James D. Mundo
CURRICULUM VITAE

    Summary

       - Thirty-two 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, Canton, Michigan 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

    Volvo White Corporation, Greensboro, North Carolina 1983-1985 
    Position:  Special Assistant to Director of Engineering

         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

    Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan 1972-1983 
    Position:  Safety Technical Specialist
                   Design Engineering Supervisor
                   Senior Design Engineer
                   Product Development Engineer
                   Product Design Engineer

         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