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MACHINE DESIGN COMPANY LLC
Resume of Nolton Johnson, Manager
1221 NE 6th St., Bend, Oregon 97701
541-280-5808
E-mail njohnson@bendcable.com
OBJECTIVE
Subcontractor relationships with companies in machinery manufacturing
or mechanical product design, development or production.
HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
· Mechanical Draftsman, design & detail machinery & products
· Inventor and innovator, new products, four U.S. patents
· Effective in project coordinating, teamwork and independent work
· Experienced, hands-on performance of shop and manufacturing operations
· Sales Engineer, U.S. & European capital equipment & systems. Sold the
1st Optimizing Cut-Off Saw & the 1st European Horizontal Finger Jointer
in the US Pacific Northwest
· Material Handling Designer, plant layout and automation experience
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Design/Development
· Designed and prototyped mechanical alignment and staging component
of an automatic laser wafer scribing system. Patent assigned to employer
· Created two new types of automatic stacking machines utilizing minimal
floor space. Both eliminate previous labor requirements. One patented
· Invented two unique mechanical cut-off saws, one of which was patented
and assigned to employer. Both eliminated traditional use of compressed
air. Thousands have been sold
· Selected and focused on a segment of one industry, designing a coordi-
nated machinery product line that sold directly as well as through dealers
· Purchased, installed and operated the first CAD System in the Central
Oregon industrial field, 1983.
Teamwork/Communication
· Designed heavy presswork tooling for R&D project engineers in a large
scale military products factory. Advanced to R&D Project Engineer
position, moving Cartridge Case tooling projects through drafting,
machine shop, testing and into full production.
· Lived and worked four years in Costa Rica while continuing to have equip-
ment built in the U.S. Coordinated with customers and suppliers, traveling
when necessary to accept product, deliver, install and initiate start up for
clients. Acquired new clients in Costa Rica.
· Work well with co-workers, suppliers, subcontractors and information
sources in order to accomplish projects within cost & time constraints plus
meet performance goals.
· Currently working with multiple CNC machine shops that produce parts
using SolidWorks models and drawings. Assist clients by translating
their incoming model files and producing or improving production drawings.
TOOLS OF THE TRADE
· Drafting: Excellent manual drafting, sketching & 3D illustrating. Able to
produce fast clean work up of ideas on paper or on whiteboard. Can build
scale mockup models or rapid prototypes from CAD files
· 2D CAD Software: Cascade Graphics Development 1983, ClarisCad 1989,
VectorWorks 1995 (dual platform), 2009 DWGeditor for all versions of Acad
· 3D & Solid Modeling: VectorWorks, SolidWorks 2001-2009 full Office
package with subscription service
· Workstation 64bit PC with SolidWorks, VectorWorks, MS Office,
SW DWGeditor, 30" monitor
· Workdesk: Standing position 7' x 8' L shape with 3D Connexion Model
Controller and 24" x 36" HP DesignJet 120 high-resolution six-color printer
320 sq. ft. office at home.
· Mac PowerBook G4 laptop with VectorWorks, MS Office for OS X, voice
input, Photoshop Elements, QuickBooks, PatentPro Plus, iPhoto, iMovie
· Dell Mobile WorkStation Provides full SolidWorks capability at client
location. MS Office & Adobe Acrobat software
WORK HISTORY
2001-Today Designer & Owner, Special Jobs Machine Design Company LLC,
In SolidWorks, 3D Models & Plans Bend, Oregon
1995-2001 Sales Engineer, Capital Machinery, Production Machinery Inc.
Special Machinery Designer Bend, Oregon
1992-1995 Consultant/Designer & Owner ALEXAM S.A.
(Patent Acquired) San Jose, Costa Rica
1989-1992 Designer & Owner N.J. Mfg. Inc., Bend, Oregon &
(Patent Acquired) San Jose, Costa Rica
1979-1989 Designer & Owner, Many New N.J. Machine Design
Machines & Production Lines Bend, Oregon
1974-1979 Engineering Dept. Manager Mid-Oregon Industries
(Patent Acquired) Bend, Oregon
1971-1972 Plant Engineer PA & Maint Super., Bend Millwork Company
Designed Equip., Hired Millwrights Bend, Oregon
1971-1974 Designer & Owner, Many New Bend Machine Design
Machines & Production Lines Bend, Oregon
1969-1971 Laser Machine Product Designer Union Carbide, Korad Div.
(Patent Acquired) Santa Monica, California
1967-1969 Tool Designer, Project Engineer Norris Industries
Military Products Plant Vernon, California
1962-1967 Machine & Product Designer, Component Research Co., Inc.
Precision Capacitors Santa Monica, California
EDUCATION / PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Central Oregon Inventors Group
· A current Vice President
· Consulting, Design & Drafting
Shounco Design Studios (SolidWorks VAR)
· SolidWorks Essentials Training
· SolidWorks Advanced Assembly Training
California Institute of Tool Design and Technical Engineering
· Training in drafting jigs & fixtures, design for manufacturing
Santa Monica City College
· Mathematics, physics, metallurgy and technical writing
Don Bosco Technical Institute
· Non-destructive testing, eddy current method
Paul Monroe Hydraulics Inc.
· Industrial fluid power, pneumatics & hydraulics
Miller Fluid Power
· Industrial hydraulics
Norris Industries
· Metallurgy & work simplification
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
· Senior member, past
Soaring school
· Glider training
Cascade Graphics Development Co., L.A.
· Computer Aided Design and Drafting
Self taught
· Automotive mechanic & designer, machine designer and Inventor
· Built & flew a Benson Kit Gyro Glider
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