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DAVID NORMAN LELAND 313 Edmund Ave Royal Oak, MI 48073 Home: _Phone details not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ Cell_Phone details not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ BACKGROUND SUMMARY Twenty-eight years of technical illustration experience involving the design and construction of logos, graphs, slides illustrations and trade show displays. Three years of printing and reproduction experience in pre-graphic preparation of halftones and negatives, stripping and plate burning, followed by printing, collating and binding of documents. Thirty-five years of patent illustration. (General Motors last inhouse Patent Illustrator). EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 2008-Present: Self-employed Patent illustrator for law Firms that I did work for when at GM. 1990-2008: Patent illustrator, General Motors Corporation, Detroit, Michigan. Working with patent attorneys and inventors to translate complex drawings and figures so they conform to U.S. Patent Office specifications. Drawings are made in pencil, then inked or are created on computer (Corel Draw). 1987-1990: Subcontractor for Colvin Design & Mfg. Co., Inc., Farmington Hills, Michigan. Patent draftsman/illustrator. Trained inexperienced draftsmen to produce technically correct patent drawings for outside companies and law firms. 1971-1987: Technical illustrator and ran the in-house print shop at AMAX Materials Research Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Produced the precursors and the printed copy for company reports, outside publications and slide presentations. Changed and simplified technical illustrations for the Metallurgy, Chemical and Market Development departments. By experimenting with new techniques, reduced by 50 percent the required time for producing good quality slides. Major Tasks Included: Preliminary camera work for reports, slides, manuscripts, platemaking and darkroom photography; stripping and plate burning of negatives; printing, collating and binding of reports; inventory and ordering of supplies; equipment maintenance. 1969-1971: Lithographic apprentice, Photo Litho, Detroit, Michigan. OTHER EXPERIENCE: (on part-time basis) - Cartoon slides for Michigan Bell training program. - Art Director for a small newspaper in Pinkney, MI (ad design and layout work). - Technical illustrations for Ann Arbor Publishing Company. - Slide for Kolene, Detroit, MI. - Magazine ad, brochure layout and artwork for Modern Cam & Tool Co., Taylor, MI (responsible for hiring technical writer, photographer and printer for the project). - Many logo designs for small businesses. - Center Director for Junior Achievement, Ann Arbor, MI (two years). - Counselor for Junior Achievement, Ann Arbor, MI (two years).…DAVID NORMAN LELAND 313 Edmund Ave Royal Oak, MI 48073 Home: _Phone details not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ Cell_Phone details not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ BACKGROUND SUMMARY Twenty-eight years of technical illustration experience involving the design and construction of logos, graphs, slides illustrations and trade show displays. Three years of printing and reproduction experience in pre-graphic preparation of halftones and negatives, stripping and plate burning, followed by printing, collating and binding of documents. Thirty-five years of patent illustration. (General Motors last inhouse Patent Illustrator). EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 2008-Present: Self-employed Patent illustrator for law Firms that I did work for when at GM. 1990-2008: Patent illustrator, General Motors Corporation, Detroit, Michigan. Working with patent attorneys and inventors to translate complex drawings and figures so they conform to U.S. Patent Office specifications. Drawings are made in pencil, then inked or are created on computer (Corel Draw). 1987-1990: Subcontractor for Colvin Design & Mfg. Co., Inc., Farmington Hills, Michigan. Patent draftsman/illustrator. Trained inexperienced draftsmen to produce technically correct patent drawings for outside companies and law firms. 1971-1987: Technical illustrator and ran the in-house print shop at AMAX Materials Research Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Produced the precursors and the printed copy for company reports, outside publications and slide presentations. Changed and simplified technical illustrations for the Metallurgy, Chemical and Market Development departments. By experimenting with new techniques, reduced by 50 percent the required time for producing good quality slides. Major Tasks Included: Preliminary camera work for reports, slides, manuscripts, platemaking and darkroom photography; stripping and plate burning of negatives; printing, collating and binding of reports; inventory and ordering of supplies; equipment maintenance. 1969-1971: Lithographic apprentice, Photo Litho, Detroit, Michigan. OTHER EXPERIENCE: (on part-time basis) - Cartoon slides for Michigan Bell training program. - Art Director for a small newspaper in Pinkney, MI (ad design and layout work). - Technical illustrations for Ann Arbor Publishing Company. - Slide for Kolene, Detroit, MI. - Magazine ad, brochure layout and artwork for Modern Cam & Tool Co., Taylor, MI (responsible for hiring technical writer, photographer and printer for the project). - Many logo designs for small businesses. - Center Director for Junior Achievement, Ann Arbor, MI (two years). - Counselor for Junior Achievement, Ann Arbor, MI (two years).

