Steve Dananay

Experience

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  The Trane Research and Development Laboratory

  Jun 1976 - Jan 1979

  Lab Test Engineer

  Wind tunnel design, VAV fan testing, furnace and heat pump energy consumption testing.

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  Western Sales and Fabrication Co.

  May 1979 - Jun 1980

  Heat Transfer Design Engineer

  Designed ASME pressure vessels per Section VIII, Div. 1 and multi-core, air-cooled heat exchangers.

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  Puget Sound Naval Shipyard

  Dec 1981 - Dec 1982

  Nuclear Production Engineer

  Produced nuclear work instructions, nuclear containment ventilation and design of production rigging equipment.

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  Norland Corp.

  Jan 1983 - Jan 1984

  Design Engineer (Contract)

  Designed parts for bone densitometer and plastic parts within heart pacer programming device.

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  Independant Inspections of Wisconsin

  Jan 1984 - Jan 1985

  Building Inspector

  Performed electrical, plumbing, HVAC and structural inspections, issuing permits and construction plan review.

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  Western Wisconsin Technical College

  Aug 1985 - Jun 1992

  Instructor of Mechanical Design Technology

  Direct instruction of Manufacturing Processes, Metallurgy, Materials Sciences, Hydraulics & Pneumatics, Drafting and Machine Maintenance. I oversaw the Materials Testing and Heat Treating Laboratories operating hardness testers, impact tester, Tinius-Olsen Universal Tester, various metallurgical specimen preparation machines and several heat treating furnaces.

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  Marcum Fuel Systems

  Oct 1992 - Dec 1995

  Product Engineer

  Designed alternative fuel fueling stations for natural gas powered vehicles.

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  Amrion

  Jan 1996 - May 1996

  Plant Engineer

  Lay out warehouse areas, procuring fork lifts and machinery, product labeling, machine maintenance and HVAC/dust collecting systems.

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  Melco Embroidery Systems

  Nov 1996 - Mar 2001

  Manufacturing Engineering Manager

  Brought product lines from design into manufacturing. Refined engineering specifications. Created assembly docs, tooling, fixtures and workstations. I personally reviewed and refined nearly every drawing and part specification in order that the part assembles wherever it falls within its tolerance zone.

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  HEI Advanced Medical Division (Formerly Colorado MedTech)

  Jun 2001 - May 2003

  Sr. Manufacturing Engineer

  Implementing Lean Flow Manufacturing, verification and validation of manufacturing lines and improving manufacturability of products by enhancing part specifications.

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  Melco Embroidery Systems

  May 2003 - Dec 2003

  Production Supervisor/Sr. Manufacturing Engineer

  I was accountable for all production staff, finished goods quality reports, gage R&R, production quotas and shop floor layout during transition to contract mfgr.

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  Fischer Imaging

  Dec 2003 - Mar 2005

  Sr. Manufacturing Engineer

  I was responsible for eliminating design defects in drawings, root cause investigation of failures, maintaining BOMs and dispositioning nonconforming materials (MRB) for electro-physiology, stereotactic breast biopsy and diagnostic mammography equipment.

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  McKinley Medical

  Oct 2005 - Nov 2005

  Quality System Engineering Specialist (Contract)

  I organized medical device Design History Files in a format that would withstand an FDA audit.

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  Metalwest Specialty Products

  Nov 2005 - Mar 2006

  Manufacturing Engineer (Contract)

  I was hired to document machine-specific processes and make process improvement recommendations for the fabrication of HVAC sheet metal products .

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  Sonora Medical Systems, now UNISYN Medical Techologies Division of GE Healthcare

  May 2006 - Jun 2011

  R&D Engineer

  At Sonora, we fought the rising tide of healthcare costs by providing an alternative to OEM repair of medical imaging equipment. I specified processes and custom repair parts used to refurbish ultrasound probes. As an R&D Engineer, I specified repair for Acuson V5M TEE probes, Oldelft Pediatric probes and GE probes. (For the 300+ repairs performed per my V5M specification, there have been NO warranty returns.) These have been great revenue generators and customer confidence builders at Sonora. Additionally, I am author of a patent for a Universal Probe Holder that connects several manufacturer's probes for safety testing eliminating the need for multiple adapters. UNISYN is ISO 9001 certified organization and maintains a Medical Device Manufacturer Quality Management System. Show less

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  Design Machine Works LLC (Formerly Assemblies ... Soon as Possible LLC)

  Jun 2011 - now

  Mechanical Design Consultant

  I provide contract engineering services including design, documentation, procurement and assembly. Specialties include electronics packaging, design review, reverse engineering replacement parts, fixture design, motor driven equipment and load analysis.

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  Frictionless World

  Feb 2016 - Apr 2018

  Mechanical Design Engineer

  At Frictionless World we leverage the materials from low cost countries with the engineering design talent and manufacturing quality of the US and build-in exceptional value to our chore equipment lines that include Dirty Hand Tools and Vinsetta Tools.