTRACT: Total Technical Services
Inc./ IRP MultiMedia inc. (1099)
CLIENT: Areoglide Corp.
100 Areoglide Dr.
Raleigh, NC 27511
REPORTING TO: Mark Paulson (VP
Operations)
JOB DESCRIPTION:Mechanical Designer
CAD ( Pro Engineer V20, Pro/Intralink), Solid Modeling, Complex Sheet Metal
Modeling, Structural Steel design, piping, large weldment assemblies sheet
metal machine guard design and detailing of industrial dryer equipment.
Hardware and CAD license supplied and maintained.
JULY 98 to JULY 99
CONTRACT: I R P MultiMedia
inc. ( 1099 )
CLIENTS: Xerox Corp., Solid
Advice Consulting,CAD CAM Inc., Corning Glass, Torrey
Pines Research, American Swiss Products Company Inc., LaserMax
Inc., Applied Mechanical Technologies
JOB DESCRIPTION: Design
Consultant
CAD ( Pro Engineer V18, V20, PT Modeler, IPA) Solid modeling, Sheet Metal
Modeling, design and detailing of toner transfer lab test fixtures, materials
handling equipment and robotics, paper conversion dies, sub-micro-mechanisms.
2d animated motion studies, 3d animated assemblies. Internet
vendor and patent searches. File translations to and from Intergraph
EMS, Pro/e and SDRC on Sun UNIX and Windows NT 4.0 platforms. Web Page Design & development. Web Publishing, PC
hardware design, build, upgrades and repair.
MAR 96 to JUNE 98
CONTRACT: Kelly Technical
CLIENT: Xerox Corp.
Rochester, N.Y. 14644
Corporate Research and Technology
REPORTING TO: Don Fisher (
Research and Engineering mngr )
JOB DESCRIPTION: Sr. Designer
CAD ( Pro Engineer V15, V16,V17&V18, PROPDM ) Solid, surface modeling,
detailing and build of electro-photographic lab test fixtures, linkage mechanisms,
and paper path sub-systems, 2d animated motion studies, Modification and design
of high speed printing test fixtures.
COURSES and TRAINING TAKEN: Troubleshooting and Maintenance of IBM PCs &
Compatibles (SkillPath Seminars), Docushare and Class3+ Laser Safety.
AUG 95 to MAR 96
CONTRACT: I R P MultiMedia
inc. ( 1099 )
CLIENT: Hill-Rom
1069 State Route Hwy 46
Batesville, IN 47006-9167
Engineering
REPORTING TO: Ray Grella ( VP
Operations )
JOB DESCRIPTION: Sr. Designer
CAD ( Pro Engineer V14 and V15 ) Solid, surface modeling and detailing of
ejection, roto and rim molded plastic parts for a neo-natal intensive care
unit. Model file preparation for finite element and thermal
analysis for Pro-Mechanical, SDRC and Ansys. Computer
modem communications and plastic consulting. Assistant system
administrator on a Silicon Graphics platform CAD/CAE
Network.
AUG 94 to AUG 95
CONTRACT: Alliance Group (
CLIENT: Hill-Rom
REPORTING TO: Vern Bremmer
(chief engineer)
Dave Newkirk (industrial
designer)
JOB DESCRIPTION: Designer
CAD (Intergraph EMS 3D 3.0)
Solid, surface modeling and detailing of air/heater sub-systems. Conceptual design, design, mass property analysis, and static
loading calculations of plastic frame, housing and enclosure parts for a
neo-natal intensive care unit. Test fixturing of convective systems for
engineering models. Telecommunications of IGES files,
COURSES and TRAINING TAKEN: GE Plastics Advance Design Seminar. GE Polymer
Chemistry, Pro/E Basic training, Pro/E advanced surfacing.
MAY 94 to AUG 94
CONTRACT: Tech Aid (
CLIENT: Roper Corp.
1507
Engineering
REPORTING TO: Randy Mauritzen
(drafting dept. manager )
JOB DESCRIPTION: Designer
CAD ( Intergraph EMS 3D 2.0)
Design and graphic layouts of control panels for household appliances. Microwave, and electric oven packaging design. 3D solid modeling of sheet metal, plastic and extruded parts.
