Richard W.

Howe
4250 N. 350 West
Pleasant View, Utah 84414
home: (801) 782-5679, cell: (801) 391-1471, e-mail: rh5467c8@westpost.net

BACKGROUND SUMMARY
Project Manager / Senior Mechanical Engineer. Extensive experience in product d
esign and development, manufacturing process development, product test and failu
re analysis, customer and supplier relationships. Seeking professional position
to develop and manufacture electro mechanical products and processes.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
YUREKA ENERGY (Start-up company) Pleasant View, Utah. October 2008 to presen
t
Developing patentable ideas to make solar energy more cost effective. Developed
prototype parabolic dish mirror and produced multiple watt power from concentra
ting light onto 1X1cm cell. Developed unique method for producing parabolic tro
ugh mirrors and set-up research facility to collect and store heat from troughs.
LIFETIME PRODUCTS Clearfield, Utah Freeport Center October 2003 to 2008
Senior Development Engineer. Completed and introduced three new table designs to
production, two in China in one in the US. Major design work on Lifetime's inn
ovative garden sheds using blow molded plastic panels allowing expandable modula
r construction. Updated folding chair for lower cost assembly and improved styli
ng. Several patents pending.
LUMENIS Salt Lake City, Utah October 2002- May 2003
Sr. Manufacturing Engineer (contract). Responsible for manufacturing improvemen
ts to laser head build area. Increase efficiency and error proof processes by d
eveloping proper methods and tooling.
3COM BUSINESS CONNECTIVITY COMPANY West Valley City, Utah 2000-2002
Senior Component and Manufacturing Engineer. Responsible for reviewing all new
mechanical designs for dimensional integrity and manufacturability. Responsible
for specifying and assuring all custom tooling of mechanical components and ass
embly equipment is ready for production. Enabled transfer of production capabil
ity to contract manufactures in China and Mexico. Received Patent for "Surface
Mount Stand-off "device.
BOURNS SENSORS / CONTROLS DIVISION Ogden, Utah
Staff Process Development Engineer / Project Manager
Lead design modifications on sensitive customer issues and enabled Mexican produ
ction plant to continue meeting shipments through quick response and solutions t
o design problems. Lead manufacturing process development for high volume autom
otive sensors and implemented automation of appropriate manual assembly operatio
ns.
* Brought assembly scrap rate down from 120,000 to 17ppm while ramping up from 3
00 units per week to 80,000, by determining and eliminating potential causes of
failure through: failure analysis, designed experiments and proper interpretatio
n of SPC data. Received the Ford Q1 award for 1995 97.
* Provided manufacturing process development and cost analysis for a proposed st
eering sensor project which halted further spending on the project, saving the c
ompany in excess of $2million.
* Developed a complete production assembly system under QS9000 guidelines for a
throttle position sensor which uses a new magnetic field non contacting technolo
gy.
* Developed and installed production tooling for lead forming and ultra sonic lu
g attachment to ceramic substrates.
* Debugged production tooling to provide on the fly cut off of wire wound resist
or elements.
* Provided design criteria to enable proper disposition of non compliant compone
nts and assemblies.
IOMEGA Roy, Utah
Product Design and Test Engineer
Responsible for development of high density removable computer data products, sp
ecializing in: design of plastic and metal components, developing manufacturing
processes, and design verification, shock and vibration testing.
* Received US Patent for design of a magnetic media stabilizing wiper system for
data cartridges. Used in 5 " data cartridges and similar concepts used later
in the Zip product line.
* Developed new manufacturing process to line data cartridges with fabric to eli
minate handling damage.
* Justified, purchased and installed a complete shock and vibration test lab. P
rovided analysis which enabled the company to quickly correct design flaws relat
ing to structural resonance affecting the drives ability to track follow.
* Scheduled and supervised design verification testing which enabled early relea
se of new products.
* Developed courses and trained staff engineers on the use and operation of mech
anical test lab.
* Designed and applied robotic tooling to simulate handling of data cartridges i
n and out of disk drives.
IBM Boca Raton, Florida
Co Op Engineer
Specified work orders for maintenance of plant equipment and provided manufactur
ing process input to reduce assembly workmanship problems on high-speed data lin
e printers.
VALTEK Springville, Utah
Engineering Lab Technician
Conducted engineering flow parameter testing on industrial automatic control val
ves. Designed, built and installed test equipment to determine functionality of
valves in dynamic flow, cryogenic and extreme heat environments.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
BS Mechanical Engineering: Brigham Young University Provo, Utah
Company Sponsored Training:
* 4 40 hour courses on Mechanical Design and Product Data Management using PRO E
w/ excess of 4000 hrs.
* 40 hour course on Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing.
* 3 40 hour courses on shock and vibration testing at Tustin Technical Institute
and Unholz Dickie Corp.
* 40 hour course by Video Jet on operation and maintenance of ink jet marking sy
stems.
* SPC, Design of Experiments, Design for Manufacturing, Ford Automotive PPAP, De
sign and Process FMEA procedures, Kempner Tragoe, and Project Management.
SKILLS
Expertise in: mechanical design using Pro-E and AutoCad, problem solving by anal
ysis and innovative solution finding. Plastic design and molding. Thick film a
nd SMT processes. Testing and diagnosis of structural components in shock and v
ibration environments. Proficient with: Word, Excel, Powerpoint and other office
productivity software. Operate electronic test equipment, and various metalwor
king equipment. Patent search. German language.