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DAVID NORMAN LELAND 313 Edmund Ave Royal Oak, MI 48073 Home: _Phone details not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ Cell_Phone details not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ BACKGROUND SUMMARY Twenty-eight years of technical illustration experience involving the design and construction of logos, graphs, slides illustrations and trade show displays. Three years of printing and reproduction experience in pre-graphic preparation of halftones and negatives, stripping and plate burning, followed by printing, collating and binding of documents. Thirty-five years of patent illustration. (General Motors last inhouse Patent Illustrator). EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 2008-Present: Self-employed Patent illustrator for law Firms that I did work for when at GM. 1990-2008: Patent illustrator, General Motors Corporation, Detroit, Michigan. Working with patent attorneys and inventors to translate complex drawings and figures so they conform to U.S. Patent Office specifications. Drawings are made in pencil, then inked or are created on computer (Corel Draw). 1987-1990: Subcontractor for Colvin Design & Mfg. Co., Inc., Farmington Hills, Michigan. Patent draftsman/illustrator. Trained inexperienced draftsmen to produce technically correct patent drawings for outside companies and law firms. 1971-1987: Technical illustrator and ran the in-house print shop at AMAX Materials Research Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Produced the precursors and the printed copy for company reports, outside publications and slide presentations. Changed and simplified technical illustrations for the Metallurgy, Chemical and Market Development departments. By experimenting with new techniques, reduced by 50 percent the required time for producing good quality slides. Major Tasks Included: Preliminary camera work for reports, slides, manuscripts, platemaking and darkroom photography; stripping and plate burning of negatives; printing, collating and binding of reports; inventory and ordering of supplies; equipment maintenance. 1969-1971: Lithographic apprentice, Photo Litho, Detroit, Michigan. OTHER EXPERIENCE: (on part-time basis) - Cartoon slides for Michigan Bell training program. - Art Director for a small newspaper in Pinkney, MI (ad design and layout work). - Technical illustrations for Ann Arbor Publishing Company. - Slide for Kolene, Detroit, MI. - Magazine ad, brochure layout and artwork for Modern Cam & Tool Co., Taylor, MI (responsible for hiring technical writer, photographer and printer for the project). - Many logo designs for small businesses. - Center Director for Junior Achievement, Ann Arbor, MI (two years). - Counselor for Junior Achievement, Ann Arbor, MI (two years).…DAVID NORMAN LELAND 313 Edmund Ave Royal Oak, MI 48073 Home: _Phone details not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ Cell_Phone details not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ BACKGROUND SUMMARY Twenty-eight years of technical illustration experience involving the design and construction of logos, graphs, slides illustrations and trade show displays. Three years of printing and reproduction experience in pre-graphic preparation of halftones and negatives, stripping and plate burning, followed by printing, collating and binding of documents. Thirty-five years of patent illustration. (General Motors last inhouse Patent Illustrator). EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 2008-Present: Self-employed Patent illustrator for law Firms that I did work for when at GM. 1990-2008: Patent illustrator, General Motors Corporation, Detroit, Michigan. Working with patent attorneys and inventors to translate complex drawings and figures so they conform to U.S. Patent Office specifications. Drawings are made in pencil, then inked or are created on computer (Corel Draw). 1987-1990: Subcontractor for Colvin Design & Mfg. Co., Inc., Farmington Hills, Michigan. Patent draftsman/illustrator. Trained inexperienced draftsmen to produce technically correct patent drawings for outside companies and law firms. 1971-1987: Technical illustrator and ran the in-house print shop at AMAX Materials Research Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Produced the precursors and the printed copy for company reports, outside publications and slide presentations. Changed and simplified technical illustrations for the Metallurgy, Chemical and Market Development departments. By experimenting with new techniques, reduced by 50 percent the required time for producing good quality slides. Major Tasks Included: Preliminary camera work for reports, slides, manuscripts, platemaking and darkroom photography; stripping and plate burning of negatives; printing, collating and binding of reports; inventory and ordering of supplies; equipment maintenance. 1969-1971: Lithographic apprentice, Photo Litho, Detroit, Michigan. OTHER EXPERIENCE: (on part-time basis) - Cartoon slides for Michigan Bell training program. - Art Director for a small newspaper in Pinkney, MI (ad design and layout work). - Technical illustrations for Ann Arbor Publishing Company. - Slide for Kolene, Detroit, MI. - Magazine ad, brochure layout and artwork for Modern Cam & Tool Co., Taylor, MI (responsible for hiring technical writer, photographer and printer for the project). - Many logo designs for small businesses. - Center Director for Junior Achievement, Ann Arbor, MI (two years). - Counselor for Junior Achievement, Ann Arbor, MI (two years).