Sheet metal shop interface and trouble shooting, for laser cut sheet metal
patterns. Import, export and debug of IGES and DXF CAD files from Intergraph
into AutoCAD V12_c2. Technical Illustration of manufacturing
instructions. Revision of existing drawings.
NOV 93 to JAN 94
CONTRACT: International
Consulting Group
CLIENT: Miles Diagnostics
Division
Tarrytown, N.Y. 10591-5097
Engineering Services
REPORTING TO: Alex Kerr (
engineering manager )
JOB DESCRIPTION: Designer CAD
( Intergraph EMS 2D 2.4) Assembly and detail drawing composition and
revision, and software integration drawings, for medical diagnostic equipment
(hematology).
AUG 83 to AUG 93
CONTRACT: Superior Design
CLIENT: Xerox Corp.
Rochester, N.Y. 14644
Office Document Systems - Feb
93 to Aug 93
REPORTING TO: Joe May ( unit mngr.)
JOB DESCRIPTION: Designer
CAD (Intergraph EMS 3D solid modeling 2.7) design layout of registration
subsystem for a mid volume product line of printer and copier systems.
Mid Volume Products - July 91
to Feb 93
REPORTING TO: Tom Bitter (unit
mngr.)
JOB DESCRIPTION: Designer
CAD (Intergraph 3D solid
modeling) design layouts and detailing of document handling
devices. Secondary training of Intergraph operators.
Business Product & Systems Group - April 86 to July 91
REPORTING TO: Gary Minagawa
(unit mngr.)
Tom Kane (section mngr.)
Dick Schieck ( unit mngr/ME )
Tim Pinckney ( unit mngr/ME )
JOB DESCRIPTION: Designer A
CAD ( Intergraph 3D solid modeling ) design layouts, tolerance studies,
assembly and detail drawings, documentation, debug and engineering support of
enclosure subsystem, data loading of existing frame design. Latch design and
redesign, design of miscellaneous plastic and sheet metal parts for drive,
paper handling and NOHAD subsystems. Beta testing of MEDS,XMEDS,DSMS,
and Xerox matrix software and functional consulting on CAD work and
documentation
processes.
Centralized Products - Aug 84
to April 86
REPORTING TO: Don Tickner (
unit mngr./ME )
JOB DESCRIPTION: Designer A
Machine architecture ( manual drawing ), frame test fixture, cover design layout,
build, debug and engineering support, CAD ( 2D Intergraph ) detailing of
enclosure subsystem for electro optic scanning module.
Engineering Products-May 84 to
Aug 84
REPORTING TO: Barbara Waal
(unit mngr. /EE)
JOB DESCRIPTION: Designer B
Detail drawing and test targets for prototype electro optical scanning product.
REPORTING TO: Bill Bailey
(drafting mngr.)
JOB DESCRIPTION: Designer B
Design layout and details of engineering models and prototypes. Design and
details of high vacuum microelectronics lab fixture control and supply
systems in a class 100 cleanroom environment.
Redesign of shutter drive
system for e-beam deposition chamber.
COURSES and TRAINING TAKEN: "Creative Problem Solving",
"Design For Assembly",
"Product Delivery System", "Mech. Engineering Design
Software", "Continual Supplier
Involvement", "Viewpoint 1.2", "Approaching Mechanical
Engineering Design" ( TME 4300), Engineering Modeling Software basic,
detailing, modeling ( Intergraph EMS ).
US
PATENT NO. 5201425 - AUG 91 (Shock absorbing scuffer roll)
Sept 81 to May 83
CONTRACT: Superior Design
CLIENT: Mobil Chemical
Mobil
Tech Center
Macedon, N.Y.14502
REPORTING TO: Cliff
Smith (drafting mngr.)
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Mechanical Designer Structural design and static loading calculations of
steel mezzanines and nip towers. Equipment layouts, and third party checking of product
extrusion lines. Design, checking and detailing of
plastic web handling devices.
COURSES and TRAINING TAKEN: Firefighting.
Aug 80 to SEP 81
CONTRACT: Butler Service Group
CLIENT: Burroughs Corp.
1150 University Ave.
Roch.N.Y.14607
Printing Engineering B.F.Div.
