1. WILLIAM RUDWALL
44 Stonecrest Drive, San Francisco, CA 94312 • (510) 299-2108 • William.Rudwall@gmail.com
Education
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) La Jolla, CA September 2010
B.S. Mechanical Engineering – Magna Cum Laude Honors GPA: 3.825
Work Experience
Charles Pankow Builders San Francisco, CA May 2014 – Present
Assistant Project Manager
• 1321 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA Project– residential/retail concept that is an 110,000 SF, 11 story high rise over a 1
level basement with 160 units, resulting in a $41MM owner contract
Provided project management to subcontractors and Pankow Field team
Served as one of the primary sources of contact with Owner and their on-site representative to manage change issues and mitigate
problems as they were presented
Managed the buyout of subcontractors to perform the different scopes of work totaling $25MM
Managed budgeting and billing of entire project
Managed relations with the owner, owner’s financing inspector, and subcontractors
Managed and wrote the contracts for the different scopes of work
Led subcontractor negotiations regarding change orders, back charges, and managed project closeout
Building Complete – July 2015
• 270 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA Project – a 5/7 story, 65 foot tall core and shell commercial office building
containing 210,000 SF, resulting in a $54MM owner contract
Managed the Bid-Buyout Process for different scopes of work
Assisted in subcontract negotiations and creation of contracts
Managed relations with subcontractors and owner
Building to be complete in January 2016
Create Technologies Inc. / OAS Design Group Inc. Berkeley, CA March 2011 – October 2013
Project Lead & Mechanical Engineer – Research and Development
• Led in the development of high speed cooking technologies including a patented system capable of cooking a pizza in 1 minute
• Found a design flaw through extensive testing and improved the energy efficiency of a high speed infrared(IR) oven by over 800%,
enabling the funding of a $1.5 million project
• Managed a 12-man team developing the world’s first fully automated mobile food truck that is capable of cooking and serving 220
pizzas with beverages in 1 hour
• Performed extensive testing with the high speed oven to determine the truck’s energy requirements – Patent called for the 25 KW
oven’s to be powered by 12 VDC batteries
• Designed and managed the construction of the power and energy management systems
• Developed and performed test procedures for the pizza truck automation and energy management systems
• Designed and programmed the pizza truck automation system, which was comprised of a motion controller, 3-axis servo-motor pick-
and-place gantry system, 12 stepper motors, 4 high speed IR ovens, and over 100 sensors of varying type
• Presented our patented technologies at least 10 times to several potential investors, including Fortune 500 companies and high net-
worth individuals
• Assisted in the development of 3 start-up companies around the high speed cooking technology
• Developed test procedures to study the thermal performance and impact resistance of a new biodegradable temperature sensitive
packaging Sealed Air ® product
• Worked with senior engineers in the design of a machine to rapidly produce our patented biodegradable impact resistant packaging
product
BAE Systems, Inc. – U.S. Combat Systems Fridley, MN June 2009 – August 2009
Armament Systems – Army Programs
System Integration Test Engineer Intern
• Worked with a 10-person team in the Manufacturing Technology Program (MANTECH) to lower the production cost of ceramic
armor tiles by redesigning the manufacturing processes to become more efficient
• Managed a team of two interns in the design and modeling of a cockpit simulator that is being used to test proposed designs of the
U.S. Army’s new Ground Combat Vehicle
• Identified two inefficient data management processes and proposed corrective action plans to upper management

2. Center for Magnetic Recording Research, UCSD/Western Digital La Jolla, CA March 2009 – December 2010
Graduate Researcher
• Led a team of four classmates in the design and construction of an accelerated life test stand simulating the fretting wear that occurs at
the interface of the hard disk drive suspension’s dimple and gimble – a sphere on a flat plate to control the pitch and roll motion of the
slider head
• Developed an environmental chamber for the test stand to investigate the effect of temperature and humidity on the quantity of
nanoparticles generated during fretting wear
• Performed extensive fretting wear testing using a data acquisition system to collect measurements from two laser Doppler vibrometer
(4 axis), one load cell, thermocouple, and humidity sensor – testing performed to determine the best material selections for the dimple
and gimbal
• Collected data was post processed and findings were presented to Western Digital ® and NHK ® with new design recommendations
to decrease HDD failure rates
• Used finite element analysis tools LS-DYNA and Hypermesh to investigate the transient mechanothemal induced demagnetization of
hard disk drives due to contact between the recording head and magnetic recording media
Technical Skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and Project, Microsoft Visio, Pro/ENGINEER, Solidworks, AutoDesk Inventor and AutoCAD
• Programming Languages: C/C++, Basic, MATLAB, Simulink, LabVIEW, Perl, Python, Ladder Logic, and IEC 61131-3 languages
• Proficient using data acquisition systems, electrical and mechanical testing equipment, hand tools, power tools, and metal fabrication machinery
• Proficient designing and programming control systems in an industrial setting using various Programmable Logic Controllers, Human Machine
Interfaces, and Motion Controllers
Honors and Awards
• Completed Delta Tau Turbo PMAC Motion Controller Training (November 2013)
• Graduated UCSD with Magna Cum Laude Honors (September 2010)
• Member of Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society (June 2010)
• Selected to be a member of The Bernard and Sophia Gordon Graduate Engineering Leadership Program (June 2010)
• Second Place – UCSD MAE 156B Senior Team Design Project, out of 20 teams (March 2010)
• First Place – UCSD MGT 172 Business Project Management Team Competition, out of 10 teams (December 2009)
• Second Place – UCSD MAE 156A Senior Design Team Competition, out of the 18 teams (November 2009)
• First Place – UCSD MAE 3 Team Robotics Competition, out of 48 teams (June 2008)
• Board Member of the Undergraduate Student Advising Committee for the UCSD MAE Department (2009, 2010)
• UCSD Warren College Honors Program (September 2008, January 2009, March 2009, June 2009, September 2009, January 2010, March 2010)
• UCSD Provost’s Honors (June 2008, December 2008, March 2009, June 2009, December 2009)