Brian Edward Cherry is a CAD designer with over 10 years of engineering experience, specializing in project design and managing multiple projects. His background includes expertise in various CAD software and a focus on industrial and piping systems, with experience working for companies like DuPont and the U.S. Coast Guard. He holds an MBA and has completed additional professional development in relevant engineering software.

1. BRIANEDWARD CHERRY 5813 Quiet Pine Circle, Apt 103
Chester, VA 23831
Cell: 757-329-2395
Brian_Cherry15@hotmail.com
SUMMARY:
CAD Designer seeking to Transfer Broad Based Skill Set, 10+ Years of Engineering experience. As
a results-focused, quality-driven professional with experience in project design; managing
multiple projects creating drawings, using AutoCAD 2000 to 2013, Catia V5, Microstation 8vi
and solidedge and solidworks following established CAD standards, to create Official Plot Plans
with utilities, GPS and all assets on base, having a working knowledge of machining processes
including tolerances, surfaces finishes, materials and ASTM standards, interpreting design
requirements, specializing in industrial and piping systems, over six years, from pumped
systems to drains, able to create and edit P & ID, prepare Bill of Material, arrangement of
piping systems, creating parts for steam turbines, to creating asbuilt drawings for
telecommunication equipment followed by a long history of demonstrating consistent
achievement of objectives, and dedication to organizational goals.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:
Onboard Engineering (Contract with Dupont) Richmond, VA
Mechanical Designer 11/2015 – 01/2016
Updating and creating assembly, welding, and machining asbuilt drawings of equipment and
parts using Microstation 8vi, using dimensioning, tolerance and geometric tolerance, with SAP.
 Updated layout of equipment
 Created drawing of fabricated part in metric and inches
 Created drawing assembly of part
 Created drawing of coupling for manufacturing
Elite Contracting Group Petersburg, VA
CAD Designer 8/2015 - 11/2015
Created electronic Asbuilts and Electric Conduit Drawings, using AutoCAD 2016
 Completed drawing of conduit for proposal
 Completed electronic asbuilts of equipment of two areas
Action Technology Inc. (Contract Employee at Alstom Power Inc.) Midlothian, VA
Documentation Engineer 12/2014 to 6/2015
Creating an online Illustrated Parts Catalog for customers by extracting configuration data from
APC-RPDM (Alstom Power Component - Life Cycle Management) for Illustrated Parts Catalog.
Created 3D models and drawing documentation of oversized rings for manufacturing, using
Catia V5, with established CAD standards, dimensioning, tolerances and surface finish.

2.  Created HP and IP Valves in Catia
 Created Oversized part for steam turbine unit
 Verified needed angle and thread undercut for manufacturer to finish production of part
CAD Designer 9/2013 to 11/2014
Created complex sketches, 3D models and drawings using ISO standards, in first angle
projection, with proper dimensioning, tolerances, geometric controls for documentation of
replacement parts in a steam turbine, interfaced with engineering to develop and design
equipment for manufacturing, that met appropriate specifications for turbines which powers
the generator for electricity, using Catia V5 Release 19 and Microstation for 2D drawings of
Parts to make changes in the 3D model. Reworked existing 3D models to produce forging and
machined drawings and working with other departments to create a 3D model from an actual
part to update the design of that part.
 Created Fabrication drawings for turbine parts, such as seal carriers.
 Created Forging drawing for steam turbine shaft
 Creating Casting drawings for parts.
 Created machined parts drawing for steamseal housing.
 Prepared Parts list for model and drawing of a fabricated part
Performance-based Solutions (Contract with the U.S. Coast Guard) Norfolk, VA
AutoCAD Specialist III 9/2011 to 8/2013
Asset Enrollment for Coast Guard, AutoCAD support for plot plans and red lines on utility
drawings. Conducting Site visits, measuring, inputting data into access program and updating
official plot plans, using AutoCAD 2013 and AutoCAD 2013, after site visits.
 Completed several Official Plot Plans and updated Civil drawings of sites
 Trained incoming employees and contact person for company to Coast Guard
 Used GPS equipment to locate buildings
Huntington Ingalls Newport News, VA
Designer II 3/2008 to 11/2010
Developed and prepared 3D design of piping systems, working to ISO 9000 standards, with
established CAD standards and bill of materials operating Catia Release 4, and 2D extraction for
arrangement drawings, for installation on the ship.
 Completed three arrangement of piping systems
 Completed several manufacturing drawings of drains
 Worked on chilled water piping systems and drainage systems on the ship
Associate Designer 6/2004 to 3/2008
Designed piping systems, in 3D compartments of the ship, operating Catia V4, from Diagrams of
piping systems and made changes to P & ID, operating AutoCAD 2010.

3.  As lead contact for group, in design meetings, on various projects, coordinated with
other design team members to achieve the best arrangement in the space of the ship.
 Initiated several changes to piping diagrams, when a technical problem arose in the
design of pipe run in the 3D model.
 Designed numerous piping systems on the ship in 3D, using CATIA Release 4, from
auxiliary systems, drain piping, deck drains, and the chilled water piping system.
Kelly Engineering Services (Contract with Newport News Shipbuilding) Newport News, VA
Associate Designer 1/2004 to 6/2004
Designed auxiliary piping systems for the ship, such as fire main, sprinkler systems and foam,
using Catia V4.
 Designed numerous piping systems for firefighting systems on the ship
 Used P and ID to design piping systems
Cox Communications Chesapeake, VA
CADD Assistant 9/2000 to 9/2001
Created Asbuilt drawings from changes made in field by contractors when power supply or
generators could not be placed in the location designated by the drawing, then sent asbuilt to
CADD Designers to verify that signal would not be lost with new location.
 All of Peninsula Region was completed in Hampton Roads
 Created floor plan of room using AutoCAD 2000
Tek Systems (Contract with Cox Communications) Chesapeake, VA
CADD Assistant 3/1999 to 2/2000
Created Asbuilt drawings from changes made in field by contractors when power supply or
generators could not be placed in the location designated by the drawing, then sent asbuilt to
CADD Designers to verify that signal would not be lost with new location.
EDUCATION:
Northcentral University Graduate in May 2017
MBA, specializing in Management of Engineering and Technology
ITT Technical Institute
Associate of Applied Science in Computer Drafting and Design Graduated March 2005
Norfolk State University
Bachelor of Science in Design Technology Graduated May 1998
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Revit Architecture 2010, AutoCAD 2004 to 2013, Inventor Fusion 2012, Catia V5, SolidEdge and
Solidworks 2014-2015