WADE J. WOMACK wadewomack@yahoo.com

2017 Nottingham Place Allen, Texas 75013 (214) 402-6269 https://www.linkedin.com/in/wade-womack-6815187

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

A seasoned, highly motivated Mechanical Design Engineer with extensive, progressive experience in all phases of

product design and development; especially strong with optical and electro-mechanical packaging, plastic part design,

sheet metal design, machining, 3D printing, rapid-prototyping and industrial design. An award winning multiple patent

holder, recognized for exceptional design skills and innovation as well as meeting or exceeding cost targets and project

schedules.

NEMA 4 & Telcordia Housing Designs EMI/EMC Compliant Packaging

Ancillary Card Cage, Chassis & Heat Sink Designs PCB, Back plane & Interconnect Design

Injection Molding, Structural Foam, Die Casting Processes 3D CAD Creo (Pro/ENGINEER) Advanced

User

SELECTED CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Awarded 11 US Patents pertaining to fiber optic apparatus and mechanical design (3 additional pending):

6,625,849 7,200,314 8,437,595 8,348,517

8,744,228 7,031,588 8,554,042 8,275,230

7,113,687 7,668,426 8,254,742

Designed and demonstrated a simple, flexible method for safely restraining optical fiber in the field.

Utilized dense-packaging expertise to develop a Telecommunications Fiber Optic shelf that doubled the number of

Terminations and Splices that were accommodated in the previous generation. This apparatus also provided

enhanced installer access and usability, due to its articulated nature.

Conceptual Design, Demonstration and Development of several new options for handling numerous Fiber Splices in

small or dense enclosures.

Led a team to develop a unique, low-cost method to pull and restrain fiber optic trunk cables.

Team brainstormed a plastic, translucent dust cover solution for Optical adapters that allow the installer to visually

verify continuity without opening or removing them. Cost savings were also realized.

Co-developed a stylized line of Fiber Optic Apparatus to enhance product capabilities and to provide a visual

benchmark for future product development. Extensive use of FDM, SLA, SLS and RIM prototyping was employed.

Conceived and developed a system to manage cables in a cabinet or rack that is portable across the product line.

Invented and developed a high-density Fiber Optic Splice Tray and Splice Holder that is stackable to increase

density within a single footprint. This device is also portable across the product line.

Mechanical designer of in house test equipment which allows Commscope copper structured cabling to maintain its

industry best performance lead, using thorough RF compatibility testing to eliminate alien crosstalk.

Was a key participant in a small group assembled to establish Product Branding and Industrial Design (Look & Feel)

standards for AVAYA’s SYSTIMAX product line in an effort to create a distinct product identity.

Designed and developed a new Fiber Optics Termination/Splicing and Cross-Connect Enclosure for CommScope

that combined and replaced multiple, existing products. This design combined enhanced manufacturability and

additional capabilities with high style, to set it apart from competitor’s offerings. Provided intense Industrial Design

with numerous iterations from the start, resulting in an impressive new product line.

Coordinated with peers at German division to implement new design language on some targeted products in their

portfolio

Operated maintained and repaired onsite FDM 3D printer and parts clean up systems.

Authored and published instruction manuals to guide customers in proper installation and use of products

Devised and implemented the new company standard methodology for VISIO use by our technical sales team and

customers. This effort required trips to the Commscope facility in Suzhou, China to train the team there on VISIO

shape and stencil creation to conform to the new methodology.

Presented with AFC Special Recognition Award. The customer was satisfied with highly detailed CAD Photo-

renderings instead of the customary Engineering mock-ups. Development funds were saved and engineering time

was more wisely used for product design.

Integrated Primary and Secondary Power, Protection and Testing Systems into new line of AFC cabinet product.

Supported effort to transition manufacturing of AFC products from multiple vendors and sub assemblies to a single

vendor to provide a turnkey product.

Lead Mechanical design team in development of AFC Fiber-To-The-Home solution (which later became known as

Verizon FIOS)

Created innovative, highly stylized, plastic packaging for the Marconi OEC1. This unique product is the first of its

kind, and brought Fiber-To-The-Home into reality. Voice, high-speed data and high-quality video services are brought

into the consumer’s home over a single optical fiber, terminated into the OEC1 and distributed throughout the house

as needed. This design was entered in the PTC Awards 2000 modeling competition and was featured in an edition of

ProFiles Magazine.

