Benjamin A.

Young
3380 Brunswick Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80920
Home: (719) 282-0810
Cell: (719) 332-1388
by55a296@westpost.net
Summary of Qualifications
25 years experience with design of both hardware and tooling.
Extensive experience with CAD tool Pro/ENGINEER/Wildfire/Pro-Intralink - 22,000
hours.
Experience with CAD tool SolidWorks/Enterprise PDM - 5, 000 hours.
Proficient in all aspects of model making and hardware fabrication.
5 years experience in high volume manufacturing.
Leadership experience, project management, supervisor and design lead.
Major Accomplishments
Hold three United States design patents (plus three pending), and over a dozen a
wards for outstanding performance.
Praised by management for design, testing and documentation of bezels designs fo
r several landmark Storage products that met or exceeded specifications and were
completed before deadline.
Completed design layouts of complicated Storage arrays and designed mounting har
dware to support Enterprise Solutions. These arrays generated over $1B in additi
onal revenue for the company.
Managed installation and maintenance of several production lines to improve prod
uctivity, including supervising a robotic automation group. This also greatly re
duced manufacturing errors and contamination problems, saving the company millio
ns of dollars.
Lead designer of industrial cleaning equipment. Developed layouts and designed t
he structure for two scalable landmark products.
Experienced tool designer. Using cad tools developed tooling for production and
development.
Lead designer for a first of its kind fully integrated automated cutting process
of mono-crystalline silicon.
Project manager, onsite install manager, coordination of complex equipment insta
ll involving multiple vendors.

Professional Experience
Diamond Wire Material Technology, Colorado Springs, CO
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, 2008-Present
Lead mechanical design engineer on new technology diamond wire saws. Responsible
for overall product definition and architecture. Design technologies include, l
inear actuators, servo controlled motions, large steel weldments ( 40k lbs). Mai
ntaining BOM's, completing all documentation.
Windsor Industries, Englewood, CO
Mechanical Designer III, 2005-2008
Lead design of a new innovative family of carpet extractors. Responsible for the
product layout, sheet metal structure, roto-mold modeling. Directed the design
work of fellow designers to keep product development on track. Maintained the to
p-level assemblies, completed part documentation.
Quantum Corporation, Colorado Springs, CO
Mechanical Designer, 2003-2005
Provided design and documentation support for the development of DLT tape librar
ies. Developed the rack mounting and front bezel assemblies for the family of ta
pe libraries using the Pro/Engineer cad package. Responsibilities ranged from
marketing inputs to production start up.
Sythnes Corporation, Monument, CO
Tool Designer, 2003
Designed complex production tooling supporting the Medical Plate Industry. This
tooling was designed using hydraulic clamping for 3 and 5 axis CNC machines by u
tilizing JIT philosophy to ensure quality and optimize cycle time.
Digital Equipment Corporation/Compaq Corporation/HP Corporation
Colorado Springs, CO
1982-2002
Mechanical Designer II 1996-2002
Utilized extensive knowledge of plastic and sheet metal technology to design ver
y complex products such as user interface bezels for high-end storage products.
Designed extensive modeling and lay out work for Enterprise Storage solutions.
Managed and coordinated these designs from concept to customer approval.

Consultant Technician 1993-1996

Provided storage hardware engineers with design, fabrication and testing assista
nce to support development of Enterprise Storage and OEM products. Completed fir
st run (prototype) assembly of new storage products to verify product fit and fu
nction. Fabricated and machined prototypes in wood, plastic, and sheet metal.
Project Technician 1988-1993
Provided disk drive engineers with complex machining and design support for 9",
5.25", 3.5", 2.5" and 1.8" drives. Tested systems for standards compliance and t
o verify design intent.
Project Technician 1985-1988
Lead Mechanical Technician, providing supervisory support for 15 high level tech
nicians. Responsible for department budgets, performance reviews, work direction
, training and lab functions. Responsible for a robotic work cell, providing mai
ntenance, performance improvement and programming.
Technician 1982-1984
Supervised a product recall rework line. Managed the budget, training and operat
ion of an assembly line consisting of 30-35 assemblers.
Training & Technical Skills
ProEngineer CAD - Advanced Modeling, Sheet Metal, Detailing, and Basic Surfacing
.
Machining - Bridgeport Series I and II, Surface Grinding, Harding and Claussing
Lathe.
GMF Robotic Mechanics and Operations.
Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing.

References Available on Request