Director of Product Engineering at Gar Products

Frank Toth

Farmingdale, NJ

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Education
- BS Industrial Design
  
  Philadelphia University
  
  2003 - 2007
Experience
- Senior Design Engineer
  
  GAR Products
  
  Lakewood Township, NJ
  
  Jan 2012 - Present (10 years 6 months)
  
  High quality wood chair manufacturer providing seating for hospitality and restaurant industry. Client list including Marriott, Pret A Manger, Ruth's Chris Steak House, Red Robin, PF Chang's, Darden Restaurants.
  
  - Provide concept drawings, renderings, production drawings and production quality sample chairs for clients based on their specifications.
  - Review samples and production parts from overseas and domestic factories or in house production quality control, including travel to vendors to review when necessary.
  - Manage, set up production machining and schedule custom carpentry department, handling orders up to 300 pieces.
  - Value stream map operations to produce components most efficiently, plan the manufacturing process of custom projects, establish routings for MO population and scheduling.
- SolidWorks Operator / Designer
  
  Harry Shaw Model Maker
  
  Shamong, NJ
  
  Sep 2007 - Jan 2012 (4 years 4 months)
  
  Provide high quality prototypes mainly in the product design field. Capabilities include machining, fabrication, sculpting, painting, molds and castings, 3D printing, SLA.
  
  - Design and accurately build or modify 3D models from existing 2D information for product design firms, engineering companies and independent inventors. Troubleshoot file errors in SolidWorks and Rhino.
  - Manage model building from initial drawings to finished painting, providing detailed drawings, color maps and specifications to machinists and fabricators.
  - Prepare electronic files to be CNC machined, rapid prototyped or hand fabricated by processing files, creating fixtures and generating detailed drawings.
  - Maintain relationships with vendors and manage SLA, silk screening, graphic transfers and sheet metal purchasing.
- Smith House Shop Monitor
  
  Philadelphia University
  
  Philadelphia, PA
  
  Sep 2006 - May 2007 (8 months)
  
  - Aid students in fabrication through suggesting specific materials and processes or demonstrating proper techniques
  - Maintain shop power tools; occasionally required to fabricate custom parts to modify existing machinery
  - Ensure safety of students while maintaining quality of workspace
Awards

- January 2014 - Fence Panels featured in January/February 2014 issue of DesignNJ magazine

- October 2011 - Hinterland Gallery Exhibition. Aristeia Metro, NYC

- December 2010 - Fence Panels featured in NJLCA award winning landscape design

- March 2010 - Bottle Prototype Selected for Featured work on Coroflot.com

- 2009 - Colgate-Palmolive: Invention Record Contribution 3D form development - SpeedStick Deodorant

-June 2005 - “Juice Rack” featured in issue #17 ReadyMade magazine
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- Commercial Furniture
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Lounge, side and table collection. Reclaimed wood, Polycrylic finish with graphic transfer

October 5th 2011, Hinterland Exhibition at Aristeia Metro, 200 Lexington Avenue, Suite 1416 New York, NY 10016