Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Certification
Interests
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Andrew Bloom

GRAND RIVER,OH

Summary

Proven leader in product engineering, delivering advanced solutions in investment castings for ceramic cores and castings. Focused on teamwork, collaboration, and new product development projects to achieve operational excellence and success.

Overview

35
35
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Product Engineer

PCC Airfoils LLC, Ceramics Group
Wickliffe, OH
11.2016 - Current

New Product Development (GE Power, Siemens Energy)

Complex core tooling design and construction

Ceramic Core Development and Production

CNC Machining Development

Production Part Controls

Siemens Raptor Development Team Leader

Low Pressure Automation Team leader

Engineering Team Mentor/New Hire Orientation Trainer

Low Pressure Expansion Team Leader

Prototype core manufacturing

Blue Light Dimensional Analysis and Automation

Six Sigma project leader

Unigraphics /Solid Works Model Analysis

Product Engineer II

PCC Airfoils, Mentor Operations
Mentor, OH
06.2008 - 11.2016

New Product Development (GE Power, Siemens Energy)

Complex core and wax tooling design and construction

Advanced EDM/CNC Machining Development

Production Part Controls and Procedures

Ceramic Core Development and Production

Cost Reduction Studies and Implementation

Prototype core manufacturing

White Light Dimensional Analysis

Six Sigma project leader

Unigraphics /Solid Works Model Analysis

Product Engineer

PCC Airfoils, Minerva Operations
Minerva, OH
05.2004 - 06.2008

New Product Development (GE Power, Siemens Energy, SNECMA, Alstom)

Complex core and wax tooling design and construction

EDM/CNC Machining Development

Ceramic Core Development and Production

Cost Reduction Studies and Implementation

Prototype core manufacturing

Dimensional Analysis

Unigraphics /Solid Works Model Analysis

Mid-West Sales Manager

Marex.Com
Miami, FL
09.1999 - 04.2003
  • Led sales strategy development for Midwest region, aligning objectives with corporate goals for Genmar Holdings.
  • Mentored and trained inside sales team, enhancing product knowledge and customer engagement techniques for key sales objectives
  • Worked trade shows further expanding the Marex.Com footprint in Business to Business e-commerce. Mating Genmar suppliers with e-commerce systems.

Engineering/Technical Sales Engineer

Mold Masters International
Mentor, OH
06.1991 - 09.1999

Tooling Package Quoting and Design

Project Management (Scheduling, Milestones)

(PCC Minerva, Douglas and S.S.B.O.

CNC and EDM programming CADDS 5 /Unigraphics

Education

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

Cleveland State University
Cleveland, OH

Skills

  • Product development expertise
  • Supplier management
  • Engineering documentation
  • Lean manufacturing principles
  • Technical solution development
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Six sigma methodologies
  • Technical leadership

Accomplishments

Project Leader For Siemens Raptor Development

  • Worked with team to develop injection machine and secondary tooling for PCC Ceramics largest ceramic core
  • Worked with tool shop to design and build 1st fully automated core injection tooling for PCC Ceramics

PCC Ceramics (Low Pressure) Facilities Expansion

  • Worked with Automation team and machine builder to build new and rebuild old LP injection machines to bring up to current manufacturing and safety standards.
  • Leading team to expand LP Injection and Slurry making into new facility. Incorporating automated slurry making and injection machines

Certification

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Villanova University 2012

Interests

Vintage automobile restoration and racing

Timeline

Senior Product Engineer

PCC Airfoils LLC, Ceramics Group
11.2016 - Current

Product Engineer II

PCC Airfoils, Mentor Operations
06.2008 - 11.2016

Product Engineer

PCC Airfoils, Minerva Operations
05.2004 - 06.2008

Mid-West Sales Manager

Marex.Com
09.1999 - 04.2003

Engineering/Technical Sales Engineer

Mold Masters International
06.1991 - 09.1999

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

Cleveland State University