KENNETH H. WEST 4978 - H kw101c6d4@westpost.

net 22 - C MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEER

(408) 255(408) 505-62

Thirty-five plus years in the field of Mechanical Engineering in the Medical, Computer, Aerospace and Energy industries, with emphasis on Engineering Management technical management, product & tool design, materials and fabrication processes (sheet metal, machining, casting, molding). I have also owned and operated a Design Rigid PCB Probe Test Fixture, Flexible Circuit Trim Tool, and Electrical Test Tooling for probing Flexible Circuit in flat and folded conditions. Jan10 - May10 Spinal Modulation - Menlo Park, CA TOOL DESIGN ENGINEER Design, documentation and fabrication of tooling for a spinal implant medical de vice. Tools designed included; Rigid PCB Probe Test Fixture, Flexible Circuit T rim Tool, and Electrical Test Tooling for probing Flexible Circuit in flat and f olded conditions. Apr08 - Dec09 Intuitive Surgical - Sunnyvale, CA MANUFACTURING ENGINEER, INSTRUMENTS Design and documentation of tooling for the assembly, maintenance & calibration of DaVinci & DaVinci S product lines, for 5mm Housing Removal Fixture for DV sis sors, grippers and pinchers), Gauss Meter Fixture (to measure instrument's magnetic strength), 8mm Tensioner Calibration Tool, Cannula Seal Leak Tester Tool. Mar92 - Mar08 Ventritex / St. Jude Medical - Sunnyvale, CA TOOL DESIGN ENGINEER / TOOLING ENGINEERING MANAGER Hands-on Tooling & Fixture design responsibilities, direction of the Design Engineering & Machine Shop staff (5 Designers & 5 Machinists). Shop capabilities included CNC Milling, Lathe, Grinding, EDM and Molding. Department was responsible for the design, development and fabrication of the tooling required for the manufacture of Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators and associated process equipment, test hardware and assembly aids. Department also provided design, tooling, fabrication & support to outside vendors. Feb87 - Mar92 S.E.I. (formerly C.D.I.) - San Jose, CA SENIOR ENGINEERING SPECIALIST - MECHANICAL DESIGN Engineering support for IBM, Loral and Northern Telecom projects in the design of small mechanisms, tooling and E/M packaging to support manufacturing in manual and robotic environments. Managed designs from concept through prototype fabrication. Nov84 - Feb87 Finnigan Corporation - San Jose, CA MECHANICAL ENGINEER Design packaging of Mass Spectrometer from design concept thru prototype fabrication and manufacturing. Design included serviceable frame & card cage, piping/cable routing and EMI/RFI suppression. I also built full-sized wooden models for marketing use. Jun80 - Feb87 K. West & Company - Saratoga, CA OWNER/OPERATOR Custom wood operator consoles and panels, floor sections and termination cabinets.

TECHNICAL TRAINING AND INDUSTRY COURSES - Numerous CAD/CAM/Solid Modeling Training courses (ProE, SolidWorks, SDRC, AutoCAD, Anvil, Catia, Cadam & more) - Quality Systems Training (medical devices & related products) - Tooling Design, Qualification and Maintenance SOP Training - Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing, ANSI 14.5Y - SurfCam Machining CNC Software Training - D.O.E. (Design of Experiments) Course for Medical Devices - Good Manufacturing Practices (OSHA & FDA) - MS Word Product & Tooling design, CAD/CAM Software, Manufacturing Processes, Materials & Fabrication Processes (Machine Shop apprenticeship, model/fixture design, manufacturing & fabrication processes, and sheet metal design) EDUCATION: Santa Rosa College, Santa Rosa, Ca. GE Engineering Training Program 1971 - 1972 1972 - 1978