Carl Melanson

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE – INDUSTRY OVERVIEW:

Self- Employed

  • Development and design of Pick and Place Robots at Dynacore Robotic Solutions Group.
  • Founder | Patent Holder | Developer, at CCSG/CBG Activated Carbon.

Automotive Industry:

  • Senior Lead Designer at General Motors.
  • Lead product Designer GMT800 26/34 Fuel Tank Systems.
  • Lead Product Designer GMT319 Hybrid.

Defense Industry:

  • CF5 & F18 Avionics Design Team for the F5 upgrade trainer.
  • CPF (Canadian Patrol Frigate); Lead design Intra-Inter Connection Communication Systems.
  • CPF; CCR, ECR and CCM Systems.
  • LAV (Light Armored Vehicle); Lead Product Designer.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior Design | Marketing Director                                                                   2008 – Present

Carbon Diversion Inc.

  • Design ad Patent for a waste to carbon system.

Carbon Black Global

  • Marketing Director and Lead Product Design on Bio-mass to Carbon Systems.

Owner | Vice President of Science & Technology                                           2008 – Present

Canadian Carbon Solutions Group

  • Lead Product Design on Bio-mass to Activated Carbon Development.
  • Patent Development for Carbon Sequestering System.

Senior Lead Product Designer                                                                          2000 – 2008

General Motors

  • Contracts at GM,
  • GMT8XX development, and GMT319 Under Hood Design Specialist,
  • LAV (Light Armored Vehicle), mentor and Lead Designer Defense Systems and Armored structures.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | PRIOR TO 2000:

Senior Lead Product Designer                                                                         1992 – 2000

Dynacore Robotic Solutions Group

  • Contracts at Bristol Aerospace, CF5 Fighter Upgrade Avionics to F18 Specifications for Global Training,
  • CH5 Helicopter upgrades design.

Leigh Instruments

  • Avionics Black Box Development Systems for MD11

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | PRIOR TO 1995:

Senior Designer                                                                                                1976 – 1992

Spar Aerospace, Montreal, Quebec and Toronto, Ontario

  • Canada Arm development team for the Space Shuttle and Space Station, 3 separate design contracts.

Garett Industries

  • Avionics Development for the Fixed Horizon GPS on 767, 757 for Boeing.

Litton Industries

  • Search and Tracking radar system development team for the Cruise Missile.