Shawn Vahdat is a Designer with 20 plus years' experience in CAD modeling and product development....
SHAWN VAHDAT Dallas, TX 75248
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Professional Summary Designer with 20 plus years' experience in CAD modeling and product development. A collaborative team player with a track record of delivering multiple, concurrent projects in fast-paced environments. Seeking an opportunity to drive production efficiency though qualitative analysis and process re-design.
Skills Desktop and laptop repair Software libraries maintenance Detail-oriented File transfers expert Strong communication skills Digital media Print advertising Project presentations Flier and poster printing Advanced graphic design
Design engineering Product development Computer-Aided Design (CAD) Inventor software Engineering drafting techniques Mechanical drafting Autodesk AutoCAD software Product design 3D solid, surface and assembly modeling Detail drawings
References References available upon request.
Work History Design Manager (Full Time), 12/2014 to 12/2015 Reef Process Systems, LLC – Flower Mound, TX Design and manufacture single and dual flare system using Autodesk inventor 2016 Design. Design & Manufacture Vapor recovery units (VRU). Render products for our website using KeyShot rendering product program (see renders at reefps.com). Perform ASME calculations using Compress CODEWARE. Provided technical engineering support and project management for the design, engineering and development of Flame Arrestors. Mechanical Designer (Full Time), 09/2010 to 12/2014 Performance Pulsation Control Inc. – Plano, TX Design of maintenance free pulsation control equipment for all services. Design Suction & Discharge stabilizers. Design with Autodesk AutoCAD 2014 and Autodesk Inventor 2014. Drawing 3D illustrations of boilers and feed tanks from the engineer's design guidelines. Help engineers for new product development. Sales Engineer Specialist (Full Time), 09/2007 to 08/2010 McNichols Co – Garland, TX 95% sales engineering support and 5% sales Review customer-provided sketch or drawings Calculate square footage to determine type and cost of material for specific projects. Calculate total man hours through fruition. Created CAD drawings to convey manufacturing and production configurations. Communicated with customers to meet design requirements for OEM products. Communicated with suppliers on raw material specifications, dimensions and pre -press approvals. Collaborated with engineers at the new product introduction phase to develop and verify design changes. Created, printed and modified drawings in AutoCAD. Technical Support (Contract), 08/2006 to 07/2007 BSL Telephony – Carrollton, TX
Technical Support for United States Forestry with their phone and PBX problems to the trouble locations. Dispatch technician to the trouble locations Technical Illustrator (Full Time), 03/2003 to 08/2006 Tekelec – Plano, TX Prepared plans and layouts for equipment or system arrangements and space allocation. Interpreted drawing markups and implemented drawing revisions provided by engineers. Developed CAD drawings for newly acquired facilities, updating and maintaining existing facility documentation. Assisted in engineering projects for application and distribution lighting and power systems. Created CAD drawings to convey manufacturing and production configurations. Carefully prepared all design layouts into prepress files for offset, web and digital printing. Generated design and model creation time estimates when needed. Design and create start up video and animation for e-Learning group. Coordinate web publication of technical documentations. Create and design interactive CD for customer documentations. Technical Illustrator (Contract), 08/2002 to 03/2003 Spatial Wireless, Inc. – Richardson, TX Travel to customer's switch site to survey, provide customer with accurate location and drawing of telecom switch. Installing wireless WSS switch and media gateways running data and power cables. Provide graphics support for sales, marketing and documentation department. Hardware illustrations, training presentations. Create and design interactive CD for customer documentations. Developed business card CD for Spatial Wireless Executive and site survey drawing for central office locations. Design promotional materials, CD-ROM inserts and flowcharts. Technical Illustrator (Contract), 02/2001 to 08/2002 Santera Systems, Inc. – Plano, TX Worked with facility manager to layout cubical and office locations. Designed and helped build telecom labs in these facilities. Provided graphics support for sales, marketing and documentation department. Created maps, network topology diagrams, hardware illustrations and training presentations. Designed promotional materials, CD-ROM inserts and flowcharts Developed intranet web design, coordinated web publication of technical documents and oversaw usage of intranet.
Education Bachelor of Science: Computer Technology, Tehran University - Tehran, Iran Certification of completions: Oglethorpe University - Atlanta, GA English as a second Language Certification of completions
Accomplishments Published drawings in March 1992 issue of Modern Material Handling magazine. Assisted in the design of sound traps for Amoco Oil Company, valued at more than $200,000.00.
