STEVEN A. PROKOSCH
PRESIDENT
ProMech Engineering, Inc.

• Over 30 years experience in the manufacturing industry as employee and consultant for commercial and government contractors and corporations.
• Bachelor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota 1976, Evans Scholar Alumnus
• Project experience at all levels performing a diverse range of design and manufacturing engineering functions, including:

• Specialist in Assembly Engineering and Process Development. Extensive hands-on experience with a diverse range of technologies and tools including:

• Thorough knowledge of all facets of automatic assembly and inspection system design and integration. Experienced with dial index, in-line transfer, power-and-free platforms as well as robotic assembly and part handling. Experienced with installations inside clean rooms. Directed the development, debug and installation of over 30 systems for assembly and inspection.

• Experienced with PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) programming and implementation.

• Experienced with ISO 9001 requirements. Served as an internal auditor for an ISO 9001 certified organization of over 100 employees. Also experienced with FDA/GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices), including FDA validation of manufacturing processes and equipment.

• Experienced in the use of Statistical Process Control, having used techniques extensively in the debug of complex assembly operations, as well as to perform real time process monitoring and automatic adjustment. Experienced with the use of Microsoft Excel for data collection and manipulation.

• Extensive experience in the use of CAD for design and analysis.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

1998 - Present President of ProMech Engineering, Inc.

1995 - 1998 Project Engineer, Remmele Engineering, Inc., Automation Division
Sales and management of special machine development projects. Noteworthy accomplishments include the development of high speed handling techniques for rubber components, investigation of FDA compliant high release coatings for use in rubber bonding processes. I also served as an internal ISO Auditor.

1993 - 1995 Engineering Specialist, Factory Systems Engineering, Inc.
Sales, management and execution of engineering studies and special machine development projects. Noteworthy accomplishments include spearheading the firm's transition to solid modeling as its standard CAD platform. I also provided the firm with major project experience in the areas of robotics and machine vision, enabling the firm to pursue opportunities in these new areas, and I successfully executed the firm's first robotic/vision projects.

1977 - 1993 Principal Engineer, Honeywell/Alliant Tech systems
I held a variety of manufacturing, process and machine development engineering positions in both Residential and Defense groups. I achieved steady promotion within the engineering grades and assumed increasing responsibilities over a 16 year period. I successfully executed numerous projects, including automation projects employing dial index, in-line transfer and robotic platforms. Noteworthy accomplishments include winning the prestigious Honeywell Technical Achievement Award in 1989, and being named inventor on several United States Patents for manufacturing systems and processes.