Chuck Dewey is a manufacturing engineering professional with over 20 years of experience developing prototypes and manufacturing tools. He has held roles in mechanical design, project management, tool/fixture design and development, and quality assurance. Currently he is a Manufacturing Engineer at Cardiva Medical where he has helped establish new production lines and a clean room facility in Mexico.

1. CHUCK DEWEY
907 Seville Place, Fremont, CA 94539
510 651-6589 Home; 510 648-4704 Cell
chuckdewey@gmail.com
LinkedIn Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/chuckdeweysolutions
SUMMARY
A hands-on manufacturing engineering professionalwith experience in taking an idea and developing it into a
functioning product or tool. Experience in developing prototypes for commercial products and manufacturing tools
independently or with assistance from vendors or in-house operators.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
 Rebuilding jet engines for the U.S. Coast Guard
 Designed, documented and transferred to production computer housing for multiple clients .
 Supported the development and production of class 3 medical products for Cardiva Medical.
 Played significant role in the building and construction of Cardiva’s new 25K sq.ft. facility with 5K sq. ft.
clean-room in Mexico.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
 Project Planning and Management
 Mechanical Design
 Tool, Fixture, and Prototype Design,
Development & Fabrication using
SolidWorks, manual mill and lathe
 IQ, OQ, PQ Validations
 Calibrations
 Preventive Maintenance
 Troubleshooting and Analysis
 Electromechanical Repairs
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CARDIVA MEDICAL, INC. 2003 to Present
Operations as Manufacturing Engineer
Responsible for the installation, calibration, maintenance and repair of over 160 tools and fixtures. Had greater than
99% production up time for 4 different product lines.
 Transferred the CATALYST® II and CATALYST® III production lines from California to Mexico as
Project Lead. This included the following:
o Evaluated all 88 unique tools to ensure qualifications, drawings, and associated documentation
files were compliant with the established quality system.
o Ensured that all tooling was coded for import into Mexico and shipped appropriately to minimize
both damage to tools in shipment and import fees and taxes.
o Successfully set up new production line in Mexico, wrote and executed all re-validation activities,
including calibration, Installation Qualification (IQ) protocols and reports on time and within
defined timeline.
 Designed the layout of Cardiva’s new manufacturing facility in Mexico. This included using DraftSight to
design the internal building layout (office space, cafeteria, lab, and clean room), and construction of our
25K sq. ft. facility with 5K sq. ft. clean-room.
 Key member of the clean room design and construction in the new Mexican facility
o Helped evaluate parts of a used clean room
o Teamed up with Materials Managerto load the clean room parts and ship to Mexico.
o Supervised the staging of the components in the order they would be needed during
reconstruction.This prepared the re-assembly efficiently.

2. R&D as Development Engineer (first 8 years at Cardiva)
In collaboration with the R&D department, developed,made, and installed manufacturing tools for the catheter
assembly.
Collaborated in the development of fixtures that hold components in place during crimping and gluing, ensuring
repeatability and efficiency of each catheter assembly process step.
 Once the fixtures existed as rough models or hand sketches,used SolidWorks (3D CAD) to refine the
shapes,sizes and relationships of tool parts then documented components and tools and fixtures to ASME
Y 14.5.
 Constructed prototypes ofsub-assemblies and whole catheters and the tools to make them.
 After we got the above tools installed, wrote Installation Qualification (IQ) protocols,ran the protocols,
wrote the reports, and got each new manufacturing tool ready for Process Qualification (PQ).
FAYRAM DESIGN 1999 to 2003
Senior Industrial Designer
Clients needed assistance in computer enclosure designs so I teamed with Rick Fayram in his Industrial Design
consultancy to develop many products.
 Responsible for design, development, prototyping,and production transfer of computer enclosures.
 Efficient and effective design for manufacture of sheet metal housings.
 Shared in design of computer game hand-helds and high precision instruments.
DAWN VME PRODUCTS 1994 to 1996
Interim Manager of Hardware Development
 Managed 6 engineers who were designing, producing,and selling standard and customcomputers and card
cages.
 Worked with assembly personnel to ensure assembly sequence.
 Validated at the film level designs ofbackplanes.
THE NEW CURIOSITY SHOP 1992 to 1994
Production Manager
Responsible for building science exhibits for clients.
 In collaboration with the New Curiosity Shop in-house science instructors,redesigned and documented
catalog exhibits.
 Reorganized and remodeled workshops for more efficient production.
 Managed and constructed exhibits for 8 different science museums throughout the world.
DEWEY PRODUCT SOLUTIONS 1985 to 1992 and 1996 to 1999
Owned and operated Industrial/Mechanical Design consulting firm for product development in the Bay Area.
Assisted clients in the high-tech industry by providing industrial and mechanical design.
 Full service Industrial/Mechanical design from sketch to production.
 Fabricated or managed vendors to create models and prototypes for clients.
 Assisted clients in starting their production.
 Continuous client support during product lifecycle.
 Hired and oversaw up to 5 contractors for project work.
CONSTANT LEARNING
 AA degree from Orange Coast College (first 2 years of Industrial Design curriculum)
 Long Beach State Industrial Design Program
 U.S. Coast Guard aircraft mechanic/rescue swimmer
 San Jose State Industrial Design Program