Sam Weisbard

Designed and modeled consumer and professional battery chargers and jump starters using SolidWorks. Starting with 2D sketch input, developed 3D geometry from first prototype to release tooling cad with backside features. Responsible for release drawings. Standardized corporate 3D CAD part file system. Created best practices documents and short tutorials for cad users. Developed understanding of ECN and manufacturing processes.

Modeled and rendered products for Sporting Goods, Recreational, Toy, Educational, Kitchen/Bath and Packaging industries using SolidWorks and Alias Studio. Animation on occasion.

Designed, surfaced and rendered products for Sporting Goods, Recreational, Toy, Educational, Power Tool, Heavy Machinery, Transit Seating, and Packaging industries. Modeled and rendered elements for video game. Animated food packaging for online consumer research study, trade show eye candy, and corporate design proposals. Received design patent in collaboration with Solo Cup Company designers. Surfaced shapes from cloud scan data of clay models.

Product expert and demonstrator for Alias|Wavefront, benchmarked Studio design software for prospective customers and helped users solve problems. Taught certified and custom classes to individuals and companies.

Implemented digital technology in Case Corporation's Design Department. Created image presentations and modeled outside tooling surfaces. Educated designers and department head about digital design reviews and surfacing. Integrated designed surfaces into Engineering CAD process. Trained three designers to proficiently model and render production ready designs concepts. Trained a 25 year veteran draftsman with no computer experience to draft technical drawings on a desktop computer. Created departmental intranet web and ftp site. Administrated, networked, repaired Department's Unix, Windows, and Mac systems.

Modeled and animated automotive concepts and components for clients such as Ford, Chrysler, ASC, Ross Roy Advertising. Kept multimillion dollar automotive conversion contract on time by surfacing "impossible" shapes in two days. Single-handedly delivered three minute animated video from scratch in one month for half the expected cost.