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Staff Designer
Lancaster, PA
Sep 2021 - Present (2 years 8 months)
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Staff Design Engineer
Lancaster, PA
Oct 2019 - Sep 2021 (1 year 11 months)
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Associate Design Engineer
Lancaster, PA
Apr 2017 - Oct 2019 (2 years 6 months)
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Lead Designer
Lititz, PA
Sep 2010 - Apr 2017 (6 years 7 months)
Department management of six designers for Structures & Staging including reviewing personnel, hiring, and oversight of day to day design tasks and goals
Scheduling and planning of design timelines and budgets
Oversight of planning and manufacturing of small and large scale structures and machinery
Ensuring quality of design and management of timelines and budgets for department
Completion of twenty projects or more per year on budget without sacrificing scope
Company liaison to third party engineering vendors conveying design intents, maintaining design standards and relaying key information to designers, project management, and production
Recent project highlights:
How To Train Your Dragon (2013): Designed three story tall structure that included fascia, slip stages and roll drops. Structure was able to be built and assembled in 4 hours in the morning and be ready for show by night.
MTV Video Music Awards (2014): Designed 60ft wide by 17ft tall “Velodrome” that rotated around the stage in two halves. Worked as a closedown in between acts. Support structures was made light to be able to support over 3000 video panels but still be moved by limited power transmissions.
Maroon 5 (2015): Design of an acrylic stage with no framing structure that could contain synthetic fog. Incorporated custom designed connections and fascia panels. Designed twelve custom panels that range up to one meter wide by ten meters tall. Panels have linear actuated doors that contain and evacuate synthetic fog.
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Designer
Lititz, PA
Feb 2010 - Sep 2010 (7 months)
Design of machinery and components for touring concerts and shows for the entertainment industry
Adhere to budgets and timelines for design and production of structures and machinery
Development of prototypes to prove concepts for production runs of components
Refine designs to reduce assembly time and to follow stringent company packaging standards to reduce transportation costs and on site integration labor
Drafting of designs at component and assembly level for in house and outsourced production
Support manufacturing and fabrication for production of structures and machinery
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Air Conditioner Cabinet Designer
York, PA
Jan 2006 - Feb 2010 (4 years 1 month)
Design and maintenance of packages for various product models
Design of sheet metal parts, fabrication models, tubing assemblies, and component modifications
Daily interfacing with manufacturing to ensure design intent and specifications
Troubleshoot assembly issues to produce evaluation documents of problems and prototype solutions
Produce design modifications to support manufacturing with remedies to system malfunctions