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Resume
Thomas W. Ralston
5360 Meadowgreen Drive
Colorado Springs, Colorado 80919
Tele: 719/229-4545, E-Mail tralst@aol.com
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EXPERTISE

Project, production, purchasing and supply chain management related to design, test, installation, manufacturing and new product introduction. Expertise includes all aspects of planning, implementation and completion of commercial, military, construction and engineering projects.

Manufacturing and Facilities Engineering, experienced with various MRP, ERP, and BOM software as well as inventory, costing, purchasing, tracking, scheduling, logistics, accounting, factory floor, SAP, SPC, JIT, kanban, Demand Flow, lean manufacturing, 6-Sigma, ISO-9000, FMEA and more.

Stress, Vibration and Thermal Finite Element Analysis of electro-mechanical structures using Finite Element and standard structural methods. Experience with ANSYS, ALGOR, NASTRAN, COSMOS, NISA, and PATRAN.

Technical writing expertise related to all associated industries, including product manuals, user's guides, advertisements, technical orders, assembly processes, test processes and company specifications.

Design Engineering of electro-mechanical components, experience with AutoCAD, Inventor, CadKey, SolidWorks, Pro-Engineer and Catia.

Construction Project Management using Master Builder and Constructware. Understanding of commercial and residential building and fire codes.

Proficient with personal computer and server operating systems as well as associated software Proficient with Microsoft software including Word, FrontPage, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Photo Editor and Project. Experienced with all Corel software including WordPerfect, QuattroPro, Photo Paint and Corel Presentations. Also experienced with PS8, Adobe Acrobat and Lotus Notes.

Familiar with most commercial, industrial and government regulatory agency codes, standards and specifications. Interfaced with government health agencies and testing laboratories including UL, NSF, ETL , FDA, EPA and OSHA. Also, worked with commercial building codes as well as all branches of the US Military and NASA.

Additional experience in civil engineering, production planning, component and system test engineering; facilities engineering; commodity's management, sales, human resources and document control.

INDUSTRIES

Aerospace, Electronics, Turbine Engine, Landing Gear, Environmental, Industrial, Machine Tool, Communications, Computer, Computer Storage, Disk Drive, Semiconductor, Food Service Equipment, Human Resources, Railroads, Film, Plastics, Restaurant, Grocery, Training, Construction, Administration

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Engineering Consultant, Colorado Springs, CO 1982 - Present, Independent Mechanical Engineering Contractor specializing in Project/Supply Chain Management, Structural Analysis and manufacturing. Clients include: Goodrich, Ft. Worth, TX, Powell Products, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO, Kineo, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO, Springs Fabrication Inc, Colorado Springs, CO, Pemstar, Inc, Colorado Springs, CO, 2002-2003, Digital Equipment Corp (Compaq Computer Corp.), Colorado Springs, CO, Carts of Colorado, Commerce City, CO, Loral Command and Control, Colorado Springs, CO, Barber Nichols, Inc., Arvada, CO, Transportation Test Center, Pueblo, CO, Kaman Sciences, Colorado Springs, CO, Hardinge Brothers, Inc., Elmira, NY, KFI Manufacturing, Inc. Colorado Springs, CO, Martin Marietta Corp., Denver, CO, TRW/Electronic Products, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO, Williams International, Walled Lake, MI

AMI Industries (Goodrich), Colorado Springs, CO, 1981 - 1982, Structural Engineering Manager managed structural and test engineers in analysis and testing of various aircraft components.

Williams International, Walled Lake, MI, 1977 - 1981, Analytical Engineer, finite element computer analysis, design and test of gas turbine engine components. Computer programming, weights and measures

Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Corp, East Hartford, CT, 1973 - 1977, Analytical Technician, finite element computer analysis of gas turbine engine components.

EDUCATION

AWARDS and COMMENDATIONS

  • Cruise Missile Engine Design Award - USAF
  • First Space Shuttle Flight Achievement Award - NASA
  • Gimbal Axis Design Outstanding Contribution - USAF
  • Satellite System Integration and Test Outstanding Contribution - USAF
  • Outstanding Contribution to Defense Systems Award - USAF
  • Failure Modes and Effects Analysis Outstanding Contribution - NASA
  • Employee of the Month - KFI
  • Outstanding Contribution to New Product Development Award - Digital
  • Contract Employee of the Year (2000) - TAC
  • Outstanding Contribution to New Product Technology Award - Compaq
  • Outstanding Contribution to Customer Service - Compaq