EAB Design – Chesterton, IN

President (2000-Present): Responsible for the design of Components, Machinery, Material Handling Equipment, Dies, Fixtures and Tooling for the Freight Car, Locomotive, Fabrication and Automotive Industries.

 

Stanrail Corporation – Gary, IN

Manager-Engineering (1984-2000): Responsible for all facets of Product Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering of the complete product line consisting of Uncoupling Levers, Box Car Roofs, Nailable Steel Floors, Convertible Floors, Ends, Automotive Bridge Plates and Miscellaneous Fabricated Parts.  Also responsible for the Mechanical Design, Power Transmission Design and Hydraulic System Design of Wheel Truing Machines, which are sold, installed and serviced by the American Wheel Truing Division of Stanrail.

 

Trackwork Products Division of Railroad Products Group, ABEX-Chicago Heights, IL

Senior Product Engineer (1983-1984): Responsible for new product development, cost reduction re-design programs, field-testing and project management.

 

Stanray Products Division of Railroad Products Group, ABEX -Hammond, IN

Senior Product Engineer (1977-1983): Responsible for Design, Analysis and Testing of product line.  Managed Production Engineering Department and provided Technical Assistance to Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, Sales and Field Service Departments.

 

Stanray Products Division of Stanray Corporation - Hammond, IN

Product Engineer (1974-1977): Responsible for Design, Analysis and Testing of product line. Traveled extensively in Technical Support of Sales Department and liaison with Customer’s Engineering and Manufacturing Departments.

Engineering Coordinator (1970-1974): Responsible for Engineering Design Packages for Customer inquiries and provided Technical Assistance to Sales and Field Service Departments.

Design Draftsman (1969-1970): Responsible preparation of Design Layouts, Application Drawings, Detail Drawings and Bills of Material of Stanray Products.

 

Goodman Manufacturing Company - Chicago, IL

Design & Layout Draftsman (1965-1969): Prepared Design Layouts, Assembly Drawings and Detail Drawings of underground coal mining machines.

 

Republic Steel Corporation - Chicago, IL

Inspector (1963-1965): Measured Physical Characteristics and Inspected tubing and billets for flaws.