REPORTING TO: Leo Miller
(section mngr/ME)
JOB DESCRIPTION: Mechanical
Designer
Disassembly, inspection, modification, and assembly of existing
paper conversion die unit. Design layout, sub-assembly, and detail
checking of similar die unit. Sketches, isometric and prospective drawings,
design layout, assembly drawing, sub-assembly drawing, detail drawing and
checking of paper conversion tooling.
AUG 79 to AUG 80
CONTRACT: Perno Latone Assoc.
CLIENT: Sybron Corp. ( Pfaudler )
1000 West Ave.
Roch.
N.Y. 14611
REPORTING TO: Victor
Biller (filler engineering mngr.)
JOB DESCRIPTION: Layout
Designer-Mech.
Sensor, infeed transfer, closer interface, feed screw drive, turret guard and change part layout drawings, for customer order
industrial filling equipment.
NOV 76 to AUG 79
CONTRACT: Allstates
Design
CLIENT: Xerox Corp.
Roch. N.Y. 14644
REPORTING TO: Bruce Henery ( Drafting Mngr. )
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Designer B
Product design support, design layout, check layout, assembly, sub-assembly and
detail
drawings.
REPORTING TO: John
Sunquist ( Drafting Mngr. )
JOB DESCRIPTION: Draftsman A
Product design support, sub-assembly and detail drawings.
REPORTING TO: Chuck Vullo ( Drafting Mngr. )
JOB DESCRIPTION: Draftsman A
Product design support, sub-assembly and detail drawings.
APRIL 74 to NOV 76
Techtran Industries
Henrietta, N.Y.
REPORTING TO: Hank
Jankowiak ( Elec. Design Engineer )
JOB DESCRIPTION: Draftsman
All electro-mechanical
drafting and documentation, P.C.boards, layouts, checking, schematics, block
diagrams, assemblies, hole charts, service manuals, logic diagrams, redesign
and detailing of tape drives, enclosure design, and chassis layout for 8400
datacassette and 9400 floppy disc product lines.
SEP 70 to APRIL 74
General Railway Signal
800 West Ave.
Roch.N.Y.14611
REPORTING TO: George
Alexander ( Chief Draftsman )
JOB DESCRIPTION: Mech.
Detailer
Revision and composition of layout, assembly, sub-assembly and detail drawings.
JOB DESCRIPTION: Tracer
Revision and composition of block diagrams, purchased part, detail, logic
diagrams, schematics, board assembly and system module drawings.
AUG
69 to AUG 70
Erdle Perforating
1000 Pixley Industrial Pkwy.
Roch.N.Y.14624
REPORTING TO: Hank Hanes (forman)
JOB DESCRIPTION: Operator's
Assistant Sheet metal fabrication machinery. (Breaks, slitters, punch presses
and cut offs)
EDUCATION: Graduate
of Teletronics School System Inc.
Licensed by New York
State Dpmt. of Education
American School Of
Drafting - AUG 69 to AUG 70
DIRECTOR: Patrick
Farzaroli
COURSE DESCRIPTION: 1000
hrs. of board training with lectures in
Basic Projection, Mathematics I & II, Dimensioning, Detailing I&II,
Y14.2, Electronics, Printed Circuitry, Packaging, Exploded Views and Advanced
Electro - Mechanical Project design.
ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE at medium to
expert proficiency :
Pro/engineer V15 (thru Wildfire), Productview, ProPDM, ProSheetmetal,
ProIntralink, ProDiagram, Bunkspeed Hypershot, Solidworks, Interactive Product
Animator, Intergraph EMS, MEDS and IDGS, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere,
VideoAction, Truespace, Trispectives Technical, Bryce 3D, Poser, Autodesk
Animator Studio, Autocad V12_c1, Microstation V4, V5,
MS95, DCL, Fortran, Lotus Notes, Unix, Irix 3.5, DOS, Netscape, Internet
Explorer, Microsoft Windows, Windows 95, Windows NT V3.51, 4.0,Windows 2000,
Windows XP, Vista, OpenOfice, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, and
Access. Sonar, Sound Forge, Audacity, Sonic Desktop,
Smartsound, and Jammer Pro.