John Magolske                       PO Box 460626 San Francisco CA 94146
Design / R&D / Manufacturing        B79.net/contact  |  B79.net/cv

  Analytical and creative, experienced in the development of
  scientific equipment, medical devices, consumer products and
  museum exhibitry. Excellent written and verbal communication
  skills, able to continuously learn and apply new knowledge.

AccessClosure, Mechanical Design
12/08 - present
Design of tooling & fixturing for manufacturing cardiac catheter
devices. Development of new tooling and improvement of existing
tooling for UV bond, vacuum chamber, forming, assembly and inspection
processes. Modeled in SolidWorks.

Consulting
11/07 - 11/08
Contract design, consulting, fabrication. Software testing (analyze,
validate and troubleshoot VOIP systems). Webmaster for the SF chapter
of Engineers Without Borders.

Onda, Product Engineer
5/05 - 10/07
Designed ultrasound test and measurement equipment. Developed new
products and improved existing products, from conceptualization to
CAD solid models (SolidWorks), to detail drawings. Addressed issues
such as form, function, fit & finish, cost, and manufacturability.
Also responsible for tooling design, creation & maintenance of
documentation, master parts lists and BOM's. Interfaced with outside
fabricators and vendors to ensure timely, quality, cost-effective
materials.

Contract Design & Fabrication
1/03 - 5/05
Developed educational experiences, including design & fabrication of
exhibitry for the Our Place in The Universe exhibit at the Chabot
Space & Science Center. Studied Linux/Unix Open Source software.
Tutored elementary school children in Language Arts. Wrote an
astronomical reference book.

Exploratorium, Exhibit Developer
6/99 - 1/03
Designed and built interactive biology exhibits for the Traits of Life
collection. Involvement: research, experimentation, conceptualization,
design & engineering, fabrication, documentation, troubleshooting,
and maintenance. Challenges: display and protect living organisms
within electro-optical-mechanical systems, create low maintenance
life support systems. Lead developer for the following Exhibits:
animal-plant interdependence shown via real-time measurement and
display of CO2 levels, photosynthetic production of oxygen bubbling
from aquatic plants, termite colony in thin cross section with custom
lighted magnifiers, mutant flies in viewer pods. Coordinated the work
of volunteers, contractors and outside shops.

BiLobal Design, Owner
1/97 - 6/99
Ran a business developing, manufacturing and marketing an eco-friendly
home furnishing product. Coordinated design, manufacture, marketing,
and distribution.

MOTO Development Group, Mechanical Design Engineer
12/94 - 12/96
Consulting firm environment. Developed concepts from sketch to 3D CAD
models (Pro-E) to first article run and manufacture. Conducted client
liaison and project management. Designed injection-molded, sheet
metal, and machined parts & assemblies. Projects: Vehicle mount system
for ruggedized computer. Automated pool & spa control box. Medication
Dispensing Cabinet -- designed a system of interlocking modular
plastic dividers, sheet-metal parts and light pipes that fit within an
existing automated hospital inventory control system. Phone Router --
designed plastic injection molded snap-together assembly integrating
printed circuit board, connectors & LED indicators. Thermal studies
and heat-sink design for Apple Powerbooks.

Wyatt Technology, Mechanical Design Engineer
2/93 - 1/94
Resolved optical, thermal and mechanical design challenges in the
manufacture of laser light-scattering scientific equipment used for
macromolecular and particle characterization. Improved performance,
usability and lowered cost. Responsible for assembly & testing of
prototypes and coordination of production with vendors. Designed
optical read head and flow cell assemblies (AutoCAD).
Patent # 5,404,217 issued.

Vistek/MDI, Manufacturing Engineer
4/90 - 1/93
Responsible for the mechanical design, electronic packaging and
manufacture of surgical video cameras and Xenon light sources.
Conducted product and tooling design, process improvement and cost
reduction. Implemented GMP procedures, brought document control system
up to FDA standards.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, B.S. Manufacturing Engineering Technology
3/86 - 3/90
Studied Manufacturing Engineering and Processes, emphasis on a Learn
by Doing approach. Deans List.

Don Bosco Technical Institute, A.S. Manufacturing
9/79 - 9/84
Hands-on vocational training program. Experience: drafting, lathe,
milling machine, precision grinders, CNC equipment, plastic injection
molding.

Tools
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SolidWorks, Pro-E, AutoCAD, GD&T, MS-Win/Office/Excel, OS X, Linux,
Unix shell, Vim, regex, Git, HTML & CSS, vertical mill, lathe,
multimeter, soldering iron, microscope, pipette, and a variety of
power tools, hand tools and precision measuring instruments.

Ongoing Studies
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Power efficient computing, open source software, language, typography,
bookbinding, astronomy, amateur radio, sustainable living solutions,
furniture design, modular architecture, music