Professional Summary: Mr. DiGrande graduated from Union College in 1980 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. With over 35 years of engineering experience, he was awarded four United States Patents and one company secret on manufacturing process developments. Mr. DiGrande has managed engineering projects from one to over twenty specialists with budgets ranging from $2000 to $1.2 million. Mr. DiGrande has a diverse experience with project management concerning mechanical equipment and systems, including over 450 forensic inspections and examinations on building gas and oil heating systems, HVAC systems, portable mechanical equipment, power generation equipment, plumbing fixtures and systems, water leak investigations, as well as root cause and failure analysis involving all types of mechanical equipment. He has also examined railroad cars, elevators, construction equipment, dozens of passenger and commercial motor vehicles and/or related components to determine causes and origins of failures and written hundreds of understandable analytical reports for assessors, attorneys and other parties related to claims concerning all of proceeding items listed. Mr. DiGrande was responsible for over 20 automation system implementations from concept to finished operating system, including robotic pick and place applications, robotic welding, painting and manufacturing of nuclear fuel, rail road cars, diesel engines and automobile parts. Saved the Westinghouse Nuclear Fuel Division over $100,000 in molybdenum costs in one year. * Brought a medical device manufacturing line back in production in six hours after FDA shut them down. * Saved a whole contract of over 100 freight cars from being cancelled by resolving a break problem. * Saved a major insurer over $30,000 in liability costs on an industrial check valve claim. * Reduced a claim on heating gas repair to a car dealership in Manhattan from over $100,000 to less than $15,000. Completed an automated truck engine inspection system that reduced operator time from 3 hours to 3 minutes. Completed a robot welding system for freight cars that tripled production output * Mr. DiGrande has over ten years of independent consulting experience with GM Ford GE

Highlights:

• Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Failure Analysis
• Forensic Engineering
• Manufacturing
• Automation
• Consulting
• Delphi
• HVAC
• Licensing
• mechanical engineering
• Forensics