Comprehensive Training
Developed And Delivered Specialized Training In All Areas Of GD&T.
As You Know In Today’s Competitive Market Place And Quality Conscious Community, The Need For Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing In The Design, Manufacturing And Assembly Process Is A Must. DMS Is Dedicated To Helping Your Company Be More Cost Competitive And Profitable By Offering Training And Consulting In The Proper Application Of GD&T. We Believe That In A Rapidly Changing Global Economy, The Winners Will Be Those That Prepare For It Through Training.
Verified Experience
We Have Over One Hundred Years Combined Experience In Design, Gaging, Manufacturing, Assembly Tooling, And Tolerancing.
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We Are Dedicated To Helping Your Company Be More Cost Competitive And Profitable.
Meet Our Instructors
Timothy Graves
Member of The Society of Manufacturing Engineers, The Society of Automotive Engineers & The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Tim is a noted instructor, consultant, and expert on geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T). Tim is the author of “The Ultimate One Day GD&T Overview”. As a Senior Project Engineer with General Motors, he gained more than 35 years of “real world” experience in the application of GD&T in a practical manner.
He has conducted GD&T Seminars throughout North America, Europe and Brazil for thousands of engineering, design, quality, manufacturing, and inspection professionals. Tim’s total knowledge of geometric tolerancing is presented in plain language and a down to earth style.
Donald L. Ishmael
Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASME GDTP, Senior Level Certified
Don is a GD&T instructor and expert tolerance stacks analyst. His real world experience is 38 years in the design drafting area of the mechanical engineering field. His previous position was 10 years as a Quality Specialist for a large aerospace engineering firm. There he specialized in tolerance analysis and optimization of production designs. The last 4 years there saw the addition of teaching and mentoring of GD&T to his list of skills. Prior to that Don spent 20 years reading, writing, interpreting, applying, checking and analyzing GD&T as a senior designer of aircraft engine components and assemblies. Don is an honors graduate from Morehead State University with a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Technology with area of concentration in drafting and design. Don conveys his vast knowledge and understanding of GD&T as a design philosophy and a design tool with a plain, direct, well explained presentation in the classroom.
Dave Slopsema
ASME Senior Level Certified
Dave’s most recent experience was design supervisor with one of the world’s largest manufacturing corporations. He began his engineering career performing Finite Element Analysis, and his recent experience includes 12 years designing engine components and subsystems. Dave is experienced in applying GD&T to production designs and performing tolerance stackups. Dave has a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan and is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Michigan. Dave totally understands the benefits of the functional dimensioning philosophy based on the ASME Y14.5-2009 standard. His plain language presentation style is a true asset for those attending his GD&T seminars.
Samuel Bailo
ASME Senior Level Certified
Sam has worked in Supplier Quality Assurance and as a Senior Dimensional Management Specialist for over 14 years. He holds a degree in Computer Aided Design from Eastern Michigan University. Sam has an acute sense of detail which has been a true asset in the practical application of GD&T. Sam has an encyclopedic knowledge of geometric tolerancing, which he imparts in an accessible, down to earth manner in his GD&T classes.
Allen “Skip” Pelletier
ASME Senior Level Certified
Skip has more than 35 years experience in engineering and design, with the past 20 years being at one of the world’s largest manufacturing corporations. He has trained numerous design, engineering, manufacturing, quality, inspection and specialized professionals. His extensive experience in the automotive industry has structured his practical real world approach to training Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing at all levels. Skip is a practicing tolerancing engineer creating, checking, and directing designs, as well as training personnel.
Jim Pearson
Jim has over 40 years’ experience in manufacturing, design, and training. His effective training skills have enabled him to conduct many in-house and public seminars worldwide on Engineering Drawings and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing in both the ASME and ISO standards. Following a 20-year career in aerospace manufacturing, Jim was an integral part of the “Dream Team of American Manufacturing” and led a Harley-Davidson power-train manufacturing and assembly plant as part of Harley’s historical turn-around in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. He was eventually responsible for the turn-around effort at three other manufacturing facilities before focusing his talents and efforts on the next generation of manufacturing employees.
Jim has worked in several different industries including extensive experience in aerospace, gas turbine engines and power generation. This diverse experience allows him to bring practical examples to the classroom. His students generally describe him as “the best instructor they ever had” as he makes a sincere effort to relate difficult material in a down-to-earth manner, and best of all, he makes learning fun.
