MATT O'BRIEN

- Founder of Terra Topography, a small business creating cast stone 3D topographic maps and wall art.

• Provide design and engineering services to assist clients with new product development, engineering documentation, design for manufacturing and sourcing.
• Manufacture FDM 3D printed components for customers with orders ranging from one off prints to larger orders quantities of several thousand parts.

• Led the product development team to develop and launch new products and improve existing products.
• Spearheaded and delegated various product development initiatives, projects and duties.
• Offered direction, performance feedback and training to staff throughout projects.
• Interviewed and hired talented individuals to add value to the product development team.
• Collaborate with marketing, sourcing and purchasing departments to launch new products and support existing products.

• Responsible for the full product development lifecycle of new products from the concept phase through final production.
• Generate detailed 3D models and assemblies, technical drawings and prototypes using Solidworks.
• Develop relationships and communicate with global suppliers to quote components, define manufacturing processes and support quality control.
• Generate product renders, line art, installation instructions and other customer facing marketing visuals.
• Create quality control procedures, paperwork and jigs.

• Create sheet metal parts, assemblies and engineering prints in Solidworks for industrial liquid cooling systems.
• Reverse engineer sheet metal assemblies and convert 2D drawings to 3D parts.
• Write G-code to operate a CNC turret punch press.