Developed a proprietary Thermal Plate/Hinge design to dissipate heat from a high-density Printed Circuit Board

Produced the Marconi Cellmux Shelf. This unconventional design features horizontally oriented plug-in cards and a

centrally mounted fan card that pulls air from left to right, instead of the traditional vertical draft. The shelf may be

mounted in a standard CO 23” rack or vertically, in a cabinet end chamber.

Completed design of the Marconi FSAN FTTH Battery Backup Unit, from early conceptual and industrial layouts to

fully detailed models. Photo-renderings sold the concept to the customer.

Integral contributor in mechanical design and development of the Samsung CDMA Pico BTS. Product was a unique

cost effective design which included: sheetmetal card cage, structural foam and die cast housings, air-to-air heat

exchanger, electronic circuitry and cable interconnects.

Elected to represent the ME group as a SuperUser in weekly meetings, to develop procedures, chart direction and

rectify problems with CAD software.

Regular company representative to the annual PTC (Parametric Technology Corp.) annual worldwide conference

Provided mechanical packaging for the Pico BTS RF circuitry including PCB envelope definition, EMI and

weathertight housings, thermally conductive heat sink casting and cable management. Performed wind driven rain and environmental testing on the Pico BTS housings to achieve compliance per Telcordia

(BELLCORE) GR-487.

Designed mechanical packaging for Fujitsu FLM6 card cage that integrated formed and machined metallic parts into

a very compact unit. Successfully developed prototype that passed EMI and Earthquake Zone 4 compliance testing

on first attempt.

Mechanical Lead for project that developed Field Replacement Kits for entire cabinet product lines. Scope required

creating in excess of 500 Pro/ENGINEER models/drawings. Lead effort of two mechanical engineers while still

maintaining hands-on contribution.

Significantly, cost reduced POTS line cards by converting existing faceplates to plastic design, which resulted in

immediate production implementation and a monumental 66% cost savings.

Designed special, non-metallic gimbal joint for use in an environment where magnetic and conductive materials are

prohibited.

Provided design, development and documentation of components for use in a variety of leading edge Flight

Simulators, such as:

F-16, US Air Force Fighter Plane (numerous versions)

A-12, US Navy Stealth Attack Plane

F-22, USAF Air Supremacy Stealth Fighter

X-33 Hypersonic Transport, NASP (National AeroSpace Plane)

M1A1 US Army Main Battle Tank

Conceived and developed an interface system to allow use of crew stations, produced by one company, to be used

in simulators, designed by another.

Created a range of simulated cockpit instrumentation for use when actual units were not available or cost prohibitive

Designed structures for use inside spherical domes (by Spitz Space Systems) and a variety of WAC (Wide Angle

Collimator) visual displays systems

EXPERIENCE

2003 – Present Product Design Engineer CommScope Inc. (Avaya/SYSTIMAX) Richardson, TX

2002 – 2003 Mechanical Engineer III Advanced Fibre Communications (Tellabs) Richardson, TX

1999 - 2002 Senior Mechanical Engineer Marconi, Access Products Division (Tellabs) Irving, TX

1997 - 1999 Senior Mechanical Engineer Samsung Telecommunications America, Inc Richardson, TX

1991 - 1997 Mechanical Engineer II Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc Richardson, TX

1979 - 1991 Senior Mechanical Designer Lockheed (General Dynamics, Corp) Fort Worth, TX

1979 Structural Steel Detailer MESCO Metal Buildings Grapevine, TX

SKILLS/TRAINING

Creo 3 (Pro/ENGINEER)

Creo 3 – Sheetmetal Design

Creo 3 – Cabling

Creo 3 – Surface Design

Pro/ENGINEER – Pro/Intralink 3.2

Creo 3 – Photo rendering

Pro/ENGINEER – Design Animation

CATIA

CADAM

Visio 2013

SAPPLM (interface from Creo to SAP)

SAP

Keyshot 6 Photo Rendering & Animation

CatalystEX 4.5 (for Stratasys FDM 3D Printers)

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Microsoft Office Suite

o Outlook

o Word

o PowerPoint

o Excel

Lotus Notes

BICSI member, 2016

SYSTIMAX SCS Installation and Maintenance ND3341, certified 2010

SME, Fundamentals of Injection Molded Part Design, certified 1996

SME Senior Member, certified 1996

DOD Secret Level Security Clearance

Current US Passport

Elkins Institute of Dallas, Design and Drafting Technology 1979