A literal role-by-role record of how CAD work became systems work.
Follow the progression from product development and manufacturing drawings into plant systems, engineering automation, enterprise applications, data integration, and Autodesk delivery.
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The chronology runs from Essential Dental / Sapian R&D in 2012 through the IBM/AEP assignment ending in December 2025.
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Fry Reglet progression is split correctly: CAD Technical Manager from Aug 2017–Mar 2019, then Operations Technology Specialist through Sep 2021.
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Current runnable demonstrations show technical depth separately from prior-employment accomplishments.
Career progression
Roles, responsibilities, and systems delivered
Follow the progression from product development and manufacturing drawings through plant systems, engineering automation, enterprise software, data integration, and Autodesk delivery.
I am working in a current confidential infrastructure-engineering software engagement. Its client implementation results remain private; a separately maintained public DGN proof kit demonstrates the pre-native evidence and review method without being presented as a client deployment.
The public kit inventories two approved DGN fixtures and records size and SHA-256 receipts for both.
Three of three pre-native package-readiness checks can be evaluated before licensed host execution.
An eight-stage declared workflow includes one explicit reviewer-signoff gate; no completed approval receipt is claimed.
No DGN index, host-parity result, native failure receipt, or confidential-client validation result is claimed from the accessible proof.
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public DGN fixtures inventoriedSize and SHA-256 receipts only; neither fixture was parsed natively.
3 / 3
pre-native readiness checks evaluatedReady for a private sample, not production-ready or native-validated.
8 + 1
declared workflow stages and reviewer gateOne review gate is designed; no completed approval receipt is present.
direct recordCurrent-role chronology records reviewed; no confidential implementation receipt set is connected to the public projection. The current-role chronology may be stated, but no confidential-client implementation result or architecture claim is inferred from it.
present day demonstrationCurrent public MicroStation/DGN proof material maintained independently. Public proof demonstrates only pre-native fixture inventory, readiness rules, and a declared review method; it does not represent the confidential customer's environment or deliverables.
Jul–Dec 2025
IBM / American Electric Power via AlgebraIT and Artech
On the IBM assignment for American Electric Power through AlgebraIT and Artech I worked in enterprise energy and infrastructure software context across C#/.NET, Autodesk automation, Inventor and BOM workflows, Vault, UAT, packaging, and knowledge capture.
Worked in a team-based Autodesk and .NET modernization context for American Electric Power (AEP).
Contributed to a VBA-to-Inventor conversion playbook connecting engineering automation with BOM, Vault, UAT, packaging, release, and stakeholder evidence.
Current public proof kits demonstrate related capabilities independently; they are not customer implementations.
direct recordContract onboarding and assignment-end records. Public claims establish the assignment period and capability context without exposing utility workflows, tickets, diagrams, or implementation artifacts.
present day demonstrationCurrent public Autodesk proof kits maintained independently after the assignment. Present-day demonstrations support evaluator review but are not represented as IBM, AEP, or Artech deliverables.
direct recordAmerican Electric Power's official transmission page establishes the utility-engineering and standards environment. The official AEP source establishes industry context only; it does not prove Thomas's assignment contribution or expose utility workflows.
Sep 2024–May 2025
Habasit America
CAD Drafter · manufacturing workflow and drawing-system development
At Habasit America I produced special-build modular-belting drawings inside AutoCAD LT and related manufacturing constraints, while building an October 2024 Blazor drawing-number workflow for intake, deterministic code construction, search, title-block data, and print/export.
Worked with AutoCAD LT, SolidWorks, DraftSight, PDFs, DWGs, STEP files, templates, product metadata, and production handoff.
Developed the historical .NET/Blazor drawing-number application beginning with an October 2024 commit, including guided intake, deterministic code construction, query/free search, search-before-create, reverse deciphering, structured-text parsing, and print-packet preparation.
A separate 2026 public-safe reconstruction adds governed validation, compatibility matrices, rule traces, provisional-versus-deterministic BOM previews, and tests; it is not represented as a Habasit deployment.
The associated PDF extractor is documentation-only, the SolidWorks repository contains one VBA rotation macro, and the efficiency dashboard is present-day pilot proof rather than historical deployment evidence.
direct recordEmployment records establish the role period. Dates and broad manufacturing CAD responsibilities are public-safe.
private source reviewPrivate repository and drawing-workflow material reviewed for architecture and capability categories. Public evidence is reconstructed and generalized; no source, screenshots, product rules, paths, identifiers, title blocks, drawings, or percentages are published.
direct recordHabasit's official product page documents plastic modular-belt families, application constraints, engineering selection, and special-solution context. The official company source establishes product and industry context only; Thomas's drawing and software contributions come from separate private records.
May–Nov 2023
New Black Wall Street Market
Volunteer Software / Operations Contributor
At New Black Wall Street Market I co-created a multi-vendor portal and operating-model proposal covering vendor onboarding, permissions, commissions, content, and day-to-day ownership; the surviving evidence supports a proposal and prototype story, not a production-launch claim.
