• Address: La Mesa, CA 91942 (map)
• Date Posted: 10/14/09

Objective



To obtain a position where I can utilize my managerial, and engineering skills in an organization.



Summary of Qualifications



Detail-oriented, work well with others, self-motivated, hands-on professional experienced in drafting and autocad. My major strengths are team player, excellent written and communication skills, tri-lingual: Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish, managerial experience on hiring and management supervision level, evaluating, and training employees. Computer and Internet literate.



Education



University of Houston – Downtown Campus

Bachelors of Science majoring in Process and Piping Design – May 1993



Walden University – Online

Masters in Business Administration - March 2008



Walden University – Online

Ph.D in Engineering Management – Projected Graduation: 05-2011





Professional Accomplishments

Jensen Engineering – July 23rd, 2008 to November 14th, 2008 Performing temporary work for ATK – Lake City. Generating as-built drawings (electrical, mechanical, structural, piping) and updating existing ones. Other duties are field check drawings. Supporting conceptual design projects and plant modernization.



ITT Technical Institute – Houston, Texas, San Antonio, Texas, San Diego, California, and Kansas City, Missouri – March 2003 to May 2008

As a Program Chair, I was in charge of the Computer Drafting Program. Overseeing instructors and average of 200 students on their academic progress. Lectured various subjects such as: Introduction to Drafting, Beginning Autocad, Advanced Autocad, Architecture, Mechanical Drafting, Materials and Process, Descriptive Geometry, Process and Piping, Structural, and Industrial Applications. All courses were taught using Autocad.



Art Institute of Houston – Houston, Texas Oct 94 to March 03

Lectured various subjects such as: Introduction to Drafting, Beginning Autocad, Advanced Autocad, Architecture, Mechanical Drafting, Materials and Process, Descriptive Geometry, Process and Piping, Structural, and Industrial Applications. All courses were taught using Autocad

Brown&Root – (Petrochemical Division) – Houston, Texas Oct 92 to Oct 94

Performed as a mechanical designer working closely with a piping stress engineer generating piping support standards, and piping drawings using autocad and microstation.





Goodman Manufacturing – Houston, Texas – Oct 90 to Oct 92

Performed as a cad designer on different facets of HVAC ie: condenser, sheet metal, tubing, and layout. Generating orthographic projection drawings from different parts. Generating isometrics. Assisting Manufacturing Department with different design issues to optimize parts production. Assisted Engineer in performing product change notice and Engineering change notices. Provided technical support to Manufacturing in respect to design issues. Facilitate communications between the Engineering Department with other departments.

Free-Lance Translator – from 1992 to Present

Translate English into Brazilian Portuguese, and Brazilian Portuguese into English. Spanish into Portuguese, Spanish into English, and European Portuguese into English Areas of expertise are translation and layout of technical manuals pertaining to oil and gas, engineering, manufacturing, mechanical, electrical, information systems, computers (hardware/software), telecommunications, automotive, chemical and petrochemical. Also translate legal contracts, general documentation, marketing brochures and web site localization.



Computer Skills



PhotoShop 9.0, Corel 11, Adobe Illustrator 9.0, QuarkXpress 3.32 and 4.1, Indesign 1.5, FrameMaker 5.5 and 6.0, PageMaker 6.5, and 7.0, Interleaf, Publisher 2007, Word 2007, MS Visio, Power Point 2007, Microstation, Architecture 2009, Inventor, MEP 2008, and Autocad 2009.



Military Service



United States Army Reserve – Corps of Engineer – Honorable Discharge