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Summary

Product prototyping, development and marketing support, model making and pattern making for point of purchase display and industrial design. Luthiery, stringed musical instruments. design, construction and development. Production fixturing design and construction. Developed and implemented new processes and products, improved operations, reduced costs and improved efficiencies for procedures. Found ways to use new materials for product and operations improvements.

Core Competencies Graphic Design: Adobe CS: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, ImageReady; Paintshop Pro, Draw, Dreamweaver, HTML, Quark, GIMP, Inkscape, MS Visio and Project. Computers: A+ course - Windows 3.1 -7, Mac OS 9-10; Autocad, Turbocad, Solidview, MS Office, Open Office. Video and animation: Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premier, Flash. TV production courses. Audio: Audio distribution, P.A., multiple speaker systems, multi-track recording, Design and build loudspeaker cabinets, guitars, drums, racks, cables, do voice work, play instruments. Fabrication and Construction Skills: Plastics: Molding and fabrication – injection, vacuum and drape thermoforming, vacuum deflation, fiberglass, carbon fiber, Kevlar, RTV silicone, solvent bonding, epoxies, urethanes, acrylics, ABS, HDPE, vinyl, polyesters, polystyrene, foams, polycarbonate, Corian, laminates. Woodworking: Joinery, shaping, cutting, veneers, bending, hand carving/sculpture, spray/hand finishing, tool operation, maintenance & adjustment. Electric and pneumatic tools. Musical instrument construction and repair.

Studio Arts: Drawing, Silkscreen, Sculpture, Photography - film and digital. 

Construction: Framing, electrical, plumbing, concrete and foundations, drywall, trim, insulation, siding, decking, fencing, landscape. machine tool installation. Recording studio construction. Lapidary: Stone cutting, grinding, polishing. Cabochons, gem intarsia. Metalworking: Machining: Manual lathes, mills, grinders, saws. Welding, hand fabrication and shaping, silver smithing, spin and sand casting, investment.

Professional Experience

Independent Contractor, Joliet IL - 2004 – present . Graphic Arts and Photography - Created images, political informational brochure that increases awareness of party principles, political and environmental posters to communicate issues, signage Sculpture and Fabrication – art and design items, prototypes, molding. Clay, plaster, wood, foam, plastics, metalworking, rock, busts, bas-relief, carved and routed signage. Luthier, guitars, harps – New and custom instruments, repairs, refinishing.

Zip Realty, Park Ridge, IL - 2008 Real Estate Sales Agent Residential Real Estate sales, learned MLS and Internet based customer communications system.

Romar Cabinet and Top, Channahon, IL - 2003 – 2004 Cabinetmaker Made cabinetry for kitchens and bath, doors, mill work. Used all shop tools; SCMI end tennoner, shapers, saws, sanders, planers, molders, framing clamp systems.

Prototech Engineering, Willowbrook IL 1995 – 2001 Model maker, Rapid prototyping: Stereolithography, LOM, Sanders, Stratysis, FDM systems. Finish and detailing for master patterns, cast parts, assemblies, machined units. Mold making in epoxy, fiberglass, RTV; book and box molds, open cast, glass layup, injection.

Swanson Harp Company, Joliet IL - 1990 – 1995 Concert Harp Repairman Woodworking, metalworking, repair, finishing, veneer work, carbon fiber. Shipping and receiving; loading, packing, stock, forklift. Molded foam shipping forms. Tools: Set up and maintained saws, sanders, spray booth, compressor system, vacuum bagging, lathes, ran electrical circuits; 120 and 240 V, single and 3 phase.

Lyon and Healy Harp Company, Chicago, IL - 1987 – 1990 R&D Technician Production fixturing, test fixtures, 3-rail project-new harp design, die cutting setup. Harp maker: built harp bodies and bases, assembled harps, spin cast metal parts.

National Cycle, Maywood, IL - 1986 – 1987 Pattern maker Vacuum thermoforming molds, drape molds for acrylics and polycarbonates, made vacuum holding fixtures.

Model Builders Inc., Chicago, IL - 1985, also in 1977 Model maker Made presentation and architectural models, trade show and museum display. Wood, metal, plastics working, finishing. Machine shop, woodworking, plastic fabrication, painting, other.

Burke Display Manufacturing, Chicago, IL - 1984 –1985 Pattern maker / Mold maker Made point of purchase display molds, vacuum thermoforming, set up, ran thermoforming machines.

Plastiform, Chicago, IL - 1983 –1984 Patternmaker / Production fixturing Plastics job shop, many sorts of molding. Pattern maker/ mold maker, thermoforming, urethane foam, acrylic fabrication, woodworking, plaster transfers, Die cutting, finishing, production tooling.

American Acrylics, Chicago, IL - 1981 – 1982 Fabricator Fabricated acrylic, set up production tooling, cut sheet plastic, made fixtures. Routing, milling, solvent bonding, polishing.

Embossograph Display Manufacturing, Chicago, IL - 1980 – 1981 Model maker Made vacuum thermoforming molds, prototype display, embossing molds, tracing patterns, die cutting fixtures, production tooling.

Devco Construction, Chicago, IL - 1979 Carpentry Laborer Made foundation footings and walls, framing, drywall, insulation, demolition.

Other experience: Restaurant and catering, USPS bulk mail, retail sales, volunteer graphic design for activist groups, political party, C.A.R.E, Cool Joliet.

Education: MicroTrain, Lombard IL. CAPM, Six Sigma certification courses. Photoshop 1&2, Visio, Microsoft Project, Dreamweaver. Governor’s State University, University Park IL. Bachelor of Arts degree - Interdisciplinary studies, media communications, minor in arts. Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society. TV studio, sculpture, printing and drawing, video editing, film photography. Joliet Junior College, Joliet IL., Associate in General Studies. Graphic arts, photography, jewelry and metal smithing, lapidary, CNC 101. Chicago Deming Association-Six Sigma Masters Program, Naperville, IL