Thirty-two years of drafting & design experience including CAD operation, coordination, supervision, management and instruction, coupled with practical field application.

Pres     Enrolled part-time – pursuing: B.S. – Mechanical Engineering Technology

             Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia

1988    A.A.S. – Drafting & Design Technology

             Delaware County Community College, Media, Pennsylvania

1972    Mechanical Drafting Certificate

             Fayetteville Technical Institute, Fayetteville, North Carolina

1972    Architectural Drafting Certificate

             Project Transition, U. S. Army Training Center, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina

1999 – Pres   Bondurant Associates – Engineering & Architecture                                                                                     757-398-0683

444 Crawford Street – Suite 300

Portsmouth, Virginia 23704

CAD Technician/Structural Designer

Developed structural steel and reinforced concrete drawings for major supermarket and shopping center projects. Created site and leasing plans from survey drawings and property descriptions.  Using AutoCAD 2002, Architectural Desktop, MS Word & MS Excel.

2003 – Pres   Workforce Development                                                                                                                                     757-825-2937

Thomas Nelson Community College

Office of Workforce Training and Continuing Education

Hampton, Virginia 23670

AutoCAD Instructor

Developed and teach fifteen-hour supplemental course in Basic AutoCAD.  Developed and teach fifteen-hour supplemental course in Advanced AutoCAD. Using AutoCAD 2002.

2003 – Pres   Danis Environmental Industries, Inc.                                                                                                              757-825-2937

Thomas Nelson Community College

Center for Business Development and Continuing Education

Hampton, Virginia 23670

Blueprint Reading Instructor

Developed and taught two six-week courses in Blueprint Reading to Danis Environmental Industries personnel at their job site.

1995 – 1999   Mitsubishi Chemical America, Inc.                                                                                                                  757-382-5750

401 Volvo Parkway

Chesapeake, Virginia 23320

CAD Technician/Mechanical Designer

Reverse engineering of laser printer and photocopier print drums and toner cartridges.  Prepared CAD drawings and solid models of injection molded and blow molded plastic parts.  Prepared CAD drawings and solid models of turned aluminum tubes.  Prepared CAD assembly drawings and solid model assemblies.  (See Patents)  Used AutoCAD, Pro/Engineer, SolidWorks, MS Word, MS Excel & MS Access.

1995 – 1995   Patton, Harris, Rust & Associates                                                                                                                   404-623-9898

Onsite Environmental Staffing

3450 Corporate Way

Duluth, Georgia 30136

CAD Technician/Civil Designer

Short-term contract position to prepare contour overlays by inserting transit electronic data files into CAD drawings. Used AutoCAD & Softdesk Civil.

1995 – 1995   URS Consultants, Inc.                                                                                                                                        404-623-9898

Onsite Environmental Staffing

3450 Corporate Way

Duluth, Georgia 30136

CAD Technician/Civil Designer

Short-term contract position to convert engineering sketches into CAD drawings to enlarge firm’s electronic detail library.  Used AutoCAD.

1993 – 1995   SPS Technologies, Inc.                                                                                                                                      610-941-9361

Superior Design Technical Services

One Plymouth Meeting

Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania 19462

CAD Technician/Structural Designer/Space Planner

Contract position to develop as-built CAD drawings of a manufacturing facility and property including structural steel and crane details.  Developed space plan CAD drawings of existing machine locations and proposed machine locations based on "manufacturing cell" techniques.  Used CADAM.

1992 – 1993   Conversion Systems, Inc.                                                                                                                                 610-337-4343

Star Technical Services

150 Allendale Road, Building 3

King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406

CAD Technician/Structural Designer/Space Planner

Contract position to develop CAD drawings of a new facility for the safe disposal of hazardous waste.  Prepared structural steel, reinforced concrete, paneling and site plan drawings.  Developed working drawings of traffic flow, crane operations and procedures.  Used AutoCAD, AutoArchitect, MS Excel & MS Project.

1991 – 1992   Lawrence Arata Associates                                                                                                                              610-446-7079

628 Lawson Avenue

Havertown, Pennsylvania 19083

Structural Designer

Developed structural steel, structural wood and reinforced concrete drawings for a variety of small to medium sized projects.  These projects ranged from structural repair of damaged buildings to new structure design.  Checked structural steel and rebar detail drawings for compliance with design intent.

1990 – 1991   Sun Refining & Marketing Company                                                                                                              215-638-3611

M & M Technical Services

2354 Galloway Road (P. O. Box 21)

Bensalem, Pennsylvania 19020

CAD Section Supervisor

Contract position to organize and develop standards for the CAD section of a major petroleum refining facility. Provided feedback to management.  Responsibility for two (2) shifts.  Used AutoCAD, CADAM & MS Excel.

1989 – 1990   Crescent Iron Works                                                                                                                                           215-729-1204

4901 East Woodland Avenue

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19143

Drafting Department Manager

One-year contract position to organize, develop standards for, and modernize the detailing department of a family-owned structural and miscellaneous steel fabricating firm.  Provided feedback to management, developed plan to integrate CAD into the structural steel detailing section, and trained my replacement.  Introduced AutoCAD & structural steel detailing software.  Used MS Word & MS Excel.

