My Biography
BIOGRAPHY Thomas Short, P.E. LMSME Design Profit®, Munro & Associates, Inc. With a broad background in engineering, a profound knowledge of computer aided design (CAD) systems, and extensive experience in training and education, Tom Short brings a wealth of experience and innovative ideas to Munro & Associates’ clients. In some 17 years of consulting work, Tom has assisted a variety of companies -- including Chrysler Corp., General Motors Corp., Ford Motor, Tata Motors, Bentley Motors, Land Rover McDonnell Douglas, Boeing, Embraer Air, Alliant Tech Systems, Ingersoll Rand, Grove, Nikon, TRW and Texas Instruments -- in applying Design for Assembly (DFA) and Design for Manufacturability (DFM) principles to products. He also has trained literally thousands of Ford Motor Co. engineers in DFA/DFM concepts. While consulting with Ford Motor Company in 1985, Tom met Munro & Associates’ President Sandy Munro -- where Sandy was first applying DFA principles as the Ford Corporate DFA Coordinator. Tom soon became involved with DFA and he joined Munro & Associates as a senior consultant in 1989. In 1984 Tom founded CommandTrain, Inc of Dearborn, Mich.-based a consulting firm specializing in design for assembly and manufacturing consulting and training at Ford as well as AutoCad, and Inventor solid model consulting and training for a variety of companies. He was a recognized world- wide as an expert in Inventor and has books, published by Goodheart-Willcox, on Inventor and SolidWorks. Tom left CommandTrain in 2000 when it was sold. Prior to this, he was a consultant for McDonnell Douglas from 1982 to 1983. In this position he was responsible for setting up a Unigraphics Training Center in California and developing and organizing the training materials.
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