William Clegg

Experience

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  Laurstan Incorporated

  Jun 1989 - Feb 1990

  Project Engineer

  First degreed engineer hired by Laurstan to support and cultivate business for custom designed components for military and commercial customers• Responsibilities included complete scope of work quotations for government and commercial Draft Purchase Orders (DPO)• Set DPO pricing and involvement in contract manufacturing. Also organized vendors and subcontractors for material and service procurement• Provide design engineering service to customers• Provide engineering support for manufactured components for client companies• Engineering liaison to in-house machine / stamping departments• Liaison to contract manufacturers and design service providers Show less

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  Gentex Corporation

  May 1991 - May 1995

  Design Engineer, Life Support Business Group

  Staff Design Engineering position for design of high performance fixed and rotary wing headgear and protective equipment• Design of machined / formed metal, molded plastic, resin composite, and EPS components• Mechanical Engineer for advanced HGU 56/P rotary wing helmet system, still in use as of 2016• Team member involved in helmet system design for Eurofighter 2000 program• Provided engineering support to established helmet systems• Redesigned visor retention system for US Coast Guard based upon specification changes• Introduced FEA process to Gentex and integrated into product development process• Part of group that introduced stereolithograpy (rapid prototyping) to company Show less

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  Dalloz Safety Products (formerly Willson Safety Products)

  May 1995 - Nov 1996

  Product Development / Project Engineer

  Staff engineer position involved in new product development of consumer personal protective equipment for head, eye, ear, and face• Developed hard hat system for use in international markets• Supported personal protective eyewear and other products manufactured at multiple locations• Provided engineering support and design assistance to marketing, sales, and customer service

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  Thomson Multimedia (formerly RCA Corporation)

  Nov 1996 - Mar 1997

  Mechanical Engineer, Audio and Communications Business

  Mechanical Engineer position involved in new product development for GE and RCA brand consumer electronics• Responsible for mechanical design and development for GE consumer line of telephone answering systems• Product design interface between industrial design and overseas tooling vendors and manufacturing facilities

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  Wiremold Interlink Cabling Systems

  Mar 1997 - Jan 2001

  Mechanical Engineer

  Lead Mechanical Engineer position involved in new product development of computer networking hardware and wire management systems including;• Responsible for new product development with an emphasis on injection molded plastic products• Developed and designed new telecom interconnect product (Patent 6,102,360)• Full product responsibility from concept through manufacturing• Developed standard catalog products and custom products for telecom customers• Utilized QFD process for new product development, Lean Manufacturing and Demand Flow techniques for factory layout and material management, and Kaizen process for increasing manufacturing efficiency Show less

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  Agere Systems, 555 Union Blvd, Allentown, PA 18103 ( formerly Lucent Technologies Microelectronics)

  Jan 2001 - May 2003

  Product Design and Development Engineer

  Physical Design Engineer responsible for new product development of fiber optic hardware for telecom systems including;• Mechanical design of state-of-the-art packaging of optical components• Design of molded / machined / formed metal, molded plastic, PWB, ceramic substrates, and glass fiber assemblies• Invited to participate in advanced packaging development team to redesign high volume products for lower manufacturing cost and improved assembly• Maintained and participated in multiple concurrent programs and was deployed to high visibility programs Show less

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  Philips Respironics Inc

  May 2003 - Feb 2016

  Project / R&D / New Product Development Engineer

  Engineering position responsible for creating IP and developing into commercial technology and products including;• Created new novel dry EEG sensing electrode for use in diagnostic equipment (Patent pending)• Co-developed new material coating for dry sensing electrode (Patent pending)• Created and developed unique low flow CPAP system and proved efficacy through clinical trial (Patents US20110259340A1, EP20090797175, EP2384173B1)• Developed light therapy mask to treat circadian rhythm disorders (Patent EP20090796813, US8870740B2, EP2384226A1, US20110257713A1)• Created novel reusable electrode system for electronic insomnia sleep aid (Philips SleepwaveTM) (Patent EP20070841643)• Developed design of SleepwaveTM device and was responsible for all mechanical engineering activities• Developed passive mask snore reduction device Show less

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  DICK'S Sporting Goods

  Aug 2016 - now

  Product Development Engineer

  Back in the game!