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 Corp., Corp., Ford Motor, Tata Motors, Bentley Motors, Land Rover McDonnell Douglas, , 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 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.

From 1963 to 1984, he served as professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University (formerly General Motors Institute) in , Mich., where he taught more than 20 different courses and specialized in machine design, kinematics and automotive mechanisms. While at the university, Tom became an expert user, teacher and authority on the Unigraphics CAD system.

From 1960 to 1963, Tom served as group leader at the Ford Motor Company Structures Test Lab, where he was responsible for the design and implementation of test fixtures and procedures for body and trim components for cars and trucks.

In 1959, he joined Chrysler Corporations’ Missile Division as an engineer on the Jupiter missile and the Saturn booster rocket programs.

Tom earned a bachelor and Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Wayne State University in Detroit, and completed all the course requirements for a Ph.D. at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. A Registered Professional Mechanical Engineer in the State of Michigan, Tom is a life member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and is a member and past board member of the Autodesk Users Group International.

A native of Detroit, Tom and his wife reside in , Mich.