Solidus Principals

Gary Ricco, PE: Gary is a registered professional engineer having received his B.S. Mechanical Engineering in 1985 from San Jose State University and his M.S. Engineering Management in 1992 from Santa Clara University. His studies at Santa Clara University included advanced mechanical engineering principles while focusing on reducing the product development cycle. Gary has 25+ years experience developing products and equipment for several industries including robotics, computer peripherals, semi-conductor equipment, manufacturing and test equipment, and electronic packaging. One of the first Pro/Engineer users in Silicon Valley, Gary began using the tool in 1989 at revision 2.0. If you can’t find Gary at work you might try the golf course, just look for the big divots.

Michael W. Clem: Mike received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from U.C. Santa Barbara in 1984. Mike has used Pro/E since Revision 1 and was PTC’s first Application Engineer on the west coast of the United States. Mike has completed Level 1 of PTC’s Certified Engineer Provider training. He has 25+ years of broad based background in machine, sheet metal, welding, casting & plastics design. He has had engineering experiences in the aerospace, computer - computer peripherals, security/inspection, robotics & medical industries as well as the consumer product market. Mike is an expert using solid modeling software and his analytic skills to reduce product development time, as well as helping Solidus’ clients become proficient enough to reduce their own development time.

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