Rick Henry

1160 W. Obispo Ave., Mesa, AZ  85210

 SUMMARY:
Over twenty years in technical drafting and design on computer aided drafting (CAD) systems for several large companies. Recognized for the ability to handle multiple priorities and successfully complete assignments within demanding schedules.

WORK EXPERIENCE: 

Solar Turbines, San Diego, California                     Jan 04 to Aug 09
Contract Design Engineer  

·         Duties include utilizing Wildfire 3, Intralink, Windchill, and CADDS5i to manipulate power generating equipment design and redesign, for the Oil and Gas Industry.

·         Part/assembly design, and change issues

·         Completed a total conversion to ProE of an several production packages

·         Position involves working with electrical codes from the USA, Canada, Europe, and several others

·         Large assembly management, including putting the process in place to manage all of the company product trees by managing a Tree Management Team. 

CDI Corporation, Phoenix, Arizona        April 01 to Oct 03

CADDS5 Designer

 ·         Responsible for cabling satellites for communications, designing parts, modeling, and general drafting duties using both Pro/Engineer, and Computervision

United Defense, York, PA                     Nov 97 to Sep 00

CADDS5 Designer 

·         Designed several areas on the Grizzly (Breacher) project using parametric solids within the CAMU environment

·         Responsible for Checker duties, as well as implementing standards across the York site

·         Maintained the Grizzly Intranet website

NEW HOLLAND NORTH AMERICA, New Holland, PA      Oct 94 to Oct 97

CADDS5 Designer (CAMU) – Consultant – thru ‘The Byrnes Group’

 ·         As a member of the design team, I was brought on board to design a new piece of heavy farm equipment, utilizing solid modeling and parametrics

·         Effectively designed the fuel tank, steering components, and various castings

·         Prior to my completion of the contract, I redesigned parts for the Skid Steer Loader

BETA TANK, Lebanon, PA       Jan 94 to Oct 94

Engineering Manager

 ·         Setup and manage the drafting and design department for this storage tank manufacturer

·         Established processes for quality control and inspection

FORD NEW HOLLAND, New Holland, PA         1987 to 1993

Sr. CAD Drafter/Designer

·         Promoted to PERM/Direct Senior CAD Drafter/Designer after initially joined the company as a Contract CAD Operator

·         Responsibilities include layout, design, and assembly and finished drawings for equipment and castings

·         Extensive experience gained in casting design and drawing in both the CADDS 4x & CADDS5 environments using both wire frame and solid formats – including parametrics

·         Achieved cost savings through the development of new mold designs that eliminated multiple parts and/or machining operations

·         Additional duties included initiating an in-house process of developing exploded assembly drawings, performing layout design of machine and components on CADDS system to reduce cost and improve efficiency, and conducting Beta testing for CADDS software for ComputerVision

EDUCATlON & TRAINING:  

A.A.S. Specialized Technology /Triangle Technology, Erie, PA              1987

Drafting design program included CADD, Geometric Tolerancing, Kinematics and Strength of Materials

 Yellow Belt Training / Green Belt in-process

 MILITARY SERVICE:  

US ARMY, Combat Engineer                                                                                                           1981-1985

 HOBBIES:

 Self taught in web design, Windows systems and networking

Have taught computer and internet use seminars