Stephen Myers

10090 E. 5th St., Tucson, AZ 85748M: 520-780-8279; Email: smyers0516@yahoo.com

OBJECTIVE:Senior Mechanical Design Engineer ~ Product Development

Utilize my extensive experience to: Bring New Products to market successfully. Enhance existing products Manufacturability and Assembly. Leading to improved

Sustainability and Cost Reduction.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Developed a Robotic Lens De-Gater. Saved greatly in time and resources. (Aurora Optical Inc.) Developed two Transmitters and Receivers netting millions in profits in over ten years of sales.

Received 4 Patents. (Tri-Tronics Inc.) Developed several products and options. One Expansion Unit for the Portable III netted over

$10 M profit in the first 3 months of sales. Received 6 Patents. (Compaq Computer Inc.) Developed a Disc Insertion Robot Arm for the first computer hard drive. Saved a vast amount of

resources. (Texas Instruments Inc.) Developed a Silver filled elastomeric antenna interface. Used in all product lines. Saved

significantly on parts and labor. (Motorola Inc,)

QUALIFICATIONS:Take product from inception through to production:

Work with Core Team to define product. Work with Tooling, Purchasing and Vendors to form schedule. Produce System Assembly Layout. Work with design team to develop integral system parts, and subsequent production

documentation. Create initial models and prototypes, including: Test, Evaluation and Thermal, EMC, RFC

Management. Interface with Quality, Reliability, Systems, Environmental, Test and Agency groups in order to

maintain product integrity. Coordinate with Manufacturing and Product Engineering, assuring a smooth transition of the

product from Development into Production. Work with Manufacturing to develop Manual and Automated Assembly processes.

JOB RELATED SKILLS: DFMA System Design. FMEA Design processes. EMC and RFC Management. Thermal Management Using: Natural and Forced Convection, Heat Sinks, Heat Pipes, Thermally

Conductive Adhesives and Piezoelectric Transducers. Part Design - Including: Injection Molded Plastics, Die Casting, Sheet Metal, Die Cut,

Machined, Cables, Wire Harnesses, Switches and Connectors. Plastic Injection Mold Design Factory Automation Assembly and Test Fixtures ANSI / ASME Y14.5 Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) BOM’s and MRP

APPLICATION SKILLS:

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Pro/ENGINEER - (16,000+ Hrs); Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire - (6000+ Hrs) Solid Modeler, Sheet metal, Assembly, Detail, PDM, INTRALINK and Windchill

SolidWorks - (20,000+ Hrs) since version 1998; EPDM Unigraphics – (2400 Hrs) NX 7.5, Team Center 8 Autocad - (20,000+ Hrs) since version 1 Microsoft Office Suite - Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Outlook, Windows

EDUCATION:AS - Mechanical Engineering; Broward College. GPA - 3.5

CERTIFIED CLASSES: Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing and Geometrics, Presented by - Lowell W. Foster,

President of Technology Concepts and Engineering Plastic Product Design, Presented by - Glenn L. Beall, President of Glenn L. Beall Engineering. Designing with ABS, Presented by - Borg Warner Designing with Valox, Presented by - General Electric Plastic Design, Presented by – Bayer ProEngineer Basics, Presented by: PTC Inc. SolidWorks Essentials and Advanced, Presented by – Digital Dimensions Inc.

WORK HISTORY:

Advanced Green Innovations, LLC - Chandler, AZ 03/2014 – Present Design, develop and document mechanical parts and assemblies for new CNG fuel injection

retro-fit kit for the trucking industry, test Rigs / Fixtures, and Manufacturing.

Contract Mechanical Design Engineer (See Below) 09/2008 – 03/2014

Aurora Optical Inc. - Tucson, AZ Senior Mechanical Designer 01/2006 – 08/2008 Designed and developed lenses from Zemax input. Created camera module components and

assemblies for CMOS photographic devices - lenses, lens barrels, barrel mounts, and flex circuit and printed circuit assemblies.

Developed and implemented automated, semi-automated and manual equipment for in-house assembly and testing use.

Utilized: ProE WildFire 2, ZEMAX, SolidWorks and AutoCad.

RNI - Tucson, AZ Contract Design Engineer - Mechanical Design Engineering 08/2005 – 01/2006 Executed Turnkey Mechanical Design Engineering projects for clientele - Big John’s Products.

Tri-Tronics Inc. - Tucson, AZ Senior Product Designer / Mechanical Design 10/1999 – 08/2005 Conceived, designed, developed and sustained new transmitter, receiver and associated products

for the electronic dog collar market. (4 patents awarded)- Pro Series, Field Series, Sport Series, Pro Control, Beeper, Vice Breaker, and Bark Limiter.

