Professional Skills & Experience
My Roles & Responsibilities
Personal Hands-on Experience
Machine Shop Experience: Led graduate/undergraduate students on the safety and usage of a Tormach CNC 770 & Morgan Press Molding Machine. Independently, created a steel and bronze piston assembly, build of a Catapult, a Steel/Aluminum Battlebot and a Carbon Fiber UAV.
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Electrical Experience: Calculations for Winterfest Wonderland Parade power source conversion from combustion to DC, built custom power supply, Worked to wire a competition Battlebot circuit, Various Arduino prototyping, and basic wiring.
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Additive Manufacturing Experience: Use and upkeep of a personal Prusa printer. Creation of a variety of custom props throughout my time at Adirondack Studios, a functionally UAV, Stewart Platform, Automotive Differential, Animatronic eyes and arm as well as many other passion projects.
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Program Experience: Solidworks, Inventor, AutoCAD, MATLAB, Arduino IDE, QSC Q-SYS, FrightProps Director, RobotDK, Boe Bots, ROBOTC, Studio One, Microsoft Suite, Google Suite, PrusaSlicer and Slack. Solidworks software was used throughout my time at Walt Disney Imagineering, Life Formations, Invotec and while studying at OSU. Also, I have approximately 2 years of experience in Inventor in addition to my 6 years of Solidworks. Uses range from Animations, Simulations and even 5000+ component assemblies.
​Certifications:
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FE Mechanical - NCEES, September 2021
CSWP - Mechanical Design , Model Based Design, Simulation
CSWA - Electrical Design, Mechanical Design, Additive Manufacturing
OHSA Safety Training Institute - Forklift Certified
OHSA Safety Training Institute - Mobile Elevated Work Platform Certified
Annual Copperhead Strike Rebuild
Winterfest Wonderland Conversion & Runtime Calculations
Annual Nighthawk Rebuild
Scarowinds Maze & Zone FX Inventory
Carowinds Winterfest Wonderland Parade
Scarowinds Queen's Ball
Maintenance Technician
March 2022- Present
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-Performs scheduled and unscheduled preventative maintenance, inspects, repairs and tests Area 1 and related equipment.
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(Copperhead Strike, Nighthawk, Kiddyhawk, Ricochet, Slingshot, Balloon Race, Red Baron, Wind Up, Wave Pools, Pirate’s Plank)
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Automation Specialist
January - March 2022
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-Expert on parkwide animated figure programing, mechanical repair, and creative direction for “Scarowinds” haunt season.
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-Assisted the operational technical support for Winterfest Wonderland Parade by resolving mechanical and audio issues to successfully run the show without interruptions for 1.5 months.
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Entertainment Technician
July - December 2021
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-Worked to integrate the parkwide data and lighting controllers into seasonal event operations.
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-Constructed and installed new show products in line with the artistic vision of management, show producers and designers.
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-Audio setup, daily support, and strike for residency of "The Landsharks".
SHOW SYSTEMS DESIGN INTERN
May - August 2019
Worked as a Show Systems Design Intern at Walt Disney Imagineering. Was given the task of helping on the upcoming Tokyo DisneySea Expansion "Fantasy Springs" coming in 2022. This experience left me with a lot of digital modeling skills and practical knowledge that I will be able to apply to work in the future. Had the opportunity to work on projects such as:
Collaborated in large scope design work involving international parks, teams and vendors.
Design ownership over various large scope figures from ~30% to ~60%.
Prepared various presentations and documentation for the team on upcoming projects or design updates.
Tokyo DisneySea "Fantasy Springs"
Tokyo Beauty and the Beast Attraction
Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure
Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway
20th Century Fox World
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING INTERN
May - December 2018
Worked as an Engineering Intern at Life Formations. This international creative team specializing in animated figure creation is composed of sculptors, storytellers, machinists, engineers, illustrators and many more. Life Formations also works with such talented partners as Disney, Universal, Ripley's, Rousch, etc. During my time with Life Formations, I spoke with every department to get an idea of the processes developed for each stage of creation. I also gained very valuable experience in drafting and modeling in large projects. Several of these dynamic projects were composed of well over 5000 components. Some of the work I was able to get the chance to work on includes:
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-Drafted and worked through the mechanical design of a 2,700 ft2 static structure.
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-Led closeout procedures for projects to be delivered to international parks, each with dozens of characters.
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-Digitally modeled mechanic and structural systems for 30+ various animated characters.
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-Crafted circuitry schematics and technical components for large scale animatronic figures for Universal Creative.
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-Had extensive hands-on experience with an ongoing WDI project to learn the fabrication and assembly processes.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING INTERN
January- May 2016
Worked as an Engineering Intern at Invotec Engineering. Spoke with machinists to learn about various machine processes. Gained experience in drafting, modeling and stress analysis software. Worked on various projects such as:
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- Welding Laser Diffuser. Reverse engineered a past design of an argon laser diffuser to fit current machinery.
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- Safety Glasses Box. Redesigned a magnetic lock to help solve issues with safety in the workplace.
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- Endmill Holder Design. Drafted a holder design for extra endmills and corner rounding end mills.
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- Custom mill design and development. Drafted and worked alongside a machinist to design a custom end mill for cutting away excess plastic from a part produced by a 3D printer.
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- Pre-development Research for Machine Line - Located and converted 2D and 3D model files for commercial parts necessary for a project.
