American of MartinsvilleDesign Engineer / IT Technician
Apr. 1994 - Jun. 1999Martinsville, VirginiaEngineering: Assists with the planning, scheduling, and coordination of furniture design and development projects as needed to ensure successful project completion. Communicate directly with all members of senior management staff including president of the company on ways of cutting cost , maintaining quality, and increasing production of product. Communicate directly with all members of senior management staff including president of the company on ways of cutting cost , maintaining quality, and increasing production of product. Daily implementation of product changes needed to smooth various aspects of production. IT: Communicate directly with all members of sales team and management on better ways of supplying daily, weekly, and monthly paperwork needed to perform job tasks by each sales representative. Inventory, Update and Maintain various hi-tech and computer equipment in the company as needed. Train personnel on new software such as Microsoft Office, telnet services used on IBM AS400, email systems, and browsers. Liaison between IT and Engineering to ensure that process being implemented were both necessary and beneficial in both departments. CNC Manufacturing: Programming of various CNC Machinery Training of Personnel to run and edit programs
Training of Personnel to do minor maintenance on machinery for daily operation