Thermal management for Receiver Transformer Coils. Directed and managed vendor selection, material selection, tooling and secondary processes such

as ultrasonic welding. Costs reduced and improved for manufacturing processes of existing products. Partnered with Manufacturing to develop assembly tooling. Utilized: SolidWorks and AutoCad and trained personnel in their use.

Schaffer Precision - Channelview, TX Engineering Manager / Mechanical Design 1998 - 1999

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Set up and implemented Engineering department for the company. Executed Turnkey Mechanical Design Engineering tasks for clientele - Blendermann and

Associates, Young and Associates, CCNL and Company, Kirby Vacuum West, Compaq Computer Corp., Performance Systems Inc.

Utilized: ProE and AutoCad and trained personnel in their use.

RNI - Spring, TX Contract Design Engineer - Mechanical Design Engineering 1993 - 1998 Executed Turnkey Design Engineering projects for clientele - Illuma Products Inc., Armored

Products Inc., K-Tec Electronics Inc., Formed Plastic Concepts Inc., Classic Tool and Mold Inc. Performed In-House Design Engineering duties for clientele - Compaq Computer Corp., Hydril

Technologies Inc.,Texas Microsystems Inc., Dell Computer Corp. Utilized: ProE and AutoCad.

Compaq Computer Corp., Portable Products Division - Houston, TX 1985 - 1993Design Engineer - Mechanical Design Engineering

Worked with design teams on the development of Portable PC’s and associated product options. - Portable, Portable Plus, SLT 286, SLT 386, Portable III, Color Portable IV, and the Armada

family of notebooks. (6 Patents received) Including: Thermal management for processors and power supplies. Utilized: ProE and AutoCad.

Texas Instruments Inc. , Digital Systems Group - Cypress, TX 1980 - 1985Design Engineer - Mechanical Design Engineering

Worked with design teams developing Portable PC’s, Desk Top PC’s and Impact Printers. Developed an automated hard drive disk assembly cell in a Clean Room environment, utilizing a

Fanuc programmable robot arm.

Motorola Inc., Two Way Communications Division - Plantation, FL 1974 - 1980Design Engineer - Mechanical Design Engineering

Worked with design teams developing Portable Two Way Radios:- HT Radio, MT Radio, and the MX Radio – (The first Modular System design)

Contract Mechanical Design Engineer 09/2008 – 03/2014 Utilized: SolidWorks, EPDM, ProE Wildfire, IntraLink, Windchill, Unigraphics NX and Teamcenter, AutoCAD

1) B E Aerospace Inc. – Tucson, AZ (Super First Class Environments) Designed and developed interior suites for Air France Boeing 777 using thermoformed

composites, aluminum and phenolic honeycomb panels, and machined parts.

2) Abrams Airborne - Tucson, AZ Designed, developed and documented mechanical parts and assemblies for VLTOR Weapons

Systems.

3) Paragon Space Development - Tucson, AZ Designed, developed and documented mechanical parts and assemblies for Orion Space Capsule.

4) Advanced Green Innovations, LLC - Chandler, AZ Designed, developed and documented mechanical parts and assemblies for new CNG products,

test and manufacturing.

5) CDI Aerospace - Tempe, AZ Design and documentation service for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Raytheon

Missile Defense.

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6) Isaac Daniel Group Inc. - Miramar, FL Designed, developed and documented electro mechanical packaging for ISIS RF / GPS Tracking

products and Barchan Entertainment products.

7) Central Industrial Supply Co. - Tucson, AZ Designed and developed slide rails for Rack Mount Servers and high end appliances.

8) Raytheon Missile Defense - Tucson, AZ Designed, developed and documented testing equipment.

9) LUX Aviation Engineering - Tucson, AZ Designed, developed and prototyped system enclosure for:

- Underwater Vehicle Battery, Phase A1.- Apache Helicopter Battery, Phase A1.- Thermal Management for both battery enclosures.

AWARDS RECEIVED:1. Patent No. - Des. 553,037 Portable Dog Training Receiver2. Patent No. - Des. 531,584 Portable Dog Training Transmitter3. Patent No. - Des. 446,144 Portable Dog Training Transmitter Holster4. Patent No. - Des. 445,706 Portable Dog Training Transmitter5. Patent No. - 5,225,293 Dual Action Battery Latch for a Notebook Computer6. Patent No. - 5,157,585 Tilt Mechanism with Locking Device on Compact Powerable Portable

Computer7. Patent No. - Des. 313,404 Expansion Unit for Portable Computer8. Patent No. - Des. 306,156 Portable Computer9. Patent No. - Des. 305,330 Portable Computer Tilt Swivel Stand10. Patent No. - 4,893,263 Support Apparatus for Portable Computer Expansion Unit

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