James D. Mundo CURRICULUM VITAE

Summary

Thirty-five years experience in the Automotive Industry

Engineering expertise from conventional through electric and alternative fuel vehicles

Hands on cradle-to-grave engineering experience for numerous product lines

Extensive experience with US, Canadian and European crash safety standards

Designed, built and implemented first US/Swedish heavy truck crash safety facility

International design engineering experience with European and Japanese vehicles

Served as Ford's Crash Safety Technical Specialist for all NAAO product lines

Taught crash safety design techniques in Ford's US and European engineering centers

Formulated and published Ford corporate standard engineering safety guidelines

Founded American Automotive Design

Employment History

American Automotive Design, Henderson, Nevada 1986-present 
Position:  Founder and Owner

Negotiated and awarded numerous multifaceted and multilevel engineering contracts with Ford, General Motors, BMW, Modern, SDRC, TDM and others.  Contracts ranged from FMVSS crash safety programs through production vehicle redesign for alternative fuel and electric vehicle systems.

SDRC, Madison Heights, Michigan 1985-1986 
Position:  Senior Consultant Engineer

Organized, staffed and trained a new Design Engineering Department to:

- execute total design programs
- integrate engineering analysis into design process
- develop procedures for cycle testing components on computer driven test equipment

Assigned to technical projects of specific interest to the company.

- established heavy truck domestic vehicle crashworthiness safety programs
- revised Swedish design standards to comply with US/Canadian FMVSS standards
- designed, built and implemented first US/Swedish heavy truck crash safety facility

Direct major program experience in each phase of the design, development and manufacture of automotive products from cradle-to-grave.

- safety specialist responsible for NAAO product compliance to FMVSS crash regulations
- supervision of Taurus vehicle design engineering group
- formulated and issued corporate engineering technology guidelines
- pioneered static and dynamic structural safety design techniques
- coordinated major design programs with both Europe and Japan

McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Company, St. Louis, Missouri 1970-1972 
Position: Airframe Structural Design Engineer
             Configuration Aerodynamicist

Direct experience with F-15 aircraft and Harpoon missile in airframe structures design, materials development and aerodynamics.

- structural design, loads, stress and fatigue analysis
- aerodynamic surface configuration and performance

Areas of Distinction 

US Patents
 - mechanical propulsion systems
 - bumper safety systems

Organizations 
Member in good standing, Society of Automotive Engineers
 

Education

Graduate: University of Michigan, Professional Development in Engineering Degree, 1976
Undergraduate: Northrop University, Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering, 1970

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