James Caywood
Fort Wayne,IN
Summary
Innovative, hardworking mechanical and architectural designer with excellent technical and communication skills and 15+ years of experience. Passionate about taking initial ideas and concepts and developing them into finished electronic models and prints.
Overview
48
48
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Product Designer
DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS (DEPUY SYNTHES)
Warsaw, IN
11.1980 - 09.2018
- Responsible for development and creation of 3D solid models; initial ideas and concepts in the form of verbal interactions with engineers expanded upon, developed and documented into design data used in the generation of finished electronic models and product drawings; worked closely with R&D Prototype shop in the preliminary design phase and with FEA (Finite Element Analysis) teammates, supplying mass property data to them; created motion simulations of 3D solid models and documented results; created stereolithography files for production of SLA prototype parts; collaborated with personnel from sister facilities, such as Leeds, England and Raynham, Massachusetts; worked directly with local outside vendors supplying them with documentation in support of design inputs and outputs to satisfy product development history requirements.
Architectural Draftsman
Miller & Sons Lumber Company
Silver Lake, IN
12.1977 - 11.1980
- Created residential and agricultural drawings that included floor plans, elevations, cross-sections, details, site plans and roof truss designs.
Engineering Technician
VETERANS HOSPITAL ENGINEERING DEPT
Marion, IN
03.1974 - 12.1977
- Maintained all on site as-built drawings
- Produced necessary drawings for new construction
- Performed surveying operations as needed to document invert elevations on underground utilities.
Site Development Specialist
United States Air Force (AF)
Kinross, MI
06.1970 - 02.1974
- Maintained base facilities as-built drawings
- Performed surveying operations that included invert elevations and alignment of runway lighting systems.
Education
Associate's degree - Design & Drafting Technology
Ivy Tech Community College
06.1982
Associates Degree - Fire Science Technology
IU Kokomo
06.1973
Certificate - Site Development Technology (Surveying & Drafting)
Air Force Technical School
12.1970
Skills
- Computer-Aided Design (CAD) Software
- 2D & 3D Solid Modeling
- Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T)
- Detail and Assembly Designs
- Product Lifecycle Management Software
- Reverse Engineering
- Engineering Design Standards ASME Y 145
- Performed occasional role as Checker
- AutoCAD
- Unigraphics (7 years)
- Computer Vision (5 years)
- Intergraph EMS (10 years)
- Teamcenter 10 (10 years)
- Siemens NX 10 (10 years)
- Schematics
- CAD
- Drafting
- Mechanical Design
- Product Design
- Design Thinking
- Company Processes and Procedures
- Product Specifications
- Technical Support
Certification
- ASME Technologist Level Certification for Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Professionals
Patents
- Modular glenoid assembly having bearing insert (#6514287), http://patents.justia.com, 02/01/03
- Expandable acetabular liner extraction device, cup assembly and associated method (#7927376), http://patents.justia.com, 04/01/11
- Reciprocating rasps for use in orthopaedic surgical procedure (#8506569), http://patents.justia.com, 08/01/13
- Self centering, anti-seizing acetabular liner (#8771367), http://patents.justia.com, 07/01/14
- Reciprocating rasps for use in an orthopedic surgical procedure (#8961521), http://patents.justia.com, 07/01/13
- Self-centering, anti-seizing acetabular liner (#9592126), http://patents.justia.com, 03/01/17
- Reciprocating rasps for use in an orthopaedic surgical procedure (#9826987), http://patents.justia.com, 11/01/17
- Self-centering, anti-seizing acetabular liner (#10105230), http://patents.justia.com
- Acetabular orthopaedic prosthesis and method (#11376128), http://patents.justia.com, 07/01/22
- Knee prosthesis and tibial component (#US #5147405), http://radaris.com, 07/01/91
Accomplishments
- Awarded ten US patents
- Received Certificate of Professional Achievement
Timeline
Senior Product Designer
DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS (DEPUY SYNTHES)
11.1980 - 09.2018
Architectural Draftsman
Miller & Sons Lumber Company
12.1977 - 11.1980
Engineering Technician
VETERANS HOSPITAL ENGINEERING DEPT
03.1974 - 12.1977
Site Development Specialist
United States Air Force (AF)
06.1970 - 02.1974
Associate's degree - Design & Drafting Technology
Ivy Tech Community College
Associates Degree - Fire Science Technology
IU Kokomo
Certificate - Site Development Technology (Surveying & Drafting)
Air Force Technical School
- ASME Technologist Level Certification for Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Professionals
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