MICHAEL S. RYLAND5451 Driftwood Street | Oxnard, Ca. 93035

Tel (805) 253-0820 | Cell (805) 340-2323Waverider805@yahoo.com | www.linkedin.com/in/mikerylandmechanicalengineer/

Mechanical Engineer

ProfileAccomplished Mechanical Engineering Professional with verifiable record of accomplishment increasing revenues, profits, & market share through innovative & efficient product design and development and consistently delivering innovative solutions from creative, original ideas that work. Influential product champion, regularly exceeding customer requirements & delivering high quality, cost effective, reliable products on tight deadlines. Repeated success in developing detailed invention strategies for the rapid realization of functional prototypes from raw ideas & initial concepts as opposed to developed or semi-developed ideas, resulting in highly profitable, innovative new product families that effectively positioned the Company as a market leader.

New Product Development Strengths Solidworks & Pro E Power User / PLM Expert GD&T per ASME y14.5 2009 & Statistical Tolerancing Validation / FEA / CFD Thermal / Cosmos / ANSYS VAVE / Six Sigma / 5S / Lean Mfg / Kaizen

Custom Interconnects / Filtered Interconnect Design RF Switches / Waveguide / RF Matrix Design Hydraulic & Pneumatic Valves / DP Indicators / Filter Elements ISO and Safety Compliance

Selected Career Accomplishments Received award from Eaton’s Senior VP for “Exceptional Participation in the Successful Execution of Project

Crosstown”, a large, international project consolidating WPI from NJ to Camarillo, & moving mfg to Mexico. During six years at PTI, had repeated successes in the qualification of new US Army and PMA filter elements

for multiple and different military and commercial aircraft that were previously not feasible. Received Thank You award from Dow Key president for leading the design and OTD of the largest project in

their history; a rack mounted, integrated L-Band system of matrices resulting in $2.0 million in revenue California State University, Northridge FSAE 2004 core team member & chief controls engineer; designed

and fabricated hydraulic brakes & shifting systems for the ‘04 racecar contributing to 14th place overall finish.

Professional Experience

Eaton Interconnect, Camarillo, CA……………...........………….….…09/2013 to 01/2015 (1 Year, 5 Months)Eaton provides energy-efficient solutions that manage electrical, hydraulic, & mechanical power efficiently, safely & sustainably.

Product Engineer New Product Development champion leading large NDP efforts through the ProLaunch toll-gate dev process. Independently support and direct a broad range of product design activities related to several different

connector families used in multiple Military & Defense applications focused on reliability in harsh environment. Coordinate all technical project activities, regularly meet with Customers to provide status and determine

project requirements and address any potential technical issues in the lab as well as in the field. Generating detailed component & assembly models & drawing packages using latest Solidworks releases. Facilitate design and specification reviews, design feasibility studies and perform failure mode analysis. Lead concurrent Eng dev activities for multiple product lines from concept to prototype, through production. Perform detailed engineering calculations and validation of critical system components; building and

evaluating prototypes, and overseeing release of all engineering documentation related to my product lines.

HAAS Automation, Oxnard, CA………..………………………..................……04/2013 to 08/2013 (4 months)Haas Automation is the largest American CNC machine builder manufacturing vertical & horizontal machine centers & CNC lathesMechanical Engineer III (R&D) Project Engineer on highly complex electro-mechanical and Hydraulic assemblies for multiple projects

simultaneously, including HAAS Chip Conveyor design and a new Coolant/Chip separation design.Generated complex layout assembly models and drawings using Solidworks to clearly demonstrate new ideas

and develop new concepts involving large and complex assy’s with hundreds or thousands of parts.Successfully developed detailed invention strategies for rapid realization of functional prototypes from raw ideas

and initial concepts as opposed to developed ideas, delivering innovative and profitable new products.Designed and developed product tests and test methods, performed and directed testing while collecting and

evaluating raw data from testing, processing into written results for presentation to management.

Interconnect Systems, Inc., Camarillo, Ca………………..…….….06/2012 to 04/2013 (10 month contract)ISI is a world leader in NEXT LEVEL INTEGRATION blending high density packaging with advanced interconnects delivering optimized modular solutions.Project Engineer Lead new product developments for advanced Interconnect products using Solidworks. Project Engineer for HiLo pin/socket product lines; high density, 0.5mm pitch interconnect applications.

