Norman Ellison 4212 Parva Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027• (323) 708-6775 • norm@ellisondesignbuild.com Mechanical Design Engineering / Engineering Management Mechanical design engineer and product development manager with a successful track record throughout all stages of development from concept definition to product launch. International and domestic design, manufacturing, and operations management experience. Core Competencies > New Product Development: Developed a variety of products for the process measurement and control industry and other markets. Products include: portable weight measurement probe, control room console furniture, ergonomic keyboard, large high precision scanning equipment and several measurement sensors. Experienced with a wide range of technologies including motor drives, pneumatics, injection molding, plastic and metal casting, precision machining and metal working, bearing systems, noise and vibration control, thermal management and engineering polymers. > Process Re-Engineering: Managed spin-off of a manufacturing operation of a foreign acquisition. Reduced front-end cycle times through intelligent model numbering and re-engineering configuration process. > Cost Reduction: Implemented work cell, flow and other advanced manufacturing strategies for a variety of assembly and fabrication processes. Achieved numerous cost savings through product redesign. > New Market Penetration: Identified new market opportunities, developed product launch plans, created support materials including training videos and other sales collateral. Led product training course modules. Professional Experience Self-Employed, Mechanical Engineering Design and Home Design and Remodeling July 2006 - Present Self-employed doing contract product design and development and some residential design. > Fully designed and developed several new product ideas for clients > Designed an environmentally conscious “green” 1500sf, 2Br / 2Ba single family residence for client > Designed a recording studio for a nationally known musician. NDC Infrared Engineering, Spectris Group, Irwindale, California Manager, Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Services May 2000-July 2006 Managed group of engineers and designers, responsible for new product development, product enhancements, engineer-to-order, document control and manufacturing engineering. > Developed high-precision scanning equipment, measurement sensors and operator interfaces resulting in better performance, new market penetration (paper, bi-axially stretched film, asphalt), and significant product cost savings. > Introduced intelligent part numbering system across product portfolio resulting in greater order accuracy, reduced front-end cycle time and lower operating costs. > Developed innovative technique for precision alignment of large scale scanning equipment resulting in industry best accuracy at lowest production costs. > Technical support leader for sales and marketing for new products. Honeywell-Measurex, Cupertino, California Senior Development Engineer August 1997 – April 2000 Member of 9 man acquisition integration team. Responsibilities included recommendations to top management for rationalization of development groups, product consolidation, definition and management of follow-on development programs. > Designed and built a 40ft thermal heat chamber used for product validation and testing. > Designed and prototyped several measurement sensor packages to consolidate disparate product families. > Designed, tested and released a modular multi-sensor enclosure for harsh environments. > Development team member for a non-scanning infrared weight measurement for film and paper. > Developed a novel air mass compensation temperature sensor to remotely measure harsh environment air temperature continuously and reliably. Honeywell Industrial Automation and Control, Phoenix, Arizona Senior Project Manager August 1996 – July 1997 Managed the successful introduction and manufacturing release of the Honeywell Plantscape product. This was a joint development between Rockwell and Honeywell. Honeywell Paper Machine Automation Center GmbH, Neuwied, Germany Project/Development Engineer January 1995 – July 1996 Reporting to company president, completed a variety of assignments related to the acquisition integration. > Developed an innovative scheme for reducing vibration and enabling close tolerance machining of large scale weldments. Member of scanner development and validation group. > Directed conversion of manufacturing to work-cells resulting in lower costs, greater throughput and improved quality. Managed production operations during and after this process. > Spun off a 20 man in-house machining and fabrication operation to become a private company. Responsibilities included negotiations, contracts, and separation terms for personnel, equipment, pricing, forecasting and leased space. Honeywell Industrial Automation and Control, Phoenix, Arizona Mechanical Development Engineer March 1987 – December 1994 > May 1991 – Dec 1994, Member of development team focused on ergonomic control room equipment. Design required 21 large and small injection molded parts. Received two design patents. > March 1987 – April 1991, Manufacturing process engineer. Instituted statistical process controls. Solved costly process/product problems. > Transitioned 180 person manufacturing operation from job/dispatch to work cells resulting in 60% WIP reduction and cut production cycle times from 30 days to less than 10. Education Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 1986 Technical Expertise Software: Mechanical CAD: Solidworks and ProEngineer, All Microsoft Suite including Visio and Project