Specializing in troubleshooting existing equipment, production systems, cookie ovens, cracker ovens & burner systems.
Equipment selection and layout
Installation supervision
Multi-source production system/equipment design coordination

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1986 - Present
Independent Consultant
APV Baker Inc. - Consulting & part time engineer
Baader N.A. - Design of poultry processing equipment
B/D Systems, Inc. - Partner in special machine design & manufacturing company
Bill DeWitt, Inc. - Consultant

1964 - 1986 APV Baker Inc. Employed in a variety of capacities from Project Engineer to Chief Engineer (when the company was Werner Machinery, then Werner-Lehara, and then APV Baker).

1953 - 1964
A variety of companies involved in: welding of automobile bodies; machining components for the Gemini space craft; bowling equipment; school furniture; design of automatic machines for milling, drilling & tapping of engine blocks; design of gages for the military; design & manufacture of agricultural drive line assemblies.

MISCELLANEOUS

Member of the ASBE Task Committee which developed the 1977 & 1983 ANSI safety requirements for bakery equipment.
Twenty-five year member of American Society of Baking (formerly ASBE)
Prior member of B&CMA (Biscuit & Cracker Manufacturers Association)
Prior member of ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
Prior member of ASTME (American Society of Tool & Manufacturing Engineers)
Bilingual (English/Spanish) capability
References furnished on request