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MIKE RYLAND5451 Driftwood Street, Oxnard, CA 93035

Cell (805) 340-2323, waverider805@yahoo.comwww.linkedin.com/in/mikerylandmechanicalengineer

Design Engineer on DMM development project, a complex, high density interconnect module for DOD, including a new, 0.5mm pitch x 82 contact connector with a dual-beam contact w/ complex material plating.

Perform Non-Linear Finite Element Analysis and Thermal Analysis to validate design of critical components for Normal Force, Deflection and Stresses using Cosmos. Generate custom SS curves for material models.

Work closely with Manuf. Eng and suppliers on continuous improvement, focused on manufacturability and cost reduction plans for new and existing over-molded interconnects using Thermoplastic LCP’s.

Design tooling & fixtures to automate mfg processes, including custom vacuum fixtures for wire-bonding.

PTI Technologies Inc., Oxnard, CA.………………….……………………..….....07/2008 to 06/2012 (4 years)PTI Technologies is a world leader in the development and distribution of high technology filter elements, modules and fluid flow equipment.Mechanical EngineerSuccessfully designed and developed new OEM products for Aerospace, Military and Commercial Aircraft Project Engineer on programs for US Army, including AGPU, Blackhawk, Apache, and Global Hawk. Design Engineer on new 421® wire mesh, 5µ Absolute Filter Element for the US Army AGPU programs. Project Engineer on several PMA’s, including A380 Sink Strainer Filter Element, qualified through FAA. Project Engineer on L3 Communication Filter Element program including customer interface. Customer interface to determine requirements for Qualification, then generate QTP, QTR, ATP and MDL, Support Customers with design issues and technical problems, in the lab as well as in the field Troubleshoot hydraulic, electro-mechanical & magnetic valve assemblies, delta-P indicators, hydraulic

manifolds and filter elements using effective & efficient hands on mechanical engineering techniques.

Dow Key Microwave, Ventura, CA……………………………….………………...09/2006 to 07/2008 (2 Years)Dow-Key Microwave is the world's largest manufacturer of electromechanical switches for RF and microwave applications.Mechanical Design Engineer Headed design team to successful completion for new L-Band Matrix Integration Rack Design, a new, large

product line for Dow Key with on time delivery resulting in a thank you award from the president. Successful design & dev. of new PXI product family of RF matrices combining PCI/VXI technology. Designed new Low PIM RF switch product line and integrated this technology into all new designs. Directly responsible for the design of new Waveguide Switch family; 50% lighter than competitors products.  Design of castings, selection of casting processes, design of investments, design of gating systems and

runners, generate casting drawings, determination of machine opns to meet tight GD&T (TIR ≤ .0005). Performed FEA Stress & CFD Thermal simulations for complex OEMs for Military & Space applications.

PTI Technologies Inc., Oxnard, CA...……………………………..……06/2004 to 08/2006 (2 years, 2 months)PTI Technologies is a world leader in the development and distribution of high technology filter elements, modules and fluid flow equipment.Manufacturing Engineer Hands on Mechanical Engineering - set up and maintain custom manuf. machines used in production. Design manufacturing tooling using Solid Works; determine manufacturing processes for new product. Determine test procedures for meeting drawing requirements for variety of products for several applications. Lead Manuf. during Kaizens, resulting in 75%. increase in process, reducing scrap & increasing yield to 95% Implemented 5S at PTI; this is an ongoing Lean project with successful results to date. Proactively author new and improve old process documentation and specifications.

Education / Association

California State University, Northridge, CAB.S. Mechanical Engineering………………………………………………………………….…………….May 2004

California State University, Northridge, CAM.S. Mechanical Engineering………………..………………..……………..…………..……….…….......In Process

Professional Credentials | Certifications | DevelopmentCertifications GD&T per ASME y14.5 2009 & Statistical Tol. Methods Solidworks Cosmos Professional (Go Engineer) Solidworks FloWorks Professional CFD (Go Engineer) Solidworks ePDM Administration (Go Engineer) Enovia Smarteam Administration I-IV (Enovia) Solidworks Advanced Surfacing (Solidworks World)

Professional and Personal Development Eaton – Technical Project Management (TMP) Eaton – ProLaunch toll gate development process Eaton University – Risk Management for projects Eaton University – Intro to Six Sigma for Product Design Eaton University – Influencing Peers in Engineering Eaton University – Feasibility Studies

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