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DAVID NORMAN LELAND
313 Edmund Ave
Royal Oak, MI 48073
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BACKGROUND SUMMARY

Twenty-eight years of technical illustration experience involving the design and construction of logos, graphs, slides illustrations and trade show displays.

Three years of printing and reproduction experience in pre-graphic preparation of halftones and negatives, stripping and plate burning, followed by printing, collating and binding of documents.

Thirty-five years of patent illustration. (General Motors last inhouse Patent Illustrator).

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2008-Present: Self-employed Patent illustrator for law Firms that I did work for when at GM.

1990-2008: Patent illustrator, General Motors Corporation, Detroit, Michigan.

Working with patent attorneys and inventors to translate complex drawings and figures so they conform to U.S. Patent Office specifications. Drawings are made in pencil, then inked or are created on computer (Corel Draw).

1987-1990: Subcontractor for Colvin Design & Mfg. Co., Inc., Farmington Hills, Michigan.

Patent draftsman/illustrator. Trained inexperienced draftsmen to produce technically correct patent drawings for outside companies and law firms.

1971-1987: Technical illustrator and ran the in-house print shop at AMAX Materials Research Center,
Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Produced the precursors and the printed copy for company reports, outside publications and slide presentations. Changed and simplified technical illustrations for the Metallurgy, Chemical and Market Development departments. By experimenting with new techniques, reduced by 50 percent the required time for producing good quality slides.

Major Tasks Included: Preliminary camera work for reports, slides, manuscripts, platemaking and darkroom photography; stripping and plate burning of negatives; printing, collating and binding of reports; inventory and ordering of supplies; equipment maintenance.

1969-1971: Lithographic apprentice, Photo Litho, Detroit, Michigan.

OTHER EXPERIENCE: (on part-time basis)

- Cartoon slides for Michigan Bell training program.
- Art Director for a small newspaper in Pinkney, MI (ad design and layout work).
- Technical illustrations for Ann Arbor Publishing Company.
- Slide for Kolene, Detroit, MI.
- Magazine ad, brochure layout and artwork for Modern Cam & Tool Co., Taylor, MI
(responsible for hiring technical writer, photographer and printer for the project).
- Many logo designs for small businesses.
- Center Director for Junior Achievement, Ann Arbor, MI (two years).
- Counselor for Junior Achievement, Ann Arbor, MI (two years).

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