Co-created a multi-vendor portal and operating-model proposal for a market supporting minority- and women-owned businesses.
Presented the operating model to stakeholders; public wording explicitly stops short of claiming deployment or adoption.
How this career chapter is documented
direct recordDated presentation and surviving proposal artifacts. The records support co-created proposal, prototype, and presentation work; they do not establish a production deployment or market-wide adoption.
direct recordThe market's official information center documents its merchant-application, directory, and operating context. The official market source establishes operating context only; the proposal and prototype remain separately evidenced and are not described as deployed.
Sep 2022–Apr 2023
1Path Systems / Atlas Professional Services
Senior Software Architect
At 1Path Systems / Atlas Professional Services I worked as a Senior Software Architect around trusted legacy .NET applications, application mapping, feature and hotfix delivery, onboarding, stakeholder communication, and knowledge transfer.
Mapped legacy .NET Framework, WinForms, and WebForms behavior before making modernization recommendations.
Supported bounded feature and hotfix work across APIs, SSO, SQL, and established interface components.
Produced onboarding and knowledge-transfer material without representing confidential customer systems as public proof.
direct recordA dated offer letter directly establishes the Senior Software Architect title and September 2022 start chronology. The offer record establishes employment chronology only; compensation, personal data, contacts, and contract terms remain private.
owner attestedRésumé-derived application-mapping, feature/hotfix, onboarding, and knowledge-transfer summary. Public claims describe bounded architecture responsibilities without naming customer applications or asserting platform ownership, rollout, or exclusive delivery.
direct record1Path's official services page establishes its managed-IT and line-of-business application-support setting. The official company source establishes service context only; it does not prove Thomas's contribution to any customer application.
Dec 2021–Jun 2022
Daikin Applied
Lead IT Applications Developer / Senior IT Applications Developer
At Daikin Applied I worked in a senior applications-development role around legacy business software, enhancement and support decisions, data/reporting concerns, and controlled release work.
Maintained and enhanced existing business applications rather than claiming ownership of an enterprise-wide replacement.
Worked across application support, data/reporting context, release coordination, and stakeholder communication.
No rollout count, user count, or exclusive platform-ownership claim is published without stronger primary evidence.
direct recordDated application, role-description, and employment-correspondence records establish the role and period. Direct records establish chronology and the senior application/CAD-BIM role context, not delivery ownership or production outcomes.
owner attestedRésumé-derived implementation summary; direct source, release, and rollout artifacts remain under review. Public claims stay at bounded maintenance, enhancement, support, and release-responsibility level; no rollout, user, or primary-owner claim is made.
direct recordDaikin Applied's official product literature documents a selection-and-configuration software environment that produces specifications, performance outputs, and dimensional drawings. The official product source establishes company software context only; it does not identify Thomas's private application or prove his contribution.
At Fry Reglet I progressed from leading CAD delivery to a role created around operations technology. I turned quote and RFQ workbooks, product rules, drawings, BOMs, configurators, reports, and production handoffs into an integrated application portfolio.
CAD Technical ManagerAug 2017–Mar 2019
Operations Technology SpecialistMar 2019–Sep 2021
Built the FryTools path from Excel workbooks and focused desktop utilities toward an integrated Blazor platform.
Connected identity and role-based access, Dynamics NAV 2017 services, Power BI, configurators, documents, and production workflows.
Preserved solution snapshots contain 44, 45, and 46 Visual Studio projects across end-user applications, services, libraries, data access, tests, installers, and support utilities; those project counts are not application counts.
A separate contemporaneous résumé records 14 delivered desktop applications, while the private archive preserves more than 20 application/project directories including versions and support components.
35+
automated SLC column-cover drawingsDocumented in the contemporaneous one-year overview; kept distinct from unreconciled cover/unit aggregates.
3,000+
drawings deliveredDocumented in contemporaneous résumé material.
14
delivered desktop applicationsDocumented in contemporaneous résumé material; not a count of archive directories.
direct recordEmployment correspondence and role description. The role transition and cross-functional tool mandate are directly documented.
contemporaneous self reportRésumés, internal presentations, and status material created during or near the work. Counts are published with their source class and qualifier; uptime and unsupported efficiency percentages are omitted.
private source reviewPrivate work-computer archive reviewed for application names and lifecycle patterns. No private source, screenshots, product rules, quote logic, pricing, customer data, or internal paths are public evidence.
direct recordFry Reglet's official company page establishes the architectural-metal, engineered-fabrication, airport, stadium, and production setting. The official company source establishes industry and product context only; Thomas's systems and metrics are supported separately.
Dec 2016–Apr 2017
Fascinate LLC
Junior CAD Designer
At Fascinate I worked on experiential fabrication, including the SeaWorld DeepSee virtual-reality desk and a Carnival Cruise Line Experience Center Exhibit, converting concepts and assemblies into fabrication-ready documentation.