1982 – 1989   Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company                                                                                 (Office Closed)

1260 East Woodland Avenue

Springfield, Pennsylvania 19064

 CAD Technician/Structural Designer/CAD Coordinator/CAD Instructor

Developed structural steel and outfitting CAD drawings for several Los Angeles class submarines and Nimitz class aircraft carriers.  Coordinated CAD system operation, short-term storage of CAD files, and file restoration.  Instructed classes in CADAM to designers and engineers, supervised CADAM labs, and developed lesson plans for the CADAM training program.  (See Publications)  Used CADAM & MS Word.

1981 – 1982   I. R. Witzer of Pennsylvania                                                                                                                             (Office Closed)

Price & Pine Streets

Holmes, Pennsylvania 19043

Estimating Supervisor/Technical Project Manager

Supervised estimating department of a family-owned structural and miscellaneous steel fabricating firm.  Instituted use of the "Dodge Scan System" to reduce estimating overhead by keeping most projects in-house.  Managed projects requiring the use and/or development of new technologies.  Provided management with regular reports on the state of applicable technology.  Coordinated the efforts of contractor detailers.  Investigated discrepancies in projects to determine cause and developed appropriate solutions.  Used MS Word, MS Excel & Dodge Scan Estimating System.

1977 – 1981   Lawrence Arata Associates                                                                                                                              610-446-7079

628 Lawson Avenue

Havertown, Pennsylvania 19083

Structural Designer

Developed structural steel, structural wood and reinforced concrete drawings for a variety of small to medium sized projects.  These projects ranged from structural repair of damaged buildings to new structure design.  Checked structural steel and rebar detail drawings for compliance with design intent.

1974 – 1977   United Engineers & Constructors                                                                                                                 (Office Closed)

Industrial Highway

Eddystone, Pennsylvania 19029

Field Piping Designer

Developed field changes to two inch (2") and under piping plans for fuel-oil fired, steam-driven turbine power plant. Coordinated with other departments (electrical, structural, etc.) to produce up-dated as-built drawings.

1973 – 1974   Clarence W. Dustin Design                                                                                                                              (Office Closed)

220 South Sixteenth Street

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19012

Mechanical Designer/Electrical Designer

Produced design drawings of steam- and gas-driven turbine blades, blading rings, shafts and shell castings. Developed machining and lifting drawings.  Developed dimension tables for families of similar parts.  Produced electrical schematics for control and drain valve circuits.

1972 – 1973   Cardinal Industries, Inc.                                                                                                                                    (Office Closed)

2040 South Hamilton Road

Columbus, Ohio 43227

Site Planner/Illustrator

Produced site plan drawings for manufacturer of factory-built apartment complexes in accordance with state and local zoning ordinances and building codes. Developed concept illustrations of proposed projects.

1995 – 2003   U. S. Air Force Auxiliary - Retired

Langley Composite Squadron

Langley Air Force Base

Hampton, Virginia

Search & Rescue Instructor/Leadership Instructor

1975 – 1995   U. S. Air Force Auxiliary

Delaware County Composite Squadron

Media, Pennsylvania

Search & Rescue Team Leader/Search & Rescue Instructor/Leadership Instructor

1967 – 1972   U. S. Army

Ranger Team Leader/Survival Instructor

1968 – 1970 Republic of Vietnam. Awarded Silver Star with "V" device, Cross of Gallantry, Soldiers Medal, (2) Bronze Stars, Purple Heart, Army Commendation Medal, Prisoner or War Medal, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal and various campaign and service awards.

1999 – 2002   The Salvation Army Family Shelter                                                                                                             (Shelter Closed)

1003 Twenty-Eighth Street

Newport News, Virginia 23607

Computer Instructor/Computer Lab Manager

Provided an opportunity for homeless shelter residents to obtain basic computer skills. (Windows, word processing, spreadsheet, database management, CAD, etc.) Maintained lab facilities, equipment and software for adult learning program. Solicited donations of computer equipment, software and furniture from various local sources. Recruited additional volunteer computer instructors. Developed lesson plans and class schedules. Reported program status and progress to shelter manager.

2002   Pending      (EU)   Ink Reservoir, Ink Reservoir Refill Container & Ink Refill Process

1999   Pending      (US)   Sliding Key for Toner Hopper

1999   6,209,995   (US)   Ink Reservoir, Ink Reservoir Refill Container & Ink Refill Process

1998   5,845,173   (US)   Conductive Assembly for a Drum in an Image Forming Apparatus

1991   Recognition           Who’s Who in American Business Management – Engineering Division

1988   Presentation          CAD Training & The CAD Training Program

CAD / CAM Colloquium – American Society of Naval Engineers

AutoCAD – releases 9 thru 2004                                                                            Microsoft Windows – 3.1 thru XP, NT4.0 thru 2000

Architectural Desktop – releases 1 thru 2004                                                        Microsoft Office Professional – 97 thru 2002

Mechanical Desktop – releases 2.0 thru 3.0                                                          Microsoft FrontPage – 97 thru 2002

SolidWorks – 98 Plus thru 2001 Plus                                                                      Microsoft Publisher – 97 thru 2002

Pro/Engineer – releases 17.0 thru 19.0                                                                  Microsoft Internet Explorer – 1.0 thru 6.0

CADAM & Micro CADAM – releases 17 thru 21                                                   DeLorme Street Atlas USA – versions 4.0 thru 7.0

Adobe Acrobat – releases 5.0 thru 6.0                                                                   Maple V – release 5.0

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