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Retired
Retired
Aug 2020 - Present (3 years 11 months)
All travel, all the time.
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LEAD ALIAS SCULPTOR
Volvo Trucks
Greensboro, NC
Jan 2012 - Jun 2015 (3 years 5 months)
DIGITAL SURFACE MODELER, MENTOR & LEAD ! INTERIOR VOLVO CAB Interior theme models and Interior Class A surface releases for tooling. Initiated digital, foam, and RP parts combined for executive review.
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ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
Forsyth Technical College
Winston-Salem, NC
Jan 2013 - Jun 2014 (1 year 5 months)
2014 teaching Alias interface and surfacing concepts, with an automotive approach.
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Alias Sculptor
General Motors
Warren, MI
Jan 1999 - Aug 2012 (13 years 7 months)
2008 Malibu – Interior Instrument Panel, Doors, Center Console Class A release for tooling. ACHIEVED 3rd promotion for work surfacing, leading, and group communication. Instrument Panel, Doors, Center Console surfacing from beginning clay scans to Class A release for tooling. We had the honor of completely resurfacing the door panels in 2 weeks when the supplier changed.
Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky instrument panels Class A conditions draft, leather offsets, tooling actions included. Models checked and released with no rework.
Colorado/Canyon Achieved first promotion during first year as direct GM employee. Updated 3 different wheelbases and 5 different trim levels for weekly VR show including Alias surface for clay milling and Rapid Prototype.
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Alias Sculptor
General Motors
Warren, MI
Jan 1999 - Aug 2012 (13 years 7 months)
Underhood Parts Using ALIAS and Siemens NX, improving aesthetics while maintaining criteria. Interior Components ALL TYPES INSTRUMENTATION CONTROLS. Created RP model representing best appearance gap and flush practices. Successfully coordinated two departments to reference common surface. Truck interiors & premium midsize, small car. Developed a new way to use combined scan data polys and nurbs surface for theme model clay milling.
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Alias Sculptor
General Motors
Warren, MI
Jan 1994 - Dec 1999 (5 years 11 months)
Hardware Styling became the overflow for studio and production surfacing. Interior and Exterior models were evaluated and reworked for the GM Studios. Renamed DQV.
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Model Maker
General Motors
Warren, MI
Jan 1989 - Dec 1994 (5 years 11 months)
(later called DQV) Modeling and replication casting of mirrors, various small parts, and badging for checking, evaluation, and show cars. Fabrication of custom cube --up models in clay and RenShape for manual checking. Alias Surfacing and Model Sculpting by Area * Door Hardware * Door inner trim * Ext. Int. Grills * Console * Ext. Int. Lamps * Various storage scenarios * Ext. Molding * Cluster trim forward and graphics plane rearward * Ext. Sheet metal * Instrumentation * Ext. Frt & RR Fascia * Steering wheel * Instrument panel