Provided 3D assembly and fabrication drawings for the SeaWorld DeepSee virtual-reality desk.
Converted wall-system design drawings into fabrication drawings for a Carnival Cruise Line Experience Center Exhibit.
Worked across architectural, lighting, experiential, and fabrication documentation.
portfolio derivedPublic professional-history PDF and portfolio project descriptions. The language is limited to documented project and drawing responsibilities; it does not imply client endorsement or publish project files.
direct recordSeaWorld's official visitor guidance independently names the DeepSee VR experience. The official source establishes project context only; the fabrication-drawing contribution comes from separate dated portfolio evidence.
direct recordCarnival Corporation's issued release independently establishes the invitation-only Experience Center at CES. The official source establishes event context only; the public event year is omitted because it conflicts with the separate private profile chronology.
2016
KinMetal
CAD Drafter / Designer
At KinMetal I continued shop-facing metal-fabrication CAD work, translating design intent into drawings and technical communication that production could use.
Supported metal-fabrication CAD and production communication.
Worked at the boundary between design intent, drawings, and shop handoff.
How this career chapter is documented
portfolio derivedRésumé-derived chronology and role summary. The public record supports role and workflow context, not ownership of proprietary drawings or fabrication methods.
Feb 2015–Apr 2016
Interroll
CAD Drafter · IT Administrator
At Interroll I worked first as a CAD Drafter and then as an IT Administrator, connecting conveyor and material-handling drawing packages with the plant systems, users, vendors, and support work around them.
CAD DrafterFeb 2015–Nov 2015
IT AdministratorNov 2015–Apr 2016
Worked directly with assembly, fabrication, BOM, DXF, checking, revision, and manufacturing-handoff workflows.
Moved from CAD drafting into plant IT administration, user support, onboarding, vendors, and operational documentation.
A privately reviewed work archive contains 1,217 files, including 1,088 PDFs and 96 DXFs; those are archive counts, not a claim of exclusive authorship.
The mixed-authorship archive includes directly matched Brazil Post carrier and conveyor packages plus an Amazon carrier binder; the Amazon reference is archive-presence-only, and direct contribution is stated only where a title block or role record supports it.
direct recordEmployment chronology and public professional history. Dates and role transition are publishable as prior-employment history.
private source reviewPrivate portfolio archive reviewed only for file classes and workflow patterns. Archive totals describe preserved material, not exclusive drawing authorship; the cleared Brazil Post and Amazon context does not expose raw drawings, title blocks, part numbers, dimensions, or unapproved customer identities.
direct recordInterroll's official company material establishes the conveyor, sorter, and material-handling industry context. The official company source establishes industry context only; Thomas's work and named-project boundaries come from separate role and artifact evidence.
2014–2015
Carson Tool & Mold
CAD Drafter
I carried that discipline into tool-and-mold drafting, where geometry, revisions, and production interpretation had to survive the handoff from drawing intent to manufacturing.
Produced and interpreted manufacturing CAD documentation in a tool-and-mold setting.
Worked inside revision-sensitive production handoffs.
How this career chapter is documented
portfolio derivedRésumé-derived chronology and role summary. The public record stays at role and workflow level and does not establish ownership of any customer geometry or tooling design.
direct recordCarson Tool & Mold's official capabilities page establishes its mold design, manufacturing, quality-control, and qualification-testing setting. The official company source establishes industry and process context only; it does not prove Thomas's contribution or ownership of customer tooling.
2012–2013
Nimiety Bio
Product Development / CAD Team Lead
At Nimiety Bio I supported early instrument development through CAD, material and supplier research, prototype coordination, and small-team technical leadership.
Supported gas-testing instrument concepts through CAD and prototype-development work.
Coordinated material, component, and supplier research for a small product-development team.
The public account remains owner-attested until stronger dated project records are recovered.
How this career chapter is documented
owner attestedRésumé chronology and Thomas Smith's bounded account of the role. No quantified outcome, production adoption, patent ownership, customer identity, or sole-inventor claim is published without a stronger dated record.
2012–2014
Essential Dental / Sapian R&D
CAD Technician / Technologist · website, IT, and project support
I began in small-team R&D and CAD work, supporting prototypes, manufacturer handoffs, technical records, websites, and day-to-day IT around regulated dental-product work.
Supported product-development CAD and prototype communication.
Maintained CAD, website, backup, and small-business technology workflows.
Learned early that design output, vendor communication, and protected information have to be managed together.
How this career chapter is documented
portfolio derivedRésumé chronology and public-safe role descriptions. The record establishes the role and work category; it does not publish clinical, patient, proprietary product, or vendor material.
direct recordEssential Dental Systems' official site establishes the endodontic product-development and manufacturing setting. The official company source establishes industry and product context only; it does not prove Thomas's contribution.