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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Volunteer Experience
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Manager
Jan Girven

Jan Girven

Dubois,WY

Summary

Analytical CAD Designer with hands-on experience designing for development plans for R&D, marketing. Creative, logical approach for 3D visualization of product. Detail-driven professional committed to meeting requirements of design, timeline, and budget. Effective Industrial Designer bringing strengths in problem-solving. Known for tackling issues quickly and finding most effective remediation.

Overview

32
32
years of professional experience

Work History

Business Owner

Girven Enterprises, LLC
6 2024 - Current
  • I am an Industrial Designer and create designs, 3D CAD models, and graphics
  • My customers are very diverse, just like my background
  • From engineers, physicists, scientists, architects, entrepreneurs, home contractors or home owners
  • I can work one on one or work with your team as additional resources
  • I create designs from your ideas or refine a design that you have
  • I create it in a 3D CAD model for visualization or manufacturing
  • I can 3D print this or from a 3D CAD model that you already have
  • By being able to put it in your hand we can quickly go through design revisions quickly to give you the final design 3D printed for you
  • I am your local resource, you can meet face to face with
  • From concepts, objects, products to floor plans, home and office layouts
  • Girven Enterprises, LLC is your design solutions resource.

CAD Designer

Range, Dubois Telephone Exchange
01.2010 - 05.2021
  • Create, maintain maps, database
  • Gather GPS data in the field, locating, Create, maintain plant maps for design, planning, presentations, government reporting, addressing issues
  • Create detailed documentation of procedures
  • CAD, Map3d, Oasis, Mapcom M4

CAD & Documentation

LLNL, Space Action Team
10.2004 - 02.2005
  • Facility deactivation, decontamination, and demolition
  • CAD Manager /Support, standards development, processes, presentations, tables, charts, maps, photos, flow charts, graphics, file translations, technical writing, large format plotting, office layouts, CAD; ACAD.

CAD/ Mechanical Designer

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, LLNL
03.1993 - 02.2005

CAD Designer

LLNL, Plant Engineering Multi-disciplines
01.2003 - 10.2004
  • Supporting Electrical Engineering, Security Alarms, Space & Site Planning doing design, layouts, standards
  • Interior Design Services doing office design, color selections, workflow, ergonomics, estimates, and ordering furniture, standards
  • CAD; ACAD

CAD Designer

LLNL, Lasers Electrical Design & Drafting Group
07.2002 - 01.2003
  • ACAD training, support, file translations, process design, database, management, electrical, NIF
  • CAD; ACAD, ProE, Inventor

CAD Designer

LLNL, Laser Systems Integration
10.1999 - 12.2002
  • Livelink administrator, trainer, part of software development team & Help Desk, technical illustration & writer, documentation development, database management, NIF
  • CAD; ACAD

Mechanical Designer

LLNL, Laser Operations, Systems Start-up Group
06.1998 - 10.1999
  • Material flow process, time & space studies using LEAN manufacturing techniques, database management, NIF
  • CAD; ProE

Mechanical Designer

LLNL, Lasers Transport & Handling Operations Group
11.1996 - 06.1998
  • Facility utilization, time & space studies, material flow process design, on animations team, database management, NIF
  • CAD; Pro-E

Mechanical Designer

LLNL, Opto-Mechanical Beam Transport Group
10.1995 - 11.1996
  • Opto-mechanical design concepts, prototypes of line replaceable units, database management, NIF
  • CAD; Pro-E

CAD Designer

LLNL, IEEE Plant Engineering
10.1993 - 01.1995
  • Facilities, civil, electrical-mechanical CAD, project planning and systems testing, ACAD help desk
  • CAD; ACAD

Education

Bachelor of Science - Industrial Design

San Jose State University
San Jose, CA

Skills

Solidworks

Volunteer Experience

  • Hiller Aviation Museum, San Carlos, CA, 2004
  • Science on Saturdays, Livermore, CA, 1998
  • Earth Sciences on Saturdays, Livermore, CA, 1997

Timeline

CAD Designer

Range, Dubois Telephone Exchange
01.2010 - 05.2021

CAD & Documentation

LLNL, Space Action Team
10.2004 - 02.2005

CAD Designer

LLNL, Plant Engineering Multi-disciplines
01.2003 - 10.2004

CAD Designer

LLNL, Lasers Electrical Design & Drafting Group
07.2002 - 01.2003

CAD Designer

LLNL, Laser Systems Integration
10.1999 - 12.2002

Mechanical Designer

LLNL, Laser Operations, Systems Start-up Group
06.1998 - 10.1999

Mechanical Designer

LLNL, Lasers Transport & Handling Operations Group
11.1996 - 06.1998

Mechanical Designer

LLNL, Opto-Mechanical Beam Transport Group
10.1995 - 11.1996

CAD Designer

LLNL, IEEE Plant Engineering
10.1993 - 01.1995

CAD/ Mechanical Designer

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, LLNL
03.1993 - 02.2005

Business Owner

Girven Enterprises, LLC
6 2024 - Current

Bachelor of Science - Industrial Design

San Jose State